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Given the choice between a gold plated toilet and a gold IPhone I would probably take the toilet.
I adds new meaning to the word bling.
Let them eat cake someone quoted (Supposedly) and they landed up headless. Adobe is cutting out a lot of the developing world with this move. I wonder if they realist that in a few years China will be the largest economy. Ah well fleece them while we can as long as the shareholders get there return in the short term.
The folks at Corel and ACDsee and others must be popping the bubbly corks.
P.S. Nice PS job on the picture. Whoever there are other products out there that can do the same thing. One just has to stop being lazy and learn how to use them. Nothing changes things like a hit in the wallet. Especially if you are being held to ransom. I recon about 70% of the users of PS don'[t really need PS.I wonder what the photography schools are going to do now. Continue with the PS bible ?
CollBaxter: As to these scopes and the rest used by hunters. I am not pro hunting or anti hunting. I live in Africa and here we are pragmatic about it. Poaching is the problem not organized controlled hunting. Most controlled hunting takes place on game farms where you pay for what you shoot. These farms are the corner stone of conservation in Africa as these game farmers breed animals that would have normally been allowed to die out. They put a value to the animal and therefore it is protected. They also know to balance nature they have to have non valuable assets. So if people want to visit to satisfy some blood lust or primitive urge then they are welcome to come with their expensive toys and pay for to get their rocks off. It we did not have this the farmers would have moved in cows .
As to scopes go into a gun store and see how many brands there are. Nikon is one of many. They screwed up when they mentioned safari. A true wild lion is not a Disney character that eats coco pops.
To howardroak
There is no simple answer to your question. Its more like a Sophie's Choice. Let's start with Option 2 . Here in Africa some agencies are pretty ineffectual and have no teeth. Throwing money at the problem will not solve it. Agencies run as charities and not a business. Wild life has to be managed and tough decisions make. They are also susceptible to political interference.
OK the the first option. Why would anyone send money to conservation. The harsh reality is they get nothing back for their money other than a thank you. It's like the pay and pray system
As to hunting to subsidize conservation it does work. It actually controls poaching in some areas. Its stops land being gobbled up for agricultural use. Its not great but its what we have got.
Strangely South Africa is actually expanding its national parks by dropping fences with a lot of private reserves , The are also by agricultural land for incorporation.
jttravis: Big and dangerous game hunting preserves the wildlife when properly managed. The poaching (especially for ridiculous purposes like rhino horns for consumption) and habitat loss are responsible for the species decline.
Well regulated hunting has brought more species back from near extinction than the reverse.
To Bobbarber. I hear what you say. The poachers are probably lucky to get $500 for a rhino horn it the people up the line who are cashing in. Its a social / Economic problem. People need work and income and poaching becomes and option when you are hungry.
This might be changing though the head of a rhino horn syndicate in South Africa got 45 years. But alas then there where the vets (Veterinary surgeons) that got away with it.
As to answers well there are son many solutions but it takes the strength of nations to enforce conservation. Some instances not help like , when a high official in Vietnam made a public statement that he used rhino horn to cure his cancer , the price went through the roof and a lot more rhinos died.
We are losing one Rhino every day in South Africa to Poachers. its not the hunters in this case.
jttravis: Big and dangerous game hunting preserves the wildlife when properly managed. The poaching (especially for ridiculous purposes like rhino horns for consumption) and habitat loss are responsible for the species decline.
Well regulated hunting has brought more species back from near extinction than the reverse.
To bobbarber. What you say has some truth but one has to weight up the pros and cons of game farming and hunting. Stop it and the farmers move in cattle , sheep and whatever then why bother with game as you cant charge much to shoot them with a camera. Yep lost of cattle and they will put lots of money into companies who supply this type equipment. https://www.google.co.za/search?q=slaughterhouse+equipment&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=vLV&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=28FdUb7vHc27hAfV_YG4Ag&ved=0CGYQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=888 .
