denoir wrote:
Thanks Gary, Joe, Kyle, Charles, Ryan & Boris
The reason for the experimentation was that I\'ve had two lousy photo days. I\'ve been out twice and returned without one single shot that I really liked. So I started to play a bit in PS with textures.
Ryan, nice set with the 28 Cron. Looks like a really great lens
Boris, having a perfectly adjusted rangefinder is really critical. When it\'s correctly set focusing the 50 Lux is a breeze. I don\'t think I\'ve missed focus even once with it at f/1.4.
As for the perfect camera for it, well, I can only say that I love my M9. That should be interpreted very literaly. It\'s a personal and not always rational evaluation. All I can say however is that right now I\'m very unhappy when I have to use my 5DII or any other camera. The various objective limitations of the M9 have become a non-issue for me. And my currently favorite combo is the M9 + 50 Lux ASPH. I could give up all my other gear and I\'d still be reasonably happy
Luka, I think a perfectly adjusted rangefinder is really important but solves the problem only with static subjects (which is rather not the case with my daughter).
I think I just have to live with 70% misfocused images. It is the same with the 100MP or 85L on the 5DII, when used handheld with non-stativ subject. That\'s at least my experience with my MF skills.
I\'m still not convinced that the M9 is the right camera for me. At least not as a substitute to my 5DII. I think your shooting style differs significantly from mine. On a photo trip I shoot about 90% of my pictures from a tripod. Typically I shoot only portraits and street photography scenes handheld.
The next problem would be, that I always take two identical bodies on longer trips and two M9 would be way too expensive for me. Maybe the future 24MP NEX7 could be an adequate and reasonable priced backup for a M9 (or M9.2 or M10).
