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- Central California Sierra Foothills
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GAS GAS: Please Share your Latest Acquisitions Big and Small
- Thread starter BillN
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- Switzerland
- Name
- Matt
Wow - good on you! I'm envious no end, too ... seems mine won't turn up until the end of the month
M.
Wow - good on you! I'm envious no end, too ... seems mine won't turn up until the end of the month
M.
Thanks, I was surprised to get the shipping notice on this last week. For some reason Nikon USA allowed NPS priority orders on the 40mm, but not on the 28mm. No idea why - they seem to be cut from the same cloth. So it appears my 40 came from the first batch to arrive in the US - which was entirely sold via pre-orders - but I still wait on the 28 even though I ordered it more than a month earlier. I hope you get yours soon!
- Location
- Switzerland
- Name
- Matt
I was able to lay my hands on one of the first and extremely scarce 28mm SE kits (I'm the only one in my town to own one, it seems) - so I guess I can't complain. However, the 40mm is the lens I've been hankering for virtually from day one for my Z 6 ...
M.
I've seen your posts with the Zfc kit - looks very capable (and attractive)! My 28 order is for the SE version, too, which I'm very enthusiastic about. Like you, a more compact lens in the 40mm range was high on my Z want-list from the start, though, so I'm not upset that it arrived first.
- Location
- Switzerland
- Name
- Matt
I don't want to fuel GAS in any way, but if compactness is key, the Z 16-50mm DX punches *way* above its weight and is a joy to use (though I prefer it on the Z 50). Just saying ...
That said, the 28mm SE is a wonderful lens - whenever I'm out with the Z fc, I don't miss *anything*.
M.
Well, I seem to have bought another two LX7s...
Sellers photos...
One for the drawer, probably the one I am using at the moment. It still has a few hundred actuations before it reaches 2K. The ones I have bought now has 5.5K and 9.5K actuations on the shutters, so the 5.5k for the good days, 9.5K for mucking about with.
Sellers photos...
One for the drawer, probably the one I am using at the moment. It still has a few hundred actuations before it reaches 2K. The ones I have bought now has 5.5K and 9.5K actuations on the shutters, so the 5.5k for the good days, 9.5K for mucking about with.
Mr_Flibble
All-Pro
- Location
- The Lowlands
- Name
- Rick
Aka Akarette with 50mm f/2 Xenon, and a few other goodies.
Mr_Flibble
All-Pro
- Location
- The Lowlands
- Name
- Rick
In other news; the set of replacement negative holders for an Epson V700 scanner should arrive today.
Time to work on reducing the backlog of negatives that has piled up over the last 4 weeks!
It's great being given such an expensive scanner and all....but I still needed to buy all the accessories, like a power supply and the frames
Time to work on reducing the backlog of negatives that has piled up over the last 4 weeks!
It's great being given such an expensive scanner and all....but I still needed to buy all the accessories, like a power supply and the frames
- Location
- Boston Burbs
- Name
- David
Well the Z5 and X100v didn't last long. But I think this will. Import Pen E-P7. I found it on eBay. Seller said he travels from the US to Germany twice a year to visit family. He got one for himself, like it so much he bought another for his GF. But after trying his she decided to stay with her GM1. He even offered to take with him if it ever needs service and OMD US won't service it.
Iron
Hall of Famer
- Location
- New Zealand
- Name
- Tímo
Great find! Such a classic-looking camera.
- Location
- Beaumaris, Melbourne, Australia
- Name
- John ...
Congrats, David. I bought a very low mileage E-PM2 (to mount my 14-42 EZ on) for similar reasons. Tiny, but very capable.
- Location
- Seattle
- Name
- Andrew
A silver Panasonic GX80 and a black Olympus 17mm f/1.8 will arrive some time next week.
I didn't like the Olympus the first time I had it but now it was a part of a good package deal -- easy enough to sell it to further sweeten the deal on the silver GX80.
But at the same time I kind of don't like the slow autofocus of Panasonic 20/1.7 so I will probably keep the Olympus around for tests and winter time shooting.
This time, who knows. I certainly didn't like the sticker price of the Oly when I bought it brand new. This time the preowned one comes in at half the sticker, maybe I like the lens twice as much now?
I didn't like the Olympus the first time I had it but now it was a part of a good package deal -- easy enough to sell it to further sweeten the deal on the silver GX80.
But at the same time I kind of don't like the slow autofocus of Panasonic 20/1.7 so I will probably keep the Olympus around for tests and winter time shooting.
This time, who knows. I certainly didn't like the sticker price of the Oly when I bought it brand new. This time the preowned one comes in at half the sticker, maybe I like the lens twice as much now?
So, continuing from my most recent post in the personal gear review thread. As I mentioned there I canceled my pre order on the 33mm 1.4 in favor of working with a 50mm. I have decided on, and found the 50mm I will be going with. And at the risk of being cliche, going big instead of going home.
Follow me for more bad ideas.........
Follow me for more bad ideas.........
mnhoj
gee aahrr
- Location
- Los Angeles
- Name
- John
Bada$$ ideas.
I just picked up a couple of F1.4s. Horrendously larger that the little Sigmas. Going big. ( :
I just picked up a couple of F1.4s. Horrendously larger that the little Sigmas. Going big. ( :
Very neat. Be sure to post some stuff, especially at f/1.
As luck would have it, I’m off work next week. So I can really test this lens out.
