Have read most of the thread, some amazing photos posted here!
Looking for some camera advice: I currently use a Lumix G100, bought about a year ago as my first camera, got into vintage primes and have been learning a ton just with that. I love the size and handling of the G100 but really wish it had IBIS to help pull off some nighttime and creative shots without a tripod.
So, looking for something that’s still nice and compact but with IBIS. Don’t really need amazing AF as I intend to keep using manual lenses. Tried an Olympus OM-5 but the menu system was insanely convoluted and it has some weird quirks - focus peaking has to be re-enabled every time you turn the camera on, UI gets weirdly laggy at slower shutter speeds, etc.
I like the idea of the fujifilm cameras - great jpegs without too much effort in post, aperture rings on the lenses, exposure settings on dials… I’m thinking my options here would be X-E5, X-T50 or X-S10 if I’m willing to compromise with PASM instead of the manual dials? Any advice or alternate options much appreciated!
More or less my thoughts as well, if I’m going to go out nice and minimal with the Ricoh I can always switch to iPhone ProRAW if I find a NEED for color pics. That kind of mindset has worked out well for me in the past, it’s nice to have a failsafe backup that’s with you all the time.
I went into the Fuji store in London today and had a chance to check out their collection. I’ve had an X100vi for the past 3 months and really like it… but, I now have GAS for the X-T5; I felt so good in hand, just a bit more ‘serious’ than my X100vi, and I loved the 33mm f1.6 lens it had on it.
Starting to wish I hadn’t gone in now.
I’m looking forward to you holding the GRIVmono. I asked in a store yesterday about reservations for one and was told that by the time one is available, the next generation will be released (for reservation to buy of course).
I have a Leica Q and shoot mainly in B&W. So, I picked up a deep yellow and a red filter for contrast-y skies. But they don’t work correctly on a colour sensor and basically just confuse the hell out of it. I was wondering why my test images were not producing the same effects I’d seen in tutorials!
The lesson: colour filters only work on monochrome film cameras and sensors!
Can I “simulate” focal length by zooming in? Let’s say I wanted to buy an 80 mm lens.
I have a 40 mm lens and if I zoom in 2x, wouldn’t that look like an 80 mm? It wouldn’t give me the DoF of an 80 mm, but to check if that’s a focal length that makes sense for the type of stuff I want to shoot, most importantly checking the distance I’d have to shoot from, it would work, right?
Yep, many cameras have virtual zoom modes where the camera just crops the sensor to act like a longer focal length. I use it all the time on all my cameras to get more reach out of a prime lens.
The only trade off in cropping like you said is that you will still have the same angle of perspective.
For example, you will see a wider amount of the background if you crop the 40mm to 80mm. But if you use an 80mm lens you will see a tighter/less amount of the background, because its angle of view is tighter.
This is usually why we choose longer lenses (105 to 500mm) in situations where we want to eliminate as much crap as possible that is outside the point of interest, or takes it out of the context we want to amplify.
