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I have the 100-400 and have been very happy with it, but I have carefully analyzed photos done with both lenses (of the same subjects for comparison), and the 300mm is the better lens (IQ) by a ...

This is a fairly good explanation. When the JPEG is decompressed for editing, the software will likely use a 32-bit value for each pixel, with a 2d array of pixels, so the in-memory version of a ...

Kodak used to be a big supplier for Leica. See: https://www.dpreview.com/articles/4182673881/kodaknews

I'm not sure about the Leica X, but the Leica SL is a Panasonic camera that has no Panasonic option.

Where is the "had it / sold it" button when you need it? ;-)

The cameras keep getting better and less expensive (i.e. over time, once they are not the newest thing). The lenses don't seem to get less expensive over time, unless they area bad lenses. My ...

Nope. If zoom is your thing, just grab one of those cute compact cameras with a 4-12,000mm equivalent zoom lens ;-)

It's a bit of a time-to-market issue. You're calling it "new features with firmware upgrades", while I'm looking at it as "camera shipped 6 months before the software was ready" :-D

I picked up the GF7 with the 2-lens kit (12-32, 35-100), bag, and memory card for $500 at Costco a few years ago. Great little camera. Even better lenses.

The fact that modern cameras are computers (comparable to a cell phone in hardware, without a GSM radio, but typically with Bluetooth/BLE and/or WiFi) with a lens attached makes it almost...

Green screen? ;-)

It is frustrating that I can only use one lens at a time ... ;-)

Bingo! There's the obligatory cat pic!

Next time, try shooting RAW ... ;-) p.s. good luck with the kit ... I've been pleased as punch with mine

The focus plane isn't 100% certain for my eyes, but it's certainly not far from the plane of the bird's eye. The aperture should have probably been pushed wide open (down from f7.1), and the ...

Please don't do that. I thought your response was brilliant. You should take up fencing! Look, every forum will have its gearheads out to impress. Don't let this forum get ceded to them!

Perhaps you could switch to cat photography?

Excellent. You half press to focus automatically, and then while holding the half press, you rake the focus back and forth slightly looking for the "shinies" to tell you if your subject is the ...

This. This. 100x this. The 100-300 costs less; that is its only benefit.

Yeah, I ran into the same thing last week ... oops .. missed focus?