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If you're not shooting anything that's moving too fast, consider using manual focus primes either with your D800 or with an A7R. You'll save a ton of weight, space and money. You'll also save battery life because you won't be driving an AF motor.
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bung posted:I was doing some research on the Backbone Ribcage for the GoPro that allows you to use c-mount lenses. I was curious about the cost of c-mount lenses and started looking at Amazon. I noticed a great deal of c-mount lenses come with m4/3 mounts. Has anyone tried any of the c-mount lenses on the m4/3 platform? If so, how did you like it? C-mounts are incredibly inexpensive and I though about picking up a 35mm 1.4 for $30 just to try it out on my EM-5. Bear in mind that C-mount doesn't guarantee any specific sensor size coverage, which is why you see stuff like "for 2/3 inch" in the descriptions a lot. I can't remember what the absolute minimum coverage is for a m43 sensor (although I think many of the better security-camera C-mount lenses can cover it), but yeah some of those are only intended to cover 1/4" sensors. (Obviously the minimum coverage for a m43 sensor is pretty easy to work out, but I mean minimum in terms of "there's vignetting but you can live with it, and still be in the realm of what's cheap.")
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Jun 1, 2014 22:11
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krooj posted:Seriously look at the Fuji kit and make sure you get raw files from some demo shots, take them home, and see if you like processing them. 16 Megapickles might not print 8ft wide in one frame, but there are always stitching options. If you can't stitch then I really don't know what to do other than wait for Fuji to push their sensors to 20/24 Megapickles or seriously look at Sony APS-C and the best lenses available for that platform. I don't see how the D800's 36MP can go to 8 ft in one frame, so it might be a moot point. That's like ~76 dpi unless my pre-caffeine math is horrible.
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Jun 2, 2014 14:50
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Do you look at an 8ft wide print from a foot away?
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Mightaswell posted:Can't wait for the Portland edition DSLR, with scene icons for gas station, bush, motel, and nacho toilet. We stopped shooting digital in Portland. 
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Jun 2, 2014 15:35
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Musket posted:We stopped shooting digital in Portland. Instagram filters does not count as analog.
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spankmeister posted:Instagram filters does not count as analog. I beg your pardon? Still trying to find the instant goop filter in IG. Maybe you can show me?
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HPL posted:If you're not shooting anything that's moving too fast, consider using manual focus primes either with your D800 or with an A7R. You'll save a ton of weight, space and money. You'll also save battery life because you won't be driving an AF motor. This, I do this! I only ever used Nikon and Canon lenses in manual focus on my a7r until I got my FE-mount 55mm today, which I can't wait to try out. Autofocus... how novel! Still, I've been shooting all weekend with manual focus only and it's great on the Sony body. I don't shoot sports, but if I was going to do that I'd get a D4 or something built for that type of photography. I really don't understand why people complain about the lack of lenses on a system that can accept basically any lens.
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Some of you guys have said the Wasabi power batteries are pretty decent right? I'm traveling with my Ricoh GR and left my charging USB cable at home, so I need to pick up a charger, and might as well get some batteries too.
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Jun 2, 2014 22:53
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I've only had good experience with them, although the plastics on one of my chargers was a little delicate and broke a retaining bit after falling 4" (that's inches) onto a cement floor.
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Costello Jello posted:Some of you guys have said the Wasabi power batteries are pretty decent right? The Wasabi batteries for the EM-5 do not report battery life correctly. It will show 100% and then no power, nothing in between. Also the Oly charger will not charge Wasabi batteries but the Wasabi charger will charge the Oly battery.
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Jun 3, 2014 02:48
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bung posted:The Wasabi batteries for the EM-5 do not report battery life correctly. It will show 100% and then no power, nothing in between. Also the Oly charger will not charge Wasabi batteries but the Wasabi charger will charge the Oly battery. Hmm, well, the Ricoh GR battery is the same battery they've been putting in cameras for like a decade, so I doubt it has really fancy circuitry inside. Thanks guys, I'm going to just buy it because it turns out I don't really have a choice anyway, not only are the real battery and chargers super expensive, but they are also not available to be shipped pretty much instantly on Amazon Prime like the Wasabi stuff, so that basically settles it for my case.
