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 p.2 #7 · One month shooting with the System 1 | |
AndreasE wrote:
You are welcome.
It is this hard question. What should I take as carry on for a trip? I truly enjoyed the last few weeks with the System 1, but at the same time haven't given up using my familiar DSLRs which produce unquestionable better photos. As allways, your choice depends on your priorities.
Let me share an example from yesterday evening. Friends invited us for dinner and my daughter and her friend "fooled" around and enjoyed their time. At one point, my 17 year old took the J1 and the kit lens to shoot some photos of her 16 year old friend.
This one was taken with the J1 and the kit lens, supported by the built-in flash.
Due to the low ambient light the camera was set to Hi-1 (ca. ISO 6400) - tribute to the slow kit lenses. Needed for the background in the room, but not shown in this image. I am really waiting for some fast lenses on this cam system.
So here we go. J1, ISO 6400, 1/60, built-in flash, out-of-camera, only resized, no postprocessing
http://www.pbase.com/andrease/image/139926643/original.jpg
A bit later, she swapped the J1 to a DSLR she is quite familiar with - the D3s.
Same table, same light. D3s, 85mm/1.4, ISO 1600, 1/100sec, f2.2. No postprocessing, only resized
http://www.pbase.com/andrease/image/139926627/original.jpg
A second example from the same series
http://www.pbase.com/andrease/image/139927206/original.jpg
If you ask me, I still like the images from the DSLRs better (way better). If there wouldn't be the size and weight incurred.
On the other side. The J1 provides more than decent snapshots in a very small package which very often works out of the box quite well.
J1, kit lens, flash, ISO 800, no postrocessing, only resized
1920x1200
http://www.pbase.com/andrease/image/139927263/original.jpg
Don't know for you, but it fits my requirements in many cases. Not all, but quite often.
As said at the beginning, it depends on your priorities. If you want to make some "statement" photos (for yourself or your family or others), you might be better off with the D700 (and appropriate lenses). If your primary objectice is something else, the System 1 might be less obstrusive and still be able for some great shots (at lower but sufficient overall IQ).
If I remember correctly, most people did argue in the past, that the technical component doesn't make a good picture, the photographer does. Pick and choose gear as appropriate, don't overengineer a solution and keep on enjoying photography,
Andy
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I agree, and think the same, which is why my D700 seems to be always hanging off my shoulder, and what ever P&S I have at the time seems to stay at home or in the bag at the hotel. My daughter (also 17 years old), has a D5100, which I could borrow (with a bribe perhaps required), and pick up a Sigma or Tamron 17-50 f2.8 lens for about the same price as a J1. In between size-wise, but better all around.
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