Dennis

I've never understood what any controversy was about.  It's one of those lenses where a few people report a "bad copy" and next thing you know, everyone thinking about one is afraid of getting a...

I heard on NPR's Market that Sony makes most of its money selling life insurance in Japan.  (They also mentioned the nearly $1 billion sale of the NY headquarters.  Still beats a loss. - Dennis

I think part of the problem ... with Adobe, with Intuit, with other companies that have built themselves up around a product, is that at some point, the product matures, yet the company is...

Nope.   I tend to like to simulate shift effects in PP (Lightroom 5 beta has some neat options) in many shots.  But this does not bother me.  If I could fix them w/o skewing the subject, I probably...

It's the subscription model. With perpetual license, I decide to pay a one time fee for a known product (plus bug fixes). If I find no value in the next release, I skip it. With the subscription...

The RX100 is an excellent alternative to an APS-C camera (NEX or DSLR) with kit zoom, but neither is going to give you those blurred backgrounds.  The kit lens at the tele end at f/5.6 is going to...

Great point. I rarely use CS6; LR does most of what I want to do. I suppose Adobe's answer to that is Elements. I've tried it and dislike it. From the tax man to AT&T and Verizon, cable...

The perpetual license model lets you decide whether you want to pay for the development the company chooses to do. So you like the product at version X, you pay money for it, and the money that...

I'm with you on this one.  I've never really subscribed to that idea that a picture can or should *tell* a story.  A good picture might *suggest* a story, by giving you an introduction, or a sample...

S Mode. Most often, but not always. Why ?  Well, for most of my shooting, I'm happy to shoot with the lens wide open to get the shutter speed I want without bumping the ISO too high, so I shoot in...

The compact camera is already dying due to inferior cell phones, so this is just a step along the way. It's only significant if lots of people buy them.  Do lots of people buy Sony cell phones...

I've never found ratings worth a whole lot.  Ratings are based on arbitrary priorities (arbitrary may be the wrong word, but the point is, they're based on a set of priorities that probably doesn't...

It's a good point ... but I don't think I see them as 4 similar choices because I see the Zeiss as being out of contention for most people (a grand for an f/1.8 normal ?) and I see the cheaper...

Personally, I'd prefer a 70mm lens for the candids I use a short tele for.  (I use an 85 on my DSLR).  I definitely find a 50 too short.  60 would be better.  But it's not a macro lens and so $250...

In all honesty, it was seeing less & less usage over time for a little while before getting the RX100.  But the NEX was never intended to be my main system; it was always the carry-everywhere...

Don't take that as gospel !  I noticed it with this latest batch of backlit shots and have noticed a general trend to overexpose in similar situations.  If you're shooting a landscape or scene...

The trick is to identify when the metering system is prone to overexposing.  I also have the D7000 and find that it tends to overexpose in backlit situations.  Kind of ironic, because dumb meters...

A rumor is just a rumor, of course, but AFAIC, the latest SR5 rumors on SAR (about the demise of the SLT) are suggesting exactly this - that Sony is going to stop putting a semi-transparent mirror...

I've always read that "portrait length" is anywhere from 85 to 135.  50 works out to 75mm equivalent which is a bit shorter than 85, but if you prefer the longer end of that range (as I do) then...

So you've got two different things going on there. I agree that more MP does not decrease IQ and can only help.  But you also have diminishing returns.  To suggest that the HX300 is better than the...