Jesito
Joined: 24 Aug 2007
Posts: 5745
Location: Olivella, Catalonia, (Spain)
Expire: 2015-01-07
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Jesito wrote:
It's a great tiny camera!!
I love it, is coming in my backpack since I bought it. And I use it every day...
However, I'm not sure if I had to choose now, probably will get a Sigma DP1...
Jes.
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Jesito's backsack:
Zooms Sigma 70-300, Tamron 35-135 and 70-210 short, 70-210 long, 28-70 CF Macro, 35-70, 35-80, Vivitar 70-210 KA, Tamron 70-250.
Fixed Industar-50, , Tamron 24mm, Tamron 135mm, Sands Hunter 135mm, Pancolar 50mm, Volna-3, many Exakta lenses
DSLR SIGMA SD9 & SD14, EOS 5D, Sony A700 and NEXF3, Oly E-330, E-400, E-450, E-1
TLR/6x6/645 YashicaMat, Petri 6x45, Nettar, Franka Solida, Brilliant
SLR Minolta X300, Fuji STX II, Praktica VLC3, Pentax P30t, EXA500, EXA 1A, Spotmatic(2), Chinon CM-4S, Ricoh, Contax, Konica TC-X , Minolta 5000, 7000i, 3Sxi, EOS 500 and CX
Rangefinders Chinon 35EE, Konica C35 auto, Canonet 28, Yashica Lynx, FED-2, Yashica electro 35, Argus C3 & C4, Regula Cita III, Voigtlander Vitoret (many), Welta Welti-I, Kodak Signette 35, Zorki-4, Bessa-R & L, Minolta Weathermatic, olympus XA2
Compact Film Konica C35V, Voigtlander Vitorets, Canon Prima Super 105, Olympus XA2 and XA3
Compact Digital Olympus C-5050, Aiptek Slim 3000, Canon Powershot A540, Nikon 5200, SIGMA DP1s, Polaroid X530, IXUS55, Kodak 6490, Powershot G9 and G10
CSCCanon EOS-M, Samsung NX100 and NX210, Lumix G5, NEX-F3 |
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Rob Leslie
Joined: 20 Mar 2007
Posts: 1103
Location: UK Swindon
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Rob Leslie wrote:
Being pessimistic a camera is always a compromise or to be optimistic it is one that fulfils some requirements very well.
I wanted a pocket camera that shot RAW and had a wide lens, I also feel the need for a viewfinder and not just a rear screen. I also wanted a full range of shooting options that could be accessed immediately. Finally I wasn’t prepared to pay that much for one.
The GX100 gives me what I want. It is by no means perfect but it is one I have had my eye on for some time and I bought it from my friend at a good price. He now has the Canon G10 and Ricoh GRD II. I was offered the GRD 1 for the same price but its fixed 28mm lens was too much of a compromise.
I believe the LX3 or the new Ricoh GX200 are better but they would be over twice the amount I paid for my GX100 and the only real advantage would be the ability to shoot faster RAW files. The GX100 actually has the same 10 megapixel, 1/1.63-inch CCD as the Panasonic LX3 and the same FL of 5.1mm (24mm) at the wide end of the zoom.
The GX is OK up to and inc 400iso and I have discovered and love the gritty BW shots you can get from this camera at 800 and 1600iso. Doing it in the RAW converter (It shoots DNG) is the best way as in camera processing applies noise reduction which isn’t needed for a 1600iso film look, in fact 800 and 1600 are unusable if shooting JPEG. The noise on the GX at higher iso is very film like but includes colour noise which is eliminated by BW conversion. In camera processing turns the image into soft mush by applying very poor noise reduction.
The little camera has a lot of very good features and is a dream to use, all the buttons and wheels are to do with manual settings and the two wheel operation is very much like a DSLR. It is IMO a very capable tool that isn’t anything like a basic P & S or a do it all semi compact like the G10.
After 2 weeks use, I believe it is about the best 'Street' photography camera I have used or read about with the exception of perhaps an M8.
I shall be posting lots of pictures from the camera on my Blog and my flickr Street photo stream.
I am still happy with my Canon G5 and will still be using it. In some respects it is a very different camera that still has a place in my tool bag.
I would not say I expect a lot from my cameras. Here is a shot done this afternoon at about 5-00pm as the town prepared to switch the Xmas lights on.
Ricoh GX100 P & S hand held 1/3 sec f3.2 200iso 5.1mm (=24mm) Aperture priority no adjustments, Raw file. It does show camera shake at full size.
I believe the camera has captured almost as much DR as my DSLR. No highlights are blown and there is plenty of clean shadow detail. Of course it is a great example of the benefit of shooting in RAW.
And a shot from earlier in the afternoon
1/64sec f 4 200iso 35mm equiv.
100% Crop shows some camera shake as the shot was taken ‘On the move’
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Pentax K10D & K100D. Many Tamron Adaptall SP lenses, Fujinon f4.5 400mm. A loved Lens Baby 2, Lubitel triplet +++ and many film cameras. Mainly a Digital user inc G5, GR2
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Laurence
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
Posts: 4809
Location: Western Washington State
Expire: 2016-06-19
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Laurence wrote:
It always must be a great feeling to have a camera that you are "in touch" with. I think that this bond between camera and photographer will ultimately improve the number of images that are "keepers". Congratulations on finding the camera that suits you very well.
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Assent, and you are sane;
Demur,—you ’re straightway dangerous,
And handled with a chain.
Emily Dickinson
Cameras and Lenses in Use:
Yashica Mat 124 w/ Yashinon 80/3.5,
CV Apo-Lanthar 90/3.5SL, (Thank you Klaus),
Pentax 645,
Flek 50,
Pentax-A 150
Pentax-A 120 Macro
Voigtlander Vitomatic I w/Color Skopar 50/2.8
Konica TC and zoom lenses (thanks Carsten)
Contax AX
Yashica ML 50/2
Yashica ML 35/2.8
Carl Zeiss Contax 50/1.4
Tamron Adaptall SP 17/3.5
Tamron Adaptall 28/2.5
Tamron Adaptall SP 300/2.8 LD (IF)
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