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Jun 3, 2014 03:44
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.RAF chat: Photoninja(previously Noise Ninja) seems to process Fuji RAFs really well. It's nowhere near as feature rich out as lightroom (and hence they're charging too much for it, imo), but I imagine it's the best windows-based Fuji option for a while* *The next ACR update will probably bring them to parity and render photoninja pointless.
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Jun 3, 2014 04:09
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The Sony a6000 actually seems pretty sweet. Price is a little easier to swallow, too. It's even smaller and lighter... and the lenses don't seem to suck? I mean, I could certainly live with that and do more stitching to get larger images if I end up thinking I really need it.
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Jun 3, 2014 04:20
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Well, I own a D800 and bought an A6000 to be my second, lighter/compact camera. I really like it and I spent a good bit of time comparing it to other mirrorless options. Edit: I didn't completely trade it off from the D800 though. Unlike the A7R, it was cheap enough with lenses that I could keep both.
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Jun 3, 2014 04:46
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I mean it's got wifi
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That crazy Zeiss 12mm+32mm for $920 deal will run to the end of Aug? Thats some crazy discount. It's probably 20% cheaper than XF14+XF35 combo even during its X-deal period. Somebody is going to buy them end and sell them piece meal on ebay for, I don't know, maybe 600+- for the 12mm and 400 +- for the 32mm. Even $600 for the Zeiss 12mm is a great deal. Its just as sharp as the XF14 at center and only slightly lose out to the Fuji at corners. But its a wider lens so its to be expected. Color me impressed so see the Zeiss lens selling lower than the Fuji competition. Not to mention Sony doesn't even have any wide angle prime.
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Jun 3, 2014 05:18
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I picked up that deal because why not, more gear for the gear god
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Jun 3, 2014 05:51
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Haha I'm not surprised, I wonder what stupid backr oom deals to Zeiss had to cut in order to end up selling more expensive, barely better lenses than the stock XF ones. Some exclusivity down the line, maybe?
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Jun 3, 2014 14:28
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I got the 2-lens kit as well, it's back in stock at B&H. I'm perfectly happy with the Fuji 35mm, so I'll probably just flip the Zeiss 32mm and pretend I got the 12mm for $400-$500.
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Let us know how is the 32mm compare to the 35mm. If and when Zeiss include the new 50mm 2.8 macro in a deal I will pull the trigger.
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whatever7 posted:Let us know how is the 32mm compare to the 35mm. If and when Zeiss include the new 50mm 2.8 macro in a deal I will pull the trigger.
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To get specific on the differences (as noted by reviewers): Zeiss 32mm vs Fuji 35mm Zeiss is sharper in the center, and dramatically sharper in the corners. Zeiss has busier bokeh wide open that calms a bit at f2.8 and higher. Zeiss is quieter, and possibly autofocuses better and faster since a March firmware update. Once stopped down to f/5.6 and higher, the Fuji is sharper in the center and corners. Zeiss benefits almost nil from stopping down. Zeiss 12mm vs Fuji 14mm Fuji is slightly sharper in the center wide open. Zeiss is significantly sharper in the edges and corners wide open. Once stopped down to f/4 and higher, Fuji becomes sharper in the edges and corners. Zeiss once again gains almost nothing from stopping down. About equal in terms of focusing speed and accuracy.
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Let's not forget that the Zeiss will be slightly wider, for the small percentage of people for which that matters.
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I'm tempted to get this kit for my NEX 5R, but I don't know if I wanna stay in the Sony ecosystem. Like right now, I'm not as invested since the only Sony lenses I have are the kit lens, and the $200 Sigma bundle (19 + 30 2.8) from way back when. Decisions...
