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Hi to all my Sigma pals and Senpai's all over the world!

Just wanted to introduce you to two daily-updated Japanese blogs with landscape photos taken with Sigma cameras:

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1. "Iyasareru Shashin Kyoto (lit. Healing photos of Kyoto)" by SHINYA:
http://shinyamurata.blog27.fc2.com/blog-category-24.html

Updated almost daily.

His landscape captures in and around Kyoto areas are trully breath-taking.
He uses various gears incl. DP1 and D300.
The link above is for the DP1 category.

In an article ( http://shinyamurata.blog27.fc2.com/blog-entry-658.html ), he also compared DP1 against D300, concluding the data of the former had more details than the latter.

2. "Shashin - Tsurezurenaru Mama Ni (lit. Photo Days in Idleness)" by ANIi:
http://anichichhi105.seesaa.net/

Updated almost daily.

He uploads various beautiful landscape captures as well as some interesting city life snaps with his SD14 and DP1.

He also states the lenses used and shooting settings for each photo - very useful for a beginner like me.
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Though the texts in these blogs are all in Japanese, I'm sure you can enjoy the photos!

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Haruko Kishi-Started my DSLR life with SD14 in June 08
 
A thread worthy of "quoting"

Ty.

Rich
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HarukoK said:
Hi to all my Sigma pals and Senpai's all over the world!

Just wanted to introduce you to two daily-updated Japanese blogs with
landscape photos taken with Sigma cameras:

-----------------------
1. "Iyasareru Shashin Kyoto (lit. Healing photos of Kyoto)" by SHINYA:
http://shinyamurata.blog27.fc2.com/blog-category-24.html

Updated almost daily.

His landscape captures in and around Kyoto areas are trully
breath-taking.
He uses various gears incl. DP1 and D300.
The link above is for the DP1 category.
In an article
( http://shinyamurata.blog27.fc2.com/blog-entry-658.html ), he also
compared DP1 against D300, concluding the data of the former had more
details than the latter.

2. "Shashin - Tsurezurenaru Mama Ni (lit. Photo Days in Idleness)" by
ANIi:
http://anichichhi105.seesaa.net/

Updated almost daily.

He uploads various beautiful landscape captures as well as some
interesting city life snaps with his SD14 and DP1.
He also states the lenses used and shooting settings for each photo -
very useful for a beginner like me.
----------------------------

Though the texts in these blogs are all in Japanese, I'm sure you can
enjoy the photos!

--
Haruko Kishi-Started my DSLR life with SD14 in June 08
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Thanks for sharing this! I love Japan and the way japanese people photograph! please, feel free to share some more, ok?!
 
Surely he must have used a different camera, not the DP1, because some of them are low light. And the DP1 is so limiting. As we all know. Not only that, it would have all been so much much better with a zoom lens and a more versatile camera.

How could he possibly do that with the DP1?

Richard
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My small gallery: http://www.pbase.com/richard44/inbox
 
Richard,

Thanks for the comment, but I don't quite understand what you mean...
richard stone said:
Surely he must have used a different camera, not the DP1
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I think you meant SHINYA (the Kyoto blog) by "he."
He does use DP1. Otherwise he uses D300.
richard stone said:
some of them are low light. And the DP1 is so limiting.
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This is most strange for me...

I must say SD14 may be limited in low light, but that's not the case for DP1.

As a matter of a fact, the very delicate and detailed black/gray range in the outputs is I think one of the best features of the camera.

SHINYA also uses a proper tripod for DP1, which is a must when taking absolutely sharp photos in a low light situation.

--
Haruko Kishi - Started my DSLR life with SD14 in June 08
 
HarukoK said:
Thanks for the comment, but I don't quite understand what you mean...
HarukoK said:
Surely he must have used a different camera, not the DP1
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he means those photos look too good to be a DP1
excellent photography
HarukoK said:
I think you meant SHINYA (the Kyoto blog) by "he."
He does use DP1. Otherwise he uses D300.
HarukoK said:
some of them are low light. And the DP1 is so limiting.
Click to expand...
This is most strange for me...

I must say SD14 may be limited in low light, but that's not the case
for DP1.
As a matter of a fact, the very delicate and detailed black/gray
range in the outputs is I think one of the best features of the
camera.

SHINYA also uses a proper tripod for DP1, which is a must when taking
absolutely sharp photos in a low light situation.

--
Haruko Kishi - Started my DSLR life with SD14 in June 08
Click to expand...
--
Michael

aka - mewwwing
 
me-wwwing1, thanks for the advice.

I know Richard was so impressed by the photos, but I was sort of concerned about the following part:
me_wwwing1 said:
And the DP1 is so limiting.
As we all know. Not only that,
it would have all been so much much better with a zoom lens
and a more versatile camera.
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Well, I shouldn't have made a fuss about it anyway.
me_wwwing1 said:
HarukoK said:
Thanks for the comment, but I don't quite understand what you mean...
me_wwwing1 said:
Surely he must have used a different camera, not the DP1
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
he means those photos look too good to be a DP1
excellent photography
me_wwwing1 said:
I think you meant SHINYA (the Kyoto blog) by "he."
He does use DP1. Otherwise he uses D300.
me_wwwing1 said:
some of them are low light. And the DP1 is so limiting.
Click to expand...
This is most strange for me...

