Ed Gaillard: The thing I want to know about new tablets, that never gets mentioned, is their color fidelity.
I want a tablet with the iPad's color fidelity (and somewhere close to its resolution) that doesn't lock me into the Apple ecosystem.
AFAIK, nothing like that exists, but it's hard to tell because nobody seems interested in testing color rendition.
nobody seems interested in testing color rendition, because nowadays are more concerned with the ability of distorted colors and filters that can be applied to an image. Fast images, fast PP is the Moto for nowadays. Mass production of image, and all look the same.
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Posted on Feb 28, 2013 at 23:51:39 UTC
They need much further quantity of quality. After all the storms in the Instagram awhile ago. There is another network with better quality than Instagram for socialnetworkphoneshots out there. IMO.
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Posted on Feb 27, 2013 at 06:14:24 UTC
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Digitall: 999€ this!? Buy a Mini iPad+iPhone and you are ready to go.
I know what is 999€, and I know what I can buy on market by this value. Buy this couple and you will be married for all their life with this combo. Not suite for me. The lack of padphone cross-compatibility lineup is quite the downer, you know. iPhone 4S/5 have a 2.4 lens, you know in photography what mean 0,4 aperture? Do not go for the most obvious, the numbers can be tricky.
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Posted on Feb 27, 2013 at 00:12:50 UTC
Several years ago it was said that the picture does not lie. Nowadays both lie, photography and photographer. Much more than in the days of analog. Welcome to digital world fever. If the judges are impressed by these works, much more impressed were the people who would not dream how much is done in this area. We will see in the next photos that want to go through real and consequently win prizes. However this was not the first nor the last to do something like this.
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Posted on Feb 26, 2013 at 19:48:00 UTC
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Kudos to Adobe, this 4.4 do a better job overall. Just proves that there is always room for improvements,. That's what you want from a leader in image processing. This time, it seems that many people are tempted to buy the X100S. Now I'm more interested in buying X100S. None of this is by chance, Adobe did this even before the launch of X100S, everything has a logical. Business logic.
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Posted on Feb 26, 2013 at 17:25:57 UTC
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Digitall: I had an HTC and not want any more. HTC is poor in after sales service and troubleshooting software. My experience.
To say with all sincerity, my was still under warranty, there was missing for about 4 months to complete, threw him against the wall and then stamped it, then put it in the trash. I swear.
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Posted on Feb 22, 2013 at 07:26:36 UTC
yabokkie: good lenses, but it's very unefficient shooting APS-C with full-frame lenses, but it's more difficult to make same good lenses for APS-C DSLRs at the same quality and cost, that APS-C DSLRs deserve to die.
btw, 24.00MP DX translates to 56.56MP FX, that we know there should be no problem we go double D800, and maybe quad D800 resolutions.
Always bought FF lenses, I have no DX lens at all, and it was the best way I could take, so I use FF or DX bodies without duplicating investment on lens. Shooting with FF lenses have always advantages, even on DX bodies. IMO.
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Posted on Feb 22, 2013 at 06:11:28 UTC
Haider: 24MP is useless for TV slideshows, 8x10 or A3 prints. You'd rather just have bigger photosites to give you even better DR and low-light/available light performance. The lens required to make big enough prints for 24MP ain't in the price range of the camera body purchasers???
@Mike99999, 35mm+50mm=85mm=$400, 85mm by $400 too, so, Nikon are selling the mm by ~$4,75 :)
How much other brands sell the mm?
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Posted on Feb 21, 2013 at 23:27:16 UTC
Still speaking of World Press Photo 2013, this is a true story, I read some stories of photographers and this caught my attention in particular...
Portuguese unemployed wins World Press Photo prize with photo taken in Guinea-Bissau! Daniel Rodrigues, 25, won the first prize in the category "Daily Life", the contest of 2013 World Press Photo, the winners of which were announced on Friday. The photograph that won the prize was taken in Guinea-Bissau and portrays a football game in a 'field' improvised. The Portuguese photographer has been unemployed since September and had to sell his photographs for a living. His greatest desire is to regain camera, lenses and equipment, in order to return again to photojournalism. The prize was 1.500€, about 1998 usd. Makes us think a little...
