teacat
Regular
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Name
- Maggie
I haven't been home much since I got the new camera on Thursday
Have been playing for the last couple days, bit disappointed the box didn't come with the flight manual and I have to look it up onscreen... But then, I never really use them unless there's an emergency
Have noticed a couple of interesting issues - the distortion and some corner vignetting - not so sure how that happened, wasn't really paying much attention to what I was doing, rather just getting a feel for the camera...
I've just come back from my first ever holiday and lugged my EOS 20D with its Tamron 18-270 superzoom all over the UK, Ireland and France. By the end of my holiday I had a really sore neck, the horizons were all tilting to the left and I'd been targetted by three gypsys and two pickpockets because of the camera. Plus, the experience of going through Changi and Dubai where they just chucked my camera from one plastic box to the next made me turn white with horror.
So, being an old woman with arthritis in her hands and a sore neck lol I decided that there was no way I wanted to cart the big DSLR around on another trip and started researching what I wanted next. After four weeks and MUCH agonising, I finally decided on the G1X. I've been a Canon user all my digital life, so at least I was semi familiar with the layout. What sold it to me was the image comparison tests up against the Fuji and the Panasonic superzooms I also considered. I decided against a superzoom in the end because I already have the 20D, which, while old is still incredible in the field. So, I went and got the G1X and browbeat the young salesman in Harvey Norman down a hundred dollars on the already reduced price because the camera had a thumbprint on the lens and I declared it used LOL. He threw in the Xtreme SD card just to get rid of me I think. So I got it for a really good price
First test drive I was a bit put off by the slow AF although I knew that was coming. I also didn't like the VF either, but I can work around that, being pretty blind as well as old And as for the rest, once I saw the quality of the images that the camera was producing WITHOUT the need to edit, I was hooked! I cannot wait to get out of the suburbs and out into the Yarra Valley to do some landscapes. This camera sings!
And I was a bit worried that I wouldn't be able to get those close up shots like the superzoom. But cropping into a big photo you lose very little in detail. I'm impressed.
Looking forward to sharing experiences with all you much more experienced users
Have been playing for the last couple days, bit disappointed the box didn't come with the flight manual and I have to look it up onscreen... But then, I never really use them unless there's an emergency
Have noticed a couple of interesting issues - the distortion and some corner vignetting - not so sure how that happened, wasn't really paying much attention to what I was doing, rather just getting a feel for the camera...
I've just come back from my first ever holiday and lugged my EOS 20D with its Tamron 18-270 superzoom all over the UK, Ireland and France. By the end of my holiday I had a really sore neck, the horizons were all tilting to the left and I'd been targetted by three gypsys and two pickpockets because of the camera. Plus, the experience of going through Changi and Dubai where they just chucked my camera from one plastic box to the next made me turn white with horror.
So, being an old woman with arthritis in her hands and a sore neck lol I decided that there was no way I wanted to cart the big DSLR around on another trip and started researching what I wanted next. After four weeks and MUCH agonising, I finally decided on the G1X. I've been a Canon user all my digital life, so at least I was semi familiar with the layout. What sold it to me was the image comparison tests up against the Fuji and the Panasonic superzooms I also considered. I decided against a superzoom in the end because I already have the 20D, which, while old is still incredible in the field. So, I went and got the G1X and browbeat the young salesman in Harvey Norman down a hundred dollars on the already reduced price because the camera had a thumbprint on the lens and I declared it used LOL. He threw in the Xtreme SD card just to get rid of me I think. So I got it for a really good price
First test drive I was a bit put off by the slow AF although I knew that was coming. I also didn't like the VF either, but I can work around that, being pretty blind as well as old And as for the rest, once I saw the quality of the images that the camera was producing WITHOUT the need to edit, I was hooked! I cannot wait to get out of the suburbs and out into the Yarra Valley to do some landscapes. This camera sings!
And I was a bit worried that I wouldn't be able to get those close up shots like the superzoom. But cropping into a big photo you lose very little in detail. I'm impressed.
Looking forward to sharing experiences with all you much more experienced users
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