M4/3 shots in Kyoto

Lu1Wang said:

Went for a 3 days trip to Kyoto with my trusty M43 and Leica M240. I will be posting the M43 shots here. Overall, I love the experience. E-M1iii + 12-100mm f4 saved me the weight of a tripod.

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Lu1Wang said:

Went for a 3 days trip to Kyoto with my trusty M43 and Leica M240. I will be posting the M43 shots here. Overall, I love the experience. E-M1iii + 12-100mm f4 saved me the weight of a tripod.

1. Thousand Tori gates of Fushimi Inari Shrine, shot on Laowa 7.5mm f2

2. On the way to Kiyomizu Temple

3. Kiyomizu Temple

4. Arashi-Yama Bamboo trail, Laowa 7.5mm f2

5. Kinkaku Temple, with ND1000 handheld

6. Heron in downtown

7. People waiting for bus in front of pachinko shop

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9. Definitely JDM

10. Osaka shopping district before departure, Laowa 7.5mm f2

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migbtsum said:

Japan lost its mojo a long time ago now it just chases the tourist dollar with Kyoto leading the way. These days it feels and sounds like little China

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migbtsum said:

Japan lost its mojo a long time ago now it just chases the tourist dollar with Kyoto leading the way. These days it feels and sounds like little China

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unhappymeal said:

Great stuff Lu, I love Japan! My wife and I are heading to Andalusia in April and I am still waffling between the 8-25 f/4 + 40-150 f/4 + 20 f/1.4 or 12-100 or 20 f/1.4. I feel like I would miss ultra wide on a trip on this and sadly, I do not have an ultra wide prime.

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Lu1Wang said:

unhappymeal said:

Great stuff Lu, I love Japan! My wife and I are heading to Andalusia in April and I am still waffling between the 8-25 f/4 + 40-150 f/4 + 20 f/1.4 or 12-100 or 20 f/1.4. I feel like I would miss ultra wide on a trip on this and sadly, I do not have an ultra wide prime.

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Thanks! I would change the 40-150 f4 to 12-100 f4 and still bring the rest. 12-100 is just too good for slow shutter shots and can save you a tripod in many cases.

The rest are still small lenses.

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Lu1Wang said:

Went for a 3 days trip to Kyoto with my trusty M43 and Leica M240. I will be posting the M43 shots here. Overall, I love the experience. E-M1iii + 12-100mm f4 saved me the weight of a tripod.


4. Arashi-Yama Bamboo trail, Laowa 7.5mm f2

6. Heron in downtown

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migbtsum said:

Japan lost its mojo a long time ago now it just chases the tourist dollar with Kyoto leading the way. These days it feels and sounds like little China

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unhappymeal said:

Lu1Wang said:

unhappymeal said:

Great stuff Lu, I love Japan! My wife and I are heading to Andalusia in April and I am still waffling between the 8-25 f/4 + 40-150 f/4 + 20 f/1.4 or 12-100 or 20 f/1.4. I feel like I would miss ultra wide on a trip on this and sadly, I do not have an ultra wide prime.

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Thanks! I would change the 40-150 f4 to 12-100 f4 and still bring the rest. 12-100 is just too good for slow shutter shots and can save you a tripod in many cases.

The rest are still small lenses.

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If I take the 12-100, I feel like I would be tempted to just leave it on all the time and forego wide. Sigh, this is the problem with m4/3, almost unlimited choice and most of it good to superb.

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Promeneur said:

migbtsum said:

Japan lost its mojo a long time ago now it just chases the tourist dollar with Kyoto leading the way. These days it feels and sounds like little China

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It depends on when you go, where you stay, how you travel. Don't eat in any establishment that has a TripAdvisor sticker in the window. I took a group of international guests to a restauraunt here in Tokyo that no tourist can find, except by accident. Shibuya Crossing is just a crossing, nothing exciting to see, but like the average person here I sometimes go there because I need something and it's a shopping mecca. So many beautiful countries to see, still! So many more places to photograph!

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mmartel said:

unhappymeal said:

Lu1Wang said:

unhappymeal said:

Great stuff Lu, I love Japan! My wife and I are heading to Andalusia in April and I am still waffling between the 8-25 f/4 + 40-150 f/4 + 20 f/1.4 or 12-100 or 20 f/1.4. I feel like I would miss ultra wide on a trip on this and sadly, I do not have an ultra wide prime.

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Thanks! I would change the 40-150 f4 to 12-100 f4 and still bring the rest. 12-100 is just too good for slow shutter shots and can save you a tripod in many cases.

The rest are still small lenses.

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If I take the 12-100, I feel like I would be tempted to just leave it on all the time and forego wide. Sigh, this is the problem with m4/3, almost unlimited choice and most of it good to superb.

