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Reviews of cameras, lenses, tripods, heads and other accessories written by Hobbit


Microsoft Translator  The following opinions have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator.

olympus_m75-300_v2Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 75-300mm f/4.8-6.7 II

Pros: Compact and lightweight, crisp

Cons: prone to shake and not very bright

Opinion: I took it back years later. It is a very light lens for its range and the construction in my opinion is satisfactory. I had sold it because due to my inexperience I had not realized that using a 600mm equivalent is not obvious. The stabilizer of the e-m10 mk1 could not prevent the shake. Even with the gx7 it is difficult. While with the g90, thanks to the best stabilizer, an excellent grip, an excellent viewfinder, a fast AF, ...., the percentage of good shots has risen a lot, resulting sharp even at 300mm at TA.

sent on August 04, 2023


panasonic_gx7Panasonic Lumix GX7

Pros: Files & Colors, Full, Swivel Viewfinder, Stabilization, Compact, 1/8000 Shutter, 1/320 Sync-Flash, Metal Body

Cons: nobody

Opinion: It's an old top-of-the-range Panasonic car, so it's very well built and very reliable. It has everything you really need to photograph in 2023 despite being released way back in 2013. It's responsive, fast AFS and sensitive to low light, AFC I don't use it so I don't know, but I think it doesn't hold a candle to modern ones. The 2-axis stabilizer does the job, it helps to save a few shots, but it doesn't compete with the current ones. The sensor, 16mpx, exceptional, for me the 3200 iso are also usable in Jpeg. The jpeg setting is fantastic, better than the Pana that followed it, Leica style. It's not tropicalized, but I use it in pouring rain and it doesn't bat an eyelid. What can I say, it is to be taken used immediately, in some online market and then turn off the computer and live happily, otherwise the gurus will start telling you that you can't use a camera with an m4/3 sensor and so old!

sent on August 04, 2023


olympus_m9-18Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6

Pros: Sharp at all focal lengths, light and small

Cons: 9mm distortion

Opinion: It is in my opinion an exceptional lens, light as a 14-42 but of a completely different paste. Very sharp, but I did not check the edges. A quick test against a building shows a bit of residual distortion even after correction. So it's not suitable for architects, but for photos in nature it's great. For me it is extra-recommended.

sent on May 30, 2023


nikon_z50-250dxNikon Z DX 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR

Pros: Lightweight, sharp, blurry

Cons: All plastic, a bit 'cumbersome opening

Opinion: I can pretty much about what I said for the 16-50. It is a lens in my opinion exceptional, because for a kit it is fine, very sharp at TA, an excellent optical yield, superior to the various kits around, from Pro in my opinion. The only thing that pays off is brightness. The AF is good, the stabilizer is excellent, it makes up for the lack of the one on the body very well. It makes the z50 very compact and if I have to say together with the 16-50 it makes it a best-buy at the expense of the shortcomings it has compared to other competitors. Therefore it is an indispensable lens for the APS-C superior to other tele-zooms around.

sent on January 29, 2022


nikon_z16-50dxNikon Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR

Pros: Optical rendering, lightness, AF

Cons: All plastic, brightness

Opinion: It is a lens in my opinion exceptional, because it combines an extreme compactness with an excellent optical yield, superior to the various kits around. The only thing that pays off is brightness. I didn't test, sharpness or anything, I just used it and it never betrayed me. The AF is good, the stabilizer is excellent, it makes up for the lack of the one on the body very well. It makes the z50 very compact and if I have to say together with the 50-250 it makes it a best-buy at the expense of the shortcomings it has compared to other competitors. Therefore it is an indispensable lens for the APS-C and that does not find equal in other brands.

sent on January 29, 2022


nikon_z50Nikon Z50

Pros: Good file quality, small, ergonomic.

Cons: lack of some buttons and generally small, the AF could be better, the stabilizer is missing, poor battery.

Opinion: What about this which is Nikon's first APS-C camera of the Z system. For me it is excellent I am very satisfied, although it is not perfect. It holds very well in its hand, it has a viewfinder that does its duty (I can not make comparisons with emblazoned viewfinders), complete with everything, I only miss the stabilizer being accustomed with Olympus that now implements it forever. Fortunately, the stabilizer of the two kits is exceptional and compensates well for this lack. I would therefore say that it does everything excellently, only the AF is not of the infallible ones, especially tracking. To zoom in or out it has virtual keys on the screen and for me this is a pretty silly lack. Another flaw is the battery, of relatively short duration, I recommend the purchase of a second. The files are excellent and even the Jpeg disabling the noise reduction filter (which unlike other brands is totally disabled) can be used safely up to 6400 iso having a dry grain and keeping the details. I notice this when I photograph my children indoors without flash, at 6400 iso I see the noise, but I also see the fine details of the hair, not the usual watercolor details. The WB is also excellent with artificial light and the profile in the camera of the Jpeg (the film) has many settings and you can achieve interesting results. Would I buy it again? Absolutely yes, absolutely with the double kit, two exceptional lenses (do not call them kits of which they only have the brightness) and that go very well both aesthetically and ergonomically with the camera. Who don't I recommend it to? For those looking for the super AF (better perhaps look at the Sony APS-C), a massive body, or at least Pro features, since this body although complete is designed to fit into the old band of the D5xxx.

