[cofe]

hmm interesting. might go have a look.

[cofe]

Anyone use a GF2?

[Paul B]

Anyone use a GF2?

Does anyone know if the JPG styles are embedded in the Panasonic RAW format and if not, does anyone have access to Lightroom presets? (They're certainly not embedded in the LX5 files).

[dave]

Does anyone know if the JPG styles are embedded in the Panasonic RAW format

Yes (I know)
No (they're not)
fuck knows about lightroom.

Personally if my GF1 bust tomorrow I'd sooner get another GF1 second hand (or look at an olympus) than slum it with the GF2's handling.

[cofe]

Confirmed, D4 only has two shutter buttons.

[dave]

Confirmed, D4 only has two shutter buttons.

Only one viewfinder too. Gutted.

[AndyR]

S95 Replaced with S100 amongst other things.
Now 24-120mm

Just noticed dpreview slipped out a S100 review a couple of days before Christmas.

Just got one - I like it so far.

[Paul B]

Canon have annouced the PowerShot G1 X - i.e. they've bunged an APS-C sized sensor into a G-series body.

The lens is 28-112mm equivalent (f/2.8 (W) - 5.8 (T)).

[dave]

Fuck the D4, this is NEWS


http://www.techradar.com/news/photography-video-capture/cameras/hands-on-fuji-x-pro1-review-1051503



The only thing that jumps out as wrong with it is the aspect ratio. Otherwise its looking pretty amazing. Big sensor - check. Fast primes - check. Hybrid viewfinder - check. Trad controls - check.

[Johnny Brown]

Not sure this deserves the hallowed OM moniker but will be worth a look:

[dave]

Not sure this deserves the hallowed OM moniker but will be worth a look:

Is this perhaps part of a new wave of cameras?

[cofe]

70mb RAW files anyone?



Plus Canon announce non-L redesigned primes, prompting speculation of a FF announcement:



And Stevie Wonder designs 'camera' for Pentax:




 

[Adam Lincoln]

Anyone got an idea of what Lx3's are going for at moment. Few on ebay, but none near completion.

[cofe]

About 200 bananas second hand. You buying or selling? Try a Completed Listings search on Ebay.

[Adam Lincoln]

About 200 bananas second hand. You buying or selling? Try a Completed Listings search on Ebay.

Ahh, that's the badger. Contemplating selling. Cheers.

[Johnny Brown]

[ClimbtheGlobe]

Hey, tons of great stuff here so hopefully you guys can give me some advice.

I've never had anything special for a camera, but my last one did have manual mode which I loved even though it was pretty limited.  Now I need a camera and I'm not quite sure what to get.  My priority is climbing.  For climbing I want light (I travel a lot), video capability, and good pictures, especially good range for everything from dark bouldering caves to full sun on white sandstone.  As long as the camera can do that it'll cover the basics.  Things I would like are 1080p video, slow-mo capability, zoom while recording, exposures up to 60s, I would like to be able to change lenses so I can take wide angle pictures up the crag and telephoto pictures the size of a hanger or smaller.  To top it all off, I'm a nearly broke recent college grad who has thousands in student loans to repay.  One camera that caught my eye is the Nikon 1 and I especially love it's feature to take pictures while recording (never have to choose which one anymore = awesome), but it's pricey...very pricey.  I'm not against something like the Canon S100 as long as the price is right, but $400 isnt what I'm thinking for one that I can't even build on.  I would like to be able to continue improving so DSLR is tempting, but expensive too.

So, that's pretty much what I care about and what I've been thinking.  Now I need t make a decision and stop spending 10hrs a day looking at and comparing cameras.

[slackline]

Second hand dSLR sounds like your best bet, perhaps something like the D5100 which has video capture.

Downside will be the lenses which can be big & heavy.

[ClimbtheGlobe]

Thanks for the input, I like the looks of it.  I would rather have a camera that does what I want and is a little heavier than one that is light and less useful.  Any suggestions for good places to get used/refurb cameras?  Amazon and ebay only go so far.

[tomtom]

Second hand dSLR sounds like your best bet, perhaps something like the D5100 which has video capture.

Downside will be the lenses which can be big & heavy.

Or 3100 - RobL has one and its pretty nifty.. seems like 5100 has swivelly screen and a slightly better sensor... (IIRC).. its £150 sheets cheaper too..  (i.e. enough for another lens!)

[slackline]

Wait a bit and you might get more insightful input than mine.

[Paul B]

Thanks for the input, I like the looks of it.  I would rather have a camera that does what I want and is a little heavier than one that is light and less useful.  Any suggestions for good places to get used/refurb cameras?  Amazon and ebay only go so far.

Harrisons Sheffield, FFordes, Talk Photography etc.

I'd look seriously at the Micro 4/3rds offerings by Olympus and Panasoinc (even the bigger DX sensored Sonys too). I had this discussion last night with a mate (and there's plenty of chat about them here too) who'd just bought a nikon d3100, what are you getting that you don't get in a much smaller body elsewhere (obvious answer is a mirror, drumroll please)?

Due to the flange/sensor distance a cheap adapter will open up a world of interesting (good) legacy glass and when Panasonic or Olympus are being a bit shit you can upgrade to anything else in the Micro 4/3rds line.

Don't buy a Nikon 1 series, unless you want to be bound to a fairly underwhelming propreitary offering. Or you particularly fancy a pink camera with stupendous slllloooooooowwwwwwwwwwmmmmmmooooo capabilities.

The rest of your requests can be solved by actually knowing how your camera meter is working and trying to achieve.

[slackline]

what are you getting that you don't get in a much smaller body elsewhere (obvious answer is a mirror, drumroll please)?

Heftier price tag?

[Johnny Brown]

A minor issue with the Pen that I partly figured out myself but then saw confirmed on m4/3rd forums is that the in-camera stabilisation doesn't work. I keep it switched off.

Not done any reading on this particular body but I'd be very surprised if it doesn't work in the situations it was designed for - ie handholding at slow shutter speeds (~1/4-1/60th). The fact that it may degrade the quality at much faster or slower speeds, or with a tripod, is common to most IS systems. Still very useful.

[Johnny Brown]

41-MP Camera phone. Not a typo. That's the D800 fucked then.