Louis_Dobson

I think a lot of people missed the point, although it is in the text, that the four original shots were created by picking up my camera and shooting my lunch at four aperture settings before eating...

The former of those is how I would do it.What background is she supposed to be removing?  She's shot shallow to emphasis the food.  And quite right too!On my shots by the way I could easily have...

Dof is fine, to me.  No, I'd not eat it.

I was going to sarcastically ask you if you ever take pictures, but I see that you do, and that you are a design engineer, so i can see how it might grate.I've just spend some considerable time...

Yes, thank you, that's what I was trying to say.When I am doing a food shot I am:1)  Trying to put out of focus anything that is not the food.  That does not mean necessarily hide it, I often...

Interesting.  I prefer shallower than you, clearly...  The bowl one, which you like, is as deep as it is because it was shot for the bowl maker :-)

Very interesting, thank you.I am genuinely very surprised.

f2.8 is an artificial measure.Focal length / the entry pupil of the lens = the f number.Or from here on in, FL/A=f.  And, equally, FL/f=A.Let's say you have a 50mm f2 lens.  That gives you an entry...

Aha!  Well, that's what I was missing.  Well, it is almost worth it to watch Joe Mama getting apoplexy, but for me, no, that's daft.You can see why though - with big sensors now the enthusiast...

The worse ergos are becoming a meme.  I like the ergos!  The camera feels small because one is used to something bigger.  Took me a week until I liked it.  I prefer it to my old GH2, D3,...

It's worth bearing in mind the FT conf seems to have gone stark, staring mad, and what you hear there are not rumours but paranoia and fantasies.Out here though, things are more rational.The Oly...

MFT enables you to make smaller wide angle lenses.  I fine the 7-14 panny as good as the 7-14 zuiko (not everyone agrees mine) and it is a fraction the size.A 50-200 f2.8-f3.5 would only be a bit...

As I said, the first four shots were ONLY taken for this discussion, and are not intended to have any artistic merit.As for the others, the 75 f6.7 is my least favourite - I had to take that, it's...

As I said, they were only taken for the DoF argument.  Just shots of my lunch.  The other three are for a purpose, and are proper shots (of their type).  Lighting is designed to catch...

Indeed.  It is worth bearing in mind ergonomics are fairly personal though.  I know the 5D well, I'll attach a few pictures from it.  I much prefer the OM-D ergonomics!  It rather depends on what...

I post the occasional food shot, which are generally shallow DoF as most food shots should be, and I occasionally find people saying "Ooh no, you should have lots of DoF, bits of the food are out...

Indeed.  Whereas in all seriousness a D800E would be perfect for what I do (seascapes, heavy PP, huge prints), but as I found with the D3 carting it, and especially, the lenses about spoils my...

I love the ergonomics myself.  I spent a few days feeling it was too small and the buttons squishy, but that's long gone.  Hate the grip, makes it needlessly big.Only gripe, bracketing hidden in...

If you don't do heavy PP in RAW, don't shoot in low light, don't shoot action, don't print huge prints, don't shoot in extreme conditions, don't use multiple off camera flashes... If you do none of...

Just give it the new features the E-P5 has, make bracketing easier to access, add PDAF is possible (if it still can't be done, so be it) and we're done here.Very happy with mind.  Initial reaction...