Steve_

Steve_

Lives in United States TN, United States
Works as a GIS monkey
Joined on Jul 1, 2006
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  • How much is perfection worth? Well, maybe not perfection, put certainly an entire can of pretty-dang-good. People have paid so much more for so much less, optically. But all that said, if you look...
  • Try 'leasing intellectual property', Deano.

  • This might just be the dawn of some serious GD piracy. I picture hackers doing high-fives all over India, eastern Europe and Russia. Imagine when the only 'real' (non-cloud) version of Photoshop...

  • Only you can say in this case because you rate your current cameras as adequate for your needs. That makes any improvement a G5 brings by definition a luxury, and only you can say how much luxuries...
  • Replied in false economy
    I've had my OMD for a year now, and it's worth 80-90% of what I paid. Exactly why should I have waited that year? You'll suffer greater depreciation in the first year of an OMD bought now. The...
  • It's the ocean.
  • Replied in me likey
    Yes, a bit of flash would really open up the detail in the lower half of the spider's face. Something like the supplied clip-on flash set to -2EV. Or a hotshoe flash like an Olympus FL36/600/50R...
  • Unless it's something like a Digital Rebel, you'll have to spend a bit deeper to get a good enough sensor to make this all work. The very cheapest body I can recommend would be the Panasonic G5. It...
  • To be honest it would be more praise for Panasonic, as Marumi has proven to be one the best polarizers available. You can buy real ones via ebay from the seller eventcameras. I have purchased the...
  • I bought mine a year ago or so for $168 shipped. I don't see the guy listing any now. But I've not heard anybody with a tale of woe. It seems most, if not all, the Hong Kong-based ebay sellers have...
  • Numbers be damned, the 12-35 is one very sharp lens. Exceedingly so for a zoom. Certainly sharp enough, if not precisely as sharp as the 12/2.0. The only real downside (other than price) of the...
  • Replied in me likey
    Really nice shots. The flower shots are beyond reproach. A touch of fill on the spider's face would have taken that shot from really nice to perfect. The 60M is one of the two m43s lenses worth...
  • My understanding is that these are produced by Marumi, and as such would be multi-coated and of good quality. You can purchase Marumi branded filters for very attractive prices via ebay.
  • You've noticed the problem with your 12MP Oly - they like to blow the highlights. Other than that, they are pretty good. The Sony 16MP sensor fixes that as decisively as possible given the pixel...
  • Jim,

    As I have both a G5 and an OMD in the house, perhaps you'll spare me your definition of what the difference 'actually' is. I've shot the cameras; I know. A lifetime of DXOMark study will not...

  • I think less customization would be needed if a little common sense entered the determination of the default controls for most modern cameras.

    To whit - only Pentax can figure out that in the...

  • The G5, whether you fancy it the greatest or worst camera of all time, was consigned to the bargain bin by its unexciting sensor choice - at a time when that decision made a lot more sense than...

  • This is one of the fundamental cornerstones of photography. All lenses have a finite depth of field, it has just gone unnoticed until now. less focal length higher f-stop greater distance to...
  • I picked up 10 of these $5 via a Wolf Camera closeout on ebay. They are perfect for the 14, 20 and 25mm Pannys.
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