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LiquidRain posted:I am loving the X-T1 I just picked up for that very reason. I am continually impressed at what the camera is doing and PC Autosave is practically a godsend.  Holy balls, I never knew this existed! Slow as hell, but it works. Even transfers the RAW files.
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Im looking for an 85mm 1.4 and 35mm 1.4 for my sony a7. Right now i have a 35mm 1.8 minolta MD, and a 50mm 1.4 A mount minolta AF. My 50mm 1.4 has horrible fringing wide open, meanwhile my 35mm 1.8 has it under control, and looks great (maybe i just got a horrible example of the 50mm) Ive heard film lenses can produce some really bad fringing on mirrorless cameras, can i avoid that by going for the digital versions of zeiss or nikon AI? coolskillrex remix fucked around with this message at 11:00 on Feb 22, 2015 |
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coolskillrex remix posted:Im looking for an 85mm 1.4 and 35mm 1.4 for my sony a7. Right now i have a 35mm 1.8 minolta MD, and a 50mm 1.4 A mount minolta AF. My 50mm 1.4 has horrible fringing wide open, meanwhile my 35mm 1.8 has it under control, and looks great (maybe i just got a horrible example of the 50mm) Check out the Samyang offerings. They have truly fantastic image quality for the price as long as you can stomach the large size and manual focus.
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coolskillrex remix posted:Im looking for an 85mm 1.4 and 35mm 1.4 for my sony a7. Right now i have a 35mm 1.8 minolta MD, and a 50mm 1.4 A mount minolta AF. My 50mm 1.4 has horrible fringing wide open, meanwhile my 35mm 1.8 has it under control, and looks great (maybe i just got a horrible example of the 50mm) If you're willing to wait and can afford it, the FE 35/1.4 should be out soon and I believe there are plans to make a FE 85/1.8 as well.
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Feb 22, 2015 12:05
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LiquidRain posted:I am loving the X-T1 I just picked up for that very reason. I am continually impressed at what the camera is doing and PC Autosave is practically a godsend. I use auto DR, auto ISO, and auto WB 90% of the time. Fuji is the first camera company I trust with that many auto settings. I hardly ever even shoot raw anymore.
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^ Yeah I'm already using auto WB and auto ISO. Does anyone have a solution to charging Fuji X-T1 (NW126) batteries on the go? Or just keep a whole lot of spares handy? I'm seeing chargers that claim to be able to charge the batteries via USB on Amazon, which would be awesome, but it seems sketchy.
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alkanphel posted:If you're willing to wait and can afford it, the FE 35/1.4 should be out soon and I believe there are plans to make a FE 85/1.8 as well. Also if you've got the cash (who doesn't these days?) I highly recommend the 85mm Zeiss Otus, and rumour has it there's a 35mm Otus coming out in the near future. The biggest advantage with those lenses is they're great for keeping those biceps in shape on the go, or in case you ever misplace your kettle bells.
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LiquidRain posted:^ Yeah I'm already using auto WB and auto ISO. My solution was to buy a bunch of wasabi battery bundles. I keep two on charge at all times and two or three spares in a small pouch in my camera bag.
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LiquidRain posted:^ Yeah I'm already using auto WB and auto ISO. I get the feeling that if that does work, it'd be really slow and probably not worth it. 3rd party batteries are dirt cheap and that's been an easier option for me for a while now.
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LiquidRain posted:^ Yeah I'm already using auto WB and auto ISO. There's no reason why it wouldn't work, since the only charger the NEX line has is a standard USB cable. It'll be way slower than charging through a wall outlet though.
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I'm looking to pick up an ultra wide on the cheap for my X-E1. Does anyone have any experiences with anything decent? How about the Samyang 12mm? I'd prefer non-fisheye. How about some adapted older manual lenses? Neither speed nor AF are important to me, just something affordable and somewhat sharp.
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Elliotw2 posted:There's no reason why it wouldn't work, since the only charger the NEX line has is a standard USB cable. It'll be way slower than charging through a wall outlet though.
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widunder posted:I'm looking to pick up an ultra wide on the cheap for my X-E1. Does anyone have any experiences with anything decent? How about the Samyang 12mm? I'd prefer non-fisheye. How about some adapted older manual lenses? Neither speed nor AF are important to me, just something affordable and somewhat sharp. How cheap do you want it? Adapting FF wide angle on a APSC camera and lose out on the wide ends doesn't really make sense. IMO you might as well get the XF 18-55 2.8-4 and stitch panorama shots for wider scenes.
