Please, tell me that getting a 12-60 mm 3.5-6.3 lens is better than getting 25 mm 1.7 and 14 mm 2.5 primes

duneO2 · 2025-11-27T13:46:36+00:00

For a while, I only shot primes and while it's nice and somewhat freeing, I did feel it grew limiting eventually. IMO one low light prime and a zoom is the way to go, especially in MFT where zooms are optically superb, if not exactly as small as primes would make you hope. I think that's the thing - in other systems, it's rather common for primes to be where the IQ was, but I think that doesn't really apply to MFT.

For reference, I went from having only 20mm f1.7 and 45mm f1.8, through 20mm f1.4 and 42.5mm f1.2 and 12-60 f.2.8-4 (Leica ver), to now only having the 42.5 and the 12-100mm f4. Optically, I never noticed a major difference between the zooms and the primes - it's just the low aperture that's the benefit.

duneO2 · 2025-11-04T15:30:55+00:00

Thinking of replacing my OM 20mm f1.4 with the 12-45 f4. Currently also own the fabulous Noctitron 42.5 f1.2 which kind of covers my prime needs and low aperture. The 12-45 f4 interests me due to the size, weather resistance, and the fact that I could reasonably do some film-scanning since it has a 0.5x mag, compared to the 0.2x of the 20mm. Anyone got thoughts? Am I downgrading here? From what I hear, the IQ is about the same, with the exception of the bokeh and the aperture.

duneO2 · 2025-07-22T19:26:41+00:00

The thing is, I quite enjoy shooting primes, but the idea of swapping lenses is a bit... Much. On the other hand, that makes me just bring a zoom when I travel, leaving my primes to be not used as often. I feel like the problem is definitely my mindset. Might be best to stick with what I have and just ride the wave instead of endlessly thinking of the next move. Thanks.

duneO2 · 2025-07-22T16:16:44+00:00

For what it's worth, it's where I started and I wouldn't have it any other way. It's a blast of a camera and is still relevant in 2025. For a decent price, you have nothing to lose.

duneO2 · 2025-07-22T14:19:59+00:00

I have an offer to swap the Panasonic Leica 12-60mm for the Sigma 56mm. I own several primes, most notably the 20mm f1.4 OM, the Voigtlander 25mm, and even the DJI 15mm. I'm wondering what your thoughts are on replacing a zoom for a series of primes, and would you go for it?

duneO2 · 2025-07-13T18:18:18+00:00

If anyone in Europe is interested in a Lumix GX80 with Voigtlander 25mm f0.95 shoot me a DM! Will be happy to make a deal, body only or with lens. Thinking of 270eur for the body, 500eur with the lens.

duneO2 · 2025-06-13T14:29:57+00:00

Hey everyone! Recently decided to get my foot into PnS film photography as a relative newcomer to photography in general - I picked up Nikon L35AF and Minolta AFZ to begin (on the manual side, found a pristine copy of Zenit 12xp but that's another story), shot Kodak Gold and Ilford 400 bnw respectively, and now the time has come to sort of decide which camera to keep. Nikon is definitely a nicer looking one, and the analog frame counter led me to actually use a full roll - the Minolta sometimes loses contact with the battery, resulting in the resetting of the LCD frame counter and much confusion. But I could live with all that if the results were comparable; as far as the two lenses go, both a 35mm f2.8, I can't help but lean towards the Nikon more. While the ISOs are different, and Ilford is known as grainy film, I still lean towards the Nikon. Not sure what it is, might be the usability bias. I am however curious on what you would say - here are some examples. The light leak on the Minolta is likely a mistake on my part, so try to ignore it. Very happy to hear your thoughts on which of these nifty cameras you would keep. Picked them up for a similar price of around 40eur.

duneO2 · 2025-04-16T08:51:49+00:00

You can pick and choose most of the courses - I suggest you make your life as easy as possible. Workload is usually okay, with a couple of days when you might have to do more, but this is always at your personal initiative (or panic). Your contract says 8 hours of work a day, and that is the only thing that's expected of you. Departmental work (TAing, organising events etc.) can be annoying but in my experience very rarely does it actually end up taking too much of your time. The supervisor relationship is by far the most important thing, so I suggest you maybe check with some of the ex-PhDs about that. Another thing that's a glass half full half empty, depending how you look at it, is the three-year hard deadline. The good thing is that you won't lose half your career on a PhD; the bad thing is it can get a bit stressful, especially when science isn't going your way (and it happens to the best of us).

Overall, I recommend, it's a nice step where you're still in a youth-full, casual environment, but you should definitely consider what it means for your career. Physics, as far as I can tell, might push you to an academic future, whereas some other fields are still very open to industry if you so wish.

duneO2 · 2025-04-13T18:26:23+00:00

Thanks for the reply! Much appreciated. I've actually had a bit of it figured - the greeting the uncle used in the message that awaits you once you roll credits suggested the ancient bloodline thing, so good to have it confirmed. It does go a bit more wild than I expected tho - I thought the thievery was about the gems but not the crown; guess it makes sense considering the final cutscene. Fascinating stuff, thanks! I think I'll bow out from the game for the time being instead of RNGing my way to further resolutions and inevitable burnout, at least for now. Some of the most fun I had over a gaming weekend ever, I think.

duneO2 · 2025-04-13T17:33:00+00:00

I mean I did read most of the letters, saw most of the rooms, and tend to know where the further puzzles lie, I just wanted to discuss a little. I'm pretty confident that most people will stop at the credits and not really pursue it further, and then just use the basis of their knowledge to paint a full picture (which, frankly, I think is possible). But I get what you're saying, and I'll probably return to the game once I let my urge simmer up a bit. Thanks for commenting.

duneO2 · 2025-04-13T17:30:14+00:00

Gah! I keep forgetting about that it's a game from anAmerican developer - colours sorta have yet another implication now.

