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    The Amazing Sony A1/A7/A9/APS-C & Anything else welcome Mega Thread!

    Thanks very much for your response.
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    The Amazing Sony A1/A7/A9/APS-C & Anything else welcome Mega Thread!

    Thank you so much for this. I spent one whole evening traversing that thread and I missed that. Someone quipped that the answer to all my questions are in the thread somewhere. Thanks so much for telling me where to go. I will get the E version.
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    The Amazing Sony A1/A7/A9/APS-C & Anything else welcome Mega Thread!

    Thanks very much for your response. I have spent a lot of time admiring your photos.
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    The Amazing Sony A1/A7/A9/APS-C & Anything else welcome Mega Thread!

    Ok, so I tried this on FM (and got some kind responses but remain confused). I want to buy the Voigtlander 40mm 1.2 for use on Sony bodies A6500 and A7R2). I understand all the theoretical (and documented and understood pros and cons). What I really want to know is which is better (in terms of...
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    nikon 400mm f/5.6 PC on modern bodies

    Thank you both for your responses. I am confused by the apparent contradiction between the strict injunction against mounting this lens on the d3/700 and Bjorn Rørslett's apparent endorsement of it on fx bodies here can anyone help me make sense of it? thanks
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    nikon 400mm f/5.6 PC on modern bodies

    Hello searched the net in vain for this info. Am considering buying this old lens on the strength of the rave reviews it gets for its optics. I shoot mainly people and will use it for what i hope will be unobstrusive street photography. My questios are: 1. is it compatible with the d700/d3 (i...
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    using hoodman loupe as viewfinder

    thanks for your responses daharro: whether it's manual focusing or AF using the green dot rangefinder i find the focus much more accurate via the lcd. my main subject is people and so far i shoot mainly handheld for the freedom though i'm looking into a monopod as a compromise. sk66...
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    using hoodman loupe as viewfinder

    I've found focusing via the lcd gives consistently much better results than via the viewfinder and am looking for a way to use that method exclusively. In order to do this i would need to be able to focus, frame and meter all at once and without changing perspective while shooting handheld. i...
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