I must say SD14 may be limited in low light, but that's not the case
for DP1.
As a matter of a fact, the very delicate and detailed black/gray
range in the outputs is I think one of the best features of the
camera.

SHINYA also uses a proper tripod for DP1, which is a must when taking
absolutely sharp photos in a low light situation.

--
Haruko Kishi - Started my DSLR life with SD14 in June 08
Click to expand...
--
Michael

aka - mewwwing
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Haruko Kishi - Started my DSLR life with SD14 in June 08
 
and I really appreciate that you sent them to us. There is very much to enjoy.

On the top, the fairyland with lights and trees and costumed photo-takers is a very nice magic.

Best regards,
Clive
HarukoK said:
Hi to all my Sigma pals and Senpai's all over the world!

Just wanted to introduce you to two daily-updated Japanese blogs with
landscape photos taken with Sigma cameras:

-----------------------
1. "Iyasareru Shashin Kyoto (lit. Healing photos of Kyoto)" by SHINYA:
http://shinyamurata.blog27.fc2.com/blog-category-24.html

Updated almost daily.

His landscape captures in and around Kyoto areas are trully
breath-taking.
He uses various gears incl. DP1 and D300.
The link above is for the DP1 category.
In an article
( http://shinyamurata.blog27.fc2.com/blog-entry-658.html ), he also
compared DP1 against D300, concluding the data of the former had more
details than the latter.

2. "Shashin - Tsurezurenaru Mama Ni (lit. Photo Days in Idleness)" by
ANIi:
http://anichichhi105.seesaa.net/

Updated almost daily.

He uploads various beautiful landscape captures as well as some
interesting city life snaps with his SD14 and DP1.
He also states the lenses used and shooting settings for each photo -
very useful for a beginner like me.
----------------------------

Though the texts in these blogs are all in Japanese, I'm sure you can
enjoy the photos!

--
Haruko Kishi-Started my DSLR life with SD14 in June 08
Click to expand...
 
Haruko,

Sorry for confusion caused by my attempts at humor.... Those are excellent images, and clearly he was using a DP1, which I consider to be an excellent camera, regardless of size.

As you may have read on his site, the DP1 is constantly criticized for a variety of weaknesses and failings, some real, some imagined. The images on the first site that I reviewed showed that low light was not a significant obstacle to using the DP1, and the results were quite good. The images were not just excellent in terms of detail and exposure, etc., they were enjoyable to view and contemplate.

Thank you for posting the links.

Richard

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My small gallery: http://www.pbase.com/richard44/inbox
 
Here's one I liked:



I live in a place without the stone, wood, assymetrical natural lines. I learned from some galleries to look up, look down, to find a design and maybe the simplicity that is missing from my noisy environment. Looking steeply up and down bypasses and escapes the heavily planned but to me quite boring and noisy horizontal viewing dimension.

Blog guy also used the edge of blocked in shadows as design element.
 
It is easy to forget that you can find diagonal lines lots of places, if only you look. Without the diagonals the images often lack energy and interest.

Try this site for more: http://www.silvermoon.idv.tw/pho-agfa-test01.html

(a bunch of shots with the 40mm Agfa, which the DP2 would resemble...)

and: http://www.silvermoon.idv.tw/index.html

I suggest this site because the DP1 and DP2 would seem ideal for this type of photography, as illustrated by the blogs in the OP.

Richard
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My small gallery: http://www.pbase.com/richard44/inbox
 
Richard,

I'm the one who should apologize for having been too nervous about criticism on DP1 to understand the obvious humour.

I simply love the camera - it changed my views towards the world!

Thanks for the comments. SHINYA & ANIi are most pleased.

Haruko
richard stone said:
Haruko,

Sorry for confusion caused by my attempts at humor.... Those are
excellent images, and clearly he was using a DP1, which I consider to
be an excellent camera, regardless of size.

As you may have read on his site, the DP1 is constantly criticized
for a variety of weaknesses and failings, some real, some imagined.
The images on the first site that I reviewed showed that low light
was not a significant obstacle to using the DP1, and the results were
quite good. The images were not just excellent in terms of detail
and exposure, etc., they were enjoyable to view and contemplate.

Thank you for posting the links.

Richard

--
My small gallery: http://www.pbase.com/richard44/inbox
Click to expand...
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Haruko Kishi - Started my DSLR life with SD14 in June 08
 
Sugoi!!

What a wonderful collection of photos! I just gave my DP1 a hug and a kiss lol
Its such a gem of a camera in the hands of capable photographer.

Thank you for sharing the links. I've bookmarked them :)

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http://flickr.com/photos/tomhide/
 
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