Canon FF Mirrorless (Page 6): That is a fair comment, but a loupe for a digital camera is pretty easy to research - aka ask Mr. Google

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

therwol wrote:

Someone at my work sent around an e-mail asking to borrow a loupe for something. Several responses were, "What's a loupe?" Just pointing out that most people in America who have not worked in photography, jewelry, or done micro-surgery or other close up work would probably only know the term "magnifier, or magnifying glass."

That is a fair comment, but a loupe for a digital camera is pretty easy to research - aka ask Mr. Google - and enlightenment may follow.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/LCD-Hoods-Shades/ci/4968/N/3777857691

They do not have to be expensive and can be very effective.

Some people don't know what integrity or hypocrisy means either. Some people think that 'erudite' is a type of adhesive! How much do we want to dumb things down? Ignorance can be cured, and we are all ignorant in some regard or other. "What's a loupe?" is a perfectly reasonable question, just as much as "what's a myocardial infarction" which was once misunderstood to have been "a massive internal fart"...

tdekany Loc: Oregon

Largobob wrote:

Largobob has left the building.

but too bad.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Largobob wrote:

Largobob has left the building.

Having discovered that you can't bully people into agreement.

tdekany Loc: Oregon

rehess wrote:

Having discovered that you can't bully people into agreement.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Largobob wrote:

Largobob has left the building.

Maybe you can go to this other thread and set these people straight
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-513270-1.html

Wingpilot wrote:

It's been said a number of times here on UHH that a mirrorless camera just can't take images equal to those taken with a DSLR. I'm wonder how that is a valid supposition. It seems to me that once the image hits the sensor, the rest is up to the electronics to process that image, and it makes no difference how it got into the camera at that point.

So how is it that having a mirror and pentaprism in a camera makes its images superior to those taken with a mirrorless camera?

mwsilvers wrote:

Not sure where you read it, or how old that information was, but it's simply not true.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

therwol wrote:

Someone at my work sent around an e-mail asking to borrow a loupe for something. Several responses were, "What's a loupe?" Just pointing out that most people in America who have not worked in photography, jewelry, or done micro-surgery or other close up work would probably only know the term "magnifier, or magnifying glass."

True. I still have an Agfa 8X Loupe... It's handy for all sorts of uses! My proportion wheel and grease pencil don't see much use, though! (Yearbook folks know the references...)

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

burkphoto wrote:

True. I still have an Agfa 8X Loupe... It's handy for all sorts of uses! My proportion wheel and grease pencil don't see much use, though! (Yearbook folks know the references...)

How about your pocket protectors?

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Peterff wrote:

How about your pocket protectors?

Never owned one. I do have a slide rule, though I haven’t used it since high school.

BebuLamar

Peterff wrote:

How about your pocket protectors?

I have and still have slide rules, calculators, pens (including fountain pen), pencils, mechanical pencils but I never had a pocket protector. I had enough shirts spoiled with ink but still I never use the protector.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

burkphoto wrote:

It's counterintuitive, but it is the right thing t... (show quote)

Then why does Sony make lenses bigger and heavier than the old Canon EF L lenses for mirrorless in the same focal lengths?

tdekany Loc: Oregon

Architect1776 wrote:

Then why does Sony make lenses bigger and heavier than the old Canon EF L lenses for mirrorless in the same focal lengths?

I’m sure that Sony had a reason to do that to get the quality they were after, but we all know that the “weight saving” amongst same size sensor setup is only going to be in the camera body.

If Nikon or canon made a dslr with a m4/3 sensor, Olympus wouldn’t have muchweight savings in the system.

I say shoot what you like using and focus on creating work of art.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

burkphoto wrote:

Never owned one. I do have a slide rule, though I haven’t used it since high school.

BebuLamar wrote:

I have and still have slide rules, calculators, pens (including fountain pen), pencils, mechanical pencils but I never had a pocket protector. I had enough shirts spoiled with ink but still I never use the protector.

I had never even heard of pocket protectors until I moved to the US, but I do have most of the above items. Even quill type ink pens...

My wife even has an inkwell for sale: http://www.trocadero.com/stores/periodpieces/items/1369882/WMF-Egyptian-Revival-Silver-Plate-Inkwell

Anyhow, back to Canon FF mirrorless, the commercial break is over!

HarryBinNC Loc: Blue Ridge Mtns, No.Carolina, USA

amfoto1 wrote:

br br Rangefinder film cameras and the lenses fo... (show quote)

I have a large collection of Nikon lenses from my film days that I use on my MFT and Fuji APS cameras - one lense I especially enjoy is the 50-300 Nikkor, which is a 100-600-e on the GX7 - a great combo when shooting birds and swamp critters in the southern bayous. I love holding that beautiful old lense while framing and focusing the shots in the great EVF's of the Lumix and/or my Fujis. As for "Balance" - that is no more a consideration than it was pre-digital on my Nikons - the camera/lens combo is either balanced on a tripod or balanced with the lense supported with the left hand ~ in either case, the camera body is just going along for the ride.

BebuLamar

Peterff wrote:

I had never even heard of pocket protectors until I moved to the US, but I do have most of the above items. Even quill type ink pens...

My wife even has an inkwell for sale: http://www.trocadero.com/stores/periodpieces/items/1369882/WMF-Egyptian-Revival-Silver-Plate-Inkwell

Anyhow, back to Canon FF mirrorless, the commercial break is over!

OK so what do you think? Should the Canon FF mirrorless have an EF lens mount?

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

BebuLamar wrote:

OK so what do you think? Should the Canon FF mirrorless have an EF lens mount?

In a word, yes. However I am not averse to an adapter for existing EF or EF-S lenses, together with an adapter for FL/FD/FDn lenses. The system takes much longer to transition than a mere camera does.