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I ordered the GFX 250 three days ago on Amazon, or maybe it was B&H, and in it came this afternoon. You guys made me buy this lens because everyone said how great it was.

I was warned to wear sun glasses when I viewed my first 250 MF image because the darn thing is so sharp. So I donned my darkest sunglasses and viewed the first raw two hours later and BAM!!!! The image melted my thick dark lenses and the Medium Format Look exuded out of every pore in my body.... I started screaming in agony. Or was it ecstasy?

Anyway, before all of that I tore open the box moments after I had my hands on it from the condo mail room and dropped it down the recycle chute. (Never keep a lens box - it is bad luck.)

I slapped on an Arca Plate (I have over 35 of these laying around in drawers all over the house) on that weird-shaped Fuji lens foot (why don't they just make it an Arca plate?) and grabbed my monopod. I mounted the 250 on the 50r, threw on some shorts and a t-shirt, put a big floppy hat on my fat bald head and I walked outside my condo (blending in well with the tourists) onto the San Antonio River. I fired my first shot at a family walking towards me. I wasn't sure it was in focus, but it is.

Who said the 50r focus sucks? No. In my opinion, the 50r, besides having OK snappy AF, or at least it doesn't suck, also has the Medium Format Look. Just my opinion after thousands of shots. I can't prove it scientifically. Just my opinion.....

Then for an hour in the 100 degree sun, with it shining straight overhead, I walked a mile up the River and shot 200 shots. Was I shooting too fast? I barely deleted any of them. They all looked so good to me when I got back. Teresa said, why are you moaning? I said, not because of you. It is this lens Honey.... She said, Oh My God! Did you get a new lens?

It was fun, but I gotta tell you.... That lens ain't small by any means. But it ain't that heavy. I had it around my neck and it is not real heavy but I had to use my left hand to hold the lens foot with the camera up against my sweaty body and my right hand was using the monopod as a walking stick as I plowed my way though the tourists.... (I looked like a National Geographic photographer from 1976 holding a 600mm lens around his neck chasing giraffes.)

Seriously, this thing is noticeably more of a burden than the 100-200, which I have probably walked 50 miles with in the last 3 months. You know it is there for sure....

But I love the lens and I think I'm gonna take it with me on travel. Somehow, some way. I just spent 3 grand on it so I gotta take it with me. It's a rule....

Anyway, here are a few of my mediocre shots with this amazing lens. Do not judge its quality by my bad photography. I was just firing away, and that cop on the bike almost body slammed me to the ground when I pointed this rig at him. No, he was nice, but I'm not sure I should have pointed that thing at him. I asked him after if I could post it on my photography gear website and he said sure.

Man, I barely touched these things in post. Seriously. Nothing hardly. But while shooting I did jack the ISO past base a lot because it was darker in the canyons of the buildings and river and the speed was too low (I thought). I didn't trust the OIS enough, and I had a monopod on all these shots. Next time I trust the ISO and shoot more DOF and lower monopod speeds. That OIS rocks, Man.

Hey. I decided to actually try to take pictures of people, which I hate to do unless they are my grandkids. People ruin my travel shooting. They all have phones, which I hate. I usually wait for them to clear out. Sometimes I wait 30 minutes to take pictures with no people. If you don't believe it, check out my travel stuff....

I did this for you. Not for me. Shooting people I mean.... I can promise you, I'm not doing it again.

Note that this first shot of thios beautiful lost family is a people shot and thery have no phones!!!!!! They are talking to each other!!!!!!!!!

Unbelievable.

This shot is going to win me a DPR certificate of Achievement. No phones. Candid. Not posed.

Lesson learned in post: I could have shot base ISO 100 on all of these. I jacked it up higher because I didn't know ho good the OIS was and I wasn't paying enough attention to detail. On the cop shot I just lifted the camera and shot it. It had the ISO on from the previous shot....

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Greg Johnson, San Antonio, Texas
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LOL it arrived then!

Told you it would be sharp :D

That cop is getting ready to arrest that snooping Tom with the big lens - send us some pics from the Pen, if you can upload them on the prison wifi ;-)
 
Glad you’re enjoying it! I’ve flown to NZ with it and a 14 month old so no excuses to not drag it on your next vacation haha. It will be worth it!
 
