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- Tímo
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- Matt
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Something triggered by recent musings in the SiF 23 discussion thread: Here are the Laowa 9mm f/5.6 (M mount, adapted) and the Laowa 7.5mm f/2 for
side by side. While the 9mm is far from a big lens in and of itself, it appears both rather bulky *and* heavy next to its really capable little sibling. That said, the Nikon Z 6 with the 9mm on it still fits - just! - into my EDC bag, so would be a viable option for a "Single in" challenge.I'll take it out for a spin today to get more familiar with how it performs. I haven't used the lens a lot (which isn't surprising, given its rather extreme specs), so this should be interesting.
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- Andrew
I sold this kit years ago, I don't know why. must have owed money to the mob. But I did take some nice photos of it.
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p.giannakis
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A difficult to find black Minolta SR-1 (model 2) without the meter bracket and with a split screen installed from the factory. Having a split screen was a bespoke factory modification, not many of them out there. The lens is much later but i have also a 55f/2 from around the same period. I use this combo quite a bit although the SR-T line is much more user friendly.
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- Miguel Tejada-Flores
Such an insanely lovely and well-designed camera, Andrew.
And... I think I had its twin. Which I no longer have...I must have owed money to the mob, too.
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There's still time for this tempting deal: USED OLYMPUS E-P1 W/ VF-1
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What lens is it? I'm guessing a 35mm or 28mm, AI converted.
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say it was this lens, Ad.
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A guess on my part but it is the only 2.8 lens that looks close at this point in my search.
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- Matt
I own its successor - the 35 SE, sporting a slightly faster Sonnar lens. I should definitely take it for a spin again one of these days.
Anyhow, let's first finish SiF and a couple of other rolls ...
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p.giannakis
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- Miguel Tejada-Flores
And while we're on the subject (I couldn't resist) ... here's mine which for a long time waaaay back when, was my only camera.
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Agree Matt. It would be good to run a roll of film through the Rollei again!
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Almost tongue-in-cheek: one of Nikon's most worthy lenses (sadly, for a now dead system) next to one of Voigtländer's best thought-out ones (so far). I was struck by the similarity in size, above all - which really illustrates how small the new Voigtländer 35mm f/1.5 really is; both lenses are optically very competent and a pleasure to use - and they share one obvious weakness, longitudinal chromatic aberrations (LoCA).
A little aside: I usually use the Nikon 1 18.5mm f/1.8 to document my gear - I find the small files coming from V1 completely sufficient for that purpose. This time, I had to resort to a different camera/lens combo - one that shares many of the same strengths but is just a little bigger
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- Land of the Finns
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- Marko
Throwback to 2012 when I, too, had a Nikon 1 V1!
As I recall, I was hunting for something to complement my then new M9. Something to use with either very wide or very long lenses, but also to carry around daily. V1 wasn't quite it: while small, it didn't feel any smaller in a bag than the M9, and the adapters I bought for my M/F-mount lenses were pretty low quality to put it kindly. And it got HOT while shooting. Mere months later the V1 gave way to Olympus E-M5.
But now I suddenly feel the itch again!
As I recall, I was hunting for something to complement my then new M9. Something to use with either very wide or very long lenses, but also to carry around daily. V1 wasn't quite it: while small, it didn't feel any smaller in a bag than the M9, and the adapters I bought for my M/F-mount lenses were pretty low quality to put it kindly. And it got HOT while shooting. Mere months later the V1 gave way to Olympus E-M5.
But now I suddenly feel the itch again!
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- Matt
I've never had the V1 get hot while shooting - but I switch cameras off after each shot, usually. Other than that, I still find that camera to be surprisingly usable over ten years after its release. It's one of the few cameras that, once you've wrapped your head around it, just works - somewhat fiddly in some respects, but very straightforward on the whole (in aperture priority, that is). Switch on (it's quick!), look through viewfinder, maybe adjust aperture, focus using center point (it's a 1" camera - no need to fiddle with AF points), reframe, press shutter, done - in well under five seconds, almost film-like (I've also switched off the rear screen entirely). Once in a while, I need exposure compensation (fiddly!), but that's about it. Pity you can't switch off image review, though. Still, a great visual notebook, especially with the 18.5mm f/1.8 lens (a gem - even if it's a bit bigger than I'd like). But of course, my current camera for that purpose is much, much better in *every* way: the Fujifilm X100V.Throwback to 2012 when I, too, had a Nikon 1 V1!
As I recall, I was hunting for something to complement my then new M9. Something to use with either very wide or very long lenses, but also to carry around daily. V1 wasn't quite it: while small, it didn't feel any in a bag than the M9, and the adapters I bought for my M/F-mount lenses were pretty low quality to put it kindly. And it got HOT while shooting. Mere months later the V1 gave way to Olympus E-M5.
But now I suddenly feel the itch again!
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Low light performance on the V1 is better than on the M8 ... but that's not a fair comparison, and the *images* coming from the M8's sensor in good light are much, much nicer to my eye. However, realistically, shooting higher than ISO 800 (V1) or ISO 640 (M8) makes for a noisy mess on both cameras - though I sometimes convert ISO 1250 files from the M8 to high contrast b&w; that works visually, but don't expect detailed files.
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