The "New Gear/Willy Waving" thread

Above&Beyond said:
It makes no sense to offer a premium product with Sigma/Tamron reverse autofocus and something that you can't even guarantee will work as you intended it to in the coming years. I'm sure if Zeiss can make £25k master primes with ARRI it could give the reverse engineering a go, but if I was them I'd either be all in with Nikon and Canon or not bother to save tarnishing the brand. Essentially by granting permission to interface with the Nikon AF and electronics you are cooperating, and by not granting permission you are uncooperative. Can't have one without the other.

The Zeiss lenses will always have a market though, they offer some of the best lenses you can get in F mount for photography or video work.
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If Zeiss required permission then they would be sued since according to your logic Zeiss are selling lenses with canon's or Nikon's permission. No permission is required to produce a compatible lens.


Secondly, your opinion on the quality of sigma AF is extremely dated and not at all a reflection of the current state of the market.
 
D.P. said:
If Zeiss required permission then they would be sued since according to your logic Zeiss are selling lenses with canon's or Nikon's permission. No permission is required to produce a compatible lens.


Secondly, your opinion on the quality of sigma AF is extremely dated and not at all a reflection of the current state of the market.
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The F mount patent protection has long run out so I see no problem there. The issue is autofocus in a ZF lens and with no permission from Nikon being granted to interface with the electronics or AF the issue looks dead. Reverse engineering turns into a situation like Sigma has just now with advisory notices about its lenses on the D5300 and Df cameras as it looks like Nikon is actively attempting to shake off Sigma competition. Sigma were already being sued for £100 million for their OS copying VR. Nikon doesn't seem to want to share its toys with anyone, which is their prerogative. If I've bought a premium product at a premium price like a Zeiss I want it to work tomorrow, next week and next year, not worry Nikon is plotting against it and I'll have to send it away when I need it.

Your other point I've owned or shot with quite a few Sigma lenses on Canon and Nikon both crop and full frame. I even own their Sigma DP2 Merrill, which is absolutely terrible in every conceivable way apart from the IQ. If focus issues were not a major concern then why release a USB dock to address these issues? Little point having an optically superb third party lens that Nikon can gimp and you have to sit about waiting on Sigma coming up with a fix.
 
Above&Beyond said:
The F mount patent protection has long run out so I see no problem there. The issue is autofocus in a ZF lens and with no permission from Nikon being granted to interface with the electronics or AF the issue looks dead. Reverse engineering turns into a situation like Sigma has just now with advisory notices about its lenses on the D5300 and Df cameras as it looks like Nikon is actively attempting to shake off Sigma competition. Sigma were already being sued for £100 million for their OS copying VR. Nikon doesn't seem to want to share its toys with anyone, which is their prerogative. If I've bought a premium product at a premium price like a Zeiss I want it to work tomorrow, next week and next year, not worry Nikon is plotting against it and I'll have to send it away when I need it.

Your other point I've owned or shot with quite a few Sigma lenses on Canon and Nikon both crop and full frame. I even own their Sigma DP2 Merrill, which is absolutely terrible in every conceivable way apart from the IQ. If focus issues were not a major concern then why release a USB dock to address these issues? Little point having an optically superb third party lens that Nikon can gimp and you have to sit about waiting on Sigma coming up with a fix.
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The USB dock brings the ability to MA to users of lower end and older bodies where the manufacturer did not provide this ability. It also offers increased MA features over some of those bodies that do include MA (which the manufacturer included for MA with their own lenses).
 
I wanna see some shots from the Otus !

I don't need words to convince me whether a lens is good, I like some photos though.

Ready to be blown away by a £3,000 lens :)
 
My 5x4 SpeedGraphic with a Dallmeyer Pentac 10" f/2.9 Lens dwarfs the Medium Format Mamiya 645 :)

Managed to adapter the lens to fit on the camera. Taken from a Ariel/Airplane camera.



The Bokeh is crazy at f2.9

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just bought a half plate sized camera to do some collodion photography with. Came with original box, petzval lens, 5 dark slides and original receipt. In the process of building some darkslides that I can use for the wet plate process, dont fancy ruining the originals, I'll keep those for 'dry work'.
Strongly debating purchasing a zero pinhole camera aswell
 
snips86x said:
Why have I never thought of that, what a great idea!
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It's something I've always done and was forced replace my old Samsung EX2F because the battery burst while inside the camera.

When I started looking for a replacement this XF1 at £129 seemed a no brainer with its f1.8 25mm lens, dual dials, RAW, large than norm 2/3" sensor and manual zoom.
 
Willis said:
My 5x4 SpeedGraphic with a Dallmeyer Pentac 10" f/2.9 Lens dwarfs the Medium Format Mamiya 645 :)

Managed to adapter the lens to fit on the camera. Taken from a Ariel/Airplane camera.



that is impressive especially when you think how the original landscape togs used em in places like the arctic and up mountains.
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razocaine_07 said:
just bought a half plate sized camera to do some collodion photography with. Came with original box, petzval lens, 5 dark slides and original receipt. In the process of building some darkslides that I can use for the wet plate process, dont fancy ruining the originals, I'll keep those for 'dry work'.
Strongly debating purchasing a zero pinhole camera aswell
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Look forward to seeing the results and would love to see a picture of it :)

Throttle said:
Willis said:
My 5x4 SpeedGraphic with a Dallmeyer Pentac 10" f/2.9 Lens dwarfs the Medium Format Mamiya 645 :)

Managed to adapter the lens to fit on the camera. Taken from a Ariel/Airplane camera.



that is impressive especially when you think how the original landscape togs used em in places like the arctic and up mountains.
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Yeh shooting larger format really makes you think how lucky you are now with digital. ;)
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Just paid for a proper Canon LP-E6…..that hurt, didn't want to risk a third party after one knackered up my D80
 
I'm wanting to get a filter set but can't afford the Lee setup all at once. I've come across a Lee ND set (0.3 0.6 0.9) for under £40 on Wex. I know I need the mount as well but was just wondering if anyone has any experience of these particular filters?
 
If you lot want to see the ultimate lens then check this one out

Dallmeyer Super-Six F=4" f/1.9 Anastigmat Prime Lens

Hopefully will try and use it before I send it of to Hong Kong.

It's a shame to part with it but then he did pay me 7.5k for it :)

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Wow! I've never heard of it, I'm off to google, it must be something special!

Do you have a shot looking through the front element?
 
bcjames said:
Wow! I've never heard of it, I'm off to google, it must be something special!

Do you have a shot looking through the front element?
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Its a large format 5x4 lens with a aperture of f1.9, these are super rare and collectable.

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Certainly are! All those blades! I'd heard of the brand, but not to the point of knowing that lens. A very nice thing to have at that value.
 
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