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Re: Absurd
In reply to Kendall Helmstetter Gelner,
3 months ago
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Kendall Helmstetter Gelner wrote:
mike earussi wrote:
Having owned the SD10, 14 and now 15, and having borrowed Rick's SD1 twice, I certainly don't want to own an SD1M (unless it was given to me, of course) because of the AF and MF problems. As someone else pointed out, to get the best out of the new chip the focus has to be perfect, and that's just very difficult to achieve with the SD1M, as the AF has to be calibrated for each combination of FL and distance and the screen is too inaccurate for manual focusing.
That is just such utter nonsense.
I don't have MF adjustments set for ANY of my SD-1 lenses. They manage to perform quite well, apart from my 50mm which is just a jumpy lens and probably needs repair.
Then you're very lucky (or just not as fussy as I am, since I make very large prints). I had to make extensive AF charts for each of my lenses using Rick's SD1 or the focus was so far off as to be almost useless (for me).
Precise focus is no more difficult to achieve than with any other modern DSLR.
Never had this problem with my old AF film Canon cameras (or my friend's T2i). That's why it took me so long to finally figure out why so many of my SD shots weren't sharp, I thought accurate AF was the norm.
The actual USERS of the camera generally say the AF works quite well. And in fact I would say the accuracy of the Sigma AF has generally been higher than most Canon cameras I've had a chance to use, even if the speed is not always faster.
YMMV, my actually extensive eperience with both is just the opposite.
So I'm waiting for the next generation of SD camera to see if Sigma fixes the obvious short comings of poor AF, poor MF screen, slow write times and no Live View.
Since none of that is true apart from Live View (and that's not true of the DP-M cameras), come on in.
15 sec write times I consider slow, a screen so inaccurate as to make sharp MF totally hit or miss I consider useless (three days ago, using the Tamron 90mm f2.5 macro and a 2x viewfinder, I fought with the SD1M screen for 1/2 hour trying to get a shot of my USAF test chart as sharp as my NEX 7 and finally gave up. Finally switched to the 70mm macro using calibrated AF and the SD1M was noticeably sharper than the NEX 7).
I now own the NEX 7 and it's got everything I want except a Foveon chip. If Sigma can come anywhere close to the NEX 7 in operation and features, then I'll buy it.
It's here today and called the DP-M series. In fact the operation of the DP-M cameras is much better than operation of the Nex-7, the menus are clearer, and there's less lag in shooting. The Nex-7 is OK but I prefer my iPhone if I have to shoot with something lower in quality as it's far more convenient and does a better job with video.
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