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And this is why I began carrying two cameras, after reading so many gunslingers here on these forums talking up the idea

Never mind what began relatively small and light with the G95 as my A and G100 as my B has somehow morphed into an EM1x as my A and G9 as my B (don't try this at home, folks)...

But I'm nonetheless somehow happy enough to almost forget the agony and humiliation of not shooting full frame! (For at least a few minutes every week or so anyway, YMMV...).

Our sensors may be tiny, and our shooting envelopes may be laughably small, and we may not understand equivalence whatsoever, but we are truly spoiled for choice when it comes to bodies and lenses (except for tiny modern rangefinders, can't have those goodies...).

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unhappymeal said:

mmartel said:

unhappymeal said:

Lu1Wang said:

unhappymeal said:

Great stuff Lu, I love Japan! My wife and I are heading to Andalusia in April and I am still waffling between the 8-25 f/4 + 40-150 f/4 + 20 f/1.4 or 12-100 or 20 f/1.4. I feel like I would miss ultra wide on a trip on this and sadly, I do not have an ultra wide prime.

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Thanks! I would change the 40-150 f4 to 12-100 f4 and still bring the rest. 12-100 is just too good for slow shutter shots and can save you a tripod in many cases.

The rest are still small lenses.

Click to expand...

If I take the 12-100, I feel like I would be tempted to just leave it on all the time and forego wide. Sigh, this is the problem with m4/3, almost unlimited choice and most of it good to superb.

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And this is why I began carrying two cameras, after reading so many gunslingers here on these forums talking up the idea

Never mind what began relatively small and light with the G95 as my A and G100 as my B has somehow morphed into an EM1x as my A and G9 as my B (don't try this at home, folks)...

But I'm nonetheless somehow happy enough to almost forget the agony and humiliation of not shooting full frame! (For at least a few minutes every week or so anyway, YMMV...).

Our sensors may be tiny, and our shooting envelopes may be laughably small, and we may not understand equivalence whatsoever, but we are truly spoiled for choice when it comes to bodies and lenses (except for tiny modern rangefinders, can't have those goodies...).

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I used to carry 3 GMs, but they are a bit too outdated. Why oh why won’t they give us updates :-(?

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migbtsum said:

Promeneur said:

migbtsum said:

Japan lost its mojo a long time ago now it just chases the tourist dollar with Kyoto leading the way. These days it feels and sounds like little China

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It depends on when you go, where you stay, how you travel. Don't eat in any establishment that has a TripAdvisor sticker in the window. I took a group of international guests to a restauraunt here in Tokyo that no tourist can find, except by accident. Shibuya Crossing is just a crossing, nothing exciting to see, but like the average person here I sometimes go there because I need something and it's a shopping mecca. So many beautiful countries to see, still! So many more places to photograph!

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I go to Japan for work so I see normal life over the decades especially the last it has become just a tourist trap. It's.l looking a bit fake just as other high tourist traffic countries are

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ahaslett said:

unhappymeal said:

mmartel said:

unhappymeal said:

Lu1Wang said:

unhappymeal said:

Great stuff Lu, I love Japan! My wife and I are heading to Andalusia in April and I am still waffling between the 8-25 f/4 + 40-150 f/4 + 20 f/1.4 or 12-100 or 20 f/1.4. I feel like I would miss ultra wide on a trip on this and sadly, I do not have an ultra wide prime.

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Thanks! I would change the 40-150 f4 to 12-100 f4 and still bring the rest. 12-100 is just too good for slow shutter shots and can save you a tripod in many cases.

The rest are still small lenses.

Click to expand...

If I take the 12-100, I feel like I would be tempted to just leave it on all the time and forego wide. Sigh, this is the problem with m4/3, almost unlimited choice and most of it good to superb.

Click to expand...

And this is why I began carrying two cameras, after reading so many gunslingers here on these forums talking up the idea

Never mind what began relatively small and light with the G95 as my A and G100 as my B has somehow morphed into an EM1x as my A and G9 as my B (don't try this at home, folks)...

But I'm nonetheless somehow happy enough to almost forget the agony and humiliation of not shooting full frame! (For at least a few minutes every week or so anyway, YMMV...).

Our sensors may be tiny, and our shooting envelopes may be laughably small, and we may not understand equivalence whatsoever, but we are truly spoiled for choice when it comes to bodies and lenses (except for tiny modern rangefinders, can't have those goodies...).

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I used to carry 3 GMs, but they are a bit too outdated. Why oh why won’t they give us updates :-(?

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Because you won’t promise to buy 10,000 of them at USD 2k each, with a 10% discount for preorder and a 5y warranty plus one free battery charger.

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