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I doubt it, the vignetting would be terrible.

You mean you're *not* a princess? All my illusions are shattered. :(

Mmmmm... Shh now! I'm busy imagining.

That makes sense, thanks. The ability to use exposure compensation certainly increases the utility.

As for semantics, the whole "modes" thing seems terribly outdated and pointless to me. Just give...

Could someone explain TAv mode to me in more detail? As far as I can tell, it's the same thing as shooting in M on any other camera, but with auto ISO turned on. Is that right?

It seems like a lot of people are. I won't be upgrading until it arrives.

All this photo book stuff seems like such a niche feature, yet it has a tab all to itself at the top of the interface, and seems to be occupying a lot of the developers' time.

Surely automatic...

A GPU assists processing, helping the CPU - it's nothing to do with RAM.

Starting a new catalogue every year completely defeats the object of having a searchable library. To be useful, it needs to be a single library containing all your images. If the app is choking due...

This needn't be a feature of the lens, any lens with an auto-focus motor will be quite capable, if the camera supports it. It's annoying that so few do. I believe the Magic Lantern custom firmware...

@SiliconVoid - I think you must be confusing the Canon MP-E 65 with a different lens, since it behaves precisely the opposite of how you describe. The lens has only one control ring, for changing...

I'm guessing there's only one real gas bag here. ;)

I'm so glad I scrolled down to the comments section to read your "comment".

Heck, if you can stretch to the $40 level we throw in the 2m high rock-steady tripod that fits in your pocket.

Of course, you don't really need a tripod when our IS saves you better than 12 stops.

You figure wrong, I find my cellphone kinda useful. As for commenting on articles in which you have no interest, just do it to the tune of "Hush" by Deep Purple.

Wow. You want to walk up to a child in Angola who's lost his leg (or maybe his best friend) to a landmine and say to him "hey kid, could be worse - you could have to use a cell phone!"

Is there an awful lot of point in dreaming up concepts that are physically impossible to realise?

I could knock up a 3D render of a cool looking compact camera, and write things like "8-400mm f1.4...

@Wye - you seem to be saying that how genuine something is depends on how difficult it is. Perhaps you should create all your future images using only a stick to draw with ink on tissue paper.

@Wye - part of me agrees with you, but the problem is this: sometimes you genuinely can't tell if an image has been manipulated in some way. If you see an amazing image with an interesting...

While I agree with you to some degree, it isn't as black and white as you make out. Where does "manipulation" end and "editing" begin? Which category does HDR fall under? Photoshopping out a tiny...