pissed off

[gekopaca]

I prefer a long piece of string attached to a tripod screw.

Yes it's a great solution too, and lighter than mine, but my personal owl is less efficient in this configuration 🙂.

 

[gekopaca]

I find that in wideangles there is really no replacement for lens speed, (except maybe a camera with good high ISO capabilities 😉). The Summilux 21/f1.4 is one of the few Leica lenses that I'm seriously interested in.

I would try a 21/f1.4… but I haven't enough money for it!
idem for a camera with good high iso capabilities :bang:

 

[gekopaca]

There is a rule of thumb that short lenses are much easier to hand-hold than long ones. Usually we say that you can comfortably shoot hand-held at focal length X down to a speed of 1/X. So even shooting an 12mm lens at 1/8 is just like shooting a 50mm lens at 1/30, i.e. it doesn't really say much about the stability of the tripod.

Thanks a lot for this post.
I noticed the comfort of hand-held shots with wide comparing to longer lenses, but I didn't know that rule exactly.

 

[_goodtimez]

Well the only option is the SA21 ! Nothing compares to it.
And it's faster than the CV21 😀

 

[---f]

hey guys, for a $25.00 investment you can buy one of Tom A's softies and be able to shoot handheld at an 1/8sec. Best investment you could ever make.

http://rapidwinder.com/

 

[gekopaca]

hey guys, for a $25.00 investment you can buy one of Tom A's softies and be able to shoot handheld at an 1/8sec. Best investment you could ever make.

http://rapidwinder.com/

I already tried this type of growths - I'm not comfortable with, the button is too high.

 

[Jamie Pillers]

"Fast" is highly over-rated.

 

[back alley]

"Fast" is highly over-rated.

mostly true...but sometimes it does make life a bit easier...

 

[berlincontemporary]

i am really liking the 21 mm lens on my rd1 and the cv is a nice lens...small and sharp, easy to focus or just use hyperfocal distance method...but i want something faster...
like a 1.4 to expand usage...but who has that sort of cash to afford one?
not i...

You could also just get a used EOS 5D + EF 35/2, have roughly the same angle of view and even better control of depth of field.

Silly crop sensors...

 

[Guaranteed]

my x100 $$ was likely to be from selling one of the rd1s.
i would be hard pressed to sell one for a lens though.

I'm in the market for one. 😉

 

[Sonnar Brian]

The Vultures start circling. Swoop in for the Camera before the body gets cold.

I LOVE RFF.

 

[Guaranteed]

Lol, true enough.

The few I've seen on eBay have approached used M8 pricing. At that point I may as well save a little longer and pick up a new 5D MkII and use my existing glass. Although that option would be in the opposite direction I'd rather go, a smaller digital kit.

 

[back alley]

nirvana is a drf...

 

[umcelinho]

Joe, the ZM 21/2.8 is really a nice lens on the R-D1. I really like it, and the extra stop does help. Also it seems to be smaller than the Elmarit.

 

[back alley]

i just need to figure out how to pay for it...i have managed to put myself behind the 8 ball...

 

[MartinP]

Just dream of the 21mm Noctilux . . . selling both kidneys, one lung and a heart would cover half of the cost, and the house the rest - then you still need to buy the crane needed to pick it up as it would be huge. Or I'll stick with the 21/4, as I can use it on the LTM bodies . . . and I'm cheap like that.
😉

 

[back alley]

the cv 21's small size does spoil one...

 

[mwooten]

Wait on buying the lens. Come south where the sun shines and slower lenses are sometimes okay. 🙂

 

[back alley]

i do have family in atlanta...

the slower 21 works for me most of the time, i think i was just in a low mood when i started this thread.
tho the zeiss 21 is tempting 😉

 

[jsrockit]

"Fast" is highly over-rated.

Says the guys with a great high ISO camera. 😀