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Been sick as a dog since Wednesday. Last night I sneezed so hard, I took out a costochondral junction (7th left rib in the process). Not damaged/dislocated enough to require surgical intervention but bad enough to get some heavy happy pills in the ER. Whatever they gave me somehow irritated my insides and caused a gi bleed in the process. Good times. Good luck Chris.

I meant to say that I was shooting raw but the colors were something I never had to touch. They had the perfect vibrance and saturation. I had to play around with sharpening and what not but rarely colors. It was long before I knew about custom white balance but I have the same LCD calibrator now. Works great. My Screen looks extremely yellow compared to before but the prints come out looking exactly like I see them on my screen which makes up for the overly warm tone. I can get the colors to where I want them to be sometimes but never straight from the camera. More often than not I take the cowards way out and convert to black and white but I seem to prefer the medium anyways. I have a sneaky feeling it was a matter of the ever elusive synergy between the lens and the body. I really wish I could afford a proper m mount digital. Leica glass is great and all but I prefer Zeiss lenses in that mount. At least to the few Leica lenses I've tried. The Zeiss 35/2.8 zm remains the best lens I have ever used. The Zeiss 135 apo takes the cake for the sharpest and technically the best but the 35 just gave me exactly what I wanted.

Is that with the 300/4 they just released, Jeff?

For a lens as wide as I am considering, I don't care about AF. Rather, I will not be using it at all. I am planning this to be a lazy road trip up the Irish coast with no scheduled stops along the way. I have an itinerary in mind but want this to be a "oh that looks pretty, lets stop and take a walk/take pictures/climb that hill" kind of trip. I've had quite a few Sony cameras but I don't think any of them really made me happy like the Nex 5 did with the zeiss 35/2.8. Maybe it was because it was my first real camera. But even now when I look back at the pictures I took with it, the colors look better than anything I have gotten since (even with the D800 and Fuji XT1). I am considering grabbing that combo again for general walk about shooting and renting the A7II + lens or a lens for the d800 for landscapes exclusively. No need to switch out lenses that way either.

So I might be going to Ireland for 10ish days this summer. I am thinking of dumping the Sigma 50 as I get closer and either picking up a zeiss 15/2.8 or the nikon 14-24. The zeiss 15mm is easily (expensively) filterable. The nikon 14-24 can be filtered as well but holy crap those things are expensive. An entirely different avenue would be to rent an A7II (probably out by then) and a canon ts-e 17mm. This combo has resulted in some fantastic landscape images but I have never used a tilt shit lens before so will likely not know what to do when I do get it. Another option is the fuji xt1 with a 14mm but this combo doesn't inspire as much confidence in me.

No snark sensed. I know nothing of them but know plenty people who use it as a streaming server. I didn't know if the processing power was enough for your needs but suggested it in case you hadn't considered it.

Doug, have you considered of the computer on chip options? Something like the Raspberry Pi stuff?

That's pretty amazing. Wonder how the A7S does compared to the D750 for high iso shooting. Surely the D750 focuses faster/has more lenses.

I doubt the d800 could do that. Care to post a full resolution file of that one?

Jeez 12800...

Get the adobe cc photography subscription. $10/month.

I'd appreciate that Brent. The cost of attendance at Paris is working against it at this point. I know she would prefer a road trip in Ireland to Rome so that leaves Santorini. A few friends have been there but all of them on day breaks on cruises. None have spend more than a few hours there.

Thanks Antonio. September is out because some of my classes have mandatory attendance. The little time in May is the only time neither one of us has class.

A brief history of time. Stephen Hawkings sense of humor is just the perfect kind.

Trying to plan a summer trip to surprise Julie. So far I've short listed Paris, Santorini, a drive up the west coast of Ireland (admittedly this is something I've wanted to do for a long time but she expressed interest in as well), and Rome. May 8-16/17 seems to be the only time available to both our schedules. Instead of trying to rush through things and visiting multiple places in a day, I'd prefer to just stick around one city and venture out (barring of course the Ireland trip. Can anyone suggest one vs the other for that time of year? The prices are more or less the same. Neither of us drink or smoke in case that rules in or out any particular locations. PS. or any other place really. We had a great time in New Orleans but the rough cost of visiting is pretty much the same. I figured, travel within the US is easier and can be done at other times (thanksgiving break/spring break) so was trying to do something across the pond.

It's nice to be Jeff. Also +1 re. Sony sensors.

Very nice Mike. What speakers are those?

After a 27 hour marathon editing session, I am finally done with the lab manual I was making for one of the classes. It feels good to be done but I am so exhausted that I can't even sleep. I'm sure I'll crash soon but man this thing took forever but I am proud of the final product.

Forgot about that. If you want to go real light, I'd suggest the RX1 as well over the X100/S/T. Full frame + much better IQ is well worth the price difference.

On the elbow? Nope

The mirrorless bodies lose value VERY fast. Especially Sony and Fuji gear so keep that in mind. They both release new bodies every few months.

If the d800 is out, take a look at the Sony a7s. It's a fantastic body and will mate with your legacy nikon glass as well. Also what Jeff said. I sold the 35 when I had the 50 because they were basically the same focal length to me for what I was shooting with them. Take a few steps back you get a 35. Move a little forward and you have a 50. With the ability to seriously crop you often didn't even have to step closer. The 24-70 seems to fit kinda the same pocket that a 50 fills. If I were walking around, id pick the 50 and maybe a 15 uwa if you want to get real wide.

85G @ f/2.2

The d750 is a popular body amongst wedding pros on Fred Miranda for what it's worth.

I think the big difference will most likely be af speed. Low light performance is probably the same these days. The loxia lenses are great but I think too slow for event photography like at a wedding where fast af locks are crucial. Then again, people are shooting weddings with fuji xt1s with great success which I thought was very slow compared to the d800.