Sammy Yousef

Being able to use it from the side is useful at the zoo and in tight spaces.

Try doing some bird photography.

Taking out the flash commander is somewhat silly. This is what allowed people to get into off camera flash with only a single external unit and is a stepping stone to more sophisticated setups. At...

It's not just the parts. It's also the labour. You might have 4 hours to fiddle with a $300 lens, but not the tools or expertise to do the job. If you paid someone $30/hr, that's nearly half the...

A monopoly on fixing their gear means they can charge what they like, effectively making all but their most expensive gear disposable once the warranty has ended. More sales in theory. In practice...

I don't own Sony gear. That's one reason I personally don't complain about them. The second is they didn't have something great on offer, which was a selling point for their gear, then take it...

Nikon took away 3rd party repair in Australia years ago. Writing has been on the wall since Nikon stopped selling spare parts.

The trouble is everything under about $2k has become uneconomical to repair.

Over the last roughly 15 years I have had:

2 shutters die on 2 different D70 cameras. (only one under warranty).

Shutter mechanism die on a D90 with only 42k or so shutter count. Uneconomical to...

@Hugo808 So if I choose to shoot with a Box Brownie, am I a hero? Anyone can take a different camera into a situation and use it on a lark. I think we have very different ideas of what a hero is. A...

This speaks against the GX 5 Mark II for low light rather than for the phone. DPR's own review of the GX 5 Mark II states in the conclusion that one of the things they don't like about the camera...

We aren't talking about why I'm not a hero or about me at all. I concede I'm not a hero. I'm asking you what makes a person using an older camera they enjoy using a hero.

He should shoot with whatever he likes and good on him. I fail to understand how this makes him a hero though.

Selectively brightening the planes does wonders for this photo. Just need to be subtle as the tip point between better and fake isn't much.

This one pops with a bit of a contrast curve applied to bring out the detail in the planes and then a saturation boost to compensate for the blues going a little purple. Nothing's going to fix the...

...Delphied it?

Way too late to copyright that one.

Apple can keep their sloths.

You'll find them across the road, at the beach, using binoculars to scout for a shark to jump.

@Strolic Furlan And if your car breaks down, don't complain, just walk!??