scho
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Re: Fun with the Sony A7 and A7r series
You will love it John.nice, carl.
make me want the Actus now! damn
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You will love it John.nice, carl.
make me want the Actus now! damn
Thanks Michiel...It's a lovely area that I'm sure Tim, Jono and Quentin are only too familiar with. Having risked life and limb climbing down to the bottom in just a pair of shoes (The crazy things that we photographers do :loco to get a slightly different angle from what most other people shoot, it then turned out that the best images were those at the safer half way down level.Fantastic photograph's Barry, especially like the Tin mines!
Upper corners? Lensshade?
Hi Georg. I haven't used the Actus enough yet to identify any limitations. At this time my inexperience is the limiting factor Build quality is excellent, movements are smooth and precise, and well thought out design and engineering. Setup is quick and easy with innovative lens plate design that just slots in and locks down positively. Bellows just snaps on via magnets and I haven't experienced any issues with the bellows coming off in use. If you need more extension for longer lenses you can get an additional 45mm just by rotating the swing unit 180 degrees. So far I've only used MF lenses of 40mm to 120mm and LF lenses 65mm to 135mm with no problems.Yeppers, thanks a lot Carl, just back from a vacation and saw the thread on sony techcam examples. I am intruiged by it since it was announced. Brilliant for a really small tech cam setup that can go anywhere.
Where do you feel are it's limitations if any?
What do you think could be improved on the mechanical precision or built quality side, if any?
Heck Carl, it looks really stunning and yeah, black would have been my choice as well.
Thanks for your impressions Carl! Sounds very good to me. What about this magnetic holder. Is that tightly covering the entire circle or just in a few spots. Dust and dirt entering the bellow / camera would concern me a bit.Bellows just snaps on via magnets and I haven't experienced any issues with the bellows coming off in use.
Seems to be a quite tight fit of the magnetic rings all the way around on both ends. No visible gaps. There is also a short index pin on the forward side of the bellows ring and corresponding indent hole on the back of the lens plate ring where it attaches and insures alignment.Thanks for your impressions Carl! Sounds very good to me. What about this magnetic holder. Is that tightly covering the entire circle or just in a few spots. Dust and dirt entering the bellow / camera would concern me a bit.
And me too. Frustratingly; I'm an exiled Cornishman.... Michiel...It's a lovely area that I'm sure Tim, Jono and Quentin are only too familiar with