Greg7579 said:
I ordered the GFX 250 three days ago on Amazon, or maybe it was B&H, and in it came this afternoon. You guys made me buy this lens because everyone said how great it was.

I was warned to wear sun glasses when I viewed my first 250 MF image because the darn thing is so sharp. So I donned my darkest sunglasses and viewed the first raw two hours later and BAM!!!! The image melted my thick dark lenses and the Medium Format Look exuded out of every pore in my body.... I started screaming in agony. Or was it ecstasy?

Anyway, before all of that I tore open the box moments after I had my hands on it from the condo mail room and dropped it down the recycle chute. (Never keep a lens box - it is bad luck.)

I slapped on an Arca Plate (I have over 35 of these laying around in drawers all over the house) on that weird-shaped Fuji lens foot (why don't they just make it an Arca plate?) and grabbed my monopod. I mounted the 250 on the 50r, threw on some shorts and a t-shirt, put a big floppy hat on my fat bald head and I walked outside my condo (blending in well with the tourists) onto the San Antonio River. I fired my first shot at a family walking towards me. I wasn't sure it was in focus, but it is.

Who said the 50r focus sucks? No. In my opinion, the 50r, besides having OK snappy AF, or at least it doesn't suck, also has the Medium Format Look. Just my opinion after thousands of shots. I can't prove it scientifically. Just my opinion.....

Then for an hour in the 100 degree sun, with it shining straight overhead, I walked a mile up the River and shot 200 shots. Was I shooting too fast? I barely deleted any of them. They all looked so good to me when I got back. Teresa said, why are you moaning? I said, not because of you. It is this lens Honey.... She said, Oh My God! Did you get a new lens?

It was fun, but I gotta tell you.... That lens ain't small by any means. But it ain't that heavy. I had it around my neck and it is not real heavy but I had to use my left hand to hold the lens foot with the camera up against my sweaty body and my right hand was using the monopod as a walking stick as I plowed my way though the tourists.... (I looked like a National Geographic photographer from 1976 holding a 600mm lens around his neck chasing giraffes.)

Seriously, this thing is noticeably more of a burden than the 100-200, which I have probably walked 50 miles with in the last 3 months. You know it is there for sure....

But I love the lens and I think I'm gonna take it with me on travel. Somehow, some way. I just spent 3 grand on it so I gotta take it with me. It's a rule....

Anyway, here are a few of my mediocre shots with this amazing lens. Do not judge its quality by my bad photography. I was just firing away, and that cop on the bike almost body slammed me to the ground when I pointed this rig at him. No, he was nice, but I'm not sure I should have pointed that thing at him. I asked him after if I could post it on my photography gear website and he said sure.

Man, I barely touched these things in post. Seriously. Nothing hardly. But while shooting I did jack the ISO past base a lot because it was darker in the canyons of the buildings and river and the speed was too low (I thought). I didn't trust the OIS enough, and I had a monopod on all these shots. Next time I trust the ISO and shoot more DOF and lower monopod speeds. That OIS rocks, Man.

Hey. I decided to actually try to take pictures of people, which I hate to do unless they are my grandkids. People ruin my travel shooting. They all have phones, which I hate. I usually wait for them to clear out. Sometimes I wait 30 minutes to take pictures with no people. If you don't believe it, check out my travel stuff....

I did this for you. Not for me. Shooting people I mean.... I can promise you, I'm not doing it again.

Note that this first shot of thios beautiful lost family is a people shot and thery have no phones!!!!!! They are talking to each other!!!!!!!!!

Unbelievable.

This shot is going to win me a DPR certificate of Achievement. No phones. Candid. Not posed.

Lesson learned in post: I could have shot base ISO 100 on all of these. I jacked it up higher because I didn't know ho good the OIS was and I wasn't paying enough attention to detail. On the cop shot I just lifted the camera and shot it. It had the ISO on from the previous shot....

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My very first shot with the 250, 25 minutes after getting it in the mail..... This beautiful family asked me for directions 25 seconds after this shot. They were lost.... And they had a big lens pointed their way. I said, no, it is not a 600! It is a 250!

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Greg Johnson, San Antonio, Texas
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I love my GF250 especially with the 1.4 TC. Its an incredible lens and significantly sharper than my GF 100-200 which doesnt work well with the TC. Could not wait to use and test
the GF250 with my GFX100 at the weekend

--
Stefan
 
scst48 said:
I love my GF250 especially with the 1.4 TC. Its an incredible lens and significantly sharper than my GF 100-200 which doesnt work well with the TC. Could not wait to use and test the GF250 with my GFX100 at the weekend
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I'd like to see those shots.

