Recent content by condyk

I've run Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Olympus over the years. The Samsung Nx300 is a cracking little camera that's easy carry for street and travel and such a nice menu system and set of controls. Really rate these. I have the 20mm and now legendary 30mm on a black and a white body. Easy and fast change...

Thanks. Great info tho I'm very out of date responding. I updated to the 2022 version and all was good.

This, as with similar comments above, is stating the obvious and misses the point ....

OK, that's decided. After much looking around, I've gone for the cheaper 50mm with the D800. It's crazy that this quality of combo was just £364 when old but decent compacts are going for more. For example, a 20mp Sony I thought to bid on just went for £20 more. I suppose the ability to fit in a...

Cheers ... I have an offer on a D610 but no response so far. Can get a D800 with 6 month warrenty for similar price so will likely go that route. I hired a 50mm ART when I went on one of my trips. Super nice but also a bit on the chunky side for my travel preferences. IQ reminded me of my Zeiss...

Thanks, and good timing. Am just researching the 50mm options. Seems the AFS is the one to go for tho the D is also excellent and half the price. Will ponder. It looks like I'm going for the Nikon D800 with one or other 50mm 1.4.

Good advice TBF. My Voigtlanders are 18mm and 27mm. Generally, over the years, with different gear I have made most use around 20-25mm range. I got used to the 27mm tho no problems. Was thinking a 35mm on a Nikon D800 is about optimal for me bang for my £ and build quality wise. Or the 5D 2 or 3...

Even the little X-E bodies are starting at £350 or so. TBH, a lot of Fuji's are now more preicey used than they were new.

Had the D300, D300s and D90 and all were used with big safari lenses successfully, despite their smaller size and weight. The D300s were especially great.

Yup, this was my exact logic when I sold the Fuji, i.e. get a Sony or Lumix to tide me over. I'll have a look at the G1. I do only need a decent fast prime TBH.

Correct, but the decent bodies are out of my price range for now.

TBH, the D700 is my favourite camera body ever. I bought one new pre-release for £1900 —a crazy amount. I had three of them! They render contrast and colour superbly. I could get one for £200-250 now, but of course, the D610 and D800 are pretty much two to three times the megapixels for around...

I'll look at Sony options. TBH, though, if I were going Sony mirrorless, I'd be better off finding a cheap Fuji that supports focus peaking. I used the XS-10, which is about the cheapest one that does it, and just sold it! My Voigtlanders are both Fuji X mount.

This is the way I'm going. I have some excellent shots from the compact Sony and Lumix cameras in the past, but a good FF body and lenses easily out quality them technically.

Yeah, I have enjoyed the tiny Voigtlanders. I have the 18mm and 27mm, which together make a great travel/street combo. Super nice to use with focus peaking on the Fuji and a small travel package, which matters to me. Would need to go for a small Fuji body, but they're hard to find at fair prices...