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Hopefully they can improve on battery life and AF. Only areas I think are lacking a bit.
Totally agree
Hopefully they can improve on battery life and AF. Only areas I think are lacking a bit.
Yes you can. These are all in the last menu down.
It's a Nikon mount Sigma 300mm apo f4, bought in '95 from the receipt that was still in the case. I haven't used it a great deal yet, MF wide open at f4 is fun! It looks like it flares a fair bit when shooting towards the sun, so I'm not sure if it's going to be any good for an airshow, but I'm going to give it a try. It cost £55.
Edit, I should add that the Sigma shots above were taken through dirty double glazing, every time I carefully open the window to get a clear shot the poxy cat jumps up and out through the window and scares the birds away!
What do you need to attach that to an x-t1? Great shots considering they were taken through a window!
I guess the whole FF vs Crop sensor debate will always rage on, but camera's like the Sony A7 & Fuji X-T1 have one thing is common... they are eating away at DSLR sales.
Mirrorless is the way forward in my opinion for everything bar professional high critical AF tracking work.
Give it another 1-2 years and they will be as fast if not faster than the Pro DSLR's.
The key thing for me is the overall size, look at the size of the Fuji 35mm against the size of the Sony 55mm. The smaller crop sensor allows for smaller glass.
I'm keeping my good old 1Ds2 for my full frame kicks
I just bought an adapter off EBay, cost around £15 from memory. I'll be using it at an airshow tomorrow, should be fun!
Am I right in thinking it's a Sigma 70-300mm APO, considering the price you paid. Could you post a link or pic of lens. ?
I am looking for a 300mm lens as I am finding my 100-300mm f5 a little to heavy for me.
Thanks
Simon
And they don't work for colour rendering. Lightroom loses all the warmth of the Fuji JPEGs. (Not just with the XT1, did the same with the S3 and 5 too)
Sony will be making big announcements at Photokina in September.
Highly likely the announcement for the 5 FE lenses.
Zeiss 16-35mm f4 OSS
Sony G Macro
Zeiss wide-angle
And two other unknown lenses
Back to the Fuji lens road map, I must admit Fuji is making great progress with not only their lenses but camera bodies too.
It's a shame they never factored in a FF setup from the beginning.
I was just stating earlier on in the thread that Fuji is doing really well with their lens roadmap and their customer service is excellent. Way better than Sony actualy.
The X-T1 just wasnt for me, I felt I would explain why as its always good to share and it's gives prospective buyers other options to consider.
Here is a Fuji XT-1 review, looking at the image crops, the Sony A7 is out in front in terms of IQ.
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/fuji-x-t1/fuji-x-t1A.HTM
"Detail comparison. At first glance the eye is immediately drawn to the astonishing fine detail performance from the A7. Some may consider this comparison unfair, since it's a full-frame camera with higher resolution than all but two of the others, but the price point is the deciding factor on why we included it here. It only costs about 15% more than the X-T1, so it's in the same ballpark. In comparing the rest, the X-T1 clearly doesn't stand out against this field as a high-contrast fine detail performer, with the 70D and the D7100 out-resolving details in the lettering across the ISO range. The Canon 70D's images get a lot of their "pop" from fairly strong sharpening, which artificially increases the contrast between the dark and light lines in the text, though; the D7100's rendering is the most natural of the sub-frame cameras."
I rest my case
NOTE: These images are best quality JPEGs straight out of the camera, at default settings including noise reduction and using the camera's actual base ISO (not extended ISO settings).
So really what he's doing is showing the cameras jpeg processing?
Correct, and we all know how good the Fuji JPEG engine is (the best imo) vs the medicore A7 JPEG engine.
From a IQ prespective, paying the extra £179 over the Fuji X-T1 was worth the difference.
So if IQ is your main aim then the Sony A7 is worth considering
…… But your comment is based on jpeg.
…... and we all know theres more to IQ than just the sensor, don't we.
If image quality is the main concern you wouldn't be buying an A7 or an X-T1.
Can't see the point comparing with the 70D and 7100, both larger and heavier with that being the reason people have swapped to the XT1.
And there is still no perfect all round camera.
They dont need to factor in ff when their hi iso performance is so good and they are releasing such fast primes and zooms. What would the benefit be?
At the mo FF offers an advantage when printing the size of a barn or cropping like a machete wielding psycho and at stratospheric ISO settings. So, in the real world for most people there's no benefit except bragging rights.
However, if you want to use 30 year old manual lenses and get the intended FoV FF offers a benefit.
No its a prime lens, Sigma 300mm f4 APO:
http://www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/showproduct.php?product=129
Mine is a Nikon mount though with a screw drive for AF (not HSM).
It seems this lens now goes for good money, one went on the bay yesterday for £184.00, so you have had a nice little return on your purchase price, although after a few years.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sigma-300mm-f4-APO-Tele-Macro-AF-Lens-Nikon-fit-/111416096218?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=8Iuqv88TvRbrEwm%2Bz2JdMpV1rKc%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
What I find difficult is manually focusing and trying to change aperture on the fly all whilst trying to pan smoothly at lowish shutter speed (1/180)... I was at an airshow yesterday, it was a challenging experience to say the least!
Be careful buying those old Sigma primes, a lot of them suffered issues with haze which is difficult to fix (if I remember correctly).
I reckon that might actually be a problem with this lens. I was putting things down to flare, but haze fits the symptoms better (lack of contrast). Doing a flashlight test it looks like it has been cleaned at some point with something that has degraded and caused the haze. Ho hum.
I've now had my X-T1 (or should I say both of them...) for 30 days. I have mixed feelings.
On the one hand, I'm ecstatic about how the camera feels. I took in on a rather lengthy hiking trip (10 days through Norway, glaciers and all) and it never bothered me once, even with the comparably hefty 10-24 on it. Generally, I'm very happy with the results as well. The colours and dynamic range are amazing as is sharpness and resolution... BUT:
The first one I had (and took to Norway with me), I sent back last week because of a red dot showing on EVERY picture:
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Now I know this is pixel peeping at 100% but it's also very visible at the size I usually view my images at (unzoomed on 27" Thunderbolt display..):
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(bottom right corner)
Yesterday, I got my replacement from amazon... at first, I thought the issue resolved but then I spotted the same red dot in the middle of every image...
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I'm not sure what to do... try a third one? Send it to Fuji for repair? To be honest, I've been in the DSLR game since the 300D and never had this problem. I'm a bit disappointed after spending close to 4.000€ on a new system after more than a decade of Canon. I don't think this is acceptable at all.
What I find difficult is manually focusing and trying to change aperture on the fly all whilst trying to pan smoothly at lowish shutter speed (1/180)... I was at an airshow yesterday, it was a challenging experience to say the least!
Why on earth would you want to use manual focus on an aircraft on a modem camera. Sounds like you are making things hard for yourself.