nickthetasmaniac
Veteran
- Location
- Launceston & Sydney
- Name
- Nick Clark
Hi folks,
After several years of umming and aching (pretty much since the release of the D700), I've decided to begin a slow and steady migration to full-frame. This is for a number of reasons, some bigger than others.
Since I became fairly serious about photography my style and preferences have changed; I shoot less now, and tend to spend more time working on individual images (both pre and post-capture). Gear wise I have developed a preference for a simplified kit; I'm not a fan of the 'do-it-all' design approach and with the exception of ultra-wides, I avoid zooms. Over the last 12 months I've also spent a lot more time working with a tripod, both for landscape work and long-exposures.
My main areas of interest now are:
- Landscape
- Long exposures
- Travel
- Street
Much of my landscape work involves fairly serious back-country hiking (one week +) so portability matters. For long exposure work I'm interested in base-ISO IQ and how the user-interface performs on a tripod (one area that frustrates me with my current kit). Portability is also important for my travelling as I tend to live out of a backpack For my street photography I have a preference for a journalistic style, and I'm a big fan of the look you get from big-aperture wide-angles for environmental portraiture (another area of my current kit that I find frustrating).
Some things that I'd like to try my hand at are water-photography (I'm a keen bodyboarder) and event photography (just for fun, not for money).
The kit I'm using at the moment is as follows:
OMD-EM5
Lumix 7-14/f4
m.ZD 12/f2
m.ZD 17/f1.8
Nokton 25/f0.95
m.ZD 45/f1.8
m.ZD 75/f1.8
Ricoh GR(V)
I've found that since getting the GR I've barely used the EM5 kit, partly because I find the GR such an intuitive camera to use, and partly because the IQ is so gobsmackingly good
So, long story short - the plan...
Buy an A7r + Zeiss 55/f1.8.
Sell the 12/f2, 17/f1.8 and 75/f1.8 (my least used lenses). Keep the 7-14/f4 and 45/f1.8 until the Zeiss 16-35/f4 and Zeiss 85/f1.8 become available (I'm in no rush) and eventually pick up the Zeiss 35/f1.4.
Decide whether to keep the EM5 and Nokton 25mm (I'm very fond of it...)
So the final kit:
Sony A7r
Zeiss 16-35/f4
Zeiss 35/f1.4
Zeiss 55/f1.8
Zeiss 85/f1.8
Ricoh GR
Thoughts and advice?
After several years of umming and aching (pretty much since the release of the D700), I've decided to begin a slow and steady migration to full-frame. This is for a number of reasons, some bigger than others.
Since I became fairly serious about photography my style and preferences have changed; I shoot less now, and tend to spend more time working on individual images (both pre and post-capture). Gear wise I have developed a preference for a simplified kit; I'm not a fan of the 'do-it-all' design approach and with the exception of ultra-wides, I avoid zooms. Over the last 12 months I've also spent a lot more time working with a tripod, both for landscape work and long-exposures.
My main areas of interest now are:
- Landscape
- Long exposures
- Travel
- Street
Much of my landscape work involves fairly serious back-country hiking (one week +) so portability matters. For long exposure work I'm interested in base-ISO IQ and how the user-interface performs on a tripod (one area that frustrates me with my current kit). Portability is also important for my travelling as I tend to live out of a backpack For my street photography I have a preference for a journalistic style, and I'm a big fan of the look you get from big-aperture wide-angles for environmental portraiture (another area of my current kit that I find frustrating).
Some things that I'd like to try my hand at are water-photography (I'm a keen bodyboarder) and event photography (just for fun, not for money).
The kit I'm using at the moment is as follows:
OMD-EM5
Lumix 7-14/f4
m.ZD 12/f2
m.ZD 17/f1.8
Nokton 25/f0.95
m.ZD 45/f1.8
m.ZD 75/f1.8
Ricoh GR(V)
I've found that since getting the GR I've barely used the EM5 kit, partly because I find the GR such an intuitive camera to use, and partly because the IQ is so gobsmackingly good
So, long story short - the plan...
Buy an A7r + Zeiss 55/f1.8.
Sell the 12/f2, 17/f1.8 and 75/f1.8 (my least used lenses). Keep the 7-14/f4 and 45/f1.8 until the Zeiss 16-35/f4 and Zeiss 85/f1.8 become available (I'm in no rush) and eventually pick up the Zeiss 35/f1.4.
Decide whether to keep the EM5 and Nokton 25mm (I'm very fond of it...)
So the final kit:
Sony A7r
Zeiss 16-35/f4
Zeiss 35/f1.4
Zeiss 55/f1.8
Zeiss 85/f1.8
Ricoh GR
Thoughts and advice?