sean lancaster

Some of the best advice I've received on these forums have come from guys with fairly mundane portfolios themselves. Robert Hughes was described as the greatest art critic of our time and he wasn't...

I did a month in South Africa last year with the Zeiss 24 and the SEL 50/1.8. The only time I used the SEL 50/1.8 was when I felt like I'd better use it or else it wouldn't get used. And, I never...

Until your post, I didn't realize CS6 was free. Thanks.

I will continue to use CS3 until it no longer works. I was just thinking ahead to when it doesn't work and wondering if my only option then will need a subscription.

I am still using Photoshop CS3 that I bought at the educator price. So, the price jump on the subscription model is astronomical for me if I were to upgrade since I haven't spent a dime in 2008,...

I have used my Android phone twice, but the setup time to turn on wifi and connect my phone is more of a nuisance to me than not. I agree with db - a swivel/articulating LCD on back is great. I...

I think this is exactly right. This processing used is the artist's interpretation of the photograph he took; not newspaper-like documentary photos and it's not represented as such. I enjoy the...

As I noted above, "we have curmudgeons who are set to prove their point by acting obtuse (e.g., 'I fail to see the story so I must be correct')."

I saw similar lines of arguing in the, "I don't get Street Photography" thread as well. What I think is happening is not so much that people don't want to "see the story" or "appreciate street...

The fallacy in your presentation of the argument is that you seem to want the factual "story" instead of the story that our imagination creates. I see that rodeo shot and I can enjoy it because...

Some people see my paintings and think art, but the reality is that just I buy brushes that have been carefully designed to produce certain brushstroke looks and I also buy paints that are made for...

Just a response in general, but I see a lot of people who look at pretty good street photos and dismiss them as being poor photographs because they're trying to make a point. I could look at any...

I have a Sony NEX 5N and the Zeiss 24/1.8 lens. In good light, I can be hard pressed to tell the difference between that combo and my 6D with the Sigma 35/1.4, but I can tell the difference. And,...

35 is my preferred focal length. In fact, I originally bought an RX1 to get 35 in a FF format . . . but AF was too slow in mediocre light. Sigh. But the Sigma is easily going to become the lens on...

Might seem odd, but the 50/1.2 L is the lens that caused me to consider the 6D and then buy it. I upgraded from an NEX camera. I received the Sigma 35/1.4 yesterday and I don't anticipate getting...

I received a PM . . . Just to clear up any confusion, I wrote: I purchased 2 of these lenses (sort of an accident; I didn't expect both to ship same day) and tested both and kept the one that was...

Unless you shoot with live view then you cannot use an AF point that falls on the rule of thirds points of the 6D as they're too bunched in middle. I don't know that the 5DIII has this either . . ....

Thank you for explaining that, James.

For many people, sure. But . . . Zeiss ZE 135mm f/2 APO-Sonnar for Canon  There are bunches of lenses that are very high quality, and even the best their respective focal lengths, that do not AF.

I do not press this DoF button and have never pressed it in my 3 weeks of owning the camera. Should I be using it? I have in inkling for what I'll get at various apertures. I had loosely read about...