My only wish for the Df would be to get rid of the AA filter. Other than that I think it's about perfect.

Thanks. Sometimes I find it pays to take a look back and repurpose. The entire line of Hasselblad cases (I use the larger ones for the Nikon and Canon gear) were some of the finest ever built, even to this day, and were also extremely expensive.
Today you will pay twice what you can get them for now, for a simple suede shoulder bag that if dropped will damage your equipment.

Mirrorless cameras are fantastic for travel. I have full Nikon and Canon systems but find myself using my Fuji and Olympus mirrorless systems 90% of the time. To give you an idea of size, I've attached a photo of my complete Fuji system contained in an old Hasselblad case. The entire system with case comes in at a mere 11 pounds. It includes a 14mm F2.8, 23mm f1.4, 35mm f1.4, 18-55 f2.8-4, 55-200mm, an X-T1 and an X-E1 body. It gives me the full frame equivilant of 21mm to 300mm. I have another identical case full of Olympus stuff which weighs even less.

The reason your friend told you to forget about Sony is probably because you don't save a lot of weight with their full frame mirroless lineup due to the weight and size of the lenses.

I agree they should not be burned, and indeed there are far better uses for them. I do not agree, however, that nuclear is a viable alternative. A good friend of mine is a nuclear inspector and trust me, there are no safe nukes. If we pursue that path it will eventually lead to the extinction of life as we know it. Wait a few years and see how many cancers come from Fukushima and a poisoned Pacific Ocean. Oh wait, you will never find out because the gov't will never tell you.

It is all a money game by the Oligarchs (billionairs). Germany right now gets over 60% of it's energy as a country from wind and solar. Many other countries are close to that. We could do that well or better, but our system of the rich buying our political system will never allow it. We have to wake up and elect someone who has the soul of the country at heart, not the will of the rich. Another FDR if you will. We actually have that opportunity this fall, perhaps the last chance in many years, so please get out and vote. It is our only hope.

TriX, I like that cat face. Looks like an Abby or Somali?

Actually the above was for JD, but thank you too PM. It's pretty easy when you have a model who loves being photographed.

Thank you. And Katie thanks you too.

I hear you, I have three, and one is just like yours. Show her a camera and she is gone! The second one doesn't really care one way or the other, but won't stay still for a shot. But it's the third one that is the charmer. We were blessed with a prodigy. I have had animals all of my life but I never met anyone like Katie. We showed her as a kitten, but she never lost her taste for the limelight.

I do a lot of small product work around the house, and when she sees me get the camera, she is in! She will jump into the shot and literally pose, often giving a full performance. I've included a few shots from one such encounter below. The shoot was entirely her idea. She brought her pet "Chippy" up on the shooting table and began to pose with him. These shots are a few from the series that ensued.

Katrina, (Katybug as we call her), is a pretty special girl. I don't know if you caught the 60 Minutes program about the Border Collie who can identify over 1000 different toys, but we are pretty sure we have the feline equivalent. I won't bore you with stories, but she has inspired a book which I am in the process of writing.
Just when you think you've seen it all, life has a way of offering up new surprises.

I can understand Nikon not wanting to fix grey market under warranty, but after the warranty runs out they should allow repairs but charge for them. Otherwise that policy just hurts the repair shops.

I took Ken's advice and purchased the non L usm lens and have been quite happy with it. I think it is one of the sleeper lenses for the price. You can get them used between $200 and $300 all day long, and the image quality is very high. Also, the color rendition is excellent.

I don't have the L version to compare it to, but I have the 24-105 L and at 100mm I can't tell the difference. Maybe I have a good copy, but at three times the used price, I'm not sure the quality difference of the L, if there is one, would be worth the multiple.

I read Ken's review of that lens too, so I just picked up two of them (they are kind of like peanuts once you get started). I wanted to see if there was any variation between samples, but there really doesn't seem to be. It's a great little lens and a well kept secret. I tested mine against my 24-85 vr g and 28-105 and really couldn't see a difference, save a little corner sharpness wide open. The little "G" lens holds up really well to the bigger boys and spends a lot of time on my Df now. It's pretty much a no-brainer....almost free, light as a feather, sharp as a tack.

Actually that sums it up in a nutshell. Sensor size has almost the exact same affect on image quality as film size did back in the day. Bigger is better in almost every way. Image quality is far more directly proportional to the size of the sensor rather than simply the number of pixels. The larger physical sensor has better dynamic range, better detail, especially in the shadows, looks more natural because at any given size you are enlarging the image by less multiples. Here is a link to a good article on the subject. http://www.teamworkphoto.com/pdf/EastwayMFvsDSLR.pdf

You are quite welcome.

Do you know who is planning to make the medium format cameras? I hadn't heard anything about it. I was hoping for Fuji's announced offering but it never came.

My best recommendation would be a 20mm prime. You can get a 20mm f2.8 D for about $300 on ebay, or you could spend the entire $800 and get the new 20mm f1l8 G, which I understand is a very good lens.

I shot architecture and interiors for many years and found anything wider than 20mm (94 degree angle of view) made the room look spatially unnatural. My go-to lenses were the 21mm Super-Angulon on Leica, 20mm f2.8 on Nikon, and Hassy super-wide biogon 38mm, all giving a 90-94 degree angle of view.

You want the viewer to be able to physically enter the room and be able to relate to the photograph they have seen. An extreme wide angle photo will make the room appear larger than reality. Also, a side benefit of using the prime is the image quality is usually better than a zoom.