electrophoto

I've owned a good number of cameras in the past two decades. And ever since the digital camera emerged we have seen a lot of new stuff in a very short time. - No one FORCES you to upgrade... what...

I'm self employed.... and yes I've heard them all ;) countless times.

people come up with the weirdest reasons why they should be worthy to get work for free or next-to-nothing.
Usual answer: no,...

What the?...

touting religion on photographic forums?

beautiful dog... always  had a soft spot for the staffordshires ;) and I am so glad she doesn't have those damn clipped ears and clipped tail. (I hate people who do this).

Oh well, I guess in 5+ years hipsters will be all over this ;)

Wansai,

the 1st shot is actually quite the opposite of what you claim: contrast is by far too harsh - whilst there are no "blown highlights" there are certainly lost shadow details (especially on...

1st shot fantastic??
How comes - photographically speaking.?

Sure the guy doing the pole is pretty skilled....

but the photo - especially considering it was "posed" (so the "photographer" had...

1st shot fantastic??
How comes - photographically speaking.?

Sure the guy doing the pole is pretty skilled....

but the photo - especially considering it was "posed" (so the "photographer" had...

Old couple:
Underexposed, horrid lack of detail (look at her hair)...
Colours are odd at best, nasty hat-shadow on his face...

Beach:
Well not much of an interesting photo... besides the lack of...

Old couple:
Underexposed, horrid lack of detail (look at her hair)...
Colours are odd at best, nasty hat-shadow on his face...

Beach:
Well not much of an interesting photo... besides the lack of...

xxbluejay21,

Its frankly amazing that the only "reply" to criticism iPhone-hipsters have is "you're jealous..."... it's getting a tad old.

The thing with the pictures above is simply this:
they...

I get it:

Take:
- Bad post processing (auto filter crap)
- mediocre framing and subject selection
- stupid rating system (do & don't)
- Very average to low picture quality
- Social...

for 250$ you can get yourself a compact camera, (more compact than the iPhone + attachement) that works A LOT better than this abomination and actually takes good photographs.
And the best part?...

for 250$ you can get yourself a compact camera, (more compact than the iPhone + attachement) that works A LOT better than this abomination and actually takes good photographs.
And the best part?...

Just why? why would anyone want such a useless, thing.
it's not even funny or cool.... plain stupid stuff.

yet what I have seen in this regard from the  X100/X100s is quite pleasing.... I'm not looking for insane bokeh like from a 50mm f0.95 on a full frame 35mm dslr... or forget about some of the large...

Thanks! very helpful insight!

and I'm so glad I still drive my Cugnot Steam Trolley.

elitist bs..

I'm undecided about my next camera purchase. Originally I wanted to get the X20 as a "smallish" travel camera for mostly street, some landscape and some portrait-style photography. However as I'm a...