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Speaking of ultra wides, Olympus was supposed to be showing it's M. Zuiko pro f2.8 7-14mm at that Japanese photography trade show, with the expectation that pricing and availability would follow forthwith. What gives? Still the same old articles and "coming soon" with no testers, no reviews, no nothing.
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Linedance posted:Speaking of ultra wides, Olympus was supposed to be showing it's M. Zuiko pro f2.8 7-14mm at that Japanese photography trade show, with the expectation that pricing and availability would follow forthwith. What gives? Still the same old articles and "coming soon" with no testers, no reviews, no nothing. Olympus has been very quiet about new products until they're basically a week or so away from releasing them. Same happened with the 12-40mm f/2.8, 40-150mm f/2.8, and the new EM5-II body. They haven't said poo poo about the big 300mm f/4 lately either.
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Has there been more details about the EM II? more specifically whether Olympus finally includes auto HDR and panorama like the Sony bodies? I'm too lazy to merge the photos on the computer manually.
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lostleaf posted:Has there been more details about the EM II? more specifically whether Olympus finally includes auto HDR and panorama like the Sony bodies? I'm too lazy to merge the photos on the computer manually. hdr yes, but I don't think it has panorama mode. It's also got the live composite and live bulb modes for in camera compositing of poo poo.
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whatever7 posted:How cheap do you want it? Adapting FF wide angle on a APSC camera and lose out on the wide ends doesn't really make sense.
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alkanphel posted:If you're willing to wait and can afford it, the FE 35/1.4 should be out soon and I believe there are plans to make a FE 85/1.8 as well. However, Sony published a picture of the cross-section of the new lens, and it looks rather different than the Distagon schemes I find on the web. Maybe it's better now.
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All aboard the om-d train e. I need a third so that I can get a decent picture with them though.
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Mr. Despair posted:All aboard the om-d train Haha the trick is you take camera A with camera B, take camera B with camera A on the same tripod; combine in photoshop.
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whatever7 posted:Haha the trick is you take camera A with camera B, take camera B with camera A on the same tripod; combine in photoshop. I don't actually have my tripod with me  e. then again I don't really need one when I can handhold poo poo for 3.2 seconds and still get useable shots.  P2250006.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickrhail satan e2. spot the hot pixel (the pixel mapping function definitely works though, so it's gone already  )
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Got the Olympus 9mm mailed from Japan today ($90), Put it on the cheapo NEX5R I got from Amazon ($180 with lens). I am having a blast. Too bad its still a little bit too heavy for my time lapse rotating gadget.    
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Speaking of the Zeiss FE 35mm/1.4. Some Hongkong shop put it up on eBay for 1730 dollars. Hope that's not going to be the street price. Heh, that camo.
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Man... snow is not cutting it for 15 minute + exposures. I think it's melting or something as it works  e. Live composite mode will definitely make star trails a lot less annoying to shoot though. This is 32 minutes of exposure, straight out of the camera. 
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Combat Pretzel posted:Depending on the need of fast autofocus or not, adapting a Sigma Art 35mm might be a more interesting idea. The current non-FE 35mm Distagons are actually worse in IQ than the Sigma Art according to various tests. The Sigma is sharper, has less fringing and CA, while vignetting seems to be similar. And it'll be cheaper. The FE 35mm is expected to be around 1400 bux, while the Sigma goes for just a little more than alf of that. Another 100 bux for an adapter. Shopped for these, i have the adapter already so this would have been decent but sigma front focusing/back focusing issues scared me, and its heavy. Decided to take a stab at a nikon ai-s 1.4 35mm, tinier, fuzzier, but got it for $270! I dont need maximum sharpness for huge prints at this point saw some nice shots on flickr from a samyang 85mm 1.4 so picked that up for $250 on b&h.
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Ah, I can't tell you about that, because I use it in manual focus only. But given it's being driven in contrast detection AF only on an adapter (i.e. hunting and stepping), this shouldn't be an issue.
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coolskillrex remix posted:
Good, because the Nikon 35mm f/1,4 kinda sucks sharpness wise.
