keeping_a_balance Posted April 28 Share #181 Posted April 28 Advertisement (gone after registration) On 4/24/2025 at 9:24 AM, keeping_a_balance said: Mine arrived yesterday, have had little time with it so far, only went shooting for 45 minutes with it this morning to give it a whirl. My initial thoughts: -Battery life not great, after very little fiddling with the menus yesterday and the 45 min shooting, I went from a full charge down to roughly 55%. -Ergonomics: I have shot with 3 lenses on it so far the Sigma C series 35, 90 and Leica ASPH 50mm L. The best feeling was the 90 as it is the lightest, and this camera needs light lenses. holding it with the sharp edges became a bit bothersome after very little shooting. I will try with some L mount APO lenses but I can tell already they will be very cumbersome to shoot unless using two hands. I placed two peak design anchors (see pic) on the mounting point to have it hang around my neck, I did find it hangs around the neck very awkwardly and most of the time I would hold it in the hand, and there another reason why a light lens is a must for this camera imo. I have seen some use a PD base plate with two anchor points, may give that a try, but then the camera loses it coffee table IG appeal 😉 -Screen and Menu: so far are fine, Menu was very intuitive, screen on a cloudy day has been fine - I have yet to use it on a sunny day. -AF: Very pleasantly surprised, feel it much snappier than the Q343/SL3. Dare I say almost Sony like. -Customizability, again have not played much with it, but for walking around it's not a manual shooting camera (ie constantly adjust exposure) I feel it needs to be on auto something be it ISO or A priority. Adjusting shutter speed/iso/aperture is not hard from the menus it's not a dedicated physical dial and therefore makes it cumbersome to me. I found that while having the camera hang around my neck it would adjust settings on it's own which was a bit annoying but again easily corrected as the menu is quite intuitive to me. -Color profiles, played around with a few, they seem ok, but I have not even downloaded my images yet... More thoughts to come. Have been very short on time but went out again today with the camera in much brighter conditions and found the back screen quite usable. maybe midday sun will be worse, but frankly all angles were usable except when shooting towards the direction of the sun, but I have yet to really find many cameras that are good at that. Yes a good evf will avoid that, but this is certainly one of the drawbacks.... A few other things I am happy with. The speed of tranfer/loading images either plugged into your phone or computer is so much faster than any SD card I have used, a nice bonus. Menu has not caused any issues again. Ergonomics still more or less the same. Played around with some of the jpg recipes built into the camera, they are quite decent. I have an album there with SOOC jpgs with different simulations applied. https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B1dJqstnBQ9qOD I have an album there with SOOC jpgs with different simulations applied. Lenses used in the gallery are either Sigma: 35, 90 contemporary lenses or the leica 50mm asph l mount. Quite happy so far with it. It's fun. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nykv Posted April 28 Share #182 Posted April 28 (edited) 4 hours ago, keeping_a_balance said: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Both ends of the carrying strap on one side? If I ever dared doing this, I'd have chosen the left side, for having the strap out of the way of the right hand. But maybe the strap gave you some support holding this edgy box?! I remember, the Leica TL 2 indeed got its edges rounded a bit, as the third version of the carved aluminium block from Wetzlar. Back then customers' feedback finally (alas too late) knocked the staunch Bauhaus, Mies van der Rohe etc. design department whim of Leica. While the genius Steven Jobs, known for his worship of perfect aesthetics and design, rounded the edges of his billion seller from day one. The market is always right: let's see the BF success story. Edited April 28 by nykv 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digiuser Posted April 29 Share #183 Posted April 29 (edited) My Australian Shepherd taken with BF and 65mm @ 2.0 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited April 29 by digiuser 11 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/419472-sigma-bf-camera/?do=findComment&comment=5794268'>More sharing options...
Al Brown Posted April 29 Share #184 Posted April 29 (edited) 21 hours ago, nykv said: While the genius Steven Jobs, known for his worship of perfect aesthetics and design, rounded the edges of his billion seller from day one. Well, we cannot overlook Braun and Dieter Rams who have HEAVILY (some say to the point of pure copying) influenced Apple. https://medium.com/uxness/the-company-that-inspired-apple-f1010d2ab120 Edited April 29 by Al Brown 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digiuser Posted April 30 Share #185 Posted April 30 (edited) Maddox taken with BF and automatic animal detection with Sigma 1,4/85 DG DN @ 1,4 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited April 30 by digiuser 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/419472-sigma-bf-camera/?do=findComment&comment=5794733'>More sharing options...
digiuser Posted April 30 Share #186 Posted April 30 (edited) Perry, my bohemian shepherd (chodsky pes) taken with BF and automatic animal detection with Sigma 1,4/85 DG DN @ 1,4 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited April 30 by digiuser 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/419472-sigma-bf-camera/?do=findComment&comment=5794738'>More sharing options...
