cputeq wrote:
Trying to decide if I want to switch back to m43 (yet again) -- but this time with the EM5 II because as a landscape guy, i like the *idea* of high resolution mode.
I know the drawbacks of the mode, but do any of you find yourself ever actually using the mode?
On m4/3.com a member uses one who also uses a D810 and says the high Rez is the real deal. So I'd go for it . I want one too but waiting for the em1II - see how that turns out. The new pen F has an 80mp raw file. I will get one of them once the em1 is out.
cputeq wrote:
Trying to decide if I want to switch back to m43 (yet again) -- but this time with the EM5 II because as a landscape guy, i like the *idea* of high resolution mode.
I know the drawbacks of the mode, but do any of you find yourself ever actually using the mode?
For landscapes it would probably be awesome but with obvious limitations of long shutter speeds for example. I guess it all comes down to your style of shooting.
Cputeq, did you move to Sony?
Specfoto Thanks! Will check the filter! Good to know there are systems for it even though they costs a right arm and leg!
Great shots with the 9-18 Kaiserkudo, for half the price and easier use with filters it seems like a very good alternative to any of the 7-14mm's. Specially if one is on a budget or having a hard to deciding which great lenses to get.
Not much I could do about the sky here unfortunately but I like the shot anyway, specially since the person sitting on the pier was motionless for 15 seconds while doing the exposure.
Yeah I'm a habitual system switcher. This was technically my 4th foray into Sony land (A850 first, then A77, then A7, now A7ii).
I think I'm just going back to Fuji (again) -- they seem to be on track for some great things, and really my only complaints are their X-trans (which seems to be improving) and lack of touch screen.
Wilbus wrote:
Great shots with the 9-18 Kaiserkudo, for half the price and easier use with filters it seems like a very good alternative to any of the 7-14mm's. Specially if one is on a budget or having a hard to deciding which great lenses to get.
Thank you. I have an upcoming hiking trip through Slovenia and the EM-1 + 9-19mm are likely coming for the trip. I'm half thinking about bringing the D750 + 18-35G instead as I will have a car mostly - however it's hard to beat the compactness of the m43 kit, and I predominantly shoot stopped down anyway.
What I have noticed is that editing RAWs from m43 require a more careful approach - I find it quite easy to oversharpen the files - resulting in a "crunchy" look that I find quite unappealing. Working with RAWs from the D750 I find to be a bit more forgiving and with slightly more latitude and obviously less noise at base ISO. I doubt I will upgrade any equipment for a while - I'll focus instead on scouting new locations (holidays ), improving my post processing, and timing my shooting sessions to coincide with interesting light - all three of these things IMHO will produce much more quality work than any IQ boost of any next gen upgrade will.
A shot I am pretty sure I couldn't have made with many other bodies than the Olympus bodies thanks to the IBIS and actually thanks to the added depth of field of the m43 system.
It's stopped down to F4 and still a bit too shallow dof cause the right most eye (her left eye) isn't really in focus when zoomed in. So all in all I should have stopped down even further.
Anyway, F4, 1/13 of a second with the Olympus 45mm F1.8. ISO 200. Had I wanted the same dof with a small sensor camera (ie 36x24mm) I would have had to stop down to F8 and raise the ISO by several steps, two steps wouldn't be enough thanks to the IBIS in the Olympus body.
No one can say the lens isn't sharp! And yet... according to Photozone the 75mm is much sharper. Actually, the 40-150 F2.8 and 75mm F1.8 reach the same level of sharpness which kind of surprised me a bit.
