Douglas F Watt

Weight and travelling are orthogonal. And most don't want to be doing a lot of lens swapping either. The beercan is great if you can stop down even to just f5-5.6, as that reduces its CA/PF from ...

The opinion is what is 'useless' - it's like a lot of doctrinaire and dogmatic statements generated on the blogosphere, and lacking in any meaningful gradation.  Would that ISO be a first choice ...

Thanks Marco. I've been amazed at what that lens does for its 3k used price. The 70-400 G2 is my default walkaround tele for intermediate reach wildlife shooting when we're in FL. Great lens, ...

I also have that lens, and have owned the Minolta 600 f4, 300 f2.8, and briefly, the 400 4.5. All were very good, but heavy. The Sigma might be just a touch sharper than the 600 or at least its ...

Those are some dreamy and hypnotic landscape images!

Thanks Clyde.  BTW, lovely images from your studio, with great affect in the subjects, suggesting that you have real rapport with your clients.  People tend to assume that DP is just a highly ...

Curious what Clyde would say here, but most would say that the 135 is the optically superior lens and sharper by a bit, but that may not mean it's necessarily the most useful for you, if you like ...

No one ever stated that the A77i wasn't markedly inferior to various FF cams Milo - you are great at tilting at windmills, and knocking down straw men. Congrats on those impressive achievements. Wh ...

What? A more than 10 year old design is being slammed, and then somehow that modern FF Canikon are better than a77 merits some kind of re-clarification - as though that was being contested? Huh?? N ...

without data, this is a classic example of an inflammatory claim that will create a lot of traffic and noise, and lead . . . . . . absolutely nowhere. If you don't have data from repeatable trials ...

I stand corrected!! :-) :-)

Milo isn't ever wrong.  He's just misunderstood and misquoted.  It is our fault.

This is the now classic Milo on A mount forum sequence: 1) Milo makes claim that is overblown or without hard data to back up (A mount is definitely dead, A900 WAY better than A77ii in terms of ...

because the A99ii is a better cam for pro work (a fact which you seem to be validating in your choice of rental body), and the comparable kit (A7RIII) with E mount GM glass is way more money, ...

It is a hassle.

Huh???

You appear to be caught in the grip of the woe-is-me-influenza in A mount land, and while I understand the concern about lens development being dead, I think you are missing my point.  If you can ...

I shot a lot of 4k in Italy where it was very hot.  Never a hiccup, but I rarely shot longer than 10 minutes in a clip.  I'll be doing a lot f 30 min max clips in a week or so.  Will see how that ...

I forgot to mention that the 135 ZA is my favorite DOGGIE portraiture lens too! Reno is always happy to pose, esp. if he gets a cookie afterwards.  This trick has, despite the success with Reno, ...

Great shots.  Long live the beercan!