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If money were not an issue, I'd have an M9.Nice interview. And I like the photo with just one pair of legs ... it adds something.
The M9 is very small for a full frame camera, and in physical size remarkably similar to the GXR-M with comparable FoV/speed lens and viewfinder fitted. Put up against the FF DSLRs and it's no contest as to what's smaller. The nicest thing about the M9 is that it has few protrusions other than the lens so it slips more easily into a slim bag without catching on stuff, unlike both the DSLR and the GXR-M with viewfinder. But it is a larger, heavier camera than that GXR and feels it. Both feel tight and dense, the M9 more so.
I like 'em both.
I envy your location for the Tour. I cycled a lot when I lived in San Diego years ago. I'd just use a wider lens and zone focus with a stopped down aperture.Indeed a nice interview, Duane.
Very personal and it is a big compliment for Ricoh as well. It is not just this camera but also all those good MF lenses - I have almost no AF lenses -which make you far more aware of what you're doing before you take the shot. At least that is my experience.
Besides the great files the Ricoh produces, of course. I am glad Keith forced me to buy one.
Very rarely I need, for my style photography, a fast AF lens, but there are situations I missed shots, because manual focussing was to slow.
This summer the Tour de France is passing by near our village in France, where I live mainly at the moment (just retired from teaching art school). How will I get good shots from those seconds of action?
Pre focussing or buy a AF zoom for my NEX-7. Well I'll see.
Thanks for the link.
Michiel
I usually use a Pentax AF for the TT, but this year I tried the GXR/A12 with an old Elmar 4/135. A little practice with zone focussing and panning gave me the first image I posted here.These guys were going quite fast, too:This summer the Tour de France is passing by near our village in France, where I live mainly at the moment (just retired from teaching art school). How will I get good shots from those seconds of action?
Pre focussing or buy a AF zoom for my NEX-7. Well I'll see.
Michiel
Invitation!
+1Lovely view of the Point of Ayre lighthouse, Paul!
Love the drama in it.
Always like how the Summi-C (and its sibling, the M-Rokkor) render! Nice.Artist sketching I passed while in Rome last week for two hours.
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GXR & Leica Summicron-C 40mm