Bart Hickman

A 35mm/1.2 lens would be no problem on any NEX body.  I personally think an 85/1.4 lens would also be fine on the NEX6 or 7.  Much longer than that and it might be beneficial for Sony to make a...

IMO, Acorn should probably be ranked above Pixelmator, especially for any sort of semi-fancy masking activities.

I believe the data on a sensor is highly parallel for most of the distance (ie., one readout line per row), so the speeds are pretty slow on the die.  Compared to the density DRAM circuitry has to...

This only applies to internal interconnect running at extremely high speed.  This does not apply to external interconnect which is what we're talking about for AF speed.  For that, you must rely on...

I don't see how this factor can be significant.  The types of speeds that are important for focusing are measured in milliseconds.  The types of speed differences due to sensor size (propagation...

I'm sure a 35mm/1.2 lens would be useful on the NEX system, but I'm confused as to why Nikon introducing the N1 32/1.2 lens has any bearing on that.  These are completely different lenses with...

Canon makes an 85mm F/1.2 lens right now and I suspect an E-mount version would be even longer simply to take up the shorter flange distance.  The E-mount version would likely be just as large a...

Count me in on this.  Throw in an updated focus motor and it'd be a winner. Bart

These are very nice shots.   As for the 10-18, it looks noticeably better than my Pentax 12-24--especially around the edges. Bart

Agree.  I'll add that it's best to set exposure comp to +2 and when indoors you'll get a pretty long exposure time (a few seconds perhaps) and I actually shake the camera slightly during this...

According to Fuji, having the rear element large and close to the sensor is a good thing--they brag about it on their website.  They say it helps both corner sharpness and vignetting. I looked at...

I thought at least some of the test shots were on the NEX-7. Bart

This link has F/2.8 shots: http://dunkelkammer.co/blog/entry/hands-on-x-mount-fuji-vs-carl-zeiss-touit Bart

Any corner softening is subtle at best.  And this is F/2.8. Dang, I was considering the Sony 10-18, but this complicates the decision. Bart

When I'm carrying my kit, I don't want to mess around with the strap as I pull the camera in and out of the bag.  Sometimes the dang strap snags, especially in heavy forest, and nearly causes me to...

I know--that's why I put "online" in quotes. The fact remains I'm paying over 100% more for the same functionality I had before.

Because it's a disruptive change for the worse. Moving to another product is less preferable to Adobe remaining at their previous pricing. Even if they raised prices slightly it wouldn't be so...

fkazmi, the analogy with most professional software doesn't hold here. Most professional software has absolutely no amateur user base and not nearly the sales volume of photohsop so the only...

Photoshop isn't like other professional business software most of which have miniscule unit volume sales compared to Photoshop so they *have* to charge a significant support fee because the...

The author of Acorn 4 has excellent timing having just updated it significantly.