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Yes indeed, these threads keep popping up. People need to overcome their fears and just clean the darned thing. The time that I spent with a Sony rep at our local camera store really helped me. He ...

I have to agree. I have this lens and it’s amazingly sharp and the image stabilization effect is pronounced so you’ll hear no complaints from me. It’s one of my firm favorite Sony lenses. OP.... ...

A 4K screen only requires about 8 megapixels of data. A dirty little secret (to many it seems) is that anything beyond that is simply discarded by various steps in the display process (and the ...

Yes that’s exactly my point. Most small businesses need to be mindful of things that they will only sell occasionally and will cost a lot to keep in stock. That said I’m sure that you’d make their ...

I'm not sure what claims you think I am making. I'm merely saying that small stores typically do not stock big ticket items at those kinds of prices. It makes much more sense to special order ...

Yes... they're daminsectia everywhereia ... I do believe! ;)

He said "almost" ... actually I do think that if you have the $12K to spend they'll easily produce one for you ;) Your average store is certainly not going to stock it at that price.

Everyone has different needs and likes. I happen to love shooting ultra-fast glass wide open for it’s potential assistance in the creativity department however I do think that f1.4 is usually ...

$7-8000 and $5000 I reckon... they’d sell far more 35mm GM’s

There’s a far bigger market for shorter lenses (try finding a 24 GM at the moment - they’re flying off the shelves but that 400mm monster is easy to get if you have $12K to spend). I think we might ...

RTFM!

Actually the 70-200 f4 G OSS is an even lighter lens to carry and just as sharp in practice (I own them both and you really can't tell them apart in the sharpness department). So for landscapes and ...

So my Distagon makes nice sunstars and so does my new 24mm GM. But "best" is a very subjective term. You could also ask which lens has the best bokeh and you'd get at least a dozen different answers.

Actually it's worth mentioning (for the future) that moving dancing bugs like that will of course often vanish with a longer exposure (and an ND filter if appropriate).

That’s true but a) there should be very little airflow into and through your camera body b)  gravity helps dust settle... I get far more dust on the upward facing horizontal surfaces in my house ...

24 GM ... your 50 and 85 will compliment it nicely.

The auto cleaning function is completely useless in my experience. I jump straight to a few puffs of air. But for changing lenses: I typically try to clean the joint area before swapping lenses ...

Interestingly we are also heading to the Grand Canyon around the Xmas week. Our plan is to hike the Bright Angel trail and to see how far we get. It will largely depend on many factors I suspect. W ...

Only room for one! Ouch!

Too much detail in a shot being considered a distraction isn't really that unusual right? I mean that's why we like the subject separation with soft pleasing bokeh that very wide apertures and ...