Bill Caulfeild-Browne
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Hap 2 and focus trimming is indeed time well spent!
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Your dealer should be able to help you here. My middle-aged eyes have a habit of bringing things into focus on their own making focus trimming my lenses difficult. Brad Kaye at Capture Integration helped me focus trim my lenses. It does make a difference. If you upgrade your MFDB, you will need to focus trim your lenses again.Thank you Bill! I am a bit intimidated about this focus trimming, hopefully I do not do more harm than good.
My mistake. Yes, the completely new BR lenses are big improvements. The ones simply re-badged with a blue ring may be much the same.With IQ3100 and IQ4150 Live View makes the viewfinder less critical. I tend now to use the WLF rather more as its saves a bit of weight.
Others here may disagree but I am not sure that the Blue Ring lenses are really any better than the non Blue Ring ones.
With IQ3100 and IQ4150 Live View makes the viewfinder less critical. I tend now to use the WLF rather more as its saves a bit of weight.
Others here may disagree but I am not sure that the Blue Ring lenses are really any better than the non Blue Ring ones.
With IQ3100 and IQ4150 Live View makes the viewfinder less critical. I tend now to use the WLF rather more as its saves a bit of weight.
Others here may disagree but I am not sure that the Blue Ring lenses are really any better than the non Blue Ring ones.
Thanks Ken! My eyes certainly could be a problem on focus trimming. Steve and Brad at CI have been great to work with, I bought my backs, Cambo and Rodenstocks from them, so maybe that would be a smarter choice for me.Your dealer should be able to help you here. My middle-aged eyes have a habit of bringing things into focus on their own making focus trimming my lenses difficult. Brad Kaye at Capture Integration helped me focus trim my lenses. It does make a difference. If you upgrade your MFDB, you will need to focus trim your lenses again.
The Blue Ring lenses that are completely new designs are definitely better than the previous generation lenses of the same focal lengths. E.g., Phase Schneider 150mm f/2.8 LS BR is big and heavy----and noticeably superior to previous 150mm generation lenses.
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Thank you Miles! I like the idea of the lighter weight of the WLF, looks like it save almost 1lb. I would like to assemble 3 lenses total for this and try to build a backpack with a total weight as close to 25lbs as possible. My tech camera pack is approximately 32lbs fully loaded and I can shave to about 27 lbs if I need to by leaving a lens out as well as a few other items. I like to hike in the mountains with gear and sometime the difference of 6-7lbs in my pack seems huge. Maybe my age and fitness is catching up with me. Thanks again!With IQ3100 and IQ4150 Live View makes the viewfinder less critical. I tend now to use the WLF rather more as its saves a bit of weight.
Others here may disagree but I am not sure that the Blue Ring lenses are really any better than the non Blue Ring ones.
Nice setup Rodrigo, I was hoping you would post that image! Is that setup 6lbs or so?If you want to save some weight and space in your pack the WLF comes in very handy. This is what i call my MF point and shoot kit. Look how small it is with the WLF and the 80BR. Different story with the optical viewfinder.
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Great point on composition!I agree with the comments about the WLF. Big weight saving and I enjoy the two-dimensional image even if it is backwards! Actually divorces one from the scene so composition takes charge. But don't use it for wildlife - you'll be panning the wrong way!
It's 6.3 lbs.Nice setup Rodrigo, I was hoping you would post that image! Is that setup 6lbs or so?
Nice!!It's 6.3 lbs.
Thank you for your insight! Ater all the talk about weight on the 40-80, I decided to go with primes instead. I have the 35 on the way and thinking about the 55 and 120 for my base kit. The 55 and 120 kind of fill in some focal length gaps for me, on the tech camera side I have the 32, 90 & 180.I did the same, The 40-80 is heavy but optically good. I would recommend having one of the smaller primes in addition (55, 80, 110) for portability