JeffS7444
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I can now scratch the Sony A7R4 off my list (it's great)
"Voigtlander Apo-Lanthar" has a nice ring to it, and I'd like to sample the offings for E-mount, but is the 65/2 macro too large and heavy for me?
iPad Pro 12.9" 5G, definitely. Would be okay with the smaller one but only the big one offers mini LED display?
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"Voigtlander Apo-Lanthar" has a nice ring to it, and I'd like to sample the offings for E-mount, but is the 65/2 macro too large and heavy for me?
iPad Pro 12.9" 5G, definitely. Would be okay with the smaller one but only the big one offers mini LED display?
Ink! The Canon printer gods demand a sacrifice.
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Some months on, my answer is pretty much the same. For personal work, I'd still get a secondhand M10-R with EVF. The M10-R would/should last at least another 10-15 years, given that my M9 is now 11 years old.
This would cost about AUD $12,000, leaving me with $8000 for other things. Since I got my Distagon 35 last year, I haven't wanted any other lens, it is just that good.
So I'd use that $8000 to get a secondhand Sony A7R III, Sony 24-105mm f4, Sony 24 and 35mm f1.4, 55mm f1.8 and Sigma DN Art 85mm f1.4. With secondhand gear, this should probably be possible for $8000. Add some spare batteries, maybe a couple of LED lights, maybe a light carbon fibre slider.
Let me talk more about the Distagon, haha. I feel it's an endgame lens for many people. The more I look at images taken with my Voigtlander 35mm f1.4 and f1.2 v1, the more I think they would have looked a whole lot better taken with the Distagon. Stop down to f2 and I bet it beats the Zeiss f2 Biogon, and at f2.8 it should beat the C Biogon. If you like 35mm and want something with gorgeous sharpness, colour, hardly any coma/halo, and with superb 3D rendering, the Distagon is it. No more hankering for a Voigtlander 50mm f1.2, 35mm f1.2 v3, 40mm f1.2, the Distagon just does it for me. Besides, if I really want 50mm I've got a Summicron and C Sonnar. But I've barely touched those since getting the Distagon at the end of last year. Thank you for coming to my GAS Talk.
This would cost about AUD $12,000, leaving me with $8000 for other things. Since I got my Distagon 35 last year, I haven't wanted any other lens, it is just that good.
So I'd use that $8000 to get a secondhand Sony A7R III, Sony 24-105mm f4, Sony 24 and 35mm f1.4, 55mm f1.8 and Sigma DN Art 85mm f1.4. With secondhand gear, this should probably be possible for $8000. Add some spare batteries, maybe a couple of LED lights, maybe a light carbon fibre slider.
Let me talk more about the Distagon, haha. I feel it's an endgame lens for many people. The more I look at images taken with my Voigtlander 35mm f1.4 and f1.2 v1, the more I think they would have looked a whole lot better taken with the Distagon. Stop down to f2 and I bet it beats the Zeiss f2 Biogon, and at f2.8 it should beat the C Biogon. If you like 35mm and want something with gorgeous sharpness, colour, hardly any coma/halo, and with superb 3D rendering, the Distagon is it. No more hankering for a Voigtlander 50mm f1.2, 35mm f1.2 v3, 40mm f1.2, the Distagon just does it for me. Besides, if I really want 50mm I've got a Summicron and C Sonnar. But I've barely touched those since getting the Distagon at the end of last year. Thank you for coming to my GAS Talk.