05-13-2017, 09:57 PM
The tryout was today 
The 135/1.8 and the 12-24/4 made it to my list of investments - these two lenses were the most impressive today, by far.
The 500/4 is lighter than the 120-300/2.8, 80 grams says the specs, but it feels like 2 kg more. The 500 is really nicely balanced. My main reason was the 85/1.4 Art because I wanted to replace the old Nikkor 85/1.4G because of it's massive aberrations wide open - well, massive compared to contemporary tech. Unfortunately AFMA +20 was not enough to correct the AF.
A nice surprise was the 100-400/5-6.3 comtemporary, especially because it's FF :blink: light and easy to handle, performance was very close to the Fuji 100-400.
Well, everything I say: just consider I had not much time to adjust AFMA, the cameras I tried (sd quattro H and Fuji GFX50S) I simply was not used to and I managed somehow, that the SD card I had in the Sigma later at home was not recognized at all by any card reader.
A pity, I wanted to see it's DNGs. I'm pretty sure it's my fault.
Some bits I like at the sd - the grip and the battery grip makes it a unit pretty well to handle. Menus are more clear than the Fuji's, but I miss a tilting screen - and the button to move the AF-field is simply misplaced.
No matter what, I enjoyed this day very very much. The location could not have been better, the weather was great and I came home with some corrected views and changed opinions.
The 135/1.8 and the 12-24/4 made it to my list of investments - these two lenses were the most impressive today, by far.
The 500/4 is lighter than the 120-300/2.8, 80 grams says the specs, but it feels like 2 kg more. The 500 is really nicely balanced. My main reason was the 85/1.4 Art because I wanted to replace the old Nikkor 85/1.4G because of it's massive aberrations wide open - well, massive compared to contemporary tech. Unfortunately AFMA +20 was not enough to correct the AF.
A nice surprise was the 100-400/5-6.3 comtemporary, especially because it's FF :blink: light and easy to handle, performance was very close to the Fuji 100-400.
Well, everything I say: just consider I had not much time to adjust AFMA, the cameras I tried (sd quattro H and Fuji GFX50S) I simply was not used to and I managed somehow, that the SD card I had in the Sigma later at home was not recognized at all by any card reader.
A pity, I wanted to see it's DNGs. I'm pretty sure it's my fault.Some bits I like at the sd - the grip and the battery grip makes it a unit pretty well to handle. Menus are more clear than the Fuji's, but I miss a tilting screen - and the button to move the AF-field is simply misplaced.
No matter what, I enjoyed this day very very much. The location could not have been better, the weather was great and I came home with some corrected views and changed opinions.