simonclivehughes
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Lovely, Keith. I use the same lens on my NEX 5 and get very similar results.
BTW, is it still called BCE Place?
Cheers,
BTW, is it still called BCE Place?
Cheers,
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The Ricoh VF-2 hardware seems very nearly on par with the Olympus VF-2 and G1/GH1 viewfinders to my eye for basic quality, although a little lower magnification. However, until the latest firmware release (v1.4), the focus magnification (kind of a picture in picture view) simply wasn't up to the task of manual focusing properly. This rev of the firmware changed the magnification options to include "enlarge part" (the old way) and "enlarge all" (like the GH1's full screen magnification). The old way has been cleaned up some, the new way is smooth and seamless for focusing, and works beautifully with the Focus Assist highlighting.Lovely photos here. Godfrey, Passing and Communicating #57 are particularly nice.
I've been tempted by the GXR and M-mount module. Wonderful camera in every way, except I couldn't get on terms with the viewfinder, even though (or maybe because) I'm used to the one of the GH1. Is it that much worse or is it my brain?
I have the G1, the Oly E-PL1 with VF-2 and the Ricoh - I just quickly looked at them. Subjectively, the G1 is bigger than the other two by quite a bit, but not so bright. The Oly and the Ricoh have the same brightness and clarity but the VF-2 is a bit bigger than the Ricoh. I use all three, and don't give the viewfinder any thought when I move from one to the other. They each feel very different in there own way, and the viewfinder image is just part of the story. For instance, I feel that I don't have to sneak up so close to the Ricoh to see the whole image in the viewfinder.Lovely photos here. Godfrey, Passing and Communicating #57 are particularly nice.
I've been tempted by the GXR and M-mount module. Wonderful camera in every way, except I couldn't get on terms with the viewfinder, even though (or maybe because) I'm used to the one of the GH1. Is it that much worse or is it my brain?
Thank you Keith. I like the image quality of the GXR-M files and the fine detail resolution in particular. I'm not that pleased with the EVF, but I've also been using a NEX-5N with a very nice OLED EVF. The Ricoh VF-2 is adequate, but just not as nice to use as the one for the NEX.Beautiful Carl - are you pleased with it?
Keith
Thanks for commenting, both of you.As a famous rock star once sang "Every picture tells a story"
Or maybe, stories. It would be interesting to hear Godfrey's story, now that he has had time to digest that moment.
Very interesting . . . .
Some serious "POP!" in this one, Keith! Some of those old lenses don't do badly ...This one was taken at ISO 3200 with a very old Fed 50mm f3.5 collapsible lens.
f 8, 1/100s, ISO3200