OK because we don't see the equipment or the deed we have this private 'dark hole ' about that type of thing' we just see nice lumps flesh in consumer friendly packaging already to pop in the oven etc. Have ever been into a slaughter house and seen the terror in some of animals eyes. A wild animal is grazing quietly in the veld totally unaware "BANG" it falls down dead.
OK now lets make our choices on whats more humane.
As to these scopes and the rest used by hunters. I am not pro hunting or anti hunting. I live in Africa and here we are pragmatic about it. Poaching is the problem not organized controlled hunting. Most controlled hunting takes place on game farms where you pay for what you shoot. These farms are the corner stone of conservation in Africa as these game farmers breed animals that would have normally been allowed to die out. They put a value to the animal and therefore it is protected. They also know to balance nature they have to have non valuable assets. So if people want to visit to satisfy some blood lust or primitive urge then they are welcome to come with their expensive toys and pay for to get their rocks off. It we did not have this the farmers would have moved in cows .
As to scopes go into a gun store and see how many brands there are. Nikon is one of many. They screwed up when they mentioned safari. A true wild lion is not a Disney character that eats coco pops.
toomanycanons: There just needs to be a disclaimer on all iPhones: "Just because I can take pictures with this device doesn't mean I'm a photographer. Just because I can add "cool" effects to my snapshots I take with this device doesn't make me a "cool" photographer".
To tkbsis
You are correct but you will have a better quality / more flexible not so good photos.
Quite pointless actually. A Carpy picture is a Carpy piture on any device. Most of those where Carpy pictures any way. I did get 70% for the DSLR though.
Well Done.
jrs91: I own(ed) an e-3 and several lenses and accessories. I really loved my E-3, and the lenses and build quality were fantastic, but I felt it was time to face facts. I just don't feel comfortable investing more money in the system. I loved the ruggedness of the gear and the fact Olympus practically dared you to abuse it in wet conditions.
When I originally bought-in, it was a decision informed by a thorough review of the benefits and trade-offs of Olympus vs CanNikon. The e-3 and more importantly the zuiko lenses better fit what I wanted to do.
Olympus hasn't been keeping up though, and the one thing I am always wishing for more of better low light capabilities and better AF are areas they'll always be behind, and they would still be even if they released 4/3s camers on a timeline more similar to CaNikon.
In retrospect, I don't understand how they ever thought to compete with CaNikon for professionals/enthusiasts with their slow rate of iteration.
It's time to go FF.
Hmmmm . The lady doth protest to much.
2 Post to your name. One right here and the other on the Olympus SLR forum . With that type of posting history who cares if you are going FF. You have contributed nothing to this site and the Olympus forum. I see you sing a song with a different tune on the forum.
You are grandstanding. A Quote from the Olympus forum
" Olympus may release an E-7, and I really hope e-system users get that OM-D sensor and 5-axis IS because it would be a shame for all that nice glass to go to waste. Fish pate , Fish Paste , Fish Paste. "
Ieeeeeesh
And so the lawyers line up. It is cheaper for 2 companies to sue and spread the law suits costs .
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Kodachrome200: i dont know that 4/3rds ever made sense for full size cameras. seems like a good idea. going foreward you can adapt the lenses to micro 4/3rds body. The slr line clearly has been a commercial failure. mostly in my mind because it was ill conceived. kill it off
I have noticed a trend that most of the ardent kill 4/3 come from the m4/3 area. Are they scared someone might steal their soup. It's the scenario of big brother is getting older so kill him off because I want more food. What you pass around comes around.
A lot of the 4/3 users out there are still heavily invested in 4/3 some to the tune of 20K-30K these are the people who Olympus want . The users that keep on coming back to plow money into the system and not the flighty users that jumps for camera to camera on a whim and current trend and fancy.
Olympus stagnated DSLR development due to not having a competitive sensor. The sensor could be used in the pen series as the users are not as picky and where prepared to trade image quality for convenience. You can also put a pair of rose colored electronic spectacles on the camera and some not would notice the defects. Then came the Sony sensor which rumor has was earmarked for the E-5 emplacement and then switched to the OMD.
