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It seems as though there is a difference of opinion between web reviewers and those who use the G1X III in the real world. There is nothing wrong with the images posted here.
The X70 was like that. Users loved it but the lens showed flaws under careful testing. These flaws had little effect on actual images, however. It also didn't help that the GR II lens was really good in precisely in these areas.It seems as though there is a difference of opinion between web reviewers and those who use the G1X III in the real world. There is nothing wrong with the images posted here.
You can set that behaviour in the menu (though funnily enough, at the moment, it eludes me where, exactly) - either to "remember" or to "reset"; what's more, if you have a preferred focal length, you can also create a profile (custom setting) that includes start-up focal lengt; I have one ready for 35mm, street shooting settings.if you power down the camera with the lens zoomed in, let’s say to 35 mm-equivalent, will it return to that focal length when you power back on?
In my usual profile, I have my camera set to "reset" (known quantity on switch-on after a longer break); you can set "sleep" time, btw. On wake-up, it resets.And what is its behavior if it goes to sleep (if it even really does that)? Any different?
You can set that behaviour in the menu (though funnily enough, at the moment, it eludes me where, exactly) - either to "remember" or to "reset"; what's more, if you have a preferred focal length, you can also create a profile (custom setting) that includes start-up focal lengt; I have one ready for 35mm, street shooting settings.
In my usual profile, I have my camera set to "reset" (known quantity on switch-on after a longer break); you can set "sleep" time, btw. On wake-up, it resets.
In my second profile, I have the camera set to "35mm", on wake-up, it goes to "35mm" (even though there's a bug: It does *say* 24mm in the viewfinder, but the zoom is set at 35mm-e - as intended).
You can control its behaviour.
M.
Matt has already answered this question in much more detail and, honestly, with much more knowledge than I ever could have. I usually shoot in Aperture priority and in my experience, powering it off and on again it usually somehow seems to come up in the ultra-wide position, the equivalent of a 24mm lens. I think that's one of the things I like about the G1xiii because in the analog days, I invested in a fine ultra wide 24mm Super Takumar for my old Pentaxes and fell in love with the FOV - so having it 'boot up' to that almost feels natural to me. On occasion I will use the zoom lens and zoom in to whatever framing I'm looking for - but somehow it always seems to wind up back at the wide end, which I quite like.Okay, Miguel and Matt, you’re making it difficult for me to resist picking one of these things up. I have a quick couple of questions for you, though: if you power down the camera with the lens zoomed in, let’s say to 35 mm-equivalent, will it return to that focal length when you power back on? Or does it always reset to 24 mm-eq? And what is its behavior if it goes to sleep (if it even really does that)? Any different? Thanks in advance!
@DerekAnyway, the camera sure is a photographer's tool - once set up to your liking, you won't have to do a lot of menu diving. It's optimised for customised P/TV/AV shooting IMO (with full manual potentially being a bit fiddly), but I use AV (aperture priority) most of the time anyway.
That's actually a very good question - because I'm not entirely sure how to answer it. On one hand, everything that makes this camera what it is and make it valuable for me are still what they were: size, features, functionality, results. On the other hand, I haven't used it a lot lately because I enjoy shooting with other, bigger setups more.So Matt, is the G1X III still keeping you happy?