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The one down side of the clutch is you can't focus manually and then switch the clutch to lock it without changing the focus.

Why don't you just leave it in manual focusing mode? This lens is a bit strange with the clutch. If you have the clutch out, but put it in AF it won't focus. You need to enable the instant AF ...

The 18-55 and the 14mm make a good travel kit. They have the same size filters, the same hoods, etc, and are small and similar size. The 14 is distinctly wider that a 16mm would be, and is about ...

VAT.
This always comes up, the VAT is applied to the sticker price in Europe, sales tax is applied at the register in the USA.

I have a X-T1 and a 7DII. The X-T1 is frustrating in low light. There aren't any good focus assist options in low light either (like you can get from the better canon flashes). That being said, it ...

Across the shoulder helps keep it on, but it tends to tangle with the other blackrapid straps then. I will have to experiment more.

It did not appear to be (badly) decentered. I noticed the same issue on both sides. Could have still been off, but I have seen a similar issue in some but not all sample images I have found ...

I don't tend to take a backpack when I go out most of the time, and I have tried 'rifle' style, but I find it tends to slide off my shoulder.,,

Seconded on this one. Just need a single axis as the monopod is fairly maneuverable. If you use BlackRapid straps you can get a BR attachment point that replaces the screw in a Monfroto QR plate so ...

I wanted to like the 16-55. I got it with the XT-1 originally, but I found that it had trouble in the outer half of the frame when shooting near infinity distance. (The center was good so the ...

My understanding is that Camera RAW recognises the DR setting and sets the exposure appropriate to what the equivalent ISO was (so the overall brightness would be right), but it does not apply a ...

I have been running into something similar to this problem with my XT-1. I think it is a problem with the PDAF, as when I use MF + AF-ON i don't typically get it. I will have to experiment more. Th ...

And here are a couple samples I had done a few months ago 18-55 at 35 f5.6 35 at f5.6 Both are stopped down to the same f5.6, which should be as good as it gets for APS-C.

I have both. the 35 f2 is distinctly better, and does have much more 'pop', especially off center. The size is also nice and WR. For general daylight use I generally leave the 35 on, and carry ...

Nyquist is not quite correct for this application. Nyquist assumes point samples, but as the fill factors (including microlenses) approach 100%, The samples are area average samples.
This means...

That one looks much sharper (in the parts without heat distortion). Mode III should work well, it could just be that it happened to be adjusting between stable spots, or you were panning a bit ...

I use C2 for bright clear sunlight. I have it M modem with the ISO fixed (set to keep some detail in white feathers), and (around 1/1000, ISO 200, f5.6). The action is set for 1/4000 with fixed ...

Fair enough. I can't quite justify investing in it for the few times I want telephoto, but also want to go relatively light. I have the 100-400 II for most telephoto work now, and of course that ...

In custom controls you use the option that is an arrow to a camera and then an arrow away. There are about 20 parameters you can set in this option. It can be used (with different settings) for ...

Worse than expected: Tamron 17-50 f2.8 (non-is). Maybe a bad copy, but massively underwhelmed 55-250 IS - Got rave reviews with comparisons to much more expensive lense. I don't see it. 24 f2.8 ...