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By eatstoomuchjam · Posted
Sure, I love my Fuji, but I'd be delighted to use an X2D II and tell people that I liked it if they wanted to send me a free one. Ergonomics are one of the absolute top criteria for any camera. If I were presented two cameras, one 45 megapixel and one 61 megapixel and told to choose one, my first response would be "either, that's a lot." My second would be to pick them up and shoot a few frames. And even that ends up subjective - if I'm using light pancake lenses, I don't care much if the body has no grip and I just have to wrap the bottom 3 fingers on my right hand awkwardly down the edge of the camera. If I'm going to put a 24-70/2.8 on it, the body with no handgrip just got pretty unpleasant. A 70-200/2.8 and now I strongly dislike it. And yeah, that's why there's a 24-70/4 and a 70-200/4. I have the former in EF mount - and I've been trying to get accustomed to shooting with a Focus Rat bag these days (third-party cinesaddle that I got from the B&H deal zone). The EF 24-70/4 is on it a lot more than the 2.8 - I can actually hold it pretty steady with the IS turned on (and the EF 24-70/2.8 has none). I have the 70-200/4 RF as well - can't use it on the Ursa (no RF mount), but it's fantastic on the R5 or on my handheld Komodo setup. I don't find myself wishing I had shallower DOF very often with either. Especially if I'm handheld on the focus rat, having a little more DOF is more of a feature than a bug. Biggest problem is just that I'm always shooting from chest height and I'm only 5'9" or so. If the talent is 6 feet tall, there are gonna be some nostrils. Next thing will be experimenting with setting my elbows on the bag and using a shoulder rig so that I can get a little more height. But a 30-pound camera setup on the shoulder is... not living the dream. Better to use the R4D at that point. Anyway, for the style you've described shooting, you really are basically at endgame/perfection now. It's always tempting to swap out for other, shinier gear, but especially now that the prices on everything are going up so much, it's hard to imagine buying anything new. I'd guess that part of any interest in new gear is also a game to keep the job interesting - you've been doing weddings for a long time, haven't you? Can't really change the format of weddings, but you can at least change the tools that you're carrying around them. That might just be me projecting, though - that's probably where I'd be after a while. I'm basically not buying anything new and I'm just watching the cameras that I find even remotely interesting until the used stocks increase to the point where price starts dropping. ZV-E1 or A7CR for $1,300ish? X-M5 for $500-600? S9 for $700? I'll be interested. Upgrade from my R5 to an R5 II? Refurbs caught my interest last week or the week before - something like $3,500 - but I'm assuming that also means that trade-in on my OG R5 will be like $800 and I'm not spending $2,700 for a bunch of incremental upgrades. -
Yes, I am more of a 200-400 metre kind of guy. But sherioushly speaking, I am a fan of the larger sensor, - the 40mp and above because it does limit the size & weight of the lenses I need to use. Back in Ye Olden Times, at 24mp or less, I would have been shooting with a 24-70 and a 70-200, but even a 24-70 is a bit of a chonker today for me and a 70-200, no thanks...which is why I like stuff like Tamron's 70-180 and their even newer 35-100. I've been using my Sigma 28-70 in hybrid zoom mode (which I think is an S1Rii only mode?) which allows you to set various levels to punch in. It's only on the Jpeg and the raw file is still the same size but it allows for better composition at the time with some scope for jiggery pokery in post and turns how I use that 28-70 into more like a 28-105...but a pretty compact and light 28-105. But then again, I've gone back to primes in recent months and much preferring them. I've been looking for the 'one & done' solution, ie, one lens and one body, but below a certain weight and size, it does not exist. The Hassie with the 35-100 was the closest and next best for me would have been either the A7RV that I used to have or the new VI or even the Nikon Z8 with something like the (adapted) 24-50 indoors and 35-100 out, but next to the S1Rii with 28-70 (as anything else in L Mount is too large or heavy), what would I really gain? Real world, nada. I tried the 28-105 from Sigma but it's another chonker so went straight onto the S5ii for static duty which is what I intended it for, but thought I'd give it a go on the S1Rii as a 'one & done' hybrid set up, but nah, especially as it needed a battery grip for all day use. A twin body with primes set up is on paper a heavier set up, but it's in the hands that counts and as I might have mentioned multiple times on this forum, I can't find a better solution. And it's not just from a technical stand point, - the thing is damn good in the hands and to operate. The size, the weight, the controls, the rear LCD. Yes I would prefer it if it had a prestigious LEICA badge on it just because and better still, if it was in some kind of rangefinderesque body a la ZR or FX style, but it is actually a joy to use. Also, those Sigma f1.4's, - I don't really care about those f1.2's as in how much shallow DOF does one really need and the f2's I used to own are nice, but the more metal (than the Lumix f1.8's) and actual aperture rings for me are the sweet spot. I was building a case for myself with the Hassie V primes and would happily have bought 3 of the things...if they sent me 2 bodies to 'try out and keep'. -
By eatstoomuchjam · Posted
