shellylh Posted April 4, 2013 Report Posted April 4, 2013 That's why mirrorless APS-C cameras like the Nex 6/7 are so brilliant - you get the small size factor of micro 4/3 with the controls of an SLR, and a ton of lens compatibility too. Of course I still hate not having an optical viewfinder, contrast-detect AF sucks as has been noted, and not having the durability and weathersealing of a pro SLR is a big no-no for what I do. I thought that Best Buy got rid of the restocking fee. Did they bring it back?
nikongod Posted April 5, 2013 Report Posted April 5, 2013 Lower Manhattan at Sunset by Lord Nikon 12, on FlickrTaken with my Ricoh GRD4 on my Ultrapod 2. 2
luvdunhill Posted April 5, 2013 Report Posted April 5, 2013 I would move to Nex system in a heartbeat if/when more fast primes become available and AF speed gets to the level of E-M5. Does this explain some of the problems focusing when in video mode? It sucks and seems worse than my Canon S95.
agile_one Posted April 5, 2013 Report Posted April 5, 2013 Beautiful image of the city at dawn, Ari, as was your fog shot of the GWB a while back.
nikongod Posted April 5, 2013 Report Posted April 5, 2013 Lower Manhattan at Sunset by Lord Nikon 12, on Flickr Taken with my Ricoh GRD4 on my Ultrapod 2. This photo just got "explored" on Flickr. Yaay! 1
Salt Peanuts Posted April 5, 2013 Report Posted April 5, 2013 Great shot, Ari! This photo just got "explored" on Flickr. Yaay! I don't know why, but that sounds dirty.
Salt Peanuts Posted April 5, 2013 Report Posted April 5, 2013 Does this explain some of the problems focusing when in video mode? It sucks and seems worse than my Canon S95. Possibly. I know nothing of Sony's video capabilities, but at least on the stills side, Olympus and Panasonic has better AF performance.
Cankin Posted April 6, 2013 Report Posted April 6, 2013 S95 or other P&S with small sensor cameras have great depth of field so most things are already in focus. While NEX or other APS-C or FF have thinner depth of field. NEX or other mirrorless have better AF in video mode compare to DSLR. In fact, photographers I know that use DSLR for video use manual focusing only.
agile_one Posted April 6, 2013 Report Posted April 6, 2013 (edited) Yeah, Ari .... what DOES "explored" mean ... hope it's not like "probed". Edited April 7, 2013 by agile_one
n_maher Posted April 7, 2013 Report Posted April 7, 2013 Best I can tell is that every day Flickr chooses the top 500 most interesting (as defined by them) pictures to highlight. So if you go to Flickr.com and click explore at the top you'll see today's "explored images". So in a nutshell Ari's photo was badass enough to be one of the best/most popular/discussed/shared/or other images of the day. Tres cool in my book.
agile_one Posted April 7, 2013 Report Posted April 7, 2013 Ah ... makes sense, Nate, thanks, and congrats to Ari for a great capture that is being appreciated by the cognoscenti.
Cankin Posted April 8, 2013 Report Posted April 8, 2013 Sylvester Stallone’s Leica M9 used in the movie Expendables II is for sale on eBay
The Expanding Man Posted April 8, 2013 Report Posted April 8, 2013 Sylvester Stallone’s Leica M9 used in the movie Expendables II is for sale on eBay So Leica do product placements? Interesting.
guzziguy Posted April 8, 2013 Report Posted April 8, 2013 Both the bridge and lower Manhattan photos are phenomenal, Ari. I'm envious of your talent.
Jon L Posted April 10, 2013 Report Posted April 10, 2013 Trying the Canon 2x III TC again.EOSD2133 by drjlo1, on Flickr
Knuckledragger Posted April 12, 2013 Author Report Posted April 12, 2013 Unsurprisingly, the Fuji comes out on top.
Salt Peanuts Posted April 12, 2013 Report Posted April 12, 2013 (edited) IIRC from when I looked into the same thing, 50/1.8G is supposed to be noticeably (whatever that means) better optically than older 50/1.8D. Between 50/1.8G and 50/1.4G, 1.4G is supposed to have much, much better edge-to-edge performance, though 1.8G (newer lens than 1.4G) is supposedly wee bit faster in focusing. Obviously, the usual caveat of I-didn't-actually-go-get-all-three-lenses-and-test-them-out-myself applies here. I ended up with 1.8G mostly because it came back in stock before 1.4G did, and it costs less than half of 1.4G. Edited April 12, 2013 by Salt Peanuts
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