Auto Sharpening Mechanical Pencil

[0.2 lb] Great lead supply for my mechanical pencil. These are very thick and so far, not a single has broken even when I extend a bit. Very happy with these lead refills.

Great lead supply for my mechanical pencil. These are very thick and so far, not a single has broken even when I extend a bit. Very happy with these lead refills.

[0.225 lb] Tack sharp, no extra sharpening needed!

[f/2.8] pro: high built and mechanical quality. sharp images con: no auto focus. no aperture data. highly recommended!!!!

[3.025 lb] There are plenty of reviews around the web on the Broadcast G2 so I won't talk much about it other than to say it's fantastic. The lens deserves its own callout though. It's fantastic! The zoom rocker works so well that you don't even notice it. If you want to go nice and slow you can do so without accidentally pressing it too far and zooming in quickly. If you want to go full bore you can and go end-to-end in ~2 seconds. The servo focus ring works well (I never use the mechanical focus ring). It's tuned well enough that I seem to hit my focus every time without overshooting. One oddity of the lens though (which is not documented). Macro mode is what gives the camera body full control over focus. When not in macro mode you can press the one-touch auto focus but the lens will immediately revert to the mechanical ring's position after auto focusing is complete. Despite its name, macro mode will still focus all the way to infinity so I just always keep my lens on macro mode. I've not noticed any obvious chromatic aberration when all the way at tele but I've also not tried to look for it either.

[Manual Focus] I was curious about this lens ever since Hasselblad announced it. I loved the idea of the smaller size and nearly silent shutter. Even though I already owned the original 45 3.5, I just recently purchased the 45P. Pros of 45p vs Orig 45... it is definitely much more quite, almost too quiet. It is nearly completely silent. It is much smaller and looks perfect on my X1DII. Some have said they find auto focus to be a little slowe, but I don't think so. In my opinion it may even be a little faster.... although the mechanical auto focus is louder. I prefer the mechanical focus as opposed to by-wire. Image quality is very similar between the two, but to my eyes it retains highlights a little better. So far I love the lens and I believe it's an overall improvement over the original 45, and at an amazing price.

[6.3 x 3 x 0.7"] If you want the Apple Pencil without the Apple price, this is the one! Has a nice pencil feel, like the Apple Pencil. Being able to charge the same way the Apple Pencil does is also a plus. Only thing I'll say is that if you want it for drawing please know that it doesn't have the pressure sensitivity

[0.465 lb] The lid covers the Pencil accessories

[Aluminum] The best mechanical hard drive I had ever used.

[0.15 lb] I'm a nature and wildlife photographer but got asked to take my grandson's high school graduation photos. Although I have 4 lenses, not one of them would be good for portraits. Since this may be the only time I ever have a need for this type of lens I decided to go cheap. I think I made the right decision. I've read that some of these are noisy when focusing. My lens is pretty quiet and the focus isn't that slow even indoors, the only place I've tested it. I just tried a few random shots from my couch hand held and at AV 1.8 and ISO 200. This shot here was at 1/10 second and some say wide open is a bit soft, I'd say mine did pretty darned well. I was focused on the gourd on the left. I needed to tweak the sharpening a bit during post processing but that's pretty standard. This even looks good full screen on my 22 inch monitor. Other than a bit of sharpening, no other editing was done on this shot.