sent on January 29, 2022


olympus_e-pl1Olympus PEN E-PL1

Pros: Beautiful JPEG file, robust and reliable, lots of optics, stabilized, external EVF possibility

Cons: Slow, ultra-slow AF, ugly screen, lack of rings

Opinion: I had it in 2012. It was my first ML. File of only 12 mpx excellent, saturated colors and up to 800 iso very acceptable. It is built well, solid, but the screen is little visible in the sun and the keys from the rubbery feedback. It totally lacks dials and this means that you often need to interact with the keys. I recommend it to those who just need 12 but beautiful megapixels, they do not have to take action photos, they must carry a light and space-saving object, but solid and want to use the beautiful m4/3 lenses. I highly recommend buying the viewfinder, to ex. The excellent vf2. I forgot, its original 14-42, is ridiculous as a construction and very slow, but pulls beautiful images.

sent on January 15, 2022


viltrox_af33_f1-4Viltrox AF 33mm f/1.4

Pros: All

Cons: Nothing

Opinion: I've had it for about a month. I use it on the Nikon Z50 along with the 16-50 and 50-250. It is excellent for me. I did not do laboratory tests, but only took photos, portraits of my children, my wife and landscapes. I can not find faults, it is sharp, good on the whole frame, does not suffer from flare, ghost, lowering of contrast in backlight. The aberration will be there (as read around) but for the moment in my photos I have not yet noticed it. The construction is beautiful, all in metal including the hood supplied (which I keep upside down and I have never used yet given the great performance with the parasitic lights). The AF is very fast and quiet (incredible for a Chinese lens). The diaphragm ring without click (some do not like it) for me is very comfortable, I use it in S mode by fixing the safety time and I set the desired aperture, so that the machine can only choose the ISO to expose correctly. Unfortunately the Z50 does not have the stabilizer or even the optics, which forces me to pay attention to the safety times. However, with the Z50 it is very comfortable and proportionate, it seems born for her. The BOKEH, I put it in capital letters because what to say, amazing! Always soft and gradual, remaining engraved in the parts on fire. He manages not to make me regret the PanaLeica 25 1.4 that I had with the m4/3!!! Super-recommended, it's how I would like Nikon to build its lenses for APS-C and I think that as soon as I can I will evaluate other Viltrox to support.

sent on December 30, 2021


olympus_e600Olympus E-600

Pros: Body with good ergonomics, very beautiful colors, beautiful Jpeg, stabilizer

Cons: AF not fast, like all old4/3

Opinion: Very comfortable and functional camera, among the most balanced and cunning 4/3. Excellent rows, holds well up to 800/1600 iso, however the noise is very pleasant, with little chroma. It is practically identical to the e-620, the e-600 era for the British and American market, it has only small details less, for example it lacks the backlight of the keys, present in the e-620. If you have 4/3 optics, or if you want to make a 4/3 kit, given the current derisory costs of many optics even Pro, this can be excellent, good compromise between ergonomics and compactness. The file it produces is very balanced, at low iso more natural than the new ,4/3.

sent on May 29, 2021


olympus_e1Olympus E-1

Pros: Un peer-level ergonomics, analog simplicity, uniquely colored Kodak CCD sensor, Jpeg otiimo, good viewfinder, sweatshirt shot, usable AF, tropicalized, battery life

Cons: It has CF cards, doesn't have video, useless monitor, low ISO hold, has no stabilizer, only 5mpx, few AF points

Opinion: Found with less than 400 shots of a gentleman who still had all his photos on the card. I have and have had other cameras, 4/3, m4/3, Sony, Foveon, obviously all much younger than this one, but shooting with this camera is great. It is a digital camera, but it could also be used as a hammer so much is the impression of solidity with the magnesium alloy body. Ergonomics is out of date after so many years. The viewfinder is satisfactory, the shot is really delicate. The 5mpx are few but enough for normal 30x40 prints. The colors are unique, truthful, saturated. The sensor is both the weak point with its anachronistic characteristics, and the spearhead of this brilliant project with a photographic rendering that does not make you regret anything. If you are fed up with intrusive technology, you want to photograph without thoughts having an almost analog experience, your holidays, your family, .... this camera with the 14-54 and FL-40 in a shoulder strap you can face every situation even today in 2021, 18 years after its release on the market.

sent on March 11, 2021


panasonic_leica12-60_f2-8-4oisPanasonic Leica DG 12-60mm f/2.8-4.0 ASPH OIS

Pros: Everything: focal excursion, enough macro, sharpness, lightness, blurry quality, AF speed, silence, stabilizer, no flare or particular ghost, tropicalization, .....