helged Posted May 1 Share #187 Posted May 1 Advertisement (gone after registration) On 4/29/2025 at 12:39 AM, nykv said: Both ends of the carrying strap on one side? If I ever dared doing this, I'd have chosen the left side, for having the strap out of the way of the right hand. But maybe the strap gave you some support holding this edgy box?! I remember, the Leica TL 2 indeed got its edges rounded a bit, as the third version of the carved aluminium block from Wetzlar. Back then customers' feedback finally (alas too late) knocked the staunch Bauhaus, Mies van der Rohe etc. design department whim of Leica. While the genius Steven Jobs, known for his worship of perfect aesthetics and design, rounded the edges of his billion seller from day one. The market is always right: let's see the BF success story. Already successful as far as I can tell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benqui Posted May 1 Share #188 Posted May 1 BF and 2.8/45 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/419472-sigma-bf-camera/?do=findComment&comment=5795236'>More sharing options...
DC-S5 Posted May 2 Share #189 Posted May 2 vor 12 Stunden schrieb benqui: BF and 2.8/45 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Ups! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC-S5 Posted May 2 Share #190 Posted May 2 Am 30.4.2025 um 19:57 schrieb digiuser: Perry, my bohemian shepherd (chodsky pes) taken with BF and automatic animal detection with Sigma 1,4/85 DG DN @ 1,4 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ;-))) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benqui Posted May 2 Share #191 Posted May 2 vor 13 Minuten schrieb DC-S5: Ups! To be honest I never had a camera before which was such a fun to use! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted May 2 Share #192 Posted May 2 16 minutes ago, benqui said: To be honest I never had a camera before which was such a fun to use! Did you - or anyone else here for that matter - ever use a T/TL/TL2? It would be interesting to hear of a comparison. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC-S5 Posted May 2 Share #193 Posted May 2 vor 51 Minuten schrieb benqui: To be honest I never had a camera before which was such a fun to use! Marc, not just fun. The results are excellent and this motif makes my heart beat faster, you know. SIGMA has long been my favorite when it comes to lenses and the iSeries is small, handy and has a good price. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
T25UFO Posted May 2 Share #194 Posted May 2 14 hours ago, benqui said: BF and 2.8/45 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Love the car, but the garage door looks a bit small ☹️ 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digiuser Posted May 2 Share #195 Posted May 2 (edited) vor 9 Stunden schrieb benqui: To be honest I never had a camera before which was such a fun to use! @benqui this is the best combination for your kind of photography and my pictures of Dogs Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited May 2 by digiuser 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/419472-sigma-bf-camera/?do=findComment&comment=5795648'>More sharing options...
graphlex Posted May 2 Share #196 Posted May 2 22 minutes ago, digiuser said: @benqui this is the best combination for your kind of photography and my pictures of Dogs Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Is that the 85mm? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digiuser Posted May 2 Share #197 Posted May 2 vor 48 Minuten schrieb graphlex: Is that the 85mm? Yes 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
satijntje Posted May 2 Share #198 Posted May 2 Well, these are impressive images! I intend to replace my heavy SL3-s camera with a much lighter full format camera. Was thinking of a XXXXii (does nog belong here) but with these results, it makes me considering to look at this beautiful BF as well. Also important, no swap of the L-Mount lenses to another mount. 🙂 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benqui Posted May 2 Share #199 Posted May 2 vor 10 Stunden schrieb DC-S5: Marc, not just fun. The results are excellent and this motif makes my heart beat faster, you know. SIGMA has long been my favorite when it comes to lenses and the iSeries is small, handy and has a good price. I completely agree with you Rolf. The Sigma lenses are fantastic: light weight, perfect feel of surface and really a very good image quality. vor 9 Stunden schrieb T25UFO: Love the car, but the garage door looks a bit small ☹️ No, don‘t worry. The car is so small, there is plenty of room in the garage!😉 vor 1 Stunde schrieb digiuser: @benqui this is the best combination for your kind of photography and my pictures of Dogs Next week I will test it under „real world conditions“ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
benqui Posted May 2 Share #200 Posted May 2 (edited) @LocalHero1953 My wife has the TL-2 and for sure you can not compare them directly, the TL-2 is a much older camera. The BF starts faster and has a much better high Iso capacity. The monitor of the TL-2 on the back is larger and of course the AF with eye detection is very fast with the BF. But TL-2 lens works very good on the BF and it is really a beautiful combination with the 2.8/18!!! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited May 2 by benqui 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/419472-sigma-bf-camera/?do=findComment&comment=5795695'>More sharing options...
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