I'd also like to see a prime positioned somewhere between the 120 & 250 and another between 300-400mm. While I am wishing, I'd like to see a 2x TC.
 
Rick Knepper said:
scst48 said:
I love my GF250 especially with the 1.4 TC. Its an incredible lens and significantly sharper than my GF 100-200 which doesnt work well with the TC. Could not wait to use and test the GF250 with my GFX100 at the weekend
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I'd like to see those shots.

I'd also like to see a prime positioned somewhere between the 120 & 250 and another between 300-400mm. While I am wishing, I'd like to see a 2x TC.
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Working on it :)
FUJI need to hurry up to fill the gaps in between their GF lens portfolio but they better
take some time to maintain the outstanding quality they offer with the GF series


And yes a 2x TC would be nice to have as well as a special TC for the 110mm and a T/S
lens within the 20mm range

--
Stefan
 
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scst48 said:
Rick Knepper said:
scst48 said:
I love my GF250 especially with the 1.4 TC. Its an incredible lens and significantly sharper than my GF 100-200 which doesnt work well with the TC. Could not wait to use and test the GF250 with my GFX100 at the weekend
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I'd like to see those shots.

I'd also like to see a prime positioned somewhere between the 120 & 250 and another between 300-400mm. While I am wishing, I'd like to see a 2x TC.
Click to expand...
Working on it :)
FUJI need to hurry up to fill the gaps in between their GF lens portfolio but they better
take some time to maintain the outstanding quality they offer with the GF series

And yes a 2x TC would be nice to have as well as a special TC for the 110mm and a T/S
lens within the 20mm range
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For me 2X TC for the 250 is really the only thing I still want as far as GFX system goes (as long as it's as good as 1.4X). Othwerwise I'm completely happy with the 50R, 23, 45, 110, and 250+1.4X. I honestly dont' see any gaps that need to be filled other than additional reach that 2X would provide (I mean I would not complain if Fuji eventually offers GF 600 but considering the size of 250 that would probably be the biggest lens ever created by any manufacturer :-P).

Actually, I could eventually (few years down the road) be interested in some type of updated 50R in the same price range as the original (with some combination of IBIS, faster processor, and perhaps even additional pixels).
 
tgltgl said:
For me 2X TC for the 250 is really the only thing I still want as far as GFX system goes (as long as it's as good as 1.4X).
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I think it would be impossible for the 2x to be as good as the 1.4x. It can't be done, right? In FUJI XGF lenses, the 2x is good but noticeably less so than the 1.4x.

But the GFX 1.4x is ridiculously expensive. 800 bucks for that TC has me hesitating. But it would be good to have a 277 FF equivalent really good MF lens.


Greg Johnson, San Antonio, Texas

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Greg7579 said:
tgltgl said:
For me 2X TC for the 250 is really the only thing I still want as far as GFX system goes (as long as it's as good as 1.4X).
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I think it would be impossible for the 2x to be as good as the 1.4x. It can't be done, right? In FUJI XGF lenses, the 2x is good but noticeably less so than the 1.4x.

But the GFX 1.4x is ridiculously expensive. 800 bucks for that TC has me hesitating. But it would be good to have a 277 FF equivalent really good MF lens.

Greg Johnson, San Antonio, Texas
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You would think it's impossible based on our experience with all other extenders we have all used in the past. But I honestly can't see any degradation in IQ when I mount 1.4X on the 250 - it's a miracle they were able to pull that off so I'm not completely discounting they may further surprise with 2X although obviously that's going to be much more challenging). I hate to tell you this because it may cost you 800 bucks, but I hardly ever take off 1.4X from my 250 (it's honestly that good and completely worth it).
 
tgltgl said:
scst48 said:
Rick Knepper said:
scst48 said:
I love my GF250 especially with the 1.4 TC. Its an incredible lens and significantly sharper than my GF 100-200 which doesnt work well with the TC. Could not wait to use and test the GF250 with my GFX100 at the weekend
Click to expand...
I'd like to see those shots.

