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Small images like that will look the same from any camera. Sensor resolution is not a problem if only need 0.5 MP final image. You need a good light, good lens without aberrations, and camera with...

I had this lens, and it's at best mediocre. From the optical standpoint, it has an ok resolution on the short end, when closed down, terrible on the long end, and fully open. It doesn't have good...

You can safely ignore that drivel. The long lenses are great for shooting strangers. They don't pay attention to you, don't try to pose, or behave unnatural. The long lens also provides a better...

.. suitable for a funeral service :-)

I can't imaging anybody not doing any PP, at the very least people do cropping and conversion, but most people try to bring the best from their images, even simple adjustments in LR can make a...

Digital zoom is just a crop followed by a quick in-camera upsizing. Any PP software would do a better job from RAW image than a limited in-camera processor. Unfortunately, image quality goes out of...

For most people photography is not their day job, most people don't toil creating a documentary for the future generations either. For the majority of people photography is a hobby -- something...

The price went up $3 since last sale, reflection of demand :-) The adapter you are looking at is for K-mount, the M42 lenses won't fit. I don't remember if there are M42->K adapters. There are...

... when discussing trivialities and biased opinions swell to 150 post threads, there is something very wrong with the forum ...

You meant to say 5+ stops = log(245/7). Eight stops is max what 8-bit jpeg can produce :P The image shown here, of course, doesn't tell anything about the dynamic range recorded. One would need to...

I'm surprised nobody mentioned it, but all full size images look soft.

Did she talk about evil pressure cookers and the need for background checks to purchase one?

I don't know where that 'stellar' is coming from. I don't have the lens, so I can't take it for a test run, but I did browse a lot of images, including the cherry-picked official ones. Those didn't...

'Good' and 'bad' are subjective qualifications, it usually takes experience using various lenses to be able to sort them by 'goodness'. But the measurements in those reviews are pretty objective,...

If you are so picky about lenses you will likely be disappointed. Though Panasonic 14-45mm is one of the best m4/3 zooms it's still just a consumer zoom, nowhere as good as primes:

Yep. * If somebody wants to limit D800 to the level of OM-D, they will be better with OM-D. * If somebody wants to limit D800 to the level of P&S, they will be better with P&S. * If somebody wants...

Then why didn't you compare D800 to Sony RX-100 or some other P&S? -- Those look like fulfilling those needs even better.

Your evil twin?

Interesting shots, but the colors look strange, with unreal contrast, jarring, as if they were tone-mapped. That usually works when you want to show the negative, gloomy vibes -- dirty streets,...

Really? So much trouble to say the obvious? That's trivializing the issues. No more equally valid than a P&S comparison. Then Sony RX-100 is even a better choice, and there are plenty of others...