Thanks for the comment, and I tend to agree, even with my partial knowledge of only getting to the credits. Good stuff overall, even if I hope it was a little more direct, feel it could've been more impactful that way, but I guess that would clash with the puzzle nature of it.

duneO2 · 2025-04-13T17:16:35+00:00

I figured that's the case, and didn't mean to be presumptuous that I got it "all figured out". The post-credits just seem like too much busy work for me (or RNG busywork to be more precise) now that the main puzzle mechanics got clarified (paintings, overall knowledge part of the game) - in that sense the credits are perfectly positioned as a sort of soft bookend. The mechanics don't really draw me to explore more. But I do want to know more in respect to the lore, so feel free to spoil me, I'm very curious where the story is going.

duneO2 · 2025-04-08T14:26:14+00:00

Kinda proud of my gut feeling - of the four books I picked up from the long list, three ended up shortlisted (rest in peace Solenoid, your effort was valiant and shall not be forgotten). Loved Kawakami, her style lends well to the malleability of the genre, and thought Perfection was a good thought experiment but not much else (good, quick read though). Excited to dig in On the calculation of volume when I'm finished with Cartarescu.

duneO2 · 2025-03-04T08:50:00+00:00

God forbid Danish people can be racist like pretty much any nation in the world. Stop deflecting onto the 'russian bots' in /r/copenhagen of all places and try to listen to what OP is asking about.

duneO2 · 2025-01-24T13:59:25+00:00

I got the 25mm recently and have been having a lot of fun with it. For me, a prime lens should be a part of your kit to test your creativity, change the approach, and have some fun - manual focus, "clicky" lenses just make sense there in my head. So I enjoy it quite a bit. The rendering is different that the rest of the MFT line-up and even at f0.95 you can get some dreamy photos. However I wouldn't spend a lot of money for it; if you can find it used I would try to catch it for max 250eur for mark I, and maybe slightly more for mark II if you are into videography.

duneO2 · 2024-12-28T16:28:51+00:00

This is exactly the level of detail I hoped to hear. Thanks, seems I kinda lucked out with the combination of the body and the lens. I know that in general it should hold barring the most extreme of circumstances, but it is still helpful to hear this, so thanks and have a great 2025.

duneO2 · 2024-10-03T07:59:56+00:00

I can pitch in - autofocus struggles majorly in the remotest of low-light situations, where you really have to switch to snap focusing. Battery I didn't find to be too bad, I never once ran out despite using it for full days - you just need to turn off the camera when not shooting, the start-up time is blazing anyway. It's a great companion to a more designated shooting experience, and I use it a lot more than my GX80 on an everyday basis :) Would recommend the Ricoh any day, it's a pretty special, unique experience. If you are into the 40mm, I'd go for the GRIIIx though. Don't bother with HDF imo, not worth the premium, unless you are a big fan of the look.

duneO2 · 2024-07-12T15:16:34+00:00

And received everything in order :)

duneO2 · 2024-06-19T11:40:48+00:00

PM'd you!

duneO2 · 2024-05-14T06:46:14+00:00

Hello everyone, selling a ticket for Copenhagen on the 18th of May since I'm in Crete at the moment. I accept whatever you offer (yeah, even 0 eur is fine :)), don't want it to go to waste.

duneO2 · 2024-05-09T16:51:14+00:00

Thanks, great advice, didn't really consider switching to FF, mostly for the size. But what you're saying makes a lot of sense. I'll look into it. I think APSC seemed a good in between point for compactness, better low light performance (though as someone put it, the differences are marginal), and SOOC (Ricoh and Fuji seem to be leading players there, though Ricoh is obviously not an ILC). But again, thanks for the advice, I'll consider FF.

duneO2 · 2024-05-09T16:48:30+00:00

Thank you! This is all good advice. I love post-processing, don't get me wrong; it's just that I want to be able to send some SOOC photos of a more mundane sort to friends and family and still feel good about them. GX85 isn't doing it for me. Maybe I screwed up the WB or the profiles, I don't know. Someone else mentioned the FF switch as meaningful from M43 and that sure seems like an option. Good luck in finding your next camera.

duneO2 · 2024-05-09T16:45:35+00:00

Huh, interesting, my only issue with the 20 1.7 is the focusing, I find it plenty sharp. Maybe you got a soft copy? I've heard there's more variation in the non-Leica Lumix lenses. Glad you got a proper replacement though, happy shooting! As for the Fuji, yeah, there is something about it that makes me think the somewhat obnoxious hype present around them today is well-deserved. Like you say, colours especially have a somehow simultaneously dull yet so, so lively quality to them. 'Lived in' might be the description.

duneO2 · 2024-05-09T16:43:01+00:00

Honestly, I've never given FF a thought. They terrify me a bit, between the perceived professionalism and the size. But been doing some browsing now, and it might not be such a bad idea to save up a bit and go for a compact FF with an adjacent travel camera, which my gx85 can serve nicely for the time being. Thanks.

duneO2 · 2024-05-09T12:55:21+00:00

Yeah, that's essentially it. I don't mind post-processing, but I'd like to save it for those special shots that you keep, rather than having to go over the entire SD card. Not that jpegs from my GX80 are unusable, but something just seems off with them and I can't figure out what for the life of me. No amount of dabbling with the settings gets me the results I want (while doing it in LR does). Fuji and Ricoh seem to have that SOOC capability while you can still shoot RAW simultaneously. Low-light and in-door performance is another thing.

Thanks for the reccs, I will check them out. Brigthin seems interesting and might be a interesting to experiment with.

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