theprehistorian

As far as I can tell without actually shooting it, the problem is the price: it costs quite a bit more than cameras that do the same thing.

Maybe it's worth it if you're a specialist sports or...

If you don't mind using a tripod and you're shooting static subjects then Panasonic's pixel shift mode can deliver images up there with medium format. In fact, the motion correction is pretty...

Yeah, people moan about Panasonic's dreadful AF (which is actually really good, by the way) and then take pictures of sleeping cats and mountains!

That's what I keep saying. I don't know what people want to photograph that really needs 200 FPS and these insane tracking capabilities! I think the mad clamour for PDAF has been whipped up by...

I'm certainly keeping my fingers crossed for an S1RII. Not that there's anything wrong with the Mark I camera!

That's because, for reasons I cannot fathom, people buy cameras loaded with sports AF and video features, so that they can photograph trees!

Here's the thing, though: what do you want to photograph that really needs faster AF than the existing Panasonic S range? Unless you're a hardcore sports or wildlife photographer, PDAF is a...

AF-S is already exceedingly fast and deadly accurate.

Same here (although I also have an S1R). I don't think I've ever even tried the video features on either camera, and only ever engaged AF-C by accident.

I just have a feeling that a lot of the...

What I want to know is, where's the Sigma 50/1.4 DG DN? I can't believe it wasn't released a couple of years ago!

Unless you're doing something crazy, you're most likely to scratch your lenses when you clean them. And I suppose filters obviate the need for regular cleaning.

I just use lens hoods for a bit of...

Are the out-of-camera colours a bit off? Oranges shifting red or something?

I bought the Sigma 28/1.4 Art - the SLR one adapted for L-mount. Really good, and they're going cheap these days!

Twenty-eights are out of fashion, unfortunately. I've no idea why they haven't announced a 50/1.4 Art for mirrorless though. That's weird!

Very nice, but where's the 50/1.4?!

Sure, I was just on about image quality. I went mirrorless basically so that I could shoot handheld more.

Reviewing photographs I made with a D810 though, shooting Sigma Art lenses, focussed...

IBIS is a major boon, as is sensor-based AF. That being said, if you don't mind focussing manually in magnified live view, on a tripod, then the out and out image quality of the Nikon...

It's nonsense though, isn't it. It'll take really excellent photographs. It's just that at that price, you're more likely to buy an S5 or a Nikon Z6 etc if you're a dedicated stills shooter.

Magnified live view is rubbish on the full frame cameras too. They need to fix that. You can't check focus in review without shooting RAW+JPEG fine either (suspect the issues are related).

If...

Where's the 50/1.4 DG DN 'Art'? You'd think that would have been one of their very first mirrorless offerings!