{"id":62,"date":"2015-01-24T22:35:09","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T20:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dieferbers.net\/?p=62"},"modified":"2015-01-24T22:35:09","modified_gmt":"2015-01-24T20:35:09","slug":"finding-the-next-digital-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/24\/finding-the-next-digital-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding the next digital camera&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to my work in 3D digitizing I was happy to be an early adoptor of digital photography. It all started with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kodak_DCS\" target=\"_blank\">Kodak DCS<\/a>\u00a0we had at the Daimler research lab in Ulm in 1994. This was a Nikon body with standard lenses like 50mm 1.4 and mainly used for <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Photogrammetry\" target=\"_blank\">photogrammetry<\/a>.\u00a0From time to time we took some photos on the side and here is one Georg Wiora shoot:\u00a0<a title=\"Wild Stefan working on this PhD \" href=\"http:\/\/dieferbers.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/steff.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">my wild time as a PhD student<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In my private life I relied on my Nikon F601, my favorite lens 85mm 1.8, a Tokina 28-70mm 2.8-3.5 for everyday&#8217;s purpose, and the strong SB-25 flash. Later I sold the Tokina and a seldom used Sigma 70-210mm (ugly pictures). As digital DSLR became stronger I got a F80 with a 28-80mm 3.3-5.6 very cheap. That is my Nikon collection now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nikon_F80\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon F80<\/a> silver<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nikon_F-601\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon F601<\/a> AF<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nikon_Speedlight#SB-25\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon Flash SB-25<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kenrockwell.com\/nikon\/5018daf.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Nikkor 50mm 1.8D AF<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kenrockwell.com\/nikon\/85AF.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Nikkor 85mm 1.8 AF<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kenrockwell.com\/nikon\/28-80mm-g.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Nikkor 28-80mm 3.3-5.8G<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While waiting for the &#8222;perfect&#8220; digital camera my wife was smarter and surprised me with a christmas present in 2002:\u00a0Canon DIGITAL IXUS v3. The IXUS turned out to be my omnipresent partner with reasonable quality resolution of 2048\u2006\u00d7\u20061536 for <a title=\"Luisa enjoying christmas in 2002 \" href=\"http:\/\/dieferbers.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/img_0030.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">nice family pictures<\/a>. The combination of IXUS and Nikon analog served our needs quite well. Even when the IXUS went &#8222;CCD-dark&#8220; at one day in 2010, Canon was so kind to replace it with a complete new model: the Canon DIGITAL IXUS 70. The new IXUS has a higher resolution\u00a02304\u2006\u00d7\u20063072 but the lens is not as sharp. Over time the cameras in mobile phones reached the quality of the IXUS: BlackBerry, iPhone 3s, and now my Samsung S3 offer enough for snapshots. That&#8217;s why the IXUS stays home most of the time.<\/p>\n<p>My father bought a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miranda_Camera_Company\" target=\"_blank\">Miranda<\/a>\u00a0collection in the late 70s, I\u00a0proudly completed over time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirandacamera.com\/_modelinfo\/_EE\/EE.htm\">Miranda Auto Sensorex EE<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Miranda 50mm 1.4 EC\u00a0Auto: I love it<\/li>\n<li>Soligor 28mm 2.8 EC Auto: only OK<\/li>\n<li>Soligor 135mm 2.8 EC Auto:\u00a0I love it<\/li>\n<li>Soligor 85-210mm 3.8 MC Auto (include Macro): Cannot recommend it. Very blurry&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Additional exchangeable viewfinders: VFE-1, VFE-3<\/li>\n<li>Extension tubes for Macro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a great camera performing like a Nikon F3. I did all my learning with it and will never give it away!<\/p>\n<p>During our last vacation in Ireland I was not really satiesfied with the picture quality of the IXUS or all the smartphone cameras we had with us. At my friend house I played with the amazing small and good\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sony.de\/electronics\/cyber-shot-kompaktkameras\/dsc-rx100\" target=\"_blank\">Sony DSC-RX100 I<\/a>\u00a0with Zeiss lenses. At the same time I got the first news about the Nikon D750 and here we are with the question: Do I continue with the Nikon DSLR camera approach and buy a Nikon D750 (the D810 seems to be more for static shooting) or should I switch to a smaller system camera now?<\/p>\n<p>Here are my\u00a0options:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Stay <a href=\"http:\/\/dieferbers.net\/2015\/01\/24\/continue-with-nikon-digital\/\">on the Nikon train<\/a>:\n<ul>\n<li>D750 \u00a0\u20ac1900 and some more add-ons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Switch to\u00a0digital Leica, yes expensive!\n<ul>\n<li>Leica M9, M, M-P \u20ac3000-\u20ac6900<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Switch to <a href=\"http:\/\/dieferbers.net\/2015\/02\/01\/the-micro-four-thirds-world\/\">Micro Four Thirds<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>The small Lumix GM5 with lenses \u20ac1300 and up<\/li>\n<li>little bit bigger Lumix GX7 with lenses \u20ac700 and up<\/li>\n<li>or some other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Switch to Fuji x-mount\n<ul>\n<li>the small\u00a0Fuji X-A2<\/li>\n<li>or the bigger\u00a0Fuji X-E2, Fuji X-Pro1, or\u00a0Fuji X-T1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Just replace the IXUS with a good small high <a href=\"http:\/\/dieferbers.net\/2015\/02\/01\/adding-a-new-compact-camera-say-sony\/\">performance lens compact camera<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Sony DSC-RX100 I, II, or III \u20ac350-\u20ac650<\/li>\n<li>or some other brand Fujifilm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Let&#8217;s explore these options over time in the following posts.. \u00a0Sources for my decisions are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dpreview.com\" target=\"_blank\"> excellent digital photography review<\/a> for all brands including a lot of community discussion.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kenrockwell.com\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Rockwell<\/a>\u00a0excellent camera and lens reviews on Nikon and Leica. I relay on his judement for years now.<\/li>\n<li>Official\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikon.de\/de_DE\/products\/product_overview.page?\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon<\/a>\u00a0web-page<\/li>\n<li>Official\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/de.leica-camera.com\/Fotografie\/Leica-M\/Das-M-System\" target=\"_blank\">Leica M<\/a>\u00a0web-page<\/li>\n<li>Official\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.panasonic.com\/de\/consumer\/foto-video\/lumix-g-wechselobjektivkameras.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lumix system camera<\/a>\u00a0web-page<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.four-thirds.org\/en\/microft\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Micro-Four Thirds<\/a>\u00a0pages on Four-Thirds consortium<\/li>\n<li>Official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fujifilm.eu\/eu\/products\/digital-cameras\/\">Fijifilm camera <\/a>web-pages<\/li>\n<li>Official Olympus\u00a0camera web-pages<\/li>\n<li>Official\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sony.de\/electronics\/kameras\" target=\"_blank\">Sony camera<\/a>\u00a0web-page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to my work in 3D digitizing I was happy to be an early adoptor of digital photography. It all started with\u00a0Kodak DCS\u00a0we had at the Daimler research lab in Ulm in 1994. This was a Nikon body with standard lenses like 50mm 1.4 and mainly used for photogrammetry.\u00a0From time to time we took some &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/24\/finding-the-next-digital-camera\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Finding the next digital camera&#8230;<\/span> weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dieferbers.de\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}