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- Location
- Los Angeles
- Name
- John
I've bypassed the ZFc for now.
Picked up Steve's old X100V.
Picked up Steve's old X100V.
Why does it look better when it’s his?
Bugger, but then again: GX9 at a discount...Off the camera goes to be serviced - I hope it can be repaired, or I'll have to seriously think of going without a second, even more compact body (of course I could - but do I want to?). With one thing or another, I'm not going to get another GX9 - at least not at full price ...
Bugger, but then again: GX9 at a discount...
Well, it's not as if there were a lot of them around - in fact, I got my hands on the only kit available here in Lucerne, and that was only the case because the guy in front of me in the cue didn't respond to any attempts to contact him. On holiday, most likely - so I got lucky. However, it's like I thought: There are kits, but they completely underestimated demand, so they're struggling to produce anywhere near enough - it's simply not clear when everyone will have their 28 SE in hand.Matt, it looks fantastic! I guess I was confused by Nikon's wording when they said the 28mm kits were "delayed indefinitely." Did they mean that further manufacturing, from the date at which they made the announcement, was delayed? I kind of assumed that it would be a while before we saw one of these kits in the flesh, but there it stands (well, sits?).
"The Eagle has landed!" - the Z fc has arrived, and the 28 SE, too
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And here it is surrounded by a merry band of brothers (not chosen accidentally ...):
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It's still early days - I haven't had a chance to really use it, weather's turned wet again, but I'll certainly put it through its paces in the next couple of days.
Super short first impresssions: It's much lighter than it looks; with the 28 SE, it's lighter than the Z 50 with the 16-50mm DX. Handling is interesting - actually, pretty close to the Z 50 in terms of settings (I set it up more or less the same way - it's not quite identical in terms of features, and of course, it doesn't have U modes (User Settings to save)), but definitely different in the hand. I like it, but I'll have to see how much. What I'm really chuffed with is the lens - it looks very nice in person and feels great, even though it is quite light - but not as light as I thought it would be; it feels nice, too; I'm looking forward to putting it on the FX bodies as well.
I'm certainly going to get into it much deeper over the next couple of days. But if the light returns (it looks like it might), I may even post a couple of shots today.
M.
I'll put a couple of observations in the Z fc Talk thread tomorrow (probably rather later in the day); I don't want to clog up this thread with follow-ups or review portions. What I can say in short is that it's a surprisingly unique camera - and a lot of fun to use; I can also comment on some aspects of the hype surrounding it (and being fueled by some Nikonites online and on YouTube); this is not a do-all, end-all camera, but definitely a good one with its very own merits.cannot wait to hear about your experiences and see some images.
mom still waiting for my kit to arrive. Camera store said that they did get a few Zfc kits in, but were the 16-50 and they went out the door minutes after they arrived.