Digitall: Adding more glass over existing glass, does not convince me in quality. However the test images, I see that there is enough CA enough to not get convinced with the quality you can expect a product like this. The idea of applying to the M4/3 is good, it may be useful to many, but not more than that, a good idea. If M4/3 users will want to broaden their horizons at the expense of this accessory, so I think that will be in the wrong format sensor. Versatility vs. quality, there are always a option.
Not a statement, is an opinion.
This product fill a gap that's native format sensor can not naturally offer. It's like putting silicone in the breasts for cosmetic reasons only. Personally I prefer the compact system with interchangeable lenses from Fuji, the X. with APS-C, for compact proposes. Or the FF. Without silicone :)
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Posted on Feb 5, 2013 at 01:09:36 UTC
500px start to be boring a long time a go... almost always the same theme are top photos to join the dubious voting system, totally partial, photographs have highlighted the most popular while other excellent works or have a no comment or vote, and so continue. Oh and almost all images posted are overly super-post-processed, many of which led to exaggeration, being only fast food for the eyes. And do not even want to talk about the Editor choices, some are authentic jokes. Is biased in your code, and tends to exalt always the same thing. Begins to lose no big deal..., imo.
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Posted on Feb 2, 2013 at 12:00:34 UTC
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Adding more glass over existing glass, does not convince me in quality. However the test images, I see that there is enough CA enough to not get convinced with the quality you can expect a product like this. The idea of applying to the M4/3 is good, it may be useful to many, but not more than that, a good idea. If M4/3 users will want to broaden their horizons at the expense of this accessory, so I think that will be in the wrong format sensor. Versatility vs. quality, there are always a option.
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Posted on Feb 2, 2013 at 05:26:28 UTC
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When come out the Nikon Coolpix B? :)
Anyway, here is a video from this model:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8dVE9gu96A
Ed Gaillard: The thing I want to know about new tablets, that never gets mentioned, is their color fidelity.
I want a tablet with the iPad's color fidelity (and somewhere close to its resolution) that doesn't lock me into the Apple ecosystem.
AFAIK, nothing like that exists, but it's hard to tell because nobody seems interested in testing color rendition.
nobody seems interested in testing color rendition, because nowadays are more concerned with the ability of distorted colors and filters that can be applied to an image. Fast images, fast PP is the Moto for nowadays. Mass production of image, and all look the same.
Contradictions are valid too(25%):
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/instagram-lost-nearly-25-daily-active-users-due-to-policy-changes-311300
They need much further quantity of quality. After all the storms in the Instagram awhile ago. There is another network with better quality than Instagram for socialnetworkphoneshots out there. IMO.
Digitall: 999€ this!? Buy a Mini iPad+iPhone and you are ready to go.
I know what is 999€, and I know what I can buy on market by this value. Buy this couple and you will be married for all their life with this combo. Not suite for me.
The lack of padphone cross-compatibility lineup is quite the downer, you know. iPhone 4S/5 have a 2.4 lens, you know in photography what mean 0,4 aperture? Do not go for the most obvious, the numbers can be tricky.
999€ this!? Buy a Mini iPad+iPhone and you are ready to go.
Several years ago it was said that the picture does not lie. Nowadays both lie, photography and photographer. Much more than in the days of analog. Welcome to digital world fever.
If the judges are impressed by these works, much more impressed were the people who would not dream how much is done in this area. We will see in the next photos that want to go through real and consequently win prizes. However this was not the first nor the last to do something like this.
Kudos to Adobe, this 4.4 do a better job overall. Just proves that there is always room for improvements,. That's what you want from a leader in image processing. This time, it seems that many people are tempted to buy the X100S. Now I'm more interested in buying X100S. None of this is by chance, Adobe did this even before the launch of X100S, everything has a logical. Business logic.
Digitall: I had an HTC and not want any more. HTC is poor in after sales service and troubleshooting software. My experience.
