luxborealis

Crap like this happens ALL THE TIME. Photographs are acclaimed more for a cutsey or gritty title or the backstory of the image or the backstory of the photographer rather than the image, itself....

Crap like this happens ALL THE TIME. Photographs are acclaimed more for a cutsey or gritty title or the backstory of the image or the backstory of the photographer rather than the image, itself....

We certainly live in an amazing era of technological wonder. I am constantly amazed at how far we have come in such a short time...

I started in digital 10 years ago with a Minolta similar to this...

Wow - reading through the comments, I am surprised at the vehemence surrounding jpeg vs raw files. It's quite simple: people who take pictures shoot jpegs...people who make photographs shoot raw....

I must admit to being rather surprised the OM-D EM-5 came out on top. Except for those few of us who prefer detail in our landscapes to go with dynamic range, maybe the pixel war is truly finished....

What a rip-off - $224 more for the tripod collar/mount. that make it over $1600. To compare it to the just over $2000 ƒ2.8 - the extra $400-500 is worth it.

My initial reaction was "What a rip-off" $224 more for the tripod collar/mount - that make the total package over $1600. To compare it to the $2100 ƒ2.8 - the extra $400-500 is worth it.

If they...

About 10 years ago, I put out an internet plea for the following modelled on the style of a 4x5 view camera mostly for landscape photography. Being a 4x5 user, it's the sensor that is most...

About 10 years ago, I put out an internet plea for the following modelled on the style of a 4x5 view camera mostly for landscape photography. Being a 4x5 user, it's the sensor that is most...

Placed 28^th in the challenge. Two of the work's largest freshwater baymouth sand bars form Sandbanks Provincial Park on Lake Ontario.

Placed 3^rd in the challenge. I pass this fence everyday on my way to work and home again.

Ordered a D800e mid-April from Vistek Mississauga. Received June 15th. Amazing performance!!

Here two samples of what the D800e can do...Settings: Nikkor 300mm ƒ4 AF-S IF-ED; ƒ5.6 @ 1/60; ISO200; no filter; on a sturdy tripod & head & MLU; NEF 14-bit raw capture. All images are screen...

Placed 65^th in the challenge. Leopard, Maasai Kopjes, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Placed 148^th in the challenge. Webster's Falls along the NIagara Escarpment, Dundas, Ontario

Last Friday I finally received my D800e. The next morning I was out before dawn putting it through its paces. Here are four images from that morning along with screen captures of 100% views.The...