I’ll preface this by saying I’ve used many different brands of cameras since I started photography; I won’t list them because there have been many. In 2016, photography kinda lost its magic to me so I decided to buy a Fujifilm X-T10 just because. That camera, for whatever reason made photography fun again and I can’t explain why. However, that joy was short lived as I discovered Lightroom’s terrible rendering of the X-Trans filter, giving certain textures a watercolor effect. Lightroom was the only program I was using at the time and to me, the errors were distracting enough so I ended up going M43. Fast forward to today and I’ve switched to using ON1 and it renders my old Fuji files just fine, and now I’m longing for my little X-T10. All that being said, anyone else regret or long for a past camera you didn’t appreciate at the time?

  • Fabian_3000@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I should not have given my D90 away. It’s a compact, light and flexible camera. Files aren’t to big either. I wanted to go fullframe and carry a D610 now. I would never switch brand though.

    • citruspers@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      They really nailed it with the D90. Top notch sensor, a top screen, AF drive and the body felt pretty good despite not being as rugged as the D300.

  • the_materialistic@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I kiiinda wished I’d stayed in the Canon family just for handling, feel, and what I preferred at the time for ease of use in focus. I love my Sony now but I feel like my favorite son died and I had to adopt a replacement that I just can’t love the same as my bio kid. I tell my A7R that I love him the same but…he knows.

    • 2deep4u@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’ve never liked how big and bulky canon bodies are

      Sony’s bodies are much Lighter / smaller. I dislike big heavy bodies.

  • NotJebediahKerman@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I tried the Olympus OM D 10(?) or something like that and while weight and convenience were great, I just didn’t like it. I really do not want to look at a screen to frame my shot, it’s interpreted and I don’t like it. I went back to my 5D/2 and picked up a 5DS/r and am happy again.

  • EvelynNyte@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Not camera, but lens. I went from a sony 24-105 f4 g to the 24-70 f2.8 gmii. I’m having a horrible time getting sharp images; Only thing I can think of is the OSS + IBIS vs A7IV IBIS alone made far more of a difference than I assumed it would.

    I used to be able to do 1/5 pretty consistently and 1/4 like half my shots would come out; now I’m struggling at 1/60 and even 1/125 :( and wondering if there’s something wrong with my lens (Some shots do come out sharp so I assume it’s me)

  • bitmaster344@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    You had me at Lightroom’s rendering of xTrans files. Amid my Canon history a few years ago, I bought into Fuji and loved it until I processed. I tried ON and CaptureOne and others, but I wanted Lightroom.

    I’ve had a dozen systems since 1976, preferring Canon 1Ds and 5D series for digital since 2006… until a year ago. I tried almost all the L series lenses and settled on a set of 9 Zeiss primes. Some love was lost as the kits got heavier. I moved to R5s for focus peaking but more love was lost, this time in rendering.

    I sold off or gave away all the Fuji gear in the last year and finally moved to Leica. The M10m is a wet dream, and all the great glass made me get a M10r.