Gear discussion thread v. "I got some new gear and I got to post it here" - General

[QUOTE=notlabbet;43054225]what happens if i use a non full frame e-mount lens on the a7?[/QUOTE] Pretty sure it will reconize it and will crop accordingly I've seen this "feature" on the Sony VG900.

[QUOTE=Uber|nooB;43054875]purely out of interest, what focal lengths do yous all generally prefer? just kind of realised that ever since I started using film I've stuck with a 50 pretty much permanently, and never feel like using anything longer despite owning a couple of longer lenses. sometimes a 28, but to me anything longer than a 50 just feels really weird to use[/QUOTE] I use my nifty fifty most of the times but I also like 28mm and 35mm. I just don't find big zoom/tele lenzes that attractive because of their size and weight. The only tele lens I use is a 135mm f/3.5 OM Zuiko on my OM-10 because it's so small for a tele lens.

the voigtlander 40mm f/1.4 might be my lens of choice when i go lens shopping

don't buy a new lens or a ff body spend that money on hard drugs/travelling instead tbh probably better for your wallet and photography

Throw money at travel so you can travel to places to take pictures instead of having high end gear that you only use in your room or house. Yes, that includes a local transit bus tickets.

[QUOTE=notlabbet;43056435]the voigtlander 40mm f/1.4 might be my lens of choice when i go lens shopping[/QUOTE] It's a good lens. I was considering it for a while but decided against it just because I have a lot of lenses in that similar focal length and I'm not the biggest 40mm fan. Make sure you get the multicoated version as it has much more contrast. Frag4life has one and he likes it a lot. If you are unsure of the focal length I would check out the Konica 40mm 1.8 just because you could get one and an adapter for like $50 and not lose much at all on a resale. Also to answer your other question, APS-C lenses have the choice of forced crop or full frame with the vignette, useful if you want to do a square crop later as most of the lenses have a lot more vertical resolution than you see in the APS-C frame.

gonna cop this [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/1WM3QJ6.jpg[/IMG]

wow that is an insanely low price, even for the metal case alone lol it looks like it does shift too that's awesome

it's being sold :(

Aw man, my school only has pentax and some canon slrs so no vintage nikon glass to use without adapters

[QUOTE=FlippR;43057489]it's being sold :([/QUOTE] call him and offer $50 tell him you are a college student and need it for a course

that's a well sexy industrial looking camera [editline]3rd December 2013[/editline] tbh

[QUOTE=notlabbet;43056435]the voigtlander 40mm f/1.4 might be my lens of choice when i go lens shopping[/QUOTE] Thats a good lens I've been using it on a Leica M4-2 and its really nice to use and rather well built. I'd recommend it, it's got good sharpness and its just good. I've got the MC version so not sure what the SC version is like.

i know you are all sick of hearing my shit about this but i just realized that if the $810 nikon 10-24 is within my price range then so is the sigma 18-35 f/1.8 and 35mm f/1.4. are those good? i remember someone here got the 35mm f/1.4 and I cant remember if they liked it or not. [editline]3rd December 2013[/editline] and afaik that is also FX compatible which is good for the future.

[QUOTE=dwt110;43059771]i know you are all sick of hearing my shit about this but i just realized that if the $810 nikon 10-24 is within my price range then so is the sigma 18-35 f/1.8 and 35mm f/1.4. are those good? i remember someone here got the 35mm f/1.4 and I cant remember if they liked it or not. [editline]3rd December 2013[/editline] and afaik that is also FX compatible which is good for the future.[/QUOTE]I used the Nikon 10-24 DX a fair bit last January and it was amazing fun. I never liked shooting wide before but getting low and shooting up at buildings granted a bit of variety to my shooting habits. I remember looking at the Tokina but can't honestly remember why I didn't buy it instead. The sigma 35 1.4 is supposed to be very good optically, but I recall it had backfocusing issues a year or so ago? Probably fixed now.

I emailed sigma about back or front focusing issues and they said that if I can't fix it using my camera (which doesnt even have the capability to fix a problem like that ) then I can send my camera and lens to Sigma and they will fix it (i think) free of charge excluding shipping in like 2 or so weeks

[QUOTE=Uber|nooB;43054875]purely out of interest, what focal lengths do yous all generally prefer? just kind of realised that ever since I started using film I've stuck with a 50 pretty much permanently, and never feel like using anything longer despite owning a couple of longer lenses. sometimes a 28, but to me anything longer than a 50 just feels really weird to use[/QUOTE] Generally, for me, the wider the better.

