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Joe, I looked at it. Subject aside, isn't it amazing how far we've come in image quality and printing/reproduction quality!  We should all probably think more about photos, and less about...

Well! Guess I'll just have to save up some big money, get a REALLY BIG telephoto lens (if Pentax even makes one), hire a couple of illegals to carry it to the beach for me this summer, and then...

CC? Crappy Company.

Adobe -- take your CC scheme and shove it.

Had a Clearviewer that I never used with my Olympus XZ-1. Reincarnated for the RX100, I've found that it is surprisingly useful as a handle. Makes the little camera even easier to hold. Second...

@mbv -- elegant... thanks!

It's a Hoya circular polarizer, that I use on a larger Pentax K-01. But I can't screw it on -- the RX100 doesn't have any threads. But no problem to hold it over the lens... the filter is 52mm, but...

Stupid me. Took a while to realize that the polarizer filter I always carry in my other shirt pocket (along with a spare battery) would also double as an ND filter. Have no idea about the f/stop...

Thanks all for your comments, and particularly to those who posted example images.  My takeaway -- 1. Increased megapixels do not diminish the advantages of RAW processing 2. A real benefit -- RAW...

As more and more cameras offer 20+ MP images, I'm wondering if the RAW advantages over JPGs are diminishing. Because -- for most of us amateurs -- our output is 8"x12" or smaller pictures. For...

update -- got PT Lens... will get me by until I can get the Sony software running on my little Win 7 Starter netbook.

How to correct RAW lens distortion if Sony's RAW program won't install on my small netbook? Learning the camera -- took a picture today in RAW of the ocean, and the horizon line is very curved....

When will the new GR be sold in the USA? Strange how cameras are announced long before they actually hit the shelves. Though someone posted that they'd bought one in Singapore. Is there a date that...

Well, that's a good deal. Lately, I've been learning APS-C photography with a fire-sale Pentax K-01. The image quality is much better than my XZ-1, as you would expect. But it doesn't fit in my...

Not bad at all! And 16 MP sure lets you crop with a lot of room to spare. Or, to reduce the image by even 50% to zap any small-sensor noise.  Curious if anyone knows -- for still images, is SZ-16...

Thinking about replacing my SZ-10... noticed that the SZ-31-MR has been out for a year now... does anyone know about Olympus' upgrade cycle? Like, how long until there's a new SZ-32 with new...

Retired from Qualcomm 3 years ago... the company that designs the chips that go in smartphones. I can tell you -- for an absolute fact -- that if Samsung or LG or Apple came to us with a request...

We don't need FF because if Pentax scaled up my K-01 for a FF K-02, it would be as large as a concrete block and not half the fun.

Pentax. Because I really like my K-01, and can buy any number of older lenses for it at low cost... and because it lets me use TAv, where I can set both the shutter speed and aperture, and the...

I think it's maybe a cropping question. Which goes back to how I noticed that my new 55-300mm lens really puts people right in your face. Look at the picture below -- four surfers. Woman, man, and...

Interesting! I think you're onto something, Optofonik. My Mom was a screaming liberal left-winger, and I'm an Eisenhower Republican, and my son's all about Obama. I think it works out as long as we...