Why is the EM5 so much more popular than the GH3?

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texinwien
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In reply to nzmacro, 5 months ago

nzmacro wrote:

texinwien wrote:

LOL, reminds of a line in a song.... "Stand up and be counted"

Hey I bet its all fine until one day, you open up a post on DPR and find a photo of yourself picking your nose on the street, then it changes huh

To each their own and like I said, its not illegal.

Then again its not illegal for me to have an opinion and different ethics either and there it is.

All the best.

Danny.

Sure, you're entitled to your own opinion. It's when you become judgmental of those whose ethics and opinions differ from yours that you start to come across as provincial, especially if you're unable to build an ironclad case for why your ethics are objectively better than those of the people you're judging.

Perhaps you skimmed my reply, but you completely skirted the issue of taking candid photos in private settings where I have been invited, and where I am known by the subjects of my photographs. While I think there are enough people who are made uncomfortable by the idea of stealthy street photography, I sincerely doubt that there are many who'd have any ethical qualms with a photographer who takes candid photos of people he knows (and who know him) with their implicit permission.

So, your dismissive and judgmental attitude is silly on two fronts. First, because you think your ethics are better than the ethics of those who are fine with stealth street photography, and, second, because you completely ignore the much less ethically questionable practice of taking candid photos of people one knows, with those peoples' implicit permission.

tex

Man talk about putting words in my mouth and interpretation. Are you saying my ethics are better ??. I just said I had different ethics, not better at all. Seems like a very defencive subject for some and not others I guess.

Then some people can't understand what others see in architecture, nature, sports, portraits, etc.

So yes, to each their own No problem at all. All the best and I guess we are getting way OT.

Danny.

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Here are a couple of quotes - things you said to start off this side discussion on the ethics of taking candid photos:

nzmacro wrote:
<< Why do you guys feel the need to be sneaky, underhanded and hide when taking street shots.
...
I would call it dishonest photography >>
source: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/post/50732141

I find it hard to believe that you're surprised that people with whom you disagree are unhappy with you when you use clearly pejorative terms like 'sneaky,' 'underhanded' and 'dishonest' to characterize them.

Either you were perfectly aware that using such terms would likely be considered offensive and used them, anyway, or else you're socially awkward, and are unaware that using adjectives like those to describe other people (or those people's actions) will generally earn you negative feedback from those people.

Either way, the quotes of yours that I shared above come off as provincial and judgmental, to me, and, it would appear, to a number of others. Something you may want to keep in mind for future social interactions - your call.

tex

Edited 5 months ago by texinwien
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