To say with all sincerity, my was still under warranty, there was missing for about 4 months to complete, threw him against the wall and then stamped it, then put it in the trash. I swear.
yabokkie: good lenses,
but it's very unefficient shooting APS-C with full-frame lenses,
but it's more difficult to make same good lenses for APS-C DSLRs
at the same quality and cost, that APS-C DSLRs deserve to die.
btw, 24.00MP DX translates to 56.56MP FX, that we know there should be no problem we go double D800, and maybe quad D800 resolutions.
Always bought FF lenses, I have no DX lens at all, and it was the best way I could take, so I use FF or DX bodies without duplicating investment on lens. Shooting with FF lenses have always advantages, even on DX bodies. IMO.
First impressions this camera seems to be a APS-C winer. Great details, nice camera for who want APS_C format sensor on DSLR.
Haider: 24MP is useless for TV slideshows, 8x10 or A3 prints. You'd rather just have bigger photosites to give you even better DR and low-light/available light performance. The lens required to make big enough prints for 24MP ain't in the price range of the camera body purchasers???
@Mike99999, 35mm+50mm=85mm=$400, 85mm by $400 too, so, Nikon are selling the mm by ~$4,75 :)
How much other brands sell the mm?
I had an HTC and not want any more. HTC is poor in after sales service and troubleshooting software. My experience.
Nice idea, flaw in the conception. Extremely small and light for a good image stabilization in aquatic environments. Too low POV.
Still speaking of World Press Photo 2013, this is a true story, I read some stories of photographers and this caught my attention in particular...
Portuguese unemployed wins World Press Photo prize with photo taken in Guinea-Bissau! Daniel Rodrigues, 25, won the first prize in the category "Daily Life", the contest of 2013 World Press Photo, the winners of which were announced on Friday. The photograph that won the prize was taken in Guinea-Bissau and portrays a football game in a 'field' improvised. The Portuguese photographer has been unemployed since September and had to sell his photographs for a living. His greatest desire is to regain camera, lenses and equipment, in order to return again to photojournalism.
The prize was 1.500€, about 1998 usd.
Makes us think a little...
http://www.worldpressphoto.org/awards/2013/daily-life/daniel-rodrigues?gallery=6096
News link (translated by Bing) http://sol.sapo.pt/inicio/Cultura/Interior.aspx?content_id=68305
Too much PP for photojournalism pictures?
Will be competing for the Guinness Book?
Photography these days for the masses, is like fast food. It is beautiful to see, but it has a plastic taste.
Digitall: Adding more glass over existing glass, does not convince me in quality. However the test images, I see that there is enough CA enough to not get convinced with the quality you can expect a product like this. The idea of applying to the M4/3 is good, it may be useful to many, but not more than that, a good idea. If M4/3 users will want to broaden their horizons at the expense of this accessory, so I think that will be in the wrong format sensor. Versatility vs. quality, there are always a option.
Not a statement, is an opinion.
This product fill a gap that's native format sensor can not naturally offer. It's like putting silicone in the breasts for cosmetic reasons only.
Personally I prefer the compact system with interchangeable lenses from Fuji, the X. with APS-C, for compact proposes. Or the FF. Without silicone :)
500px start to be boring a long time a go... almost always the same theme are top photos to join the dubious voting system, totally partial, photographs have highlighted the most popular while other excellent works or have a no comment or vote, and so continue. Oh and almost all images posted are overly super-post-processed, many of which led to exaggeration, being only fast food for the eyes. And do not even want to talk about the Editor choices, some are authentic jokes. Is biased in your code, and tends to exalt always the same thing. Begins to lose no big deal..., imo.
Adding more glass over existing glass, does not convince me in quality. However the test images, I see that there is enough CA enough to not get convinced with the quality you can expect a product like this. The idea of applying to the M4/3 is good, it may be useful to many, but not more than that, a good idea. If M4/3 users will want to broaden their horizons at the expense of this accessory, so I think that will be in the wrong format sensor. Versatility vs. quality, there are always a option.