Auto Feed Mechanical Pencils

Is very smooth and the pencils glides very quickly.

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.

pro: high built and mechanical quality. sharp images con: no auto focus. no aperture data. highly recommended!!!!

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.

Works quite well as expected. Only drawback is that is not the version with auto feed of multiple pages to copy or scan. Print quality good.

I was an Epson ET-2760 and didn't like it because there wasn't an auto feed. It was a pain to make color copies if more than one page plus it was extremely slow. I still have the printer but not using anymore since I got the ET-3850. It is great and is so much faster printing. I have another black & white laser printer that I use for scanning so I have not tried scanning on my new printer. I do not use the fax on either of my printers. The Eco Tank is wonderful. I had my 1st Epson for over 2 years and it still has ink in it. So much more economical.

Very simple to sync. Just as good as other top rated pencils.

Weighted - solid - easy to find in our drawer of crayons, markers, pens, pencils, etc.!

The best mechanical hard drive I had ever used.

I purchased both the 10mm and 11mm Artisans and found the 11mm definitely sharper when comparing lettering at 400% on a calendar in a room shot, however at 4 inches the 10mm was amazing. Purely by accident while shooting tests with the 10mm with the Lumix S1r I focused the camera on a pad of paper I had written notes on in pencil. Along side of the pad were 8 or so new Dixon pencils with gold stamped lettering all sitting on a dining room table cluttered with computers etc. At f8 with the lens so close the background dropped beautifully, but what astounded me was the detail of the lead pencil writing on the paper the the gold leaf stamping on the pencils. Photo had Color, contrast and even a bit of micro detail in the paper texture and writing. Based on this and other tests, this is a great lens for very closeup experimental work. Colors are accurate and vibrant. Lens is seemingly well corrected for this type of work with Capture one correcting purple fringes. For room shots and sharpness stick with 11mm unless you need the extra angle.