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by Mike in O on Tue Sep 25, 2018 7:09 pm
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I wonder how many self-respected Leica users would use Panny lenses on their cameras.
Probably a lot...Panasonic has different houses making their lenses and all they have to do is put a leica nameplate on it and raise the price 3x and the leica shooters will be happy.
 

by E.J. Peiker on Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:57 pm
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I wonder how many self-respected Leica users would use Panny lenses on their cameras.
Or how many Panasonic users could afford to buy the Leica lenses...
 

by SantaFeJoe on Tue Sep 25, 2018 9:17 pm
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Re: Fujifilm/Capture One announcement:

https://www.thephoblographer.com/2018/09/25/phase-one-expands-fujifilm-support-to-capture-one-with-new-partnership/

Capture One 11.3 released.

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by DChan on Tue Sep 25, 2018 9:38 pm
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E.J. Peiker wrote:
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I wonder how many self-respected Leica users would use Panny lenses on their cameras.
Or how many Panasonic users could afford to buy the Leica lenses...
And what exactly Leica gets out of this partnership.
 

by SantaFeJoe on Tue Sep 25, 2018 9:51 pm
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They seem to claim that they benefit from Panasonics digital expertise:

https://news.panasonic.com/global/press ... 926-4.html

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by MND on Wed Sep 26, 2018 1:19 pm
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E.J. can you elaborate on your "lackluster" comment regarding the new Nikon S lenses. 

From everything I've read so far from Nikon Ambassadors and more recently non paid reviewers they all appear to be pretty good.
 

by E.J. Peiker on Wed Sep 26, 2018 6:21 pm
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MND wrote:E.J. can you elaborate on your "lackluster" comment regarding the new Nikon S lenses. 

From everything I've read so far from Nikon Ambassadors and more recently non paid reviewers they all appear to be pretty good.
Slow, consumer grade lenses at a very high price.  A 50mm f/1.8 for $600 when 50/1.8's for every other system are in the sub $300 range.  A 24-70 f/4 that so far hasn't blown anybody's socks off for IQ or AF speed.  No fast lenses at launch (see Canon - a 28-70 f/2 for their mirrorless system!!!).  I realize they will round it out but the camera probably couild have launched with at least one flagship lens - perhaps the 58mm f/.95 is that but it's large heavy and manual focus...
 

by Doug on Thu Sep 27, 2018 5:22 am
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E.J. Peiker wrote:...  The smart thing for Panasonic is that even though this is their first foray into full frame imaging, the cameras will have a full line of lenses available the day they ship albeit hyper expensive Leica S lenses...
The full-frame Panasonic cameras use expensive L mount lenses, not the hyper expensive S mount lenses.  Whether the adapter for S lenses works on the Panasonic cameras is TBD.
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by Doug on Thu Sep 27, 2018 5:24 am
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DChan wrote:
E.J. Peiker wrote:
DChan wrote:

I wonder how many self-respected Leica users would use Panny lenses on their cameras.
Or how many Panasonic users could afford to buy the Leica lenses...
And what exactly Leica gets out of this partnership.
A larger ecosystem.
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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Sep 27, 2018 6:26 am
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Doug wrote:
E.J. Peiker wrote:...  The smart thing for Panasonic is that even though this is their first foray into full frame imaging, the cameras will have a full line of lenses available the day they ship albeit hyper expensive Leica S lenses...
The full-frame Panasonic cameras use expensive L mount lenses, not the hyper expensive S mount lenses.  Whether the adapter for S lenses works on the Panasonic cameras is TBD.
Yeah, typo in my part - I was reading the S3 announcement when I wrote that :D
 

by SantaFeJoe on Thu Sep 27, 2018 11:53 am
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Scott Fairbairn wrote:I'm not sure what to think of Panasonic entering the full frame market...... Do you think it signals the beginning of the end of m43? I noticed Olympus is quiet this year.
Doesn’t look like it. They just announced a fast wide angle zoom:

https://petapixel.com/2018/09/27/panasonics-leica-10-25mm-f-1-7-to-be-the-first-f-1-7-wide-angle-zoom-lens/?utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedburner

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by lelouarn on Thu Sep 27, 2018 1:40 pm
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Now here's something interesting and innovative from Zeiss:
https://www.dpreview.com/news/343044445 ... mm-f2-lens
35mm fixed lens, on full frame, BUT, with:
- 512 GB memory inside the camera for image storage
- Lightroom CC inside the camera, with a touch display (wondering if you have to pay for a monthly license though...)

Some pretty interesting ideas. But man, is that an ugly camera.


Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfVDvBzVrCo
The in camera editing on the touchscreen (it is editing the raw, as far as I understand), and sharing with wifi looks pretty cool, and I am wondering why I haven't seen this in a camera before...


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by SantaFeJoe on Thu Sep 27, 2018 2:16 pm
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Zeiss announces 40mm f2 close-focus lens:

https://www.dpreview.com/news/269940384 ... lose-focus

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by Mike in O on Thu Sep 27, 2018 2:46 pm
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lelouarn wrote:Now here's something interesting and innovative from Zeiss:
https://www.dpreview.com/news/343044445 ... mm-f2-lens
35mm fixed lens, on full frame, BUT, with:
- 512 GB memory inside the camera for image storage
- Lightroom CC inside the camera, with a touch display (wondering if you have to pay for a monthly license though...)

Some pretty interesting ideas. But man, is that an ugly camera.


Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfVDvBzVrCo
The in camera editing on the touchscreen (it is editing the raw, as far as I understand), and sharing with wifi looks pretty cool, and I am wondering why I haven't seen this in a camera before...

You are seeing the future of photography, love it or hate it
 

by SantaFeJoe on Thu Sep 27, 2018 3:09 pm
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A bit more on Capture One and Fujifilm:

https://www.dpreview.com/news/616165534 ... s-for-free

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Sep 27, 2018 6:30 pm
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The version of C1 that is free for Sony and now Fuji is a very limited capability version. It supports all of the basic editing functions but not the advanced stuff which is vast. C1 Pro which is not free now includes the MF Fuji cameras with full support, I've already worked on some GFX files and it works no different than if I were editing my Phase One files or any other supported camera.
 

by Mike in O on Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:19 pm
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Correct me if I wrong...the difference between C1 for Sony and pro is just tethering and layers and that adds $50.
 

by E.J. Peiker on Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:37 pm
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Mike in O wrote:Correct me if I wrong...the difference between C1 for Sony and pro is just tethering and layers and that adds $50.
No there's lots of other features that are missing like LCC for example.  And not having layers basically castrates the whole point and power of the product.
 

by E.J. Peiker on Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:38 pm
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As I predicted, Zeiss had something else up their sleeves:
https://www.dpreview.com/news/343044445 ... mm-f2-lens
 

by SantaFeJoe on Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:54 pm
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E.J. Peiker wrote:As I predicted, Zeiss had something else up their sleeves:
https://www.dpreview.com/news/343044445 ... mm-f2-lens
As posted above by lelouarn    :wink:

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