[QUOTE=dwt110;43060207]I emailed sigma about back or front focusing issues and they said that if I can't fix it using my camera (which doesnt even have the capability to fix a problem like that ) then I can send my camera and lens to Sigma and they will fix it (i think) free of charge excluding shipping in like 2 or so weeks[/QUOTE]Do you have another camera that you could use in the meantime? If you really want that focal length, its a great aperture and means you won't have to worry about it again.

[QUOTE=MisterM;43060947]Do you have another camera that you could use in the meantime? If you really want that focal length, its a great aperture and means you won't have to worry about it again.[/QUOTE] not really, but im wondering if b&h would be able to correct it [editline]3rd December 2013[/editline] aaaand thats a negative from b&h

[QUOTE=Uber|nooB;43054875]purely out of interest, what focal lengths do yous all generally prefer? just kind of realised that ever since I started using film I've stuck with a 50 pretty much permanently, and never feel like using anything longer despite owning a couple of longer lenses. sometimes a 28, but to me anything longer than a 50 just feels really weird to use[/QUOTE] (21) - 28 - 35 - 50 28> when I want to take a picture of something whole or in tight spaces. 35 when I want to use just one lens. It's not too wide and not too narrow. But at the same time it also feels awkward to me. Can't explain it. 50 when I have enough room to step back or if I want to take a picture of a detail.

typically just carry around a 50. i like packing light because then i can walk further without the weight of bigger/more lenses getting to me c: ontop of my textbooks and coursework, i already have a ton of weight on my shoulder. i think a good 50mm lens should do most people for street photography especially considering they're cheap-as.

The Canon 50 is so small you can easily carry it around. Wider primes are larger but then there's the pancake 40mm

there is no such thing as a pancake lens for nikon dslrs, the closest thing is the 50mm f/1.8 series E, which is still [del]33cm[/del] 33mm long

some how doubt it's 33cm

i managed to type c instead of m

[QUOTE=dwt110;43061320]there is no such thing as a pancake lens for nikon dslrs, the closest thing is the 50mm f/1.8 series E, which is still 33cm long[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.amazon.com/Voigtlander-Aspherical-Compact-Pancake-Digital/dp/B000ZNQUBU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1386116599&sr=8-2&keywords=voigtlander+nikon[/url] [url]http://www.amazon.com/Voigtlander-Skopar-Aspherical-Digital-Cameras/dp/B0000D81PX/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1386116599&sr=8-3&keywords=voigtlander+nikon[/url] [url]http://www.amazon.com/Voigtlander-Aspherical-Manual-Digital-Cameras/dp/B0098B9RF6/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1386116599&sr=8-9&keywords=voigtlander+nikon[/url] [url]http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-Nikkor-Manual-Digital-Cameras/dp/B00005LENW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386116755&sr=8-1&keywords=nikon+45mm+pancake[/url] [QUOTE=Uber|nooB;43054875]purely out of interest, what focal lengths do yous all generally prefer? just kind of realised that ever since I started using film I've stuck with a 50 pretty much permanently, and never feel like using anything longer despite owning a couple of longer lenses. sometimes a 28, but to me anything longer than a 50 just feels really weird to use[/QUOTE] if i don't go with my zoom i like a 45mm equiv, been shooting more at ~35mm which i enjoy too. but yeah mostly within the 24-75 range, which is why i mostly use my 16-50mm on my a77. for film i just plop a prime on and go out, i like shooting film with a bit of limitation. i prefer long lenses for landscape work, and wider lenses for candid people stuff

but isnt a pancake lens supposed to be generally really cheap, like sub $200

I always related pancake lenses to mirrorless or 4/3rds cameras, mainly because I didn't know about them before I watched digitalrev and they usually had those cameras out with cheap pancakes.

pancakes are just small, hence the name. they have optically less elements than other lenses which can result in better image quality at times (referring to flare, as less air to glass surfaces increases flare resistance), but they aren't as sharp unless stopped down. they are variations of the Zeiss Tessar optical formula (see the contax 45mm f2.8). but mirrorless cameras have some because then it shows off their size advantage better. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/ZeissTessar-text.svg/220px-ZeissTessar-text.svg.png[/img] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessar[/url]

trogdon best camera expert all time [editline]3rd December 2013[/editline] can someone explain why tighter apertures make the DOF wider and make the image sharper? does it have something to do with a wider aperture allowing light to spread around the sensor more?