Yesterday I was up in Tremont to do a photo shoot for The Cleveland Brew Shop - an awesome home brew supply store. After the shoot I drove over to Ohio City to get a growler fill up at Great Lakes Brewing - they had a really good Belgian IPA on draft called American Belgo. I also had a glass of their Barrel Aged Black Out Stout - maybe the best bourbon barrel aged beer I've ever had - it's a russian imperial stout that finishes with the bourbon notes. When I was walking back to my car the sun shinning perfectly on the Townhall caught my eye and I had to put down my growler and shoot this. I also shot a half roll of film during the trip which will be up soon...
As a side note the blog F-Sunny my photo of the STX-1 for a comparison in their review of the New Fuji X-T1. I've been very intrigued by the smaller form factor of many of the cameras coming out lately - and I really like the retro-design of this Fuji. I just don't know if I could give up on the optical viewfinder. The point of an SLR(to me at least) is seeing exactly what you are going to be shooting. I know these electronic viewfinders are improving by leaps and bounds so maybe my opinion will soon change...
Old Fuji
Old Fuji
I agreed with you about EVFs until this last batch came around. I have had a few of them over the past few years and they were either always slow, flickery or had no dynamic range so everything was either black or white. As such, I have always wanted an OVF for my main camera. I just picked up a Sony A7R and now when I use an optical finder I get frustrated. Zooming and focus peaking is ideal for old lenses on new bodies and being able to see my histogram while shooting is invaluable. All of this said, I have Fuji Xpro1 and X100s as well. The hybrid finder still wins. So an SLR with an LCD overlay might be the true winner.
ReplyDeleteI will definitely consider and EVF camera when I am ready to buy a new body. I'm sometimes slow to accept change - but I can see the future.
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