Recent content by jhob

And thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread. It has been really constructive and helpful for me.

Ah yes, I think I know the phenomena you mean. Anyway, from having done lots of research I am pretty convinced that the X-E1 is the camera for me. Only remaining niggle/potential show-stopper I have is with the focus point selection, I'm really hoping that will be fixed in a future firmware...

What's rattlesnaking?

Don't get me wrong, better auto-focus is always good and it has been a bugbear of mine with the S5pro, it's just been one of those things I've learnt to adapt to, looking for lines of strong contrast to focus on etc. Slow auto-focus on the other hand is an absolute killer. The panny 20mm is...

whatever I go for it's going to knock the socks off the s5pro's noise. Although it has a pleasing character, there is a lot of it!

Well, the autofocus on the s5pro is hardly great and I've learnt to adapt to that. Be interesting to see what changes come about with the new firmware. Got to say, I'm definitely swaying towards the fuji. Still, I'm going to miss the DR of the S5pro, but a camera that isn't used isn't of...

I see that the 27mm is a pancake - that makes it a very interesting proposition. Should be able to get similar DOF as my 20mm @ f1.7 given the smaller sensor.

The 23mm 1.4 could well swing it! I do have an MF OM-fit 28mm f2.8 that I was thinking of using in the iterim anyway. Just wish fuji would implement focus peeking as has now been implemented in the the EP5, would make MF so much more usable! Any idea when the 23m might be coming out? The kit...

No, I had not considered the E-P5. I'll take a look into it. Cheers for the tip! :)

So, I'm a long time Fuji S5-pro user. I've stuck with that camera as I just love the IQ, beautiful skin tones, great dynamic range and very film-like noise pattern. However, particularly since having kids, I have found that I now shoot almost exclusively on my Panasonic GF-1 as it is so much...

He was entirely right and correct to withhold his details as there was no legal basis for him to give them over. What the police were doing to him was harassment which should be fought every step of the way - it's a drip drip erosion of our civil liberties. We must fight to keep what rights we...

I wouldn't use mine above ISO800, the noise is pretty offensive. I actually like grainy noise, but the GF1 exhibits a lot of chroma noise from ISO1600. 800 and below you're fine and with the 20mm pancake you should be good for most low light situations, just don't be expecting to crank the ISO...

These images really prove what a versatile camera the GF1 is, great stuff.

Here's few from my first proper photo outing with the GF1. The full set of photographs is up on my flickr I really loved using the GF1 and 20mm, I loved the simplicity that it brought to my photography, it felt like a very pure experience. I even rather enjoyed using the lcd screen to...

Yup - get replacement batteries from Digi Quick: http://www.digi-quick.co.uk/Camera_Batteries_for_%20Panasonic_Lumix_DMC-GF1__DM3863_7 They're a good price (£12.99) and work just fine. I emailed them prior to buying mine and they confirmed that they will work, and indeed they do.