3 weeks in Japan with the SL3

[fotonutzz]

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Used the SL3 extensively in Japan for a 3 week holiday.  Although my experience with the SL3 was mainly positive, I almost had a nervous breakdown when I thought I lost some photos.   Fortunately, it was merely due to a new setting in the menu called the bloody #$&@?% Group Display Mode !!! 

https://fotonutzz.com/reviews/f/full-review-of-the-sl3-in-japan

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[dpitt]

Thanks for the link. Great review and beautiful pictures...
You do not mention it in the review, but your picture count on the CF card seems to indicate that you shot everything in JPG?

[fotonutzz]

1 hour ago, dpitt said:

Thanks for the link. Great review and beautiful pictures...
You do not mention it in the review, but your picture count on the CF card seems to indicate that you shot everything in JPG?

Hi Dirk

Thank you and yup, you're right.  For most of the general photography like food, street signs, candids, I only shoot in JPG.   I'll only enable DNG if I'm shooting the sunset or backlit situations which I did on a few occasions while I was in Japan.

I rarely shoot in raw now after realising that each DNG photo is more than 80MB.  I normally shoot in DNG when I'm in the studios or when I need I know I have to edit the photos or if I'm taking photos in challenging lighting conditions.

Edited April 24, 2024 by fotonutzz

[Dr. G]

Those JPGs look good.  Did you shoot them slightly underexposed or use iDR to get the colors to pop a little more?  

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5 minutes ago, Dr. G said:

Those JPGs look good.  Did you shoot them slightly underexposed or use iDR to get the colors to pop a little more?  

Hi Dr G

You're good....I do use iDR on all my settings and underexposed 60-70% of my shots by 1/3 stop.  I just adjust them to suit my taste on the Macbook's Photos app.
For all my SL cameras, I normally have a preset for Standard, Macro, Portrait, Studio, Sports and Monochrome and iDR are enabled for all.

[Fred Newberry]

Beautiful photographs!  Your work is convincing me to upgrade to the SL3.

[MakinMemories]

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15 hours ago, fotonutzz said:

Used the SL3 extensively in Japan for a 3 week holiday.  Although my experience with the SL3 was mainly positive, I almost had a nervous breakdown when I thought I lost some photos.   Fortunately, it was merely due to a new setting in the menu called the bloody #$&@?% Group Display Mode !!! 

https://fotonutzz.com/reviews/f/full-review-of-the-sl3-in-japan

 

 

Very Nice! Just one question, how did you not take more pictures of some of the very beautiful Japanese girls?😇

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39 minutes ago, MakinMemories said:

 

 

Very Nice! Just one question, how did you not take more pictures of some of the very beautiful Japanese girls?😇

My wife was with me🤣🤣🤣

[hoolyproductions]

Wonderful shots and interesting read, thanks! I'm curious how you carried all those hefty lenses around? When I am 'on tour' I find anything more than the 24-90mm (and/or a couple of primes) to get quite uncomfortable on long city hikes - as a result I rarely take my 90-280mm with me despite the wonderful photographic opportunities it can create.

I'm going on a tour of Scotland this summer and am hesitating about taking the 90-280mm - it will be a perfect environment for it and (unusually for me) we will do most of the travelling by car so it would be less of a burden.

[LBJ2]

On 4/24/2024 at 4:41 AM, fotonutzz said:

Used the SL3 extensively in Japan for a 3 week holiday.  Although my experience with the SL3 was mainly positive, I almost had a nervous breakdown when I thought I lost some photos.   Fortunately, it was merely due to a new setting in the menu called the bloody #$&@?% Group Display Mode !!! 

https://fotonutzz.com/reviews/f/full-review-of-the-sl3-in-japan

Thank you. Well done. Enjoyable to read with plenty of beautiful photos to match. Like you, I am also interested in the latest CFexpress 4.0 technology. Even if current cameras doesn't fully support, we can still enjoy the potential doubling of transfer speeds to the computer. 

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4 hours ago, hoolyproductions said:

Wonderful shots and interesting read, thanks! I'm curious how you carried all those hefty lenses around? When I am 'on tour' I find anything more than the 24-90mm (and/or a couple of primes) to get quite uncomfortable on long city hikes - as a result I rarely take my 90-280mm with me despite the wonderful photographic opportunities it can create.

I'm going on a tour of Scotland this summer and am hesitating about taking the 90-280mm - it will be a perfect environment for it and (unusually for me) we will do most of the travelling by car so it would be less of a burden.

Hi Frank

I normally don't bring the SL lenses for tour.  As you've rightly put it, the 90-280 and the rest of the SL zooms are pretty heavy.  For the past few trips to Europe,  i brought all my TL zooms instead.  For this trip,  since I brought my doggy stroller,  I actually placed the lenses under her stroller so I don't have to carry it. 

Edited April 25, 2024 by fotonutzz

[hoolyproductions]

Nice solution! 😁

[fotonutzz]

5 minutes ago, hoolyproductions said:

Nice solution! 😁

Maybe Leica will complete their new range of trinity lenses comprising the SL 14-24, 24-70 & 70-200 F2.8 DG DN which are lighter, cheaper and made in Japan 😀

If you're driving in Scotland, I guess you can bring the 90-280 along and leave it in the car if you don't need it for that day. 

Edited April 25, 2024 by fotonutzz

[fotonutzz]

3 hours ago, LBJ2 said:

Thank you. Well done. Enjoyable to read with plenty of beautiful photos to match. Like you, I am also interested in the latest CFexpress 4.0 technology. Even if current cameras doesn't fully support, we can still enjoy the potential doubling of transfer speeds to the computer. 

Hi LBJ

Exactly..... that's why I decided to get the V4 cards for the read & write speeds more for the computer even though the SL3 doesn't support it.   Bought two CFE card readers from Amazon: one for the camera bag and one at home. 

[LBJ2]

40 minutes ago, fotonutzz said:

Hi LBJ

Exactly..... that's why I decided to get the V4 cards for the read & write speeds more for the computer even though the SL3 doesn't support it.   Bought two CFE card readers from Amazon: one for the camera bag and one at home. 

What 4.0 reader did you choose ? 

[fotonutzz]

1 hour ago, LBJ2 said:

What 4.0 reader did you choose ? 

Since i bought the ProGrade cards, I got this Gen 4 reader.

https://progradedigital.com/prograde-digital-announces-usb-4-0-cfexpress-type-b-single-slot-reader/

 

Available from Amazon

CFexpress Type B Single-Slot Memory Card Reader by ProGrade Digital | USB 4.0 https://amzn.asia/d/2NFXQ0L

Edited April 25, 2024 by fotonutzz