I haven't used the X2D II, but I am a GFX 100 II user. You're totally right that there is minimal practical benefit over a 45 megapixel S1R II or even less practical benefit over a 61 megapixel A7R V or similar. At f/1.8 or f/1.4 with your new lenses, you'll have all the shallow DOF you'll ever need or want - and almost exactly as much shallow DOF as you'd ever get by using, at least, any of Fuji's native lenses (55/1.7 and 80/1.7 are the two fastest, all of the others are f/2.8 or slower). Some adapted glass looks other worldly, though - I'm a fan of the Canon EF 35/1.4L II (doesn't quite cover, you'll have dark corners). Having the equivalent of a 28mm f/1 lens can give some neat effects. It also makes for some great low light performance - even if there's noise everywhere, it'll look pretty clean at whatever resolution you actually want to use to present it - and detail loss due to some light denoising is practically negligible. With Fuji's native glass, and I'm guessing Hasselblad's, you will definitely be able to punch in more. It's always a little crazy to punch in to the eyes on a medium-length/waist-up portrait and see myself clearly reflected in the iris. That's not a practical need, though, in any way. It is sometimes, for my needs, really useful, though. I brought the 500/5.6 on a recent trip to the Amazon and shot some wildlife. I wasn't even nearly close enough and things are really small in the frame... until I punch in. I could make a perfectly usable 8x10 print out of only a very small part of the image. But... with that said, if I had a 500mm lens on a 61 megapixel FF camera, the resulting print would be exactly the same. The animal would have just been bigger in the original shot. And given that you are shooting weddings, you probably don't need to stand 300-500+ meters away from the ceremony. That is, unless you're the world's first and only wedding photographer who is so unintrusive on the events that they never even leave the parking lot at the venue. Anyway. 100 megapixels is crazy. Now Sony have a 180 that fujirumors keeps saying will be shoved into an upcoming GFX. Unless that also translates to "same or better dynamic range, readout is much faster in video modes," I'm inclined to roll my eyes at it. -
So by my man mathematics, DJI must have given away 10x X2Dii units for every one they have actually sold. I get the marketing strategy behind getting maybe 10 or so units out to some key Photo World 'influensters', but holy macaroni, just how many of these things have they given away? Who knew that DJI were such a philanthropic company... Jealous? Moi? Insanely, - it's a dream camera for me, but at ballpark '12k' for the body and 35-100 zoom lens, I cannot make the financials work in my favour. Even if it also did video. Which it doesn't. Not even slightly. Why is it peak camera for me? It's looks, the brand heritage, the build, the feel, the handing, the menus and of course the image quality. Except not quite the image quality. I have downloaded files from a number of sources and expected to be blown away and drink some of that readily available on-line Kool Aid, except I wasn't. Yes, they are great and super-detailed...but so are those from my whatshouldbevastlyinferior LUMIX S1Rii. I have not been able to shoot the exact same scenes side by side, or any of my own stills with the Hasselblad because I don't have access to one, so can only go on similar type shots...and as above, I'm not blown away or seeing any magic. In fact, quite a few of the shots I have downloaded with human subjects, the focus has been slightly off which suggests to me 2 things: Thing A: The focus is slightly off. Thing B: What muppet was given this camera to test and why has said muppet not pixel-peeped their own images they have put out into the world to be pixel-peeped by other (lesser) muppets like me? I was also considering something Leica. Not as well as, but instead of as in something 'more' than my LUMIX's but maybe not quite Fuji GFX/Hasselblad 100mp level. But based on my findings, I've dropped the whole idea. Are there some extra-fine details or other such mojo coming out of these bodies? Possibly, but nothing real world to my eyes. Are they better designs, better built and have more brand prestige? For sure. Does it (the pics) all look the same on social media? Of course they do, but that actually isn't the point unless your sole intention is content creation and the tools are just tools, but for some of us creatives, the tools are part of the creative process. Anyway, the point is, I'm not sure whether the shark has been jumped here, but I suspect there is a maximum amount of shilling going on because come on, you received a 12k gift and you know full well that unless you sing it's praises and go light on the criticism, you are never going to be gifted the next model to 'try out' when that comes along. Nope, you will be off the Christmas Card list faster than writing to Santa and addressing him as You Fat Fucker. I think I only came across 2 or maybe 3 reviews out of about 30 that I have seen that had bought the thing with their own money and those reviews seemed a bit more balanced, but still almost exclusively positive...but then maybe some of those folks needed to validate their own purchase and also hope to be noticed by Mount Hasselblad and be in the next model gift club... My answer to all of this? I went out and bought a pair of f1.4 Sigma lenses to replace my LUMIX f1.8's, ie, another of the most marginal upgrades. But it's my money so... ... PS: Unless Hasselblad are reading this, in which case, you fucking rock 🤘and of course I'd love to receive one and here's my address.
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FFS, got to be THE WORST 'soft' launch ever as I have never heard of this until 2 minutes ago...and been in the market for something like this for months to replace my broken LUMIX 70-200mm f4!! Just bought the Sigma 28-105mm f2.8 to do the job instead not really needing 200mm but would have preferred 150... Hey ho, might consider it for next year but spent up now having just made the decision to exchange my LUMIX f1.8: 18/35/50/85 and spare Sigma 28-70 for the Sigma f1.4 trio of: 20/35/85 I was considering a different camera for stills for 2027 but dropped the idea after downloading some files and trying them earlier today...
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