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Re: Fun with the NEX cameras....
Not to sound redundant, Terry, how can anyone make a portrait snap with the half tilt LCD?
Not to sound redundant, Terry, how can anyone make a portrait snap with the half tilt LCD?
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Fair enough. I didn't realize you were speaking of the portrait orientation.Not to sound redundant, Terry, how can anyone make a portrait snap with the half tilt LCD?
Great shot!I would not even dream of capturing something like that with the Sony half tilt LCDs (I am not that ambidextrous ).
Panasonic G1, Oly-D 17/2.8 plus a Ricoh 0.75X converter.
With square formats, I have enjoyed a few TLRs as well (and they all had shades around the GG).
I would not even dream of capturing something like that with the Sony half tilt LCDs (I am not that ambidextrous ).
Panasonic G1, Oly-D 17/2.8 plus a Ricoh 0.75X converter.
With square formats, I have enjoyed a few TLRs as well (and they all had shades around the GG).
I believe you. What the mentioned camera/lens combination would be absolutely perfect for, is all kinds of cityscapes, particularly at night. With the relatively fast WA lens and the good low-light performance of this camera, this can probably to a large extent be done hand-held. Add a small Gorilla Pod, and there are hardly any limits.Jorgen - there are also auto and a sunlight settings for the LCD. Perhaps someone was playing with the camera settings. I find it holds up better (grain) than the Panny LCDs and just blows away the Oly LCD in low light..... Now for the definition of low light LOL.
That is the beauty of the G1 swivel screen. Incredibly versatile. You have to try to use it to experience it. Makes the cam feel part of you. (Also, please take note a wide angle ~25mm full frame equivalent lens is used for that capture)Correct me if I'm wrong but it appears this shot was taken at eye level (more or less). How did the swivel screen help in this instance?
do you think it's possible to focus via live view with a manual lens stopped down to f/5.6?Interesting thread this. I went to a big consumer electronics fair yesterday and tried out the NEX 5 with the 16mm. What a fun combo! It was rather dark at that part of the Sony stand, and the LCD went surprisingly dark as well, but I could well imagine this as a nice "walk-around-the-city-at-night" combo. Not very expensive either, at just over $700 here in Bangkok.
But it's very point-and-shoot. The user interface reminds me more of a mobile phone than a camera, but that's probably the market they're after anyway. Should I end up buying this, it would be instead of a p&s, and possibly only with the 16mm. There's no way it could replace the GH1 for me, for many reasons mentioned in this thread already.
Generally speaking, yes, if light is enough to shoot without flash, I think there is enough light do this. To simulate, just put the camera in manual focus mode and zoom the kit lens out to 55mm, which is f/5.6.do you think it's possible to focus via live view with a manual lens stopped down to f/5.6?
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I will say it is very hard to translate the pictures to how these feel in hand. The Sony really does feel small even if the lens looks huge. The Hexanon lens on the GF1 is almost identical in size to the Panny kit lens not extended.