[quote name='popo' timestamp='1319821541' post='12545']
I have a habit of sticking my finger on the front of pancake lenses for some reason...[/quote]
Same here ... most of the Pancakes I used were manual lenses and I often tried to adjust focus with the air in front of the lens ...
Anyway: for those who prefer to use hoods, it's certainly annoying that they are not included.
[quote name='popo' timestamp='1319821541' post='12545']
And does anyone really use pouches? [/quote]
Well, not for my SLR gear, but the M lenses are rather small and I prefer to carry them in pouches, so I can store several in a single compartment of my shoulder bag. For the same reason, I'd prefer to have pouches with the Nikkor 1 lenses.
However, for now there aren't more lenses than my smallest bag has compartments <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> And at least they are available optionally. Of course I could also re-use some of the many SLR pouches I have. The ones included with the TCs should work well.
[quote name='popo' timestamp='1319821541' post='12545']
Anyway, if I can ask, how do you find the AF speed? Particularly for tracking in a direction towards/away from camera. I think that is the biggest reason over the alternatives I might consider looking at this as a smaller backup system in future.
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Unfortunately, I still don't have any field experience with the camera, yet. Weather would have been fine today, unfortunately that wasn't true for myself ... I spent most of the day in bed feeling a little sick. But I'm already better now.
AF struggles in low light (like I have it in my office now... let's call it "ISO 3200 light"). Certainly worse than the D7000's AF in this regard, but I guess no one would expect it to shine in this discipline anyway. Given its high ISO performance, it doesn't really matter IMO.
VR seems to work exceptionally well. Have handheld a few 1/6s shots with the superzoom at the long end. Not all of them, but quite a few were almost free of blur. Given we're talking about the equivalent of a 270mm lens, I find this quite remarkable.
For anyone used to adjust most settings with a dedicated button, it's also a bit tiresome to enter the menu for many things (changing ISO for example).
-- Markus
I have a habit of sticking my finger on the front of pancake lenses for some reason...[/quote]
Same here ... most of the Pancakes I used were manual lenses and I often tried to adjust focus with the air in front of the lens ...
Anyway: for those who prefer to use hoods, it's certainly annoying that they are not included.
[quote name='popo' timestamp='1319821541' post='12545']
And does anyone really use pouches? [/quote]
Well, not for my SLR gear, but the M lenses are rather small and I prefer to carry them in pouches, so I can store several in a single compartment of my shoulder bag. For the same reason, I'd prefer to have pouches with the Nikkor 1 lenses.
However, for now there aren't more lenses than my smallest bag has compartments <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> And at least they are available optionally. Of course I could also re-use some of the many SLR pouches I have. The ones included with the TCs should work well.[quote name='popo' timestamp='1319821541' post='12545']
Anyway, if I can ask, how do you find the AF speed? Particularly for tracking in a direction towards/away from camera. I think that is the biggest reason over the alternatives I might consider looking at this as a smaller backup system in future.
[/quote]
Unfortunately, I still don't have any field experience with the camera, yet. Weather would have been fine today, unfortunately that wasn't true for myself ... I spent most of the day in bed feeling a little sick. But I'm already better now.
AF struggles in low light (like I have it in my office now... let's call it "ISO 3200 light"). Certainly worse than the D7000's AF in this regard, but I guess no one would expect it to shine in this discipline anyway. Given its high ISO performance, it doesn't really matter IMO.
VR seems to work exceptionally well. Have handheld a few 1/6s shots with the superzoom at the long end. Not all of them, but quite a few were almost free of blur. Given we're talking about the equivalent of a 270mm lens, I find this quite remarkable.
For anyone used to adjust most settings with a dedicated button, it's also a bit tiresome to enter the menu for many things (changing ISO for example).
-- Markus
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