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Maybe this might interest someone.
Bit the bullit and got a DF this Thursday
As I plan to use it seriously tomorrow, I decided to put it to the test (and familiarise myself with it) on a local fashion show in the Hague, The Netherlands.
Pain points to be tested were:
- AF speed, as the internet is full of stories that the 39 pints AF is not fit for really heavy duty, especially under bad light and fast moving subjects
- Size, said to be too small for comfortable use with anything other then small prime lenses
IMO no painpoints : DR, and high ISO. The modified D4 sensor does the job excellently, even with heavily under and overexposed files (yes I messed up at times)
Venue was in a shopping mall, partly in the central hall with a mix of daylight from high windows, sometimes bounced or diffused, sometimes directly on the models, and with the artifical light from the window displays from the shops in the central hall, and partly in the corridors running from the central hall to the shops with mainly the running lights and the lights from the displays of the shops.
Set up: DF with 70-300 VR in Manual Mode, AF-C (shutter priority) with 39 AF points.
Exposure between 1/250 and 1/400th at F6.3 (ISO between 640 and 2500, I messed things up a bit), WB daylight with an additional SB800 in BL TTL / FP mode for fill in the central hall and for when shooting in the corridors.
Size : Having worked with older films camera's like the F2 and FE in similar set ups (4.5/80-200 zoom and Metz CT64's) I had not problems with the smaller body and larger lens (and flash on top)
AF: Also no problem, was fast enough for me, even when using the AF fields on the outside on the fast moving models (why do they always do that ...) in the dimmer corridors.
http://www.pbase.com/paul_k/20140322_new_babylon
On a side note, despite the lower MP count, I really liked what the modified D4 sensor in the DF does. Like it much more then the one in D800, although I'm not writing that one off.
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