I'm interested to know why you prefer jpeg over raw images for shooting.
JPEGs are fine as long as you like the colours SOOC and you don't need much in the way of shadow and highlight recovery, and you don't shoot particularly high ISO. NR on JPEGs tends to give more artefacts IMO.
I think these days jpeg are so good as long as your close to correct exposure and with todays noise programs there is little to gain apart from Landscape type shots but for me i only shoot wild life and the odd family get together so rarely need to work on shadows / highlights .
for the ease jpeg offer .
Jpegs don't really speed my process up to be honest, I import my raws with a default preset I created and job done so for me it's not different to importing jpegs. In fact there's one more process for me with jpeg as I have to turn off the import preset first
I never find 28mm wide enough for travel stuff, and often wish I'd even got wider than 24mm28-200mm on A7C is really an awesome combination and tracking is flawless. Arguably the best travel combination.
Yep, always a compromise. How quickly does it stop down from f2.8?I don't disagree. I do like having 24mm and miss it from the 24-105mm I had previously.
But I can work with a 28mm start.
What you gain for giving up 24mm is a lighter lens, f2.8 start, 200mm reach which is actually rather sharp at f8 for landscapes.
I often carry a UWA anyway and they more often than not cover the 24mm focal range. But with a 24-105mm I'd need to carry an extra lens for more reach.
Obviously 24-105mm is optically better with OSS that works very well with IBIS. Its all a compromise, there is no right answer.
For the A7C when you are trying to keep the setup compact, A7C+12-24, 28-200mm and 45mm/1.8 all weighs a fait bit under 2Kgs
Kita by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
I love it, yes it's a jack of all trades. But like this morning I put the strap on my camera and just called it over my shoulder, no bag nothing what to carry and it will do a bit of everything reasonably well.
The AF on the 100-400mm is superb, mind you it ought to be considering the priceOut for a play in the snow with a friends dog this morning. The 100-400mm in bright conditions makes a brilliant dog lens. Very fast focussing despite the darker aperture and it made for more keepers with the A7R IV than I got with the Tamron 70-180mm. Mind you that may be because of the easier to photograph dog. The 135mm GM wasn't as versatile but is so sharp and will be a very useful lens too. After a month or so with the Sonys I know I made the right decision and I can see the rest of my Nikon kit being sold and just keeping the single D850 and my 400mm F2.8 for the Rugby
Alan,
In the process of buying a Zeiss Loxia 50mm, which can be had for a good price and has a good reputation.
I’d like the GM but stopped down the F4 isn’t far off so I’m happy with that for now.
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They have their fans but I think they look rather modern and ordinary compared to the Voigtlanders and I do have the Voigtlander 50mm f2 so maybe no advantage in getting the f2 Loxia. I was just looking for something e mount and cheapish with old style build.
What about the Meike 50mm, it looks nice for the price.
Mind tend to be either 21mm or 35mm.
Ahh ok you’ll not notice a drop in DR then. I was ‘concerned’ about the DR on the A9-II but it’s less than 1ev different to the R4 and also better than the EM1 that I managed with so I’ve just been overthinking it as usual
I think the image quality will be similar between the D850 and A7R IV and as I tend to use grads I tend not to use the full dynamic range of the D850. Looking forward to using the 16-35mm as it is very well reviewed and I never really got on with the Nikon 16-35mm F4. The GM fits all my needs in being able to take filters and also very decent for astro. that will cut a lens out of my backpack and losing weight was one of the reasons I moved over from NikonAhh ok you’ll not notice a drop in DR then. I was ‘concerned’ about the DR on the A9-II but it’s less than 1ev different to the R4 and also better than the EM1 that I managed with so I’ve just been overthinking it as usual
Really like my Voightlander 40 mm f1.2. It’s such a well made lens and love the manual focus. Have the 24-105 but could happily live with the 40mm all the time
I wonder why the Northrups can’t get it to work like that?
I wonder why the Northrups can’t get it to work like that?
They spend more time struggling with teleconverters than shooting images. They are the Youtube reviewer equivalent of The Sun newspaperI wonder why the Northrups can’t get it to work like that?
nice demo and the way it got the eye on that seagull is all i could wish for it's plenty good enough imho - strangely i tried my a9mkii with bird pics on the computer yesterday and it did find the eye on some birds i also waved the lens about as he did and it just stayed with the eye all the time so I'm not to surprised the a1 works .
Who?I wonder why the Northrups can’t get it to work like that?
It’s not great that they influence so manyWho?
