romi.gilles
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- back in Crooklyn
classic chrome on both bodies!
I really, really want to borrow one of those 40-150's.
ohh.. haha. and RRS have no plans to make a new foot. bah humbug! they only recommended a couple of their QR plates. i hope a third-party company makes a new foot.WHOOPS make that a 50-140. No Oly here.
thanks, ken. i hardly even come on as much as i used to.Haven't been here in a while but your stuff still clicks with me, Romi.
here're a few pics with the lens on...
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after mounting the lens, you get a real idea of just how much heft there is in the lens. it's quite front-heavy. and even with the RRS L-plate + grip (which i always thought added a nice heft and feel to the body) and ef-x20 flash, it's still a bit front-heavy. not that handling is horrible. just something i think is worth mentioning.
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with the RRS L-plate + grip
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without the RRS L-plate + grip
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for size comparison (without the RRS L-plate + grip)
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for size comparison (with the RRS L-plate + grip)
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and here it is on my other body with the battery grip and RRS L-bracket
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sorry for the blurriness...
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...it wasn't as bright as it might look, and these were just quick snaps
haha.. i won't say, that's what she said. and yes. it's the Program. i do have an AE-1 somewhere though. i would prefer the A-1 with it's A Priority mode, but i don't want to spend any money on an SLR body if i were buying film. i just looove rangefinder bodies!You got some serious looking heavy duty rigs there, Romi, shhhh.....
+100.. on the need for compact hunting glass, all manual of course.
I've tried all sorts of 24mm legacy glass on the (ex-)NEXes, nothing came close to the f1.8 Zeiss optically, but that's almost as large as the 23mm Fujinon (actually a tad longer), too large on the NEX for my taste and I don't hold my breath for a reasonably fast (f2-2.8) 23mm pancake from either Fuji or Sony. Then I could have bought a X100S or T long ago but no, it just doesn't happen, it'd be exactly one camera too much to schlep around and I'm t.h.r.o.u.g.h. with that. I might as well dig out one of my old Olympus SLRs but traveling with film has become a big pain in the ... in the meantime. Oh well...
What's that Canon on the table? AE-1?
haha.. i won't say, that's what she said. and yes. it's the Program. i do have an AE-1 somewhere though. i would prefer the A-1 with it's A Priority mode, but i don't want to spend any money on an SLR body if i were buying film. i just looove rangefinder bodies!
the 28mm Voigt is still on trial before i decide to keep it. so far, this 28mm is just an awkward FOV for me. and going closer to a 35mm FOV will mean a bigger lens especially one that's relatively fast. i even felt the same way with the xf27's FOV (but i got it for half off the original price, brand new), and this 28mm is a tad tighter (42mm FOV). i say awkward because it's like, either be a 35mm or a 50mm. for that reason, i just ordered a Lumix GX7 to try with my M.Zuiko 17mm f1,8 (34mm FOV!!!) as my primary street shooter. i could always bring along with me my X-E2 & xf35 for my standard bokeh shots as a secondary.
i don't mind carrying two bodies. two mirrorless bodies, that is. actually, i prefer having two focal lengths ready at all times, on two bodies especially for work. and my X-E2 is really my back-up to my X-T1. saying that makes me want to go the GX7 route over the 28mm Voigt even more. i'd get to use that as my everyday/general/street shooter. i already have a great lens for it which is sharper than this Voigt, fast and pretty darn small. it's about the same size as this Voigt, but a little shorter. i've read AF on this lens is pretty fast (i've only ever used it on my BMPCC). i've handled the GX7 body before with the kit lens and it was pretty darn fast especially for only having CDAF. i think the combo would be great especially with the 2-3 stops of IBIS. and finally, i'll get my 35mm equivalent FOV in a very small package!!!
i used to have the nex-7 when it first came out, then also picked up the em5 shortly after to trial alongside the nex-7. the em5 was nice, but i just was not liking the output of the RAWs as much as i loved the RAWs coming from the sony sensor. also, i just didn't like the pseudo-pentaprism hump being i prefer just a squared body. (the x-t1 is an exception due to fuji's manual knobs.) and the DX format is really the perfect sensor size/balance between body&lens combo and still getting nice shallow DOF, for me, at least.Back in Austria I had some fun with the 30mm Sigma or 28mm C/Y Distagon on different NEXes, but that's more due to the special situation in central Europe and my stubborn old allergies - going any wider I'd usually end up with some crap in the images. So yeah, still looking for a compact 35mm FOV alternative. I thought about a compact 35mm m43 rig before, maybe the 17/1.8 on a EPL-5 or 7 but then I'd rather pick an X100(S,T) - just a personal choice. Believe it or not, I'm still shooting my X10 more often than those APS-C babies, but then I process most of my stuff in gritty mono-, duo, or tritone anyway and the files print just fine. If you don't have anything from a larger sensor camera hanging right next to prints from the X10 you probably wouldn't notice that they've been shot with a compact camera.