On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 6:47 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm drooling - sort of. > > That may be a good price, but for less ("street price") I'd prefer a Fuji > x100. Smaller, more pixels, ~much~ wider ISO range, likely better image > quality. > ... > The FX 100's 35mm equivalent lens would be just about perfect for my needs > (as the 40mm is on my CL). > > Still, that Epson is a good price. Hope it finds a good home.
It has. I bought it. I disliked the feel and controls of the Fuji X100 as soon as I handled it. The optical viewfinder is nice, but if you leave the info displays on it is as busy as it gets. The EVF was also sucky compared to the Panny G1 I had before it. Just could not bring myself to buy it. I bought the GXR–it was far better just as I got it with the A12 28mm camera unit, the A12 50mm Macro camera unit was superb too, and now the A12 Camera Mount for M-bayonet lenses makes it a truly serious little camera. Love it, it's now my main camera. I have barely touched any of my SLRs since May. As a matter of fact, all my SLR gear other than my dear old E-1 body and one of its FourThirds lenses are going up for sale (but I'll keep the Micro-Nikkor 55 and 200, the Nikkor-H 85/1.8 and Pentax SMC Takumar 135 to use with it too ... I can use all of them with the GXR as well.) Along the way I acquired an M4-2 body. It brought me back to rangefinder cameras and I absolutely love using it. I don't use it enough simply because it's godforsaken film ... I don't have time for film very often. I want to buy an M9 next year. The M9 is a lot of money. And I want to be sure before I dump out that much cash. So I almost bought an M8.2 earlier this week so I can spend a few months working RF digital, be sure it fits my ideas right ... and that's a different format from either the GXR or the M4-2/M9. And I didn't like the thought of having to buy and use IR-cut filters with it to get around its sensor issues either. This R-D1 appealed to me because it was relatively inexpensive compared to either of the Leica bodies, I can spend some time with the RF concept in digital and decide for certain whether I'm going to put out the money for the M9, and it is not only the same format as the GXR but I have all the lenses I need to make it useful already. I figured I can grab it, use it for a while until I convince myself that the M9 is The One, and then sell it to Cotty at a small discount because he's been such a buddy. Or was that a small premium? ]'-) Anyway, it'll be here later in the week. I'm sure I'll have no problem selling it once I'm done with it ... if I get done with it. It's a bit of a fascinating anachronism (like the E-1, actually) that can take really nice photos. > ... Plus, the only lens I'll likely ever use on the Epson is my Summicron C > 40mm, which would be too long with the aps-sized sensor for street shooting. > Like my Leica CL, the Epson would essentially be a fixed lens camera. ... I disagree about the 40mm focal length. I now have two of them (bought the Nokton 40/1.4 for the GXR, then bought the Summicron-C 40/2 Minolta sibling lens (M-Rokkor 40mm f/2) because it came up at such a good price and I loved the old Summi-C on my CL. Comparing them, they're much more similar than they are different in use. The Nokton is faster and a bit harsh wide open, the Summi-C/M-Rokkor is a *tiny* bit softer wide-open and by f/2.8 they're hard to tell apart. 40mm turns out to be my favorite focal length on both 35mm and APS-C format ... wide normal on 35mm, long normal on APS-C. When I had the FA43L, it became my all-time-favorite lens on the *ist DS and K10D format ... same as the GXR and R-D1. So I put one 40 on the M4-2 and the other on the GXR. They're the lenses on either camera most of the time now. (When I want that wider street view for the GXR, I usually go with a 21mm, just like I did with the Pentax DSLRs.) Anyway, there you have it. Or rather, there I have your camera, Cotty ... -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
