06-12-2010, 12:33 AM
[quote name='funkboy' date='11 June 2010 - 03:43 AM' timestamp='1276220634' post='438']
Congrats Wim, more than once I've considered doing the same thing but the weight & size put me off it. Beautiful viewfinder & images with that camera though.
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' /> thanks.
It was the same here, emphsis on was. However, at the moment used ones are priced quite reasonably, and the weight and size did put me off too in the past. However, considering what I do want to shoot with it, there isn't too much choice AFAIAC. The 1D Mk IV isn't worth it for me, because I don't use a camera like it enough to justify the cost. And it and the 7D are the only cameras with AF systems that'll do what I need them to do. Then taek th eVF into account fro my eye sight, and the choice (and decision) becomes a lot easier. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
BTW, I did find that the 85L just got a new lease on life as well. Goes very well with the camera, no MA required as with 5D II, and the AoV is just right for my type of portrait shooting too. Reminds me a lot of the SMC Takumar 105 F/2.8 I did have once, just a few stops faster version as it were <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />. And AF is relatively fast and very accurate.
Kind regards, Wim
Congrats Wim, more than once I've considered doing the same thing but the weight & size put me off it. Beautiful viewfinder & images with that camera though.
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<img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> thanks.It was the same here, emphsis on was. However, at the moment used ones are priced quite reasonably, and the weight and size did put me off too in the past. However, considering what I do want to shoot with it, there isn't too much choice AFAIAC. The 1D Mk IV isn't worth it for me, because I don't use a camera like it enough to justify the cost. And it and the 7D are the only cameras with AF systems that'll do what I need them to do. Then taek th eVF into account fro my eye sight, and the choice (and decision) becomes a lot easier. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />BTW, I did find that the 85L just got a new lease on life as well. Goes very well with the camera, no MA required as with 5D II, and the AoV is just right for my type of portrait shooting too. Reminds me a lot of the SMC Takumar 105 F/2.8 I did have once, just a few stops faster version as it were <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />. And AF is relatively fast and very accurate.Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....