Taken at full zoom which is equivalent to 112mm.You have to admit it's quite sharp with plenty of detail.
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01/24/14  Canon G1X968
Canon PowerShot G1 X Focal Length: 60.4 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/250 sec ISO: 100 01/23/14  Canon G1XNo text today. Just enjoy the image. 919
Canon PowerShot G1 X Focal Length: 21.302 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/320 sec ISO: 100 01/22/14  Canon G1XYou must admit the image quality is very good. One thing that came to mind when I got the G1X was the size of the thing. Lets put it this way, it's not small. It will fit in a jacket pocket and forget about your shirt pocket. It's a little larger than I anticipated for a P&S camera, but I can live with that. 1201
Canon PowerShot G1 X Focal Length: 38.56 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/250 sec ISO: 100 01/21/14  Canon G1XI wanted to show the image quality with some larger resolution shots. They're not all that big but these individual images a little more than my conposites of the last two days. 1012
Canon PowerShot G1 X Focal Length: 15.1 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/160 sec ISO: 100 01/20/14  Canon G1XSo, why did I purchase such a camera in the first place? Well, I was after a camera that I could take with me where I knew that one of my other system cameras wouldn't be used and that photography wasn't the reason for going there. I was after a camera with a large sensor had a fixed lens and a reasonable zoom on it. It had to be cheap! This is the only camera that offered all of the above at the time I purchased it. I got it cheap on ebay again. The sensor was the overriding factor why I actually bought it, since my main system is m4/3 and this sensor is larger than the 4/3 sensor. There were probably better choices out there with even a larger sensor but they cost an arm and a leg. I didn't want to spend well over €400 for something that wasn't going to be used every day. So, what's the image quality like? Actually very good as the above image shows. More images to follow in the coming days. 1048
unknown Focal Length: unknown Aperture: unknown Exposure Time: unknown ISO: unknown 01/19/14  Canon G1XIf I were to ask you what the misfit camera that exists on the market today is, what yould you say? Me, I'd say it has to be the Canon G1X. I really can't tell you where it belongs and the only thing I can say is that Canon must have been conducting an experiment of some sort to see what the market wanted. I can't place the camera in any category because of quite a few reasons. It has a large 1.5" sensor which is bigger than the m4/3 sensor, so I would assume that image quality must be good, provided the sensor proves useable. The body is more like a P&S camera, except it's rather big. It certainly isn't pocketable. The OVF is a joke and it's not really useable. Mine is fine as centering goes, but I've heard that some aren't even useable in that sense. I really don't know why they incorporated one really. One thing I like about it is the EC dial a la Fuji X100S and I don't have press another button to access the EC function. It's not really fast to lock focus, put I can't that it's not useable either. It's just OK. So why this camera? See tomorrows post. 1042
unknown Focal Length: unknown Aperture: unknown Exposure Time: unknown ISO: unknown 12/30/13  Sony Alpha A7 - Pentax-M SMC 28 f2.8When you look at this lens mounted on the A7 it's really not all that big and it handles well, balance wise. However, if you look closely the adapter needed is the same size as this tiny lens and actually doubles the size as a whole. This is one drawback of using legacy lenses on these cameras. The rangefinder lenses are much better in this respect as the adapter is actually quite small and you hardly notice it's there. The size is then reduced and it handles better than the SLR lenses. There are some very good lenses in the SLR arsenal but when you start to put some long lenses on these cameras with the adapter attached then they really become rather long and at low shutter speeds, the problem of shutter shock becomes a real problem; especially with the A7R. 912
unknown Focal Length: unknown Aperture: unknown Exposure Time: unknown ISO: unknown 12/28/13  Panasonic LX5The last photo from the LX5 for the present time. I've made the decision not to buy another small sensor camera, there is no real reason for it anymore. There are small cameras out there encorporating a large sensor (RX100 from Sony comes to mind). I think this is the way forward and the small sensor will quickly die out. They really are too noisy although some of the images prove to be useable. So, when this little camera dies on me, the next one will have a large sensor in it but at the moment there's no sign of the LX5 breaking. As long as it's working I'll keep using it as my funds are not endless and the images, as the one above, looks great to me. Some might have other thoughts on it, but it's good enough for me. 1153
DMC-LX5 Focal Length: 10.7 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/125 sec ISO: 80 12/28/13  Sony Alpha A7 - Nikon E Series 100 f2.8I now have a couple of these E Series lenses and they give outstandingly good image quality on my Nex and M43 cameras. I have yet to test any manual focus lens on the Fujifilm X camera as the 2 native zooms I have for it (the 18-55 kit zoom and the 55-200 tele zoom) are so good I don't feel the need for any more lenses or experimentation.
However, since the new Alpha cameras from Sony have no real native lenses available for them (at the time of this post) I have to experiment somewhat with manual focus lenses. I must admit also, I'm so taken by the pure pleasure I get from using all types of manual lenses, it's actually the reason I purchased the Sony cameras. The problem now of course is finding lenses that behave on these new full frame sensors. 35mm or shorter is going to be a problem with rangefinder lenses and I have a couple of those but we're not restricted to those rangefinder lenses, there are a multitude of SLR lenses that we can use.
I have some Nikon, Olympus and Pentax lenses that were class leading at the time they were manufactured and they perform very well on APS-C or M43 sensors but that doesn't mean the same performance can be achieved on a full frame sensor. I'll be testing quite a number of lenses in the near future to weed out those that don't perform well, and keep those that perform well for my landscaping escapades. I'll let you know how I get on. 954
unknown Focal Length: unknown Aperture: unknown Exposure Time: unknown ISO: unknown 12/27/13  Panasonic LX5Photographing the photographer. I think a lot of people do this, I know I do it all the time although I have no clue as to why. I got cought here and when he saw me he brought the camera to his eye and took one of me photographing him. I think that's how it normally works, isn't it? He's holding an Olympus E-PL5 with the 45 f1.8 attached. Really nice combo, fast, light and it didn't feel too small in the hand and it wasn't too light. I must say the external EVFs are a thing of the past, for me at least. I don't think I'll buy another camera that has one, they just really get in the way and increase the size on the camera as a whole. The trend that I'm seeing now is to integrate the EVF in the camera which is how it should be and all the new cameras coming out nowadays has one integrated. 989
DMC-LX5 Focal Length: 19.2 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/320 sec ISO: 80 | |
