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Sure, it's not like I'm chasing after kids on a soccer field, and even if I was, folks were able to do this before the days of autofocus.You want a manual focus lens for that camera?
Sure, it's not like I'm chasing after kids on a soccer field, and even if I was, folks were able to do this before the days of autofocus.You want a manual focus lens for that camera?
Yeah, using a prime is just a different experience.Sure, it's not like I'm chasing after kids on a soccer field, and even if I was, folks were able to do this before the days of autofocus.
There's a Leica shop nearby in Boston. It makes me smile to do a little mental semiotic comparison with the Hermès shop on the next block when I walk past.Leica time!
I love primes but the AF on the 7RM4 so crazy good and Sony's AF primes are too. I've every respect for Cosina's Voigt lenses. I used them when I was still using RFs.Yeah, using a prime is just a different experience.
Must be on Newbury Street in the Back Bay. I was there a couple of years ago, with a wristwatch collector buddy, and we visited the Richard Mille boutique (read: six figures for watches). They even let me in, but I'm sure it was the company.There's a Leica shop nearby in Boston. It makes me smile to do a little mental semiotic comparison with the Hermès shop on the next block when I walk past.
It's all about use cases. I love using tripods, and think more about tripod quality than camera quality. But my happy place is 4x5, and for me medium format is a workable compromise, at least terms of what I'd like to be using.I love primes but the AF on the 7RM4 so crazy good and Sony's AF primes are too. I've every respect for Cosina's Voigt lenses. I used them when I was still using RFs.
It may be relevant that I hate using tripods.
If I were to indulge my lens GAS, I'd get the 100 mm STF. But there are a lot of nice things you can buy for a grand and a half.
Good for you! People make wonderful pictures with these techniques. Good thing they do because i don't think I'd take any if that's what it took.It's all about use cases. I love using tripods, and think more about tripod quality than camera quality. But my happy place is 4x5, and for me medium format is a workable compromise, at least terms of what I'd like to be using.
But what I really use, other than my iphone, is a Pentax 645z (loves a tripod but fully workable without it), Canon 5DII (loves being handheld but also loves a tripod), and, finally, either a Sinar P or F 4x5 view camera (I have both--and, of course, utterly unworkable without a stout tripod).
The reason I love tripods is that they are a means to the end of the image quality standard I have set for myself: 16x20 prints that do not undermine the illusion of endless detail at any viewing distance. Actually, the Pentax and (of course) the Sinars can sustain that illusion for much larger prints. But to sustain that illusion with the Canon, I have to use Canon's best and most expensive lenses--and this is true for all the makers of small cameras. I can sustain that illusion with the Pentax using the mid-focal-length zoom that I bought 20 years ago. But Pentax only made pro-grade lenses for the 645 line, and they are all very good.
Yes, my cameras are bulky and heavy, but that's not why they need a tripod. I even have a tripod adapter for my iphone, not that I use it much
Rick "who finally spent a thousand bucks on a tripod and now wonders what took him so long" Denney
You would probably enjoy a good EFCS (electronic front curtain shutter).
Must be on Newbury Street in the Back Bay. I was there a couple of years ago, with a wristwatch collector buddy, and we visited the Richard Mille boutique (read: six figures for watches). They even let me in, but I'm sure it was the company.
But at least Leica stuff is almost as good as it says it is.
Rick "remembers when Leica was for working photographers, not for fetishists" Denney
I dunno. I think I'd take a Jena-made Zeiss Sonnar any day for bokeh. Great faded-edge bokeh is a product of a bit of residual spherical aberration that appears when a fast lens is using a wide aperture. In the case of the Sonnar, it was made to be fast--it was the first fast normal for the Zeiss Contax back in the deeps of time, in the form of a 50mm (er...5 cm) f/1.5 "normal" lens. The Sonnar had to shift to longer focal lengths for use on reflex cameras. It worked on the Contax at 50mm only because there was no reflex mirror box to avoid. My favorite lens for bokeh is the medium-format 180mm f/2.8 Zeiss Jena Sonnar, made for the Pentacon Six camera (easily adapted to my Pentax 645z, plus most of my 6x6 junque Soviet and East German cameras). At f/2.8, depth of field is razor-thin and rendering is a wide, smooth brush. Double-gauss lenses like most normals (including the Summicron, Planar, Biometar, Xenotar, Summilux, Nokton--I think, and so on) don't do that. They are too highly corrected. They may be fast and have the thin depth of field, but that ain't the same thing.That's partly b/c it was the only "miniature" gear available at the time. Nikon introduced it's SP rangefinder in 1957 (Nikon 1 was not a 'pro' camera).
OTOH, nothing is anywhere near as good as Leica for getting the ultimate bokeh in your cat photos...
Most digicams have that enabled by default but mechanical "second curtain" and reset is still loud. The trick is to scan the sensor so fast and so carefully that you don't need the mechanical shutter at all. This is the key feature of the Sony A9.You would probably enjoy a good EFCS (electronic front curtain shutter).
Yep, to get the best out of the cam I need a tripod as well. I have one print in 60x80 cm and it's sharp even at close viewing distance, despite coming from a 10 MP cam (Nikon D200 with Tokina ATX 12-24, mounted on a Gitzo GTX 3541 with Arca Swiss Z1 head). Another print (same cam and tripod but with Nikkor 1.8/85 AF-D) is also incredibly sharp.The reason I love tripods is that they are a means to the end of the image quality standard I have set for myself: 16x20 prints that do not undermine the illusion of endless detail at any viewing distance.
It's always the same ... the standard procedure is to start with a useless $50 discounter tripod, followed by a Manfrotto 055 with Manfrotto head, then one realizes that the head is bad and gets a really good one, just to then realize that the tripid is not up to its task as well and finally buys a Gitzo or similar ... Would have been cheaper and faster to buy the Gitzo at once.Rick "who finally spent a thousand bucks on a tripod and now wonders what took him so long" Denney
It's always the same ... the standard procedure is to start with a useless $50 discounter tripod, followed by a Manfrotto 055 with Manfrotto head, then one realizes that the head is bad and gets a really good one, just to then realize that the tripid is not up to its task as well and finally buys a Gitzo or similar ... Would have been cheaper and faster to buy the Gitzo at once.
The Heliar is nothing like a true Ernostar/Sonnar, even if the diagram looks similar. No traditional Sonnar ever had swirly bokeh.IMO, bokeh and shallow DOF have become something of a commodity in recent years: The smooth, well-mannered sort is pretty much a given on modern premium lenses, and crazy swirly bokeh can be had cheaply on older lenses like the Helios-44 which is based on an older Sonnar formula.
I know my Canon Image Stabilized binculars told me to turn off IS if used on a tripod. I thought my Canon DSLR has the same instructions. Both IRC said it would lead to the IS system constantly adjusting without settling down leading to poor results and excessive use of the battery.Maybe we need a thread with vibration measurements of tripods...
Why not.Maybe we need a thread with vibration measurements of tripods...
I really enjoy my Robus. Anyone looking at Gitzo should give them a hard look.It's always the same ... the standard procedure is to start with a useless $50 discounter tripod, followed by a Manfrotto 055 with Manfrotto head, then one realizes that the head is bad and gets a really good one, just to then realize that the tripid is not up to its task as well and finally buys a Gitzo or similar ... Would have been cheaper and faster to buy the Gitzo at once.