I'd also like to see a prime positioned somewhere between the 120 & 250 and another between 300-400mm. While I am wishing, I'd like to see a 2x TC.
Click to expand...
Working on it :)
FUJI need to hurry up to fill the gaps in between their GF lens portfolio but they better
take some time to maintain the outstanding quality they offer with the GF series

And yes a 2x TC would be nice to have as well as a special TC for the 110mm and a T/S
lens within the 20mm range
Click to expand...
For me 2X TC for the 250 is really the only thing I still want as far as GFX system goes (as long as it's as good as 1.4X). Othwerwise I'm completely happy with the 50R, 23, 45, 110, and 250+1.4X. I honestly dont' see any gaps that need to be filled other than additional reach that 2X would provide (I mean I would not complain if Fuji eventually offers GF 600 but considering the size of 250 that would probably be the biggest lens ever created by any manufacturer :-P).

Actually, I could eventually (few years down the road) be interested in some type of updated 50R in the same price range as the original (with some combination of IBIS, faster processor, and perhaps even additional pixels).
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I presume they should be able to offer a 2x TC which might be as good as the 1.4 TC.
Just wonder about the weight. The 1.4 is already 400g and I expect that a 2xTC might
be in a range of 600g or more
 
It was pretty funny. Last night I got an email from a pro photographer here in San Antonio on my normal email account. She is an old and very close friend. She hates my photography, but for some reason, looks at it all. She tells me, hey … don't you look at the gruesome crash as you get slowly waved by it in your car?

She shot MF in the film days and was a very successful portrait pro with a big studio here in town. Now she is an art photographer and for her, every shot has to be an artistic masterpiece from some strange angle at some small portion of what an eyeball might see. She gives photography talks at the San Antonio Museum of Art where she is the Photography Docent.

She has an incredible eye, and she is an artist. She is also is a great photographer who taught me a lot over the years.

She hates snapshots and postcard-like tourists shots, any picture of a church or building (unless it has some artistic twist), any image of a famous iconic site, or any image that could not be considered great art that could be discussed among artists for at least an hour as they gaze at the giant print in the gallery and sip their wine.

She never posts on camera gear websites ort blogs. But she does read this MF Board.

So she saw my shots on this thread.

Within about an hour of me posting the shots here I got an email from her on my personal email account (not DPR or Flickr) and she said this:

Dear Greg,

Have I taught you nothing? How do you find the time to write these testimonials on a camera equipment website? You need counseling in your retirement. You need a hobby.... No wait, that is your hobby. Maybe that's the problem....

First of all (she says to me), enjoy your new lens. Where do you put them all? Second of all, you promised (threatened?) to never post snapshots of people again.

I'm going to hold you to it. Please abide by this new Greg rule in all your future postings.

So I wrote her back and said, hey Baby - I was just shooting my new lens for the first hour I had it. Give me a break. I was just testing it out and a couple of those shots were OK.... One of them was pretty good. It all happened fast. I wasn't trying to sell images or win any awards. It wasn't high art. Come on … what would you have shot in that same hour with that same lens on that same river?

She wrote back, well, I would not have shot any of that!

I tell you.... It is hard gig Man.... 😂


Greg Johnson, San Antonio, Texas

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Theses look great, nice pop! Congrats on the lens. I would be interested in your comparisons between this and the 100-200
 
pepsijunior said:
Theses look great, nice pop! Congrats on the lens. I would be interested in your comparisons between this and the 100-200
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Thanks Pepsi,

I am going to go up on the 14th floor of my condo and set the 50r up on a tripod with the 250, OIS off. Shoot various scenes at various apertures - a bunch of highly detailed downtown San Antonio skyline shots and switch between the 250 and 100-200 (at 200). Then I'm gonna pixel peep the Hell out of those shots and make some observations to myself.

That is a prime 250 vs zoomed 200. It is totally unscientific. But I can already tell the 250 is in a different sort of league (and I love that 100-200). But you don't know it until you see it and I didn't see the 250 until yesterday.

It's like the MF Look. You can't read about it. You have to see it. Or not see it if you decide not to see it. (Kidding.)

Anyway, I saw it immediately on those shots yesterday, and I had several more I didn't show you that were not interesting compositions but were better displays of the amazing resolution and pop of this lens.

