Rod McD

Hi Marco, If Canon's claims are borne out it may well be a very good lens indeed.  However, I can't help but think that Canon need to accelerate version 2 of the EOS M body - it's getting to be...

I think your right in some of this.  Last year produced some milestone cameras and thus far there have been fewer this year.  Plus there's continuing global economic difficulty.  It seems from your...

Hi, These threads on mirror-less versus DSLR and assertions about the death of either are ridiculous. Both have existed for a long time and cater to their own markets.  I fully expect to see both...

Thx Ron.  I've been using the hood on mine OK - it's tight-ish, but comes out satisfactorily if I turn it with the grain of the inner material as I pull it out and push it back.  I'll watch out for...

This lens (albeit a tad slow) looks like it might be good if Canon's claims about its optical abilities are borne out. It's just a pity there's not a first rate body to mount it on...... The...

Hi, Thx.  I wasn't even aware it was there.......  I'm more of a PASM mode user than an effects user.  I'll have to check it out in the manual and try it - I've had a couple of situations where I...

Hi Aidan, I've got both.  I find the FOV (and macro aspect) different enough to make it worth owning both.  I don't see much difference in sharpness for all practical purposes.  I agree with Roger...

Hi,  Great shot very sharp.  They were cooperative weren't they..... Cheers, Rod

Thx DPR. Looks interesting. When you take these sample shots, could you please consider including a few 'flare' shots - maybe a contra light, an artificial harsh lighting scene and a sun included...

Hi Simon, Thanks.   I think I like the two with the stone walls best..... Cheers, Rod

I don't have the link but the Sony exec I saw interviewed in an earlier DPR news item said that a FF ILC was a "definite maybe" - make of that what you will - and he commented that the technology...

Hi, The fact that your Sigma 105/2.8 loses aperture comes as no surprise because it is an external focus lens - ie it focuses by extension.  Any lens that focuses by extension will suffer a loss in...

Thanks Jim, No  boredom at all!  Great atmospheric shot. There's something captivating about steam that newer locos just don't have...... Cheers, Rod

I agree that market 'needs' (and market 'wants') are as clear as mud.  Nevertheless the mud tells us that FF is becoming more accessible and that there seem to be 'wants' for both a FF DSLR and a...

Thanks Rene - good links.  Rod

Hi Kokeen, I'm not sure what you mean by a true viewfinder.  I find critical manual focusing on a DSLR VF pretty average too - especially with WA lenses.  The old split prism film SLR screens were...

I know the NEXs already have focus peaking, but the downside is that we would miss out on Fuji glass.  (I'm not planning to use only legacy FF glass.)  Fuji has the best available 14mm and 18-55...

Hi Baobob, After the other thread, I've assumed you've been having fun with your adapter.........  I'm sorry you're disappointed to find the amount of shift is only 4-6mm. You said you found it...

There seems to be a view that the X Pro 1 will be updated first, since it was released first, and there are two schools of thought in the threads on when that might happen - either later this year...

Interesting read - thanks for the link.  I wonder how long they anticipate it will take between research and availability.  And what its characteristics will be.  Time will tell. Cheers, Rod