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Lars Hansen

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Re: So, what cameras are you using nowadays?
« Reply #75 on: July 26, 2015, 12:56:09 »
My Fujifilm 680III.

What a beauty :-)  .. some time ago I seriously (.. for a short while) considered buying a Fuji GW690III.
In case you intend to scan your images, I hope you will share a few. 

 

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Re: So, what cameras are you using nowadays?
« Reply #76 on: July 26, 2015, 16:24:50 »
My Fujifilm 680III.

What a beauty :-)  .. some time ago I seriously (.. for a short while) considered buying a Fuji GW690III.
In case you intend to scan your images, I hope you will share a few.

Thank you Lars. The camera is a beast. That is my plan. I also acquired a new Epson scanner for that task. I need to schedule time to implement my plans.
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Re: So, what cameras are you using nowadays?
« Reply #77 on: July 26, 2015, 16:37:36 »
I used one of those many years ago. Attached is a self-portrait to show the camera in action. I decided after some weeks that a technical view camera would suit me better, so switched over to an Arca-Swiss F-line 6x9 system instead that I had for many years and added 4x5" bellows and holders to as well. Plus I could do panormas in-camera using a 6x12 roll film holder.

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Re: So, what cameras are you using nowadays?
« Reply #78 on: July 26, 2015, 17:03:14 »
Aaahhh, the beauty and the beast fishing.

I had thought about 4x5 and also about something more compact like Hasselblad ... but decided the GWX with its movements and all its accessories was a good compromise between the two. I haven't used it enough to decide if the compromise was a good choice or not. I am not a landscape shooter ... but dream of being one some day. How did a not-so-fierce bear get along with the GWX and what deficiencies did you discover which made you dump the camera?
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Re: So, what cameras are you using nowadays?
« Reply #79 on: July 26, 2015, 18:49:18 »
The tilt/shift was too restrictive for my taste. Image quality was good, though.

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Re: So, what cameras are you using nowadays?
« Reply #80 on: August 24, 2015, 02:59:37 »
D700
D800
1V1

Mostly 'fast" zooms for convenience and versatility.

I still enjoy the characteristics and ergonomics of the D700 - long may it last !!

A DF if I could justify the cost !

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Re: So, what cameras are you using nowadays?
« Reply #81 on: September 05, 2015, 04:18:20 »
As latter years septagenerian, carry weight increasingly becomes an issue, so I've downsized from a D700 to a d750 and that's my principal body for domestic travel and shooting (there have been sporadic NAS attacks in between [a D80, D200, D300 and D610, all now long gone]), where I'll usually have the benefit of my car as transport and I can easily accomodate a tripod and a small handful of nikkors.  For out-of-country travel, where I have generally avoided personal driving and, instead, accomodated myself and budget to rail and air transport, a few years ago I moved to Panasonic M43 gear, at present the GX7 with the "old"14-45 kit lens and the 15mm f/1.7 Summicron, the second of which, by the way, I brought as my sole body and lens on a three-week Paris and Ireland at this time last year, and never missed a longer lens or a lens assortment.

When I purchased my D750, I did make the choice between the Df and the 750, and the 750 won at the margin based on budget and, more narrowly on ergonomics.  I must write, however, that if the Df had offered a "conventional" old school ground glass screen, I would made that choice instead.  As a really old timer and former Nikon Ftn, Nikon S3 and Leica Ms 2 and 3 user who never used an autofocus lens until I picked up my first digital camera, I'd be really happy with a digital Nikon F, but I know that there'd not be a commercial market for the few of us that would enjoy and use such a gem, with the hybrid benefit of Lightroom post processing.

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Re: So, what cameras are you using nowadays?
« Reply #82 on: September 05, 2015, 15:45:15 »
As a lad, my dad had several F3's and two Fe's and two Hasselblads. Unfortunately, typically boy, I squandered a lot of learning opportunities, and the photography bug only really bit about 5 years ago.

Started with a D100 and 28-105AF-D. In 2012 I bought a D7000 and 80-400 AF-D as a wedding present for "us".
Now I have upgraded to the D750.

