3NE2NR Official Phototakerouter & Photography Thread...

[RBphoto]

What makes that Leica digital so special?

[Trini Hookah]

From the many reviews I've read, it matched up and beat alot of those DSLR's. In functionality and build. Not saying it will defeat the purpose of a DSLR to all, but in some instances where a PS would be handy this cam simply is amazing, to me anyway.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

What makes that Leica digital so special?

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/LeicaX1/page27.asp

[RBphoto]

I doubt anyone here would be able to use it properly, and from the cons, it is not useful as an artistic tool either.

Autofocus distinctly slower than most
Unimpressive battery life
Accurate manual focus impossible (lens stops down uncontrollably)
Low light operation relatively poor (very slow AF and screen refresh rate)
Live histogram unreliable, disappears when setting exposure compensation
ISO only visible in detailed display mode; Auto ISO doesn't show selected value at all
Click stops for control dial 'A' positions not positive enough (particularly on the shutter speed dial)
No DNG only option (must record a JPEG as well)
Camera locks up completely when buffer is full shooting raw
Electronic image stabilization of limited usefulness (only works in JPEG mode)
Unrefined JPEG image quality
Playback mode slow and unresponsive
Very expensive


The Fuji X100, however, seems like a great alternative to this. I say if you want this style body, just shoot film and call it a day. Would make much better expousres with print film IMO.

[16 cycles]

http://www.amazon.com/Leica-X1-12-2MP-D ... nk-c605-20

leica in question is ~2kusd??

[RBphoto]

If leica put a red dot on shite men will eat that dan

I would buy the Panasonic clone, if these things were my cup of tea.

[Trini Hookah]

What makes that Leica digital so special?

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/LeicaX1/page27.asp

This was a pretty extensive review: http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2010/01/0 ... ra-review/

[DVSTT]

So my friends made a video, its pretty good IMO, what do you guys think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmDGLVVU ... e=youtu.be

[napster16]

SHOT OF A SPIDER ABOVE MY POND ...

[pugboy]

I had a Panasonic FZ20, lens is made by Leica
was extremely sharp from 18 to 432mm across the board and f2.8 across as well

[miguel granville]

IMG_0409 by A.M Production, on Flickr


IMG_0580 by A.M Production, on Flickr

[eurogirl]

foreshore lookout ?

[img]<a href="http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/391080_10150391823167592_513932591_8938924_1932713201_n.jpg[/img" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Link added by VigLink" class="vglnk">http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/391080_10150391823167592_513932591_8938924_1932713201_n.jpg[/img</a>]


took this out with my ph ... was trying to catch the dolphins @sunsent but you kno how they are ..

no , its where ppl go fishing and kayaking ..

[RBphoto]

I had a Panasonic FZ20, lens is made by Leica
was extremely sharp from 18 to 432mm across the board and f2.8 across as well

^^^^ good stuff.

[16 cycles]

nice time of the year to practice the night photography skills...

[napster16]

nice time of the year to practice the night photography skills...

Nice bokehs... I really need to learn how to do this

[16 cycles]

there was an article on flickr yesterday on it...can;t seem to find it now...saw it and went ahead an tried some...

[DVSTT]

there was an article on flickr yesterday on it...can;t seem to find it now...saw it and went ahead an tried some...

Wat lens did u use for those pics??

[DVSTT]

nice time of the year to practice the night photography skills...

Nice bokehs... I really need to learn how to do this

http://www.robertsdonovan.com/?p=702 try that!

[MISHI]

[Trini Hookah]

Guys what would you all recommend as a good beginner DSLR? I've thrown the idea of the bridge camera out the window, as I realised I'd want more out of the cam very quickly.

Would be for the odd events, mostly portraits and landscape.

So far i've been leaning to the T2i, but the Nikon D3100 also caught my eye. Just would like a couple opinions, would be purchasing early in the new year.

[kurpal_v2]

T2i ftw


I use the canon 1000d which is the lower line and so far had no issues nor complaints.

[MISHI]

^ Agreed on the T2i.

It is the best little camera I have seen. May consider upgrading to this or a 60D.


^^ If price is your concern, and you now getting into the SLR world, you can start with the relatively low cost T3 DSLR...

[DVSTT]

T2I!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Trini Hookah]

[RBphoto]

Would be for the odd events, mostly portraits and landscape.

Two different applications there bro. For landscapes, I prefer canon. If choice of lenses is your concern, go for canon, they have nikon beat in that department.

For events, I like my nikon and the nikon ITTL system which gives dead on exposure for every shot with flash, so I invested more heavily in Nikon.

Even the most dinky SLR, the D40, I came to love, as well as the ancient canon 10D. When I got my D90, my pictures did not look any different (I only bought it so I could trigger off camera flashes with the built in flash). Either system will serve you well. Start with the lowest model, and by the time you beat it out, you will know what you need to upgrade to or even change brands. I only buy used lenses now, because Nikon and canon are guarantees of quality. I think used digital camera bodies are junk and should be bought new.

[MISHI]

Well my two lenses gone. Probably will try the Tamron 70-300 SP USD lens... failing that, sell that with the camera and invest in a 60D

[kurpal_v2]

Well my two lenses gone. Probably will try the Tamron 70-300 SP USD lens... failing that, sell that with the camera and invest in a 60D

The tamron shouldnt dissapoint


I got myself a Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD a few weeks after I got the body from you and since then the tamron's paid back for itself atleast twice (it costs $150usd I think). That was the lens that I used as a backup when the 18-55mm failed on me.


Too bad I made the mistake and left the tamron in my suitcase for a short flight and it broke the zoom ring. I now have to zoom like if Im using a push/pull config but its bearable and I lost auto focus but I never used that much since I found that slow to start with.

Some samples of mine off that "broken lens" :

[MISHI]

Don't feel bad... Tamron and zoom rings tend to fail quite often it seems: Happened to me on my 18-270 which extremely disappointed me as I loved that lens (other than the barrel distrtion) but the sad thing is the stopper for their ring is fastened by two small screws that tend to either come loose with the many movements of the ring or they just completely break from their screw points...

I tried opening mine to fix it when I realied it may have damaged the AF system for some reason and unfortunately wrecked it

[MISHI]

That second pic is brilliant though...

[kurpal_v2]

Well on tamron's part they did offer to fix it under warranty even doh I wasnt in Europe anymore just I had to pay shipping to their facility.

It just would have ended up costing me less to buy a new lens (similar with the 18-55mm from canon).