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Thank you for the note.
The camera I get needs to have a wide angle....effective focal length of 18-24mm.
Some of my past cameras used Leica, Zeiss & Schneider lenses and when I go through my archives I can see the differences. The last camera that I owned was a Nikon D3 and it was a very nice camera and the first digital that was excellent in low and natural light. I would expect most images would be made in RAW and post processed via Photoshop or whatever works best with the equipment. I no longer want the weight and the bulk but I do want the image quality.
The A3 may not do what I want it to do. The smaller sensor size may not work. I may have to bite the bullet & get the Sony RX or an A7. My gut is telling me that I should get a camera with interchangeable lenses. I am going to make a decision by this coming weekend.
Dilemma! Thanks for you comments.
Pavel wrote:
the Zeiss tuit, has not tested as well as in the corners as the Fuji equals, especially the 14, but you don't mention the focal length you prefer. The AX-3 does not have an X-trans sensor, so it warrants it's own investigation as far as quality because it simply is not that same sensor that equals "Fuji" in the looks department. I've no experience with it - does it use an AA filter?
Of course ihmo, the ideal of a camera of peerless image quality is a non-starter, without stating what sort of quality inspires you photographic taste buds. Flare? Veiling flare? little or lots - for character? Flat plane of focus?
Soft dreamy like the 56 wide open where it changes character completely by F2.8? Or do you like a lens that draws cold and clinical and perfect as much as possible at all apertures?
What do you like? and do you shoot jpg only to make this a worthwhile characteristic to plant your flag around, or are you going to post process as is the modern way, rending the lens's recipe to only that of a starting point?
I'd say, forget the "one that rules them all" in the image quality department and focus instead on the idea of something very portable in the focal length that you enjoy shooting. If it works for you - you will be back for at least one other Fuji or Zeiss gem. If it does not work for you ... you will be back for at least one other Fuji or Zeiss lens.
It's mostly a mirage, much like the idea of only one perfect movie, one perfect friend or one perfect food. And at the important end of life's pursuits, there sure as heck is not one perfect beer only - to be quested after! Egads!
Forget the mirage and live. Start with one ... and do as we all do. Lie about the money spent to the wife! ...Show more →
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