Draek

Nope; I have a good enough "monitor" (actually a 42" HDTV), and I don't see anything of the sort, just like theory predicted. One of the benefits of being a cynic with a scientific education---you...

I do, whenever I'm shooting with a mind towards making new desktop wallpapers for my PC. Fun little pasttime. Both. All cropping requires a new, thoughtful approach to composition to remain an...

Canon S110. For decent low-light performance and excellent file quality in regular conditions you need a RAW-capable premium compact or ILC, the former typically don't have 5x zooms while the...

Is the SX280's battery life really that bad? with my A1200 and a 4 GB card, I've run out of space long before I run out of battery (I guesstimate an 8 GB card would cut it close, but my money's...

Well, we all have our knee-jerk responses, but you did the right thing in keeping them to yourself until you got a more solid perspective instead of instantly sending threatening emails and...

Like how film photography is a combination of physics and chemistry? just admit you're wrong and move on. It's not elitism; it's a simple example, and one you failed to understand. Yes, lambda...

Umm... no. You'll have to elaborate much further than that, because as it stands a mere "publish contact information?" checkbox for Flickr's profile page would more than suffice for addressing your...

One of the things I despise the most about the Internet is how people act like rabid dogs whenever they hear something that seems to offend their sensibilities, without even taking two seconds to...

Dunno... anything? Photoshop has long been the "jack of all trades, master of none" of the imaging industry, so depending on which specific features you used its ideal replacement changes quite...

Not really. It's not just software, but it's not about design either. Such ignorant words---ever hear about the Church-Turing tesis? no? thought so. Go back to school before you continue making a...

That rather depends on where you live, doesn't it? here in Chile the A57 is about $100 more than the A58 with equivalent lenses (single and twin-lens), and the A58 even has a kit with the 18-135,...

Nothing, to be honest; I do need more than Lightroom and Paint.NET, but the capabilities of the program I use (Lightzone) aren't present in Photoshop either, so to incorporate them would reequire a...

Yup, personal choice is just that, but you don't get to decide on facts; digital audio does sound closer to the source than LPs. You might like the distortions introduced, much like people like...

Surprisingly, you're wrong. Macro-contrast and flare resistance are the main ones, but I think there were other optical factors affecting DR and apparent exposure. Well, vignetting and light...

If Steve Jobs did, it's purely because he was the epitome of a rich, arrogant hipster and repeatedly showed signs of not understanding technology one bit more than your average grandma. Same goes...

You missed the most important part of your idea: why the GIMP does not suffice and why your proposed solution wouldn't suffer from the same problems.

Not directly, no, but they're both symptoms of a larger trend towards having all data sit on the 'net instead of stored locally in special-purpose media.

I think (and hope) he was talking about classical music, as it's the lone area where it'd make sense.

Lightroom. I might do further editing in Lightzone (for B&W) or the GIMP (for images meant for web use; LR doesn't give the same degree of control), but RAW development is always done in Lightroom...

I'm far from a pixel-peeper, and I'm usually on the side of "who cares about technical aspects if the image is strong", but... smartphones, really? they offer sub-compact files and sub-compact...