Cons: A little bigger and heavier than the kit (similar to the 12-40), more expensive than the kits

Opinion: I am totally satisfied with this lens. I can't find any particular faults for him. It solves all situations with the focal excursion that goes from 24 to 120 of an FF. He can get a lot of fire up close so that he can take pictures of little flowers and insects, so on an excursion I can do almost everything beautifully, from the panorama, to the closeup, to the photo of some animal if at a short distance. When I use it to portray it is fine, clearly with the blurring limits of an m4/3, that is, a 60mm that opens to F4 at most. Even at night I have no problems in the presence of light. Before I used various lenses, from kit zooms to fixed, well the 12-60 replaced them all, I rarely happen to use the 14-45, the 25 1.4 or the 60 2.8. For me we recommended.

sent on July 01, 2019


panasonic_14-45oisPanasonic Lumix G 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH OIS

Pros: All

Cons: Not Compattissima, not bright, in some specimen the rubber ring loosens slightly

Opinion: I had a specimen, after having sold it I regretted it and I resumed it. It is an exceptional lens, it has practically the same performances as the pros (12-35 and 12-40), sharpness, colours, micro-contrast (very high), constancy at all diaphragms, all focal lengths and both at the center and at the edge, pays the price of brightness. There are experts who argue (just search on some Italian site) that is not a lens in kit (meaning it has an optical perfection not from the battle lens) because it was the Panasonic presentation lens in the M4/3 world. To realize the reasons for such positivity just go and look at the MTFs on DPReview and compare them. In Layman's terms, if you have no need for fixed brightness and pancake compactness It is an indispensable lens.

sent on August 11, 2018


panasonic_leica45macroPanasonic Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8 ASPH OIS

Pros: Contrast and microcontrast, dimensions (considering that it is equivalent to a 90mm macro), AF (better than that of the e-m10), general rendering, bokeh, ....

Cons: For me nobody, ...., just to want to look for someone in general use the AF is not lightning, but still good enough.

Opinion: The sharpness is excellent, I have not done specific tests, but it has never been disappointing.rnWhich say, it costs more than the Zuiko, which I had at the same time and sold holding the Leica for greater versatility.rnIn the macro environment becomes deadly, for me we are at the highest levels.rnIt is a lens to try and know, otherwise you risk liquidating it based on some data that disadvantage as the price and the maximum opening.rnIn conclusion, as for the 25mm and 15mm, the Leica brand has left something at the level of the project that is perceived in the photos more than in the numbers.rnChiunque has owned the classic 90 macro on FF will be at ease with this lens.

sent on October 17, 2017


panasonic_25_f1-4Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4 ASPH

Pros: Optical characteristics, overall yield, size and weight

Cons: Nothing relevant

Opinion: I have owned this lens for a couple of years now. Reappropriating the normal focal wasn't easy, but once you can get the photos, you gain it. It is apparently less versatile than the various moderate wideangles that are currently very fashionable, in closed places especially where it is not possible to take that step back forces unnecessary choices in the framing with wider optics, but it is this, in my opinion, allows more incisive photos, making the details stand out and allowing to use it also for portraying people in context. The lens is sharp already at TA, but not exaggerated, at F1.4 there is the detail, but it also returns nuanced contours to make the scene look a bit dreamy. Closing the sharpness increases, with a maximum to F2.8/F4. The colors, however little in evidence, because the automatic WB homogenizes all the lenses a little, tend a little warm compared to the Zuiko, which in my view seem on average colder and clinical. The quality of the blur is good, especially if you manage to put some distance between the subject and the background. The lampshade is much criticized because it is great. It actually compromises the compactness when it is mounted and is not tipper, but not the lightness. Lately using a larger bag I always keep it fitted. It is still good quality, thick and hard plastic, not the fine plastic of the Zuiko. It comes with the lens. I use it on the e-m10 mk1, I do not find any particular annoyances regarding this combo. In fact, the two PanaLeica shaves (in addition to the 25 I have the 45) are for me very proportionate on the e-m10 and moreover the 25 enjoys the stabilization of the body. There is also to consider that the e-m10 is a very complete small camera, but by virtue of this completeness it is not citable even if you put the 20mm, so it might as well have the 25 if you like the focal and the yield more. The yield is top for me. But really top. In the sense that it is solving, with a high microcontrast, but a general contrast between the lowest (perhaps the lowest) among all m4/3 optics. These features make it possible to be natural and less digital, as well as easier postproduction thanks to unpumped results. Therefore I can not help but recommend this lens, which for its brightness and focal, can become even unique. For me it is the best lens of the system, which somehow despite being produced in Japan preserves the Leica imprint (in addition to the front screenprinting). I will say more, it is worth having a m4/3, even an old GF1 (with which it goes very well) to have this lens. UPDATE (in reply to my friend Canti del Chaos): I thank him for trusting my judgment and I am glad that he finds in the 25 those gifts that he has well thinned and that are masked by an insignificant exterior appearance. Now I use it with the gx7 (I no longer remember what stools settings) there is no rattlesnake effect, but only the noise of the MAF, especially when it is reached with the typical bounce of the contrasting MAF. Even with the e-m10 mk1 (which I no longer have) I had no noise problems, I had also acted in this case on the menu.

sent on March 29, 2017




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