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Bob Socko posted:I got the 2-lens kit as well, it's back in stock at B&H. I'm perfectly happy with the Fuji 35mm, so I'll probably just flip the Zeiss 32mm and pretend I got the 12mm for $400-$500. I found a local retailer honoring the Zeiss deal and picked up a pair of parrot lenses of my own, focusing is fast as hell on my XT-1 after updating the lens firmware with the updates on the Zeiss site. just a quick test of how close I can get with the 12mm, the lens hood was pretty much resting on the tip of my catte's tail here, and the slightly missed focus is my fault. I'm pretty impressed.  Touit 12/2.8 X - quick and dirty test by Trip Sixes, on Flickr
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So is there a cheapish way to do macro level stuff on the X-E1? I can't seem to find a good extension tube set that wont mangle the camera. I really don't want to pay $600+ for a macro lens. Or would getting a cheap T1i or 40D with kit lens and use my existing extension tube be the way to go?
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Jun 5, 2014 13:25
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You could get one of the raynox close up filter things.
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You can pickup the fuji 60mm macro on ebay for about 300 used. There is also a 67mm macro close-up, you can put it in front of the 55-200mm, which is also branded "XPRO" LOL.
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whatever7 posted:You can pickup the fuji 60mm macro on ebay for about 300 used. There is also a 67mm macro close-up, you can put it in front of the 55-200mm, which is also branded "XPRO" LOL. I'm not sure where you're seeing it for $300. The cheapest is $375 from Taiwan, and that's a steep enough discount to make me wonder what you aren't getting. Seems around $500 is the going price for it.
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mAlfunkti0n posted:So is there a cheapish way to do macro level stuff on the X-E1? I can't seem to find a good extension tube set that wont mangle the camera. I really don't want to pay $600+ for a macro lens. Or would getting a cheap T1i or 40D with kit lens and use my existing extension tube be the way to go? Adapter + legacy glass? I've got an FD mount 50mm macro lens I use sometimes on my XE-1.
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Maybe a macro coupler? Mount the front of the kit lens or the 35mm/1.4 to the front of the 55-200 and you'd have a pretty good amount of magnification
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mAlfunkti0n posted:I'm not sure where you're seeing it for $300. The cheapest is $375 from Taiwan, and that's a steep enough discount to make me wonder what you aren't getting. Seems around $500 is the going price for it. Used, 300 used. I just did a completed ebay search and I see a handful of completed auctions ended under 300 and at least 10 auctions end around 300.
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whatever7 posted:Used, 300 used. I just did a completed ebay search and I see a handful of completed auctions ended under 300 and at least 10 auctions end around 300. Yes, totally understand used. Ill keep my eyes open for one at that price.
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powderific posted:You could get one of the raynox close up filter things. I have a Raynox adapter and it's really good. Easily clips onto most lenses and the IQ is top notch. The only drawback is that you have to get really close to your subject, which is not good for most living, wild things.
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Has anyone seen the new Mitakon 50mm f/0.95 FE-mount? It looks almost too good to be true. I'm very tempted to pick one up, but I think I'll just wait for a few reviews before I go any further. http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/first-image-of-the-new-mitakon-50mm-f0-95-full-frame-e-mount-lens/
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All the reviews I've seen of it's crop buddy show it to be pretty soft and cheaply made. I mean, if you really need the f/0.95 instead of just adapting a 50mm f/1.4 or whatever, go for it.
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Jimlad posted:Has anyone seen the new Mitakon 50mm f/0.95 FE-mount? It looks almost too good to be true. I'm very tempted to pick one up, but I think I'll just wait for a few reviews before I go any further. virtually all of the crazy fast lenses for cheap are rebranded CCTV lenses that are lovely in general, or are derivatives thereof. The noctilux is expensive for a reason other than the red dot
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Malcolm XML posted:virtually all of the crazy fast lenses for cheap are rebranded CCTV lenses that are lovely in general, or are derivatives thereof. They are not CCTV lens. They are just Korean and Chinese lens.
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I did a center sharpness comparison of the Rokinon 12mm f/2 versus the Zeiss 12mm f/2.8 for X-Mount here: http://www.fujix-forum.com/index.php/topic/25042-zeiss-2mm-f28-vs-rokinon-12mm-f20/ Verdict is, Zeiss wins easily
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