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| Posted: Mon Nov 11th, 2013 17:50 |
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TomOC
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Digital, especially smartphone digital, has made photography a part of almost everyone's life. Digital SLRs opened the floodgates of "high quality" photography to everyone...but few actually took great photos, and most of those folks trickled back to smartphones once they were able to produce outstanding 4x6 prints of web photos of almost any size. That is a whole segment that has dwarfed "real" photography by magnitudes (I've seen it stated that more photos will be shot on smartphones next year than have been taken on all cameras an phones combined). Just flip through a few Instagram categories and you will see some of the worst and best photos imaginable - imagination reigns! None of this is to say that there will not remain a viable market for people who want the highest possible quality...as always understanding compromises between convenience price will be the drivers that place you in a category. Even today, no one on the planet would argue that a well exposed and process image from a D800 can equal one equally well processed and exposed with an 8x10 view camera, but none of us drags an 8x10 monster on our vacations or even regularly into a studio. I love change...but don't always take advantage of it. I'm still madly in love with the Fuji X series, but haven't seriously even considered a GoPro. I've owned 3 different video cameras...took about 30minutes of video with each one and sold them on ebay after a year or so of sitting on the shelf. I still have a shelf full of Nikon glass that probably should go as well, long replaced by newer versions but for some strange reason, I like seeing them sit there (note to self...get over it). Much as I love the Fuji's, there are still times that the Nikons are the only thing I consider using - really long shots, fast moving subjects (dogs, birds), or times when they are already set up and there is no "carry" price or inconvenience. In many situations, the fuji is producing images every bit as "good" as the nikons would/could and that makes me happy (because they fit in my jacket POCKET not a camera backpack) !!! So, though I haven't moved too far on the current evolutionary scale, I'm happy with the way it's all going. We will all benefit. As with many Apple products, you buy the new one because you have GAS and then you say, Geeze was this really worth it...should I have upgraded? No, possibly not, but you can't even imagine going BACK to the older model  That's where I am...
____________________ Tom O'Connell -Lots of people talk to animals.... Not very many listen, though.... That's the problem. Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12th, 2013 03:58 |
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jk
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Well if the organic sensor yields a quality image that is low noise at high ISO from 4/3 sized sensor then I will be very happy to release my long glass Nikon AFS lenses 400mm f2.8, 300mm f2.8, 70-200mm f2.8, 80-200mm f2.8 but I would keep everything from 105mm to 14mm for use on my FX/DX cameras. On a 4/3 sensor with its x2 magnification then a 70-300mm lens will yield very good reach in a very neat package which fixed on an OM-D-E-M1 like camera with 24MP will make for a very handy unit.
____________________ Still learning after all these years! https://nikondslr.uk/gallery_view.php?user=2&folderid=none |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12th, 2013 08:42 |
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Eric
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There is widespread interest in lighter weight equipment. Not sure if we are getting weaker, lazier or as the article I posted suggests ..DSLR users are an ageing group of wouldbe diehards.. Historically better equipment meant weight, bulk, expense. We each pitched our stake according to what we were able or prepared to afford. Weight didn't matter back when our hair had colour! But digital advances have moved the goalposts such that we can now afford commensurately higher quality equipment and increasingly, at more acceptable weight. The problem is that there still isn't a perfect blend of ergonomics, weight, price at the best IQ....the holy grail of photgraphy. When someone comes up with it, there will be a shed load of takers....and DSLR deserters! I am not sure having super sensors that give 3x better results than current will be significant...unless the method of viewing demands it. I rarely print photos these days. Primarily because I don't have places to display them....there aren't that many places around to display them...but more honestly the desire or need to display them is diminished. Most photos these days are personal images, which can be shown to relatives (who have any interest) on an iPad. For me, the IQ is acceptable in most bodies these days. The issues with lighter bodies that need addressing are ...ergonomics and performance.
____________________ Eric |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12th, 2013 17:37 |
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richw
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I've just joined Google+ and had a browse around. There is one photographer on there from Melbourne (where I live) who has some amazing work. The two cameras he seems to be using are a Canon 6D and Sony NEX-7, both much smaller than our FX bodies (especially the Sony), because of being able to carry a camera all the time he is getting some fantastic shots on the commute home. This for me is where small and light wins out, I love my D3s and sometimes I wouldn't trade it for anything - for example the boxing shots I took recently. But most of the time when I am out it stays at home. Check his work out, some amazing night time photography and great HDR work. https://plus.google.com/+StevenWrightAU/posts If you click on an image it'll come up in a gallery format you can browse full size images.
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12th, 2013 17:43 |
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MaxSouthOz
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Scary! Same name as my son. Much better photographer.  Beautiful rich colours. 
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12th, 2013 17:48 |
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jk
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It is all about having the camera with you at all times! If you dont have the camera then you will definitely not capture the shot.
____________________ Still learning after all these years! https://nikondslr.uk/gallery_view.php?user=2&folderid=none |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 18th, 2013 17:15 |
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novicius
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Quality is 1 thing , Responsiveness is another , sure ,technique has come a long way . In the days of the old masters a great deal of skill was needed to portray a person / landscape , then came the photo and likeness was a matter of course ,from collodium "we " evolved to better/easier/safer darkroom techniques ,then came op-art , cubism , Salvador Dali , and painting was "in" again , the transistor amp. pushed the valve amp. away , now we have transistor for every-one and the valve for connoisseurs.Then came Digital, no-more long hours in a darkened room , no-more guilty feelings about environmental pollution , no-more , "is that the correct color rendition " while peering through Kodak wratten filters. My daughter uses her i-phone for everything , phone calls/photo/music/TV/internet/alarmclock , so will that erase the comp. ?... clocks/watches ?..TV ?..I `m convinced that all those things will continue to co_exist for a long time , the "phone" for everything so-so , and our goodies for " seizing the moment in utmost quality " for all those improvements WILL benefit us Dino`s. 
____________________ Back in Danmark I do not use my equipment to make photo`s .. I take photo`s to use my equipment The better I become at photography,the better my camera gets. |
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