kevin_r

have you tried ephotozine?

There is no "quiet Shutter" mode.....will probably still scare off some of the wildlife then....

Canon 35mm f/2 IS USM is exactly the same price but now with a bit of discount comes in at $549.

Smack bang in the middle of your estimate at $599 at BnH

Please make it a 12-45mm f/2 lens......and call it the XT120

Having seen quite a few of Erez's Iceland photos, I must admit to not being grabbed as much as I was by the ones shown here:
http://www.capturearth.com/expeditions/view/capture-iceland
or...

"able to tilt the G3 X's viewfinder, for low-angle shooting and for video. The only cameras that can do this with built-in finders are the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 and the new GX8"

Sorry, guys,...

..but the Nikon D810 does it very well using off-sensor focus module.....

I suppose it would have cost an extra $500 if
nikon had added two more aperture blades.....???!
What an idiotic, stingy decision on their part for a lens in this price range.

Will probably also weigh a ton.

Seems like the 16-35mm FE f/4 will do just fine.
You can crop as much as you like to get even 50mm equivalent shots, ie. using APS-C crop mode.

Yes, but the others were taken in Feb, this particular one was taken on the 15th of Apr.....

Very lovely photo! Stunning bokeh! I can see why you love the lens.

Panos, Windows 10 will be a FREE upgrade, so just hang in there!

@photonius: "big sensor, big lenses". True to a certain extend.
Which is of course why the eye is designed the way it is:
Small sensor, small lens. But what a sensor and lens!!!!.
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