WATE or SEM21 on SL2

[james.liam]

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12 minutes ago, o2mpx said:

Great to know. Thank you. 
 

Somewhat of a related note as I purchased a MATE V2 non 6bit and proceeded to get coding done but in hindsight, given the need to change profiles when focal length was changed, could have saved some money and left it as non 6bit. 
 

More valuable coded if you plan on selling it at some point in the future.

Edited July 20, 2020 by james.liam

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[Jared]

20 hours ago, o2mpx said:

Great to know. Thank you. 
 

Somewhat of a related note as I purchased a MATE V2 non 6bit and proceeded to get coding done but in hindsight, given the need to change profiles when focal length was changed, could have saved some money and left it as non 6bit. 
 

It might still save you some time.  The differences between the profiles for 16, 18, and 21 on the WATE are pretty small.  If the same is true for the MATE you may find that you can just leave it alone for the majority of uses.  All the profiles do is correct for vignetting and distortion.  Lots of photographs the distortion is not important at all (particularly when you are already under 2% or so straight out of camera), and vignetting is more a matter of taste than anything else.

[o2mpx]

Makes lots of sense. Will experiment. Thank you. 
 

Since landscapes are the main subject matter, using the 16-35, although somewhat lighter than the 24-90, is still a bit of heft. Plan is to complement with the MATE. And if there’s call for focal length beyond 50 in rare occasion, rely on the SL2’s higher resolution for crops.