Ron Poelman

Ron Poelman

Lives in Australia Gippsland, Australia
Works as a P.C. Repair/Build/Assistance
Joined on Jul 25, 2006
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On Minox announces tiny, retro-styled DCC 14.0 camera news story (151 comments in total)

Wot, no rangefinder ?
Fail.

Direct link | Posted on Mar 19, 2013 at 22:09:30 UTC as 68th comment
On Just posted: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens review news story (160 comments in total)

What's with the halos along the dolphin's back ?
Can't be default sharpening, Shirley ?

Direct link | Posted on Mar 6, 2013 at 20:41:15 UTC as 56th comment

All that's lacking is a surround in RED !!!
20" = slab not tablet.
Try stuffing that one in the briefcase.

Direct link | Posted on Mar 3, 2013 at 20:45:16 UTC as 10th comment
In reply to:

HowaboutRAW: Aftershot (formerly Bibble) is "cross platform".

Opens plenty of things that DXO just skips, eg DNGs from the Leica M9.

+1
No Aftershot in a RAW review ??
Oh, that's right, this is a commercial site.
What a joke.

Direct link | Posted on Jan 23, 2013 at 20:51:18 UTC
On New image viewing options for forums news story (163 comments in total)
In reply to:

Ron Poelman: hmmm, not working here.
(First click on image does nothing)
Firefox with Adblock.
Do we need to enable something ?

Thank you for that.
Adblock on or off makes no difference it seems.
Could I ask a favour and get you to check the link I listed above ?

Direct link | Posted on Jan 5, 2013 at 23:54:58 UTC
On New image viewing options for forums news story (163 comments in total)
In reply to:

Ron Poelman: hmmm, not working here.
(First click on image does nothing)
Firefox with Adblock.
Do we need to enable something ?

Thanks Richard.
Still not working on my own posts
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/post/50466738,
but works OK on the above samples and on Simon's Test Forum Thread.
Is it fully deployed yet or not ?

Direct link | Posted on Jan 5, 2013 at 08:04:43 UTC
On New image viewing options for forums news story (163 comments in total)

hmmm, not working here.
(First click on image does nothing)
Firefox with Adblock.
Do we need to enable something ?

Direct link | Posted on Jan 5, 2013 at 05:25:47 UTC as 68th comment | 6 replies
On Roger Cicala cock-a-hoop* over Sigma's 35mm F1.4 DG HSM news story (92 comments in total)
In reply to:

Retzius: cock-a-hoop?

By Henry M. Hertz (56 min ago)
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cock-a-hoop.html

Zactly,
what's it say about early adopter's remorse ?

Direct link | Posted on Nov 22, 2012 at 03:11:02 UTC
In reply to:

Ron Poelman: Another ad,
really, DPR ???

It's an ad for a movie franchise, Simon.
No prizes for guessing which.
Yet another carefully targeted, seemingly innocent , cross platform product placement.
A technique which is starting to permeate pretty much any and every media product nowadays.
The issue is, when do we start not trusting the content and reviews here ?
Pay for an independent DPR ?
I wish. Would have been happy to.
But, that horse bolted a while ago.

Direct link | Posted on Nov 18, 2012 at 08:41:56 UTC

Another ad,
really, DPR ???

Direct link | Posted on Nov 16, 2012 at 21:19:11 UTC as 19th comment | 10 replies
On A sneak peek at our forthcoming camera test scene news story (324 comments in total)

should work well on a mobile phone.
(Cue sound of stable door),
or is that the sound of the old database biting the dust?
Just how it THAT resource going to be integrated into this
for comparing?

Lets hope it finally comes with a zoom
so you can compare cams with different resolutions at 1:1.

Direct link | Posted on Oct 10, 2012 at 03:12:08 UTC as 145th comment
On Just deployed: New dpreview.com forums system news story (736 comments in total)

How do I search these 677 replies to find out
how to turn on signatures ?
I'm sure it's in here somewhere.

Direct link | Posted on Oct 7, 2012 at 21:55:29 UTC as 52nd comment
In reply to:

Mark Roberts: Has anyone been ASKING for a middle ground, or is this just a push for another proprietary standard that Adobe can license?

So true.
It smacks of a fairly half-baked marketing ploy
to gain a lot of free inches in the Photo press.
Ultimately, it's a shot in the foot
and confirmation for most of us,
that no, they couldn't be trusted with the future.

Direct link | Posted on Oct 6, 2012 at 22:24:57 UTC
On HDR for the Rest of Us article (197 comments in total)

Ditto.
A Sony would have provided dry knees !
Swing out screen, in-camera HDR and focus peaking.

Direct link | Posted on Aug 27, 2012 at 22:50:22 UTC as 74th comment | 2 replies

Stop talking and start boycotting, time to sort it out.
The big risk is freelancers being squeezed out forever
and replaced with in-house hacks.

When it's all said and done though, is ANY modern entertainment
anywhere near, living up to the over the top hype
that passes for promotion nowadays ?
They either want great photos or they don't
and as their target audience is looking at them on a mobile
phone screen, the answer is pachydermly obvious.

End of an era, hopefully with some kicking.

Direct link | Posted on Jun 29, 2012 at 00:59:35 UTC as 60th comment

"Our long term goal is to come every year with attractive new models"

We'll settle for some pricing on this year's ?

Direct link | Posted on May 2, 2012 at 02:08:01 UTC as 15th comment | 1 reply
On Bibble Labs purchased by Corel news story (51 comments in total)

Well, that should push RAW software development back 10 years.
Corel will bury it, spend 2 years trying to implement the multi-core
engine into it's own stuff , fail and then give up.
It certainly explains why no bug fixing has been done in the last
two years.
Maybe, Stephens will release Bibble 4 to Open Source,
it would ease some of the pain.

Direct link | Posted on Jan 8, 2012 at 07:55:58 UTC as 11th comment
On Sigma Germany announces SD1 Wood Edition with burl veneer news story (351 comments in total)

It's what the camera industry has been hanging out for.
A genuinely hilarious company.
It's hard to criticise while you're ROFL.

Direct link | Posted on Oct 13, 2011 at 08:20:54 UTC as 98th comment
On Lytro plenoptic camera used for fashion shoot news story (101 comments in total)
In reply to:

Octane: 500x500 pixel? I see the potential, but I fail to see who would buy a camera with such a low resolution. Being able to change the focus is fun and cool as a demo, but the reduced resolution is too much of a compromise. It makes it virtually useless for any use.

Take a perfectly good shot.
Store it.
Make a copy and fuzz it up.
Show it to the world.
Let the rubes press their buttons to do a simple cut and paste
and set their little techie tails aquiver.
Profit.

Direct link | Posted on Jul 26, 2011 at 05:06:36 UTC
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