I still don’t get why anyone would build a photography-oriented camera and not put an EVF on it. Both the S9 and the BF would have really tempted me if they’d been equipped with one (and the fp for that matter). Maybe next time (if there is a next time for a rangefinder-style L Mount camera).
A compact camera with an EVF would, undeniably, be nice. But I owned the first version of the Sony RX1 which had no viewfinder and discovered that I can manage perfectly well without. And without a tilt screen, too. The flip side, of course, is that I have no desire to carry something the size and weight (and conspicuous appearance) of the original S1R. Might as well use my Nikon D800E...
Let's not turn this into a thread to bash camera's without evf and grip, but celebrate Alan's nice new camera.
And also for any other owners of the BF.
I took the camera to Thorp Perrow Arboretum today since it was nice and sunny and the bluebells and cherry blossom were in full flower. The battery lasted the whole time I was there, but after 2.5 hours and 177 photos I had just 9% charge remaining. So I've now got plenty of photos to experiment with.
Unfortunately I didn't notice I'd managed to set the White Balance to "Auto (Lighting Source Priority)" which is intended to keep the lighting character, but in practice has made everything look a bit unnatural. Easily solved while editing the DNGs, but a bit of a nuisance.
I'm still experimenting to find the best way to get JPGs as close to the type of look I like to achieve as possible. The camera allows the "Look Effect" to be varied for each colour mode: this can emphasise or suppress the characteristics of the look, but the results are rather odd. Setting a negative value for the Standard look on the photo of the tulips brings back the strong reds and yellows to a degree, but makes the rest of the image dull. The effect is also inconsistent between the camera and the Sigma Photo Pro software, with the camera sometimes producing some very odd results at the limits.
I'm getting closer to the sort of colour and look I want to achieve, maybe not quite there yet since the DNG camera profile is perhaps a bit too contrasty and the camera has a tendency to under expose.
- Sigma - Sigma BF
- 24mm F3.5 DG DN | Contemporary 021
- 24.0 mm
- ƒ/5.6
- 1/500 sec
- Pattern
- Auto exposure
- ISO 100