Sergey Borachev: If there is only one new serious model once every 3 years, and still not competitively priced or featured, then what is the difference whether Olympus is stopped DSLR making or not, or whether it is really alive or dead. How many would dare consider such a DSLR system, when DSLRs' own future in the long time is a question mark, espeically given the size of its DSLR business and the financial trouble the company is in and can't seem to recover from?
I know there are many people here trying to talk this up, people who are fanaticss and owners of 43 lenses. The reality is that Olympus needs to survive at this time. Olympus is stupid to try to revive a system that most have given for dead, and it will face death itself trying. If it can't make a decent profit and get stronger financially even now, while its M43 products are looking so promising at this time, what chance has it got diverting resources to something that few would bother with now? Too late!
Whats Olympus thinking?
Ah methinks the post is suggesting a bit of self preservation. First there was 4/3 then there where other toys. Do you remember the Olympus m4/3 stuff before the OMD. This is a fanatic to fanatic . A fanatical 4/3 user to a fanatical m4/3 user.
Ieeeeesh talk about the pot and the kettle.
Well its the first time Olympus have actually defended a statement and come out publicly. So that is encouraging. We will have to wait and see what happens.
OK. yabokkie here is a new post as this seems to be your private thread at the moment. Do you actually own a camera ? . Or any Ideal how they work. I wait with abated breath what drivel you are going to come op with next.
CollBaxter: Ieeeesh this looks like 4 steps form looking normal to homeless.
OK now he looks more homeless and a bit poked. :)
P.S. Nice that you got his permission. These type of pictures are normally sneaked.
Ieeeesh this looks like 4 steps form looking normal to homeless.
RXVGS: There will be a movie made about this ! it will be called 'Fifty weddings and a funeral' and it will be filmed using a iPhone !
LOL.
I wonder.
Are the children of those 50 couples going to ask this in the future "Dad did you not have any decent cameras in you days ? And why do you look like you lived under dim lighting. Mom you skin is so rough it looks like it needed sand papering , you also look very old for your age . " I could go on and on.
You can take a high quality original and and turn it into a carppy time zoned / grained / aged / grainy / saturated picture , but you can't revers the process.
How many people out here wished they had the digital tech we have today out there when they had major events like getting married. It would be great as you can change the feel of those pictures if you wanted to ,as to the current tastes of the day. But you need to start with a good true original. Watch the movies they never clone the fat ugly guy.
The photographer will obviously have a back up shooter with a proper camera.
I would like to ask the question why the Nikon S800c gets reviewed as a camera and not on the connect side. We are told the Samsung is a camera with wifi and cloud connection. Theoretically they are basically the same thing so why the difference in designation and the difference in scores. Do we need a newer version of of android and a smart looking phone to transmit very poor images. The nikon get less score but has far superior images. Its also one hell of a lot smaller and a lot cheaper and a better picture taking device. This looks like an expensive toy to transmit images that are very poor and as I have said before it can't even make a call or send a SMS.
Phil Hill: Why is the inability of a camera to place phone calls listed under “The bad”? Is this really bad? Did Samsung advertise that ability? Do other cameras have that ability? I understand that most cell phones can also take photos, but I’m not aware of cameras that make phone calls. So how is that exclusively considered bad on this one?
I do get the point that the reviewer would have liked to make a phone call, but is it fair to deduct points for that?
If it does not make Phone calls why buy it. You can get better wifi enabled cameras. I really can't see the point of having to take this camera and a cell phone with me. This camera just becomes a small tablet with a big lens aimed at the android market. Cameras with operating systems are not new. The Digita Operating system was used on some cameras up to about 2000 these being Hp/Pentax and Kodak. I could also play Doom on it (HP C618 ) or download a app to give a sophisticated time lapse sequence, programmable on the camera. The bottom line was most of these cameras where a bit slow at the time. The Pentax/ HP where OK but the Kodaks where slow.