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| Posted: Mon Nov 11th, 2013 07:10 |
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Eric
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This is an interesting read. It seems WE are dinasours and a similar fate awaits us. Off to sell my equipment http://visualsciencelab.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/the-graying-of-traditional-photography.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+TheVisualScienceLab/KirkTuck+%28The+Visual+Science+Lab+/+Kirk+Tuck%29
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11th, 2013 09:08 |
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blackfox
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funnily enough i agree with those sentiments 100% ,having just gone through the change for change sakes trauma i wonder if its all really been worth it .would i in fact have been happier staying with my old d300s and lens combo despite its poor low light ability . i don't really feel that i have moved on at all just run round like a headless chicken ,i now have as a main camera a canon 7d its fine its a good camera but if i,m honest the older 1dmkii that i sold to fund it was in most respects a superior camera .as he says in that article do we need the resolving power of the mega pixel beasts ,the resounding answer is NO if your just posting to the web i think a 12mp limit or even less is far better .the only real difference that technology can and would make sense to me is with higher USEABLE iso values without the associated noise . at the end of the day a camera is just a tool and a workman's only as good as his tools . 
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11th, 2013 09:44 |
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Eric
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blackfox wrote: funnily enough i agree with those sentiments 100% ,having just gone through the change for change sakes trauma i wonder if its all really been worth it .would i in fact have been happier staying with my old d300s and lens combo despite its poor low light ability .I think there will always be specialist needs. In your case, wildlife requires long reach glass... which I suspect will never be matched by digital zooms on an iphone! Using the Fuji XE has started to make me seriously wonder what my next equipment step would be. I can envisage a DX body with my two prime telephotos (500 and 300) being retained for long reach shooting. As long as I am working, the D3 body and lens deliver sufficient quality but also 'look' the part. Cant imagine my clients warming to me using an iphone (like they have) and charging pro rates!! Even though they pay for expertise...it wouldnt hold much credibility. But in the near future, when I am no longer shooting for a living, I can seriously see me selling the D3 and all my pro lenses! Fuji XE from car window..... Attachment: coverdale.jpg (Downloaded 68 times)
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11th, 2013 10:12 |
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It's an interesting article, but I'm not about to sell off yet. Granted there is a shift from lower priced cameras to cell phone units and Nikon etc. seems to have missed out somewhat. Even accepting that people driving the market are predominately over 50 years old and at least 90% of them are men, this is a large demographic that will remain for quite some time, and they have lots of money to spend.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11th, 2013 10:42 |
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Eric
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I did actually get out of the car to take this one and used two hands! Attachment: coverdale2.jpg (Downloaded 65 times)
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11th, 2013 10:48 |
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Eric
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amazing50 wrote: It's an interesting article, but I'm not about to sell off yet. Granted there is a shift from lower priced cameras to cell phone units and Nikon etc. seems to have missed out somewhat. Even accepting that people driving the market are predominately over 50 years old and at least 90% of them are men, this is a large demographic that will remain for quite some time, and they have lots of money to spend. I hear what you are saying. I am not about to abandon a camera for an ipad. But changing from a Nikon big beast to a smaller, lighter, cheaper camera option with no quality loss, is a strong temptation. I suppose what I am seeing is that the demise of the DSLR is a function of the combined effects of continued development of better and better sensors and the diminishing need out there, for big printed images.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11th, 2013 11:16 |
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jk
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Take a read of this in the Fuji forum about the new organic sensors. http://www.fujix-forum.com/index.php/topic/14830-just-what-is-this-new-organic-sensor-thing/
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11th, 2013 11:49 |
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Robert
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Any chance of summarising it JK? My head started to hurt after the first page...  Does it mean the end of the small sensor or a boost to it's usability?
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11th, 2013 13:49 |
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Eric
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Robert wrote:Any chance of summarising it JK? I read it as a boost in the performance of the smaller sensor to levels we might ALL find acceptable....thus obviating the need for FF....for most if us. But of course it may lift the FF to larger format quality as well. Just wonder at what point Fuji may offer an eye upgrade service....so we can all appreciate the extra detail?
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11th, 2013 17:37 |
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jk
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Summary. The big fuss about FX v DX will eventually be subsumed by the arrival of new organic sensors that provide the same or better quality than FX but in a DX wrt noise and dynamic range. Indeed it may be that we are looking towards a point in the future where DX (APS-C) and 4/3 become the FX and DX of the present time. Hope that makes sense. So in not too distant future (3-5 years) we can expect smaller and lighter cameras with smaller sensor sizes that outperform the current crop of FX based cameras.
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