klauser wrote:
...how would you describe your experience switching to the 6d? Do you miss the convenience of compact high quality zooms? While the e-3 raws will not tolerate massive tweaking before they fall apart, imo does e-3 give excellent natural colors and very pleasing tonality out of the box without much post processing. Did you have to adjust your workflow a lot until you got the results that you wanted?
Comparing build quality do you trust the 6d as much as the e-3?
I use the 14-54 and the 11-22 mostly , I love the 7-14 but don't need it that often, I like the 50mm but find it difficult to get perfect focus. When I use the 50-200 the results are excellent but I just don't need that focal range very often. Are you satisfied with the Canon lenses in comparison with the ft zuikos?
I will wait for the much anticipated oly which will be able to focus ft zuikos so that I will have a state of the art sensor for my zuikos, but if this camera will be disappointing in terms of handling and viewfinder I strongly consider switching to a Canon 6d set up (Nikon's color signature I just cannot get comfortable with).
Your flickr gallery is amazing - I especially liked your bw ethiopia set and the Norway Fuji set!
Klaus
I agree that the E3 has very good colors, but only in good light.
Long exposures were also a problem even at low ISOs.
If you nail the exposure the results are great but the DR is very narrow.
I had the 7-14+12-60+70-300. I loved the lenses.
I was satisfied until I bought the NEX as a second camera and saw the superiority of the sensor.
If Oly had come up sooner with a DSLR with the E-M5 sensor I would have bought it.
The Fuji lenses are really good, as good as the ZDs.
The voigtlander 15 is my favorite lens ever.
I also have a voigtlander 50 1.5 that I like but it is hard to nail focus.
As for the Canon side of things...If Nikon assistance in Portugal wasn't rubbish, maybe I would have gone D600.
But I really liked the simplicity of the 6D, it is lighter than the E3, but less rugged.
The lenses I have:
- Samyang 14 : MF really really sharp, very cheap, can not vouch for durability though.
- 24-105 L : a litlle bit inferior to the ZD12-60, excelent construction, really good balance.
- 70-200 L F4 IS : Really excelent (but scares people away
)
- 40 2.8 Really sharp, harsh bokeh. Really small, killer street combo.
- 50 F1.8 It was an offer from a friend cannot complain.
This set was all shot with the 50 and the samyang:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/illiguana/sets/72157633616494700/
For my normal shooting I'll just use the Fuji+Sony.
For big trips or landscape I'll use the Canon.
If I come back to a place like Iceland or Norway, I plan to buy a Zeiis 18 or 21.
That was a long answer...but the transition is still happening, I only shot with the Canon 2 weeks + a weekend. But I adapted fast. Mettering is better than the OLY.
Regarding PP it depends more on my mood than the camera...
If you shoot RAW you can achieve any look you want.
Oly has some sweet jpegs though, aswell as Fuji, Canon jpegs are meh...Sony are in between.
Thanks for the feedback on the photos!
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