[Panasonic GF1+50mm-1.4f Canon manual lens circa 1970's].
Yuri
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Cayden
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Monday, January 17, 2011
Broke Down
After months of excruciating review of options, capabilities, and prices I took the plunge and upgraded from my aging point and shoot to a mid range compact, Panasonic Lumix GF1. Its not an SLR (no mirror), but with interchangeable lenses and fairly large sensor, and pretty quick, its a good option for me. I was able to cut the cost of the camera in half by only purchasing the body off of ebay, and opting to get an adapter to utilize used manual canon and nikon lenses as opposed to the auto-focus lens kits made by panasonic. All of which make this a very exciting adventure. I'm loving the experience thus far, and hope to share some great shots and participate in your experiences and advice. Here are a few of the first happy shots from around the house. I'm still working with getting back to manual focusing, correcting depth of field, shutter speed, iso, etc. But the aperture is awesome on this little old lens, with no flash required, even on indoor evening shots in low light.
[Panasonic GF1+50mm-1.4f Canon manual lens circa 1970's].
[Panasonic GF1+50mm-1.4f Canon manual lens circa 1970's].
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It's great (if not challenging) to have the flexibility of your set-up. It really opens up your creative options which already show in your "first happy shots".
ReplyDeleteThanks for that. Yes "challenging" is the right word. As you can tell, my wrist action on the manual focus hasn't quite caught up speed of life-light around me. Hence allot of blurry initial thoughts. Thus far I've built a little video dolly out of PVC and a ball joint, so look out! 8-)
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