I've ordered from them a few times, most recently a Lenovo Vibe X2. Prices are often low compared to the competition but yeah, they have dodgy service when something goes wrong. I think they have been improving but they started from a fathomlessly low base.
You may be misreading me because this is kinda preaching to the choir. If you remember, the heavy in-camera JPEG processing is what made me pick the RX100's JPEG's over the A6000's. Also in any thread where compact cameras come up I'm the first person to suggest the RX100; I always struggle to...
I think if I compared the A6000's images after processing them with DXO Optics Pro Prime noise reduction they'd have fared a lot better against the RX100 II. RX100 II really processes the hell out of its JPEGs. The A6000 does a fair lot of it too, but the RX100 II just takes it to a ridiculous...
OK, tried the lenses at infinite focus and it looks like their fields of view match almost perfectly there. False alarm! This renews my appreciation for the 18-300mm because the results at 300mm are very close in quality so far. I'll only really be sure of that when I take some daylight shots...
It was fairly close objects indoors I did the tests on, yes. I hope focus breathing fully explains the phenomenon. I'll have to do a long range test in the weekend when I can test it in daylight.
Thanks for the suggestion.
I picked up a used 70-300mm f4.5-f5.6 Nikon lens yesterday. Heard good things about how sharp this one is at the long end and wanted to see if it's significantly better than my superzoom.
Turns out there was a bit of a shocker lying in wait: the 18-300mm zoom lens probably ISN'T a 300mm lens...
There's a sigma lens with 50-150mm range and f/2.8 aperture (slightly) below $1000 if I'm not mistaken. If I ever decide to spend that kind of money on a lens again, it's on my short list.
In fact, there's two: a cheap, light version without OS that is much less sharp and a more expensive...
I'm using the OVF. If the ISO setting doesn't affect it it's actually a worse problem because as far as I'm aware it's unfixable.
I've tested the autofocus system of the D5300 against my RX100 II and the latter often beats it by a comfortable margin. The difference is very obvious when you...
It's pretty obvious just from the feeling of using the two. I was actually a bit too mild on the D5300. The autofocus does mess up a shot every now and then. At night you have to make sure not to shoot in too low ISO or it will sometimes refuse to focus. You can pretty much not reliably use...
Dude, you're the only one using the word "necessarily". All I'm implying is that there's a quite a burden of proof on people who would claim all that extra circuitry doesn't make a difference. It's an incontestable fact to start that the autofocus points cover less of the total field of view...
It's widely known that the Sony A6000 has an extremely advanced autofocus system for a camera at its price point. It has 179 AF points versus the D5300's 39. Even the D7100 pales in comparison to it with its 51 AF points. The A6000 also uses much more cross-discipline sensors capable of phase...
Finally some good news. Now that I've tested the Nikon 18-300mm in daylight and the Sigma 18-35 at night, I'm getting good results across all conditions.
I'm really glad I didn't stick with the Tamron 18-200mm on the A6000; there is such a world of difference between that and this Nikon. The...
All I want is results that are noticeably better than what a pocket camera with a 1 inch sensor produces. Is it really too much to ask? If I carry around 1KG of extra weight and pay almost $2000 why would I demand anything less?
The RX100 II doesn't even have a particularly great lens according...
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikon-d5300/17
The graphs on this page (click Graphs to the right of Cameras Compared) tell you the whole story. With Noise reduction turned on, the A6000 gets insanely impressive SNR results. But with it turned off, it underperforms my D5300 slightly.
I've...
I've got the Nikon D5300 now. The lens I got with it is the lightweight 18-300 f3.5 to f6.3 because it's convenience trumps that of everything else and I think any lens that goes up to 300mm will already be overkill in terms of telephoto detail so I don't need the ideal option.
I'll pick up a...
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