When I do that comparison and peek at the corners I am going to see a difference one way or the other. And I am experienced enough to know what to compare or not to compare in this unofficial sniff-check. I will report on it, as an unverifiable, non-scientific, non-bench-test that can very easily be ridiculed, spat at and mocked by detractors of Medium format. You can even say, Oh My God! I could have shot that image with my MFT or even phone! (I love that common retort.)

Doesn't matter. I will know and that's all I care about.

I'm joking. You know I love you guys. I care about you too. Well…. I love almost all of you guys and a few of you I don't love so much I could grow to be really fond of.

One of my best friends now is a guy I couldn't stand when I was in my 30s. The dude was such a ferocious ****, but he has mellowed in his old age... (He actually almost got me killed one time in the 1991.)

Greg Johnson, San Antonio, Texas

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Hey Mr. Greg!

In spite of being a mini format (D850) guy, I think some of these are really cool and should also go in the Portrait and People forum too. The Officer especially !

Shoot what you're comfy with or go outside the comfort zone and learn. There's so much out there. San Antonio is gorgeous! That's also the freedom of Hobby vs. Profession.

The first picture at f4 with the family seems to have more depth than I thought there would be.

A friend of mine has a killer view of the Empire State Building. I think 85 % of his instagram feed is that. I keep bugging him to "get out more".

I am happy with a sunset over an empty field for its sake. I also like night time stuff, because of the day job, I'm constrained! haha

I say add more people to your images !

Best of luck!

vsk
 
Greg7579 said:
pepsijunior said:
Theses look great, nice pop! Congrats on the lens. I would be interested in your comparisons between this and the 100-200
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Thanks Pepsi,

I am going to go up on the 14th floor of my condo and set the 50r up on a tripod with the 250, OIS off. Shoot various scenes at various apertures - a bunch of highly detailed downtown San Antonio skyline shots and switch between the 250 and 100-200 (at 200). Then I'm gonna pixel peep the Hell out of those shots and make some observations to myself.
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soinds great, cant wait to see the results!
Greg7579 said:
That is a prime 250 vs zoomed 200. It is totally unscientific. But I can already tell the 250 is in a different sort of league (and I love that 100-200). But you don't know it until you see it and I didn't see the 250 until yesterday.

It's like the MF Look. You can't read about it. You have to see it. Or not see it if you decide not to see it. (Kidding.)
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i definitely see it and that’s what gets me addicted.
Greg7579 said:
Anyway, I saw it immediately on those shots yesterday, and I had several more I didn't show you that were not interesting compositions but were better displays of the amazing resolution and pop of this lens.

When I do that comparison and peek at the corners I am going to see a difference one way or the other. And I am experienced enough to know what to compare or not to compare in this unofficial sniff-check. I will report on it, as an unverifiable, non-scientific, non-bench-test that can very easily be ridiculed, spat at and mocked by detractors of Medium format. You can even say, Oh My God! I could have shot that image with my MFT or even phone! (I love that common retort.)
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yes, the phone thing does get annoying. I hate when having to think about using my phone camera
Greg7579 said:
Doesn't matter. I will know and that's all I care about.

I'm joking. You know I love you guys. I care about you too. Well…. I love almost all of you guys and a few of you I don't love so much I could grow to be really fond of.
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yes, same here and you’ve really livened up this forum nicely and helped all of us GFX shooters feel welcomed. It’s not like that in all of the forums.
Greg7579 said:
One of my best friends now is a guy I couldn't stand when I was in my 30s. The dude was such a ferocious ****, but he has mellowed in his old age... (He actually almost got me killed one time in the 1991.)

Greg Johnson, San Antonio, Texas
https://www.flickr.com/photos/139148982@N02/albums
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RealVSK said:
Hey Mr. Greg!

In spite of being a mini format (D850) guy, I think some of these are really cool and should also go in the Portrait and People forum too. The Officer especially !

Shoot what you're comfy with or go outside the comfort zone and learn. There's so much out there. San Antonio is gorgeous! That's also the freedom of Hobby vs. Profession.

The first picture at f4 with the family seems to have more depth than I thought there would be.

A friend of mine has a killer view of the Empire State Building. I think 85 % of his instagram feed is that. I keep bugging him to "get out more".

I am happy with a sunset over an empty field for its sake. I also like night time stuff, because of the day job, I'm constrained! haha

I say add more people to your images !

Best of luck!

vsk
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Hey thanks VSK. No … I can't post on the people forum or it would likely spontaneously combust. And I am the World's worst portrait photographer.