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I sold my beloved X100 when the X-Pro came around and I've really missed it ever since. I finally sprung for the X100T a few weeks ago and I really love all of the improvements and I'm happy they didn't change the things that work fine. I don't care if it looks just like the older models, I hope it always retains this "rangefinder" form factor. Due to work and weather, I haven't gotten to shoot with it much but I'm drat impressed so far. Seeing someone like Zack Arias choose it for a shoot he's dreamed of for years really helps me to feel good about the purchase too. Of course he's proven that a good photographer is never limited by gear before. http://dedpxl.com/truck-stop-light/
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RustedChrome posted:I sold my beloved X100 when the X-Pro came around and I've really missed it ever since. I finally sprung for the X100T a few weeks ago and I really love all of the improvements and I'm happy they didn't change the things that work fine. I don't care if it looks just like the older models, I hope it always retains this "rangefinder" form factor. Due to work and weather, I haven't gotten to shoot with it much but I'm drat impressed so far. Seeing someone like Zack Arias choose it for a shoot he's dreamed of for years really helps me to feel good about the purchase too. Of course he's proven that a good photographer is never limited by gear before. Arias is a bit of a gear weirdo but I generally like his stuff. I shot a bunch of photos earlier (fuji and 8x10) with an LED video light, you can get a lot of mileage out of a small package.
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Olympus's new 40 megapixel sensor-shift mode is pretty damned exciting to me. Can't use it hand-held of course, but most of the "important" shots I take are on a tripod anyway.
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Costello Jello posted:Olympus's new 40 megapixel sensor-shift mode is pretty damned exciting to me. Can't use it hand-held of course, but most of the "important" shots I take are on a tripod anyway.  P2250031 by MrDespair, on Flickr It's pretty legit.
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Mr. Despair posted:It's pretty legit. Very cool. All that resolution from a pretty tiny sensor/camera system.
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The live comp is pretty awesome too. This was just under 2 hours out of the camera (in pretty crappy conditions for it).  P2280131.jpg by MrDespair, on Flickr Camera was a bit cold by the end of it though.
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Gah, I was at Disneyland all day Sunday for Dapper Day, and I tried mostly using the OVF on my X100S to stretch my battery life since I forgot to bring a spare when I flew down to LA. A couple of my group shots came out with missed focus, because even though I put the focus patch on a person, the parallax effect meant it actually focused in between people on the background. Some of my shots also came out rushed and messy because I'm still getting used to actually walking up to people and asking to take pictures of them. It helps that people specifically came to the event all dressed up so I have more of a reason to be asking, but hopefully next time I'll be a little more mindful of my backgrounds and stuff.
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404notfound posted:Gah, I was at Disneyland all day Sunday for Dapper Day, and I tried mostly using the OVF on my X100S to stretch my battery life since I forgot to bring a spare when I flew down to LA. A couple of my group shots came out with missed focus, because even though I put the focus patch on a person, the parallax effect meant it actually focused in between people on the background. Yeah that square can be waaayyy off. Once the OVF corrects for parallax you have to decide whats the center of the rectangle yourself regardless of where that square is. Or use that little hybrid viewfinder.
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Animal posted:Yeah that square can be waaayyy off. Once the OVF corrects for parallax you have to decide whats the center of the rectangle yourself regardless of where that square is. Or use that little hybrid viewfinder. Does the S have the corrected AF square feature like the T does? That poo poo is useful (as is the little evf popup since it gives you exactly the focus point) BTW - does Fuji have like some insane math wizard working for them doing their ETTL algorithms? This camera (the T) is unbelievably good at zero effort fill flash. I am used to Canon, who are unbelievably not good at it, but even still. I'm constantly amazed. timrenzi574 fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Mar 3, 2015 |
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timrenzi574 posted:Does the S have the corrected AF square feature like the T does? That poo poo is useful (as is the little evf popup since it gives you exactly the focus point) The S doesn't have real-time correction--the square will go to the right place after focusing--but that still wouldn't fix the fact that your eye and the camera sensor are looking from two different positions. If the corrected square is on the edge of a subject when looking through the viewfinder, the actual focus point might be missing the subject entirely from a straight-on angle (i.e., the way the camera is actually seeing). Edit: I am curious how the T's improved OVF experience affects battery life though. Real-time parallax correction and an EVF patch are probably somewhat more intensive than just projecting some framing lines. 404notfound fucked around with this message at 20:24 on Mar 3, 2015 |
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