bluefonia Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I come from the camcorder world and have just bought my first (D)SLR camera. Did some research on the web, among others EOSHD, and from reading here I ended up with a Panasonic G6. So far so good. I have bought a couple of prime lenses and are making pretty good progress on the camera. I got this issue with the G6 though: The level meter, - by which I mean the meter which can show if the camera is in straight horizontal/vertical position, - is not accurate on the horizontal reading on my camera. When I hold the camera 100% horizontal the meter shows aprox. 5-10 degrees out of range. Anybody else having this issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy lee Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 no ....send it back if its not working , my first G6 had a dead pixel on the sensor - so it went straight back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefonia Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 Andy, thanks for responding. From reading different forum threads it seems that several people have got G6's with dead pixels. Also read some threads about focus peaking not working too well. I have given it some thoughts and decided to keep my G6 despite the meter issue. On the copy I have there are no dead pixels, the focus peaking is in fact working very well and everything except the level meter is fine. In the end I really don't use or need that level meter and as the camera is purchased in a foreign online shop, it will be quite troublesome to exchange the it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy lee Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 peaking works best with sharp lenses with ASPHERIC elements , soft legacy lenses are not so good on peaking, .....not as many defined edges to peak out to be honest Ive still not used the level meter yet !! ever!! its not really that important ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefonia Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 For a start I have purchased these lenses: Walimex Pro 85mm F1:4 / Nikon-mount, Sigma 19mm F:1.8 / MFT-mount and a Canon FD 50mm F:1.4. Even the Canon FD makes pretty good focus peaking on my G6. By the way - I´m pretty surprised by my quite cheap FD/MTF adapter. Besides precise inf. focus it also gives me step less aperture :-). The Nikon/MFT adapter is also precise in focus, but does not give the added bonus of step less aperture. andy lee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvldk Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 For a start I have purchased these lenses: Walimex Pro 85mm F1:4 / Nikon-mount, Sigma 19mm F:1.8 / MFT-mount and a Canon FD 50mm F:1.4. Even the Canon FD makes pretty good focus peaking on my G6. By the way - I´m pretty surprised by my quite cheap FD/MTF adapter. Besides precise inf. focus it also gives me step less aperture :-). The Nikon/MFT adapter is also precise in focus, but does not give the added bonus of step less aperture. Hey blufonia! How is the Sigma? Is it 1.8 or 2.8? thx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefonia Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 nvidk@ I have not done that much shooting with the Sigma yet, but so far I like it. In a couple of days I expect to do some more tests with it and then I can give you some more information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefonia Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 Hey blufonia! How is the Sigma? Is it 1.8 or 2.8? thx. It is 2.8. I went out yesterday and made a few shots with the Sigma. So far I like the lens, but the focusring made of smooth metal can be a problem in some situations. I made a short video - nothing fancy at all, but might be useful. Please read the comments before watching. https://vimeo.com/86837287 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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