

Second limitation: there are only two adaptors available currently the Kipon and (soon) the Novoflex. Rolling shutter can be creatively interesting…sometimes.
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There is also no calibration data above ISO 3200 for various technical reasons, so this is your maximum speed – but you can always underexpose and push in post. It’s not just moving objects hold the camera stead else verticals may wiggle. More importantly, the sensor’s readout time is fixed at 1/3s – even if your individual line exposure time is 1/10,000s, it takes 1/3s to read from top to bottom. This means you need to be careful with any potentially flickering light source, keeping your shutter speed to multiples of 1/frequency or risk banding.

But when it delivers, I find that it delivers something quite special by the truckload.Īdditional X1D coverage is here: long term review assessment with Nikon F mount lenses field use in Iceland.įirst limitation: electronic shutter only, since the lenses have no mechanical shutter and nor does the body. But the journey getting here wasn’t quite so straightforward, unfortunately, and this combination is not a Swiss Army knife – it’s got some pretty big limitations. (There’s also a whole separate discussion on the concept of practical equivalence and envelope that I’ll discuss at some later point). transparently) and that makes you want to shoot with it and secondly, the small/light question. I’ve found it answers two questions/ solves two problems for me: firstly, the desire for something that operates in the way you want (i.e. What’s not to like, other than the price?įor the last couple of weeks, I’ve been shooting with the rather unorthodox combination seen above. F1.4, medium format, comparable size and weight to ‘pro’ M4/3.
