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First handson with my GN42 and some guru meditation

Started Aug 19, 2015 | Discussions
mordor_74 Contributing Member • Posts: 622
First handson with my GN42 and some guru meditation
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This weekend i had my usual photosession. Since i just bought the GN42 flash i took it with my nx1100 and the 16-50pz.

Result where surprising good:

Light quality is good, exposition works well and it is fast enough to not force cats to close eyes. Also white balance was almost perfect. My little experience with nikon flashes wasnt much better!

(the picture is after a light PP with LR, i shot -0.3 then rise the exposition, this process comes very well with the samsung sensor)

The only minus was the AF in low light and low contrast situation:

This one to give you an idea of the situation. Mommy was in a very dark zone and she is also very dark so i had problems focusing.

The other problem is the handling. The NX1100 is not well balanced with the flash on and tend to go upsidedown when hanging on the neck...

I am every day more prone to let my alpha system go. I could buy an nx10/11/5 and will get better handling with the 50-200 and the flash and better iso results. What still stops me is the AF performance of my a200. Hard to beat on a budget!

 mordor_74's gear list:mordor_74's gear list
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5 Canon EOS Rebel SL1 Samsung NX1100 Samsung NX 30mm F2 Pancake Tamron SP AF 17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF) +7 more
Samsung NX10 Samsung NX1100 Sony Alpha DSLR-A200
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OP mordor_74 Contributing Member • Posts: 622
Re: First handson with my GN42 and some guru meditation

A small update... I did another "photosession" this week. I used the 18-55 for this one and i find myself pretty more comfortable. The camera was better balanced and the mechanical zoom added more control.

 mordor_74's gear list:mordor_74's gear list
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5 Canon EOS Rebel SL1 Samsung NX1100 Samsung NX 30mm F2 Pancake Tamron SP AF 17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF) +7 more
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