This is an EF lens that can work just as well on the 1Ds MarkII.
but which one ??
Do people know how easy it is to deal with this?! I'm kinda dumbfounded by this "issue".
DR isn't the issue here. STUPIDTY and overexpsoure is! My god, some person burns thousands of dollars for a trip to Africa and doesn't check his exposure? Did they know there's a histogram they can check after every single shot if they wanted??? Every metering system has its quirks in sunlight or darkness or other types of lighting. You use your knowledge of your camera and experience to get a good shot, not rely on some chip to do it for you. Many SLRs are known to require some small exposure comp depending on the conditions. I an flabbergasted at comments like these! USER ERROR!!! And DR has shown to be just about the same for ALL these sensors.
It does indeed seem to be a great lens and it's part of a great reason to get the R1 if it's for you. But don't let misconceptions about the other options sway you.
Speed is certainly not just for sports. A fast and accurate AF system with a deep buffer frees ones up for any kind of shooting. If you're sitting up at early dawn waiting for those 5 minutes of the Venus Belt glow, I trust you'll want to get in more than 7 shots and I trust you're prefer to have them in focus. Ditto for even the most mundane portraiture of some squirmy kid or all those critical bridal shots.
The EVF stinks so good thing you have an LCD to compensate?! LOL! I truly do love the idea of the R1's LCD - it'd be GREAT to get at all those angles and even waist-level shooting. But one doesn't compensate for the other - they both stink compared to an optical viewfinder IMHO.
All these are true...except this ludicrous misunderstanding about DR...and thus the R1 will make a nice choice for many people. Just choose based on accurate facts.
Same here. I am scared too, but then most people tell me its not that much of an issue, and is visible only at very small apertures. So cleaning is needed once every 3-4 months.
Agree too. Most tests say XT has a larger dynamic range. R1 has the ACGS but it does not match to dslrs. If we talk just dynamic range actually nikon is the winner with XT coming a close second
Yes the lenst is awesome. A friend as a tamron 75-300. This is a budget lens which I plan to get. He says that compared to R1, the kit and the tamron seem like playthings. Kudos to sony for such a lens. If I buy the R1 this will be the winning thing, nothing else
R1 has slow indoor focus. Accurate but slow in low light. If only they had retained the laser of F828
All EVFs stink for low light photography. I can get great low light shots with the R1. 2 min exposure at F 2.8 will yield me brilliant star lit landscapes. But the problem will be focus. Manual focus will have to be hit and try when you cant see what you are shooting. I just want to know one thing. Does manual focus show distance in XT the same way in R1?
Yes canon needs an anti dust system. I hope couple of years or 3 years from now when I upgrade the body, I will have an anti dust canon