Hey! The D850.... What a great camera. Man I heard that the GFX100 that I'm about to be holding in 4 days feels exactly like the D850 with grip in the hand and around the neck. So it can't be too bad.

Yes, the depth on that shot surprised me too since there is never enough DOF with MF and it constantly drives me crazy. Maybe that was a fluke because it was my first shot with the 250. The Photo Gods sometimes assist and sometimes they mess with you....

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pepsijunior said:
… you’ve really livened up this forum nicely and helped all of us GFX shooters feel welcomed. It’s not like that in all of the forums.
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I am beloved on so many forums. 👼

The Nikon guys adore me even though I have never once in my life posted on that Board. The Sony guys all want to take me to dinner and get my views on their great cameras, but I don't go there Man.

The Fuji guys love me more than they love their Dads. Hardly any of them hate my guts.

I have street cred there Man.

I have 15,000 posts on that great Board but due to unexplainable technical difficulties my voice is absent on that forum these days, even though I own more Fuji gear and have shot it way more than probably any other Human Being on Earth.

But no matter. I'm about to have a lot less of it because I'm going pure Fuji MF.

Oh and the speaking of the Boards....

They are about to Love me on the Leica Board too.

Because I am going to post there like a Mad Scientist that does no science when I get that Q2. They better hope I like that camera.

I have a rule Man.

I don't post on Boards of equipment I don't own and shoot. I read them. But I don't post. I like reading the Sony Board because they have great cameras and make great sensors. The glass is getting better.

Well, I slipped up and posted last year on the Sony Board on one thread. And it was to complement them.

Man I came really close to buying that alphasevenarethree just so I could post on that Sony Board. Really close. But I didn't pull the trigger.

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Greg7579 said:
pepsijunior said:
… you’ve really livened up this forum nicely and helped all of us GFX shooters feel welcomed. It’s not like that in all of the forums.
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I am beloved on so many forums. 👼

The Nikon guys adore me even though I have never once in my life posted on that Board. The Sony guys all want to take me to dinner and get my views on their great cameras, but I don't go there Man.

The Fuji guys love me more than they love their Dads. Hardly any of them hate my guts.

I have street cred there Man.

I have 15,000 posts on that great Board but due to unexplainable technical difficulties my voice is absent on that forum these days, even though I own more Fuji gear and have shot it way more than probably any other Human Being on Earth.

But no matter. I'm about to have a lot less of it because I'm going pure Fuji MF.

Oh and the speaking of the Boards....

They are about to Love me on the Leica Board too.

Because I am going to post there like a Mad Scientist that does no science when I get that Q2. They better hope I like that camera.
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I just got back from my camera shop 2 hours away. Traded some stuff for the Sony 400 GM. I’ve had it on order for 10 weeks. Unfortunately my local dealer did not receive the only GFX 100 that could’ve been mine, not one. My other dealer that only got two said the Fuji reps are putting a strict quantity to stores recently with GFX gear allocations. Wasn’t like that with the 50R. Guess I’ll hold onto that for now. Do I need the 100? Idk, but I really want it but would have to sell a lot more or just wait for a 50R 2 with phase detection.

Anyways they told me about the Leica Q2 and said they haven’t seen any in a while and your not allowed to open a Leica box before buying it cause the customers are strict and want it sealed fresh when buying it from Germany.
Greg7579 said:
I have a rule Man.

I don't post on Boards of equipment I don't own and shoot. I read them. But I don't post. I like reading the Sony Board because they have great cameras and make great sensors. The glass is getting better.
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yes the 135 is superb as well as the 24 GM. One reason that got me into the A9.
Greg7579 said:
Well, I slipped up and posted last year on the Sony Board on one thread. And it was to complement them.

Man I came really close to buying that alphasevenarethree just so I could post on that Sony Board. Really close. But I didn't pull the trigger.
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its a fantastic one. Owned it previously. Love it’s resolution with the 85. Would love to have it and the A9 but I’m sure an A7RIV will be around the corner.
Greg7579 said:
Greg Johnson, San Antonio, Texas
https://www.flickr.com/photos/139148982@N02/albums
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I am very curious what color profile you used, if any, to process these colors.

They just don't seem quite right to me; but too saturated instead.

The shot of the policeman shows moiré on his uniform.
 
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