Lenses have of course been multiplying all the time, as I am a hoarder. Current line-up, in focal length order:
Tamron 15-30mm f2.8 VC
Nikkor 18-70mm AF-S Dx
Nikkor 24mm f2.8 AI-S
Nikkor 24-120mm f4 VR
Nikkor 28-105mm AF-D
Nikkor 50mm f2 AI-S
Nikkor 55mm f2.8 Micro AI-S
Nikkor 80-200mm f4.5 AI-S
Nikkor 80-400 AF-D
Nikkor 105mm f4 Micro AI-S
Sigma 180mm f3.5 macro
Nikkor 300mm f4 AF-S
Nikkor 500mm f4 AF-S VR
Nikkor TC1.4EII

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Re: So, what cameras are you using nowadays?
« Reply #83 on: September 06, 2015, 15:55:14 »
I tend to have a Nikon Df and Contax G2 with me when I am doing the "day job". I am using a pair of D810s for a couple of long term projects. If I just want to go and have some fun I pick up my Hasselblad 503c/x.  I just traded my D300 for a D7200 for when I want a little more reach and don't want to use a TC. Kicking around and not used as much as they deserve are Contax G1, Fuji GX680III, Fuji GA645Zi, Linhof Technikardan S 45, Nikon F5 and Nikon D70i converted to 720 IR all of which get taken out 4-6 times a year.

I have also been know to take the odd snap with my mobile phone.

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Re: So, what cameras are you using nowadays?
« Reply #84 on: December 08, 2015, 08:27:05 »
A couple of D800E's and a D600.  Nikon S9700 as my pocket cam.
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Re: So, what cameras are you using nowadays?
« Reply #85 on: December 08, 2015, 08:42:26 »
Back to wintertime equipment- OM-D. Don't ask me why. Same with music; Debussy = summer, Brahms= winter.
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Re: So, what cameras are you using nowadays?
« Reply #86 on: December 08, 2015, 16:21:13 »
Completely moved to Olympus E-M5 Mk II a couple of months ago.  The lenses are Samyang 7.5mm fisheye, M. Zuiko 25/1.8 and some odd Nikkors via adapter.  Hope someone (Oly or Panny) would make a compact 9 or 10mm/2.8!
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Re: So, what cameras are you using nowadays?
« Reply #87 on: December 08, 2015, 17:30:11 »
Completely moved to Olympus E-M5 Mk II a couple of months ago.
Completely missed that transition Akira, an interesting and brave move.

And the main question of course is if all is well in Olly land?
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Re: So, what cameras are you using nowadays?
« Reply #88 on: December 08, 2015, 17:50:46 »
Just got a D7200.
Big excellent surprise, it looks like  it makes a jump up in quantum efficiency. (And also read noise is lower than previous models),  I would not have thought either of this is still possible.

I heavily use D7100 and D800 . A D7000 is still in use. Also got a Sony Rx 100 III , a 1" shirt pocket camera with built in EVF.
The "always with me" waterproof Pentax W20  is pushed out by the iPhone on dry ground.


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Re: So, what cameras are you using nowadays?
« Reply #89 on: December 08, 2015, 20:55:02 »
D750.  I've always been a one tool kinda man so I get rid of anything but my one favorite tool.  Having always shot with only a 50mm, it was easy to switch systems whenever I felt like it.  Started with a D70 w/50mm 1.8d, moved to a Minolta 7D w/Sigma 30mm 1.4 for the IS and wider FOV, then to a Canon 5D w/Nikkor 50mm 1.2 ai-s for better low light/thinner DOF/bigger VF and now, after a hiatus, the D750 with the Nikkor 50mm 1.2 ai-s again.  I am now, for the first time, trying things other than a 50mm.  So, I guess I am setting down roots with Nikon finally.  The performance of the D750 is just so satisfactory that I can't see switching brands again.  It can only get better . . . I hope! 

I couldn't see myself buying a new body unless this one craps out completely, a film era sized VF makes it onto a DSLR (had a Pentax MX that puts every DSLR I've seen to utter shame in this department   :'( ), Nikon gets IBIS or a hybrid optical/evf, or DR and ISO gets improved by 3+ stops.
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