Nothing shows off good gear like actual talent and experience. I could toss my A7RII and lighting gear at the me from over two years ago and get a worse head shot from him than the me of today.
The 10-24 is the default landscape zoom, 15-36 full frame equivalent. Your 9-18 was 18-36 equivalent, so the fuji is actually a good deal wider.
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Thanks, fair enough. I am basically wondering between this and the 12mm Zeiss lens. I don't need a zoom and the Zeiss is AF, pretty fast and compact. There's of course the new 8-16 lens, but that's hefty as fuck.
18mm equivalent is such a wonky length...too long for really wide angle landscapes, and WAY too narrow for a lot of other things. Of course, yeah, it'll be compact and light, but it's applications are far more limited.
Yeah it's a good product. I was quite impressed with it, sharp too. You got measurebators criticizing it but overall I've been more than pleased with its output. The bokeh is way smoother than my Tamron for example.
AR204923 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
AR204923 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
This will sort of be possible after the spring firmware update and the new mobile app, you will be able to FTP the files to a device.
Shouldn't have any problem selling it on Fred Miranda or eBay, that's a very popular lens. Glad you're liking the GM!
The GM is great, the Sigma is only really worth keeping if you do a ton of portraits.
Nah, the GFX ain't it for anything remotely AF dependent. Landscapes, yes, the IQ is far beyond the FF Sony sensors. Looks like the second gen of the GFX line might get the XT3 AF engine, which would be INCREDIBLE.
I see rigs regularly enough actually. Saw one on a Canon on my last shoot actually which was yesterday. Rigs are the best way to stabilize to be honest. Some just use the other cam for either something else or to lighten the rig load.Thought this was a ridiculous sight so hopefully y'all think the same lol:
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It's my D800 + Tamron 28-75 on a rig and this thing surprisingly weighs only 5.5 pounds. It fels like 20 tho lol.
I sent Adorama my gear a few days ago so now I'm just trying to see if this setup is worth shit and it is, as long as I turn off AF coz AF-F is garbage for video. Not only does it hunt like a madman, it just makes too much noise when focusing so it's utterly useless imho. Also, I just discovered the greatness of digiCamControl and now I can just tether my D800 to my computer and record video so I'm pretty excited. With this little discovery, I might rethink what I'm trying to do with my new camera so we'll see how it goes lol.
I would look into at home development kits...film is an expensive hobby if you plan to shoot a lot.
I oddly fell out of favor with that thing pretty hard, it's a really good budget lens that wouldn't exactly bring out the best from something like an A9 AF wise and it's a bit too narrow at the wide end. It's pretty much a lens I'd have, but still need to pack around an even wider lens just to make sure I have complete coverage so with that in mind it kind of completely negated the cost savings that it has. It pretty much always equaled the price of the 24-70GM in that regard. If you never need 24mm get it. There's also the aspect of forward compatibility. I tend to not like having to do firmware updates for everything I buy, not to mention not even knowing when something is going to get patched.
Ricoh GR1 is infamous for LCD issues which, while not necessarily critical, really suck since Ricoh doesn't repair them anymore and I doubt you'd find a third party doing repairs on them. Same deal with most high end compacts, Contax ones specifically go for crazy amounts of money since people just see the Carl Zeiss T* mark. Even used Olympus mju-II go for more than what they cost when new, and those are quite mediocre compacts made to be inexpensive.
this kills the film
I wish I could get Superia as cheap here as in the US. This is probably going to push the price quite close to the cost of a roll of Portra 400.
Hey, so yeah...sharp as hell and relatively compact for that zoom length. I had banding when pushing iso, banding that doesn't occur with any other lens. I returned it for that reason and spent way too much on the GM, which has performed well.
That's most likely my next lens at some point I think. It mainly depends on what you're shooting and if you'd rather have the light gathering or extra range more.
Good luck, I've been sinking money into my Canonete since I started rehabbing it. I shot 3 rolls through it, and now my shutter is stuck, the timer mechanism got stuck, and the film advancing lever is stuck. Probably looking at a full teardown rehab of it now which will be around $200. The only reason I'm even considering it is the fact it was my granddad's.
For what it's worth, your banding issue sounded like you had EFCS on at too high of a shutter speed, possibly. The Sonys have a bug basically than any shutter speed over 1/1000 will lead to banding with EFCS on.
As an indoor event photographer that is how I live and breathe, but it's what would suit, me. You would have more questions to ask regarding it. I don't mind weight too much these days. It's balanced fine on an A9 for example. Using the Peak Design straps as a walk around shoulder strap really helps to mitigate weight a bit since it's not hanging off your neck.
Lol I guess you talked him into taking the E Mount plunge then.
Yeah the two GM's would make great walk around park lenses to be honest. I actually started toying with the idea of getting a 70-300G at some point, but that thing's hella expensive for only adding an extra 100mm, but there aren't that many E mount telephotos.
