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While you make a valid point about how exceedingly it is easy to piece together a drive, quality drives are actually not that cheap.

A Samsung 860 EVO 500gb would be close to $100.

In this...

1. Anandtech as previously referred, is a great source of tech writing and analysis

2. Warranties... while it *somewhat* informs on reliability of something, it is also meaningless when one loses...

this is the kind of rational, photo-spirited, geekery-minimized, fanboise-neutral comments i come here for.

entoman wrote it backwards ("50mm equivalent" of the olympus is 25mm actual) , but his point is correct :)

the difference is literally right there in the words. its labeled timing (=serendipity) but it has absolutely nothing to do with timing.

"timing" = posed.

dont give them any ideas....

leica... what will they think of (removing) next!

The next Leica limited edition model will be the Leica M10-L, whereby its differentiating feature is the loudest shutter they can engineer, because it was determined that the satisfying snap is...

This is the photographic analog to buying pre-distressed trousers (=the ones with holes)

Interesting how most people vote for tech-centric stuff (high res sensor), and capabilities that they likely wouldnt need ("sports AF").

My personal priorities are almost at the bottom of that...

on long focal length lenses, with fine-scale high contrast objects just outside the focus zone, a jittery "nervous" bokeh can be distracting and obvious.

not saying this lens or the RX10x exhibits...

Rubbish. My pictures are better because my camera is larger, heavier, and has more off-axis lines-per-millimeter.

Now who wants to see more Cat Portraits?

so you wrote >Downplaying the advantages to "just" high ISO noise and shallower DoF is almost as bad, and indicates a rather limited level of expertise when it comes to producing photos.< and when ...

You wrote all that and yet not proferred an explanation of what this so-called look is supposed to be. I - and surely like others here - have or have had everything from 1/2.3" 1/1.7" 1" 4/3 aps-c ...

shouting about MTF curves and ISO ramps get boring after a while ... :P

soft wouldnt make this photo better because there wouldnt be any other element or color to fill the bottom / bottom left space..... or any other visuals to convey the calming soft emotion but the ...

From a visual point of view, the chaotic and random nature of the water produces a texture that is not appealing. The backdrop is usually jagged rocks or foliage with a similar image texture.... Bl ...

When I was a young boy leafing through the pages of National Geographic I was struck by awe of the exoticism of the landscapes and peoples..... I imagine some grizzled photographer hiking around...

empty apartment amenities = cloned out;
city reflection = flipped and superimposed