Chris Butler |
Austin, TX, United States
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| Young Buck in a field of Goldenrod by kipsneddon from My Best Non-bird Photo of the Fortnight 13 | Little Blue Heron by krc2020 from Herons, Egrets, or Ibises | Life Strong by Nilesh Trivedi from Tell Your Story, persistence, & rebirth | No deal by Hooyat from Neither a lender or a borrower be | Female Yellow Dung Fly by mikero from Insect/Spider - macro only and no close-up |
Gear Patrol sells stuff for profit. dpreview reviews stuff objectively. I'm not encouraged, but maybe Gear Patrol will be clever enough to let dpreview continue being objective, and only reference reviews when it helps sell gear.
This is a game changer for Nikon, Canon, et al. Stereoscopic cameras will start with a future iPhone, but camera design just got interesting again.
Nicely done, Richard.
Your studio test scene has been instrumental in my own camera choices, and will be sorely missed. I still can't believe Canon/Nikon/Sony/et al won't chip in enough to keep dpreview running. It's the best advertising the industry has.
Also hard to believe Amazon (AWS) can't provide permanent cloud storage for your work. I'm not alone hoping closet negotiations are proceeding to find a new sponsor for dpreview.
As a BS/CS guy, I've been impressed with the coding effort behind your movable examination tool. Javascript, I assume? Have you considered releasing it as open source on GitHub? Many other potential uses out there...
Best of luck, folks -- and thanks.
Early on, I asked Phil Askey (see what I did there) if I could use a photo on his original dpreview website on one of my own websites. He replied by email and said OK. dpreview has been a global treasure for photographers. Jeff Bezos has no clue.
Crushing news, and lunacy. dpreview is the best advertisement on the planet for "real cameras".
When I putter around town, I still use my 2012 Nikon P7800. Good zoom optics, 12 MP sensor is plenty, and manual control where I need it. If Nikon had put a decent electronic viewfinder in this thing, it might still find fans.
dpreview couldn't afford Gordon's entourage. Be grateful for his generosity to his "idiot younger brother".
Delightful. The geeky stuff is secondary. Thanks for sharing...
Much admirable expertise, as smartphones push "real cameras" toward "pricey professional cameras". Can't Nikon/Canon/etc produce an intermediate machine for the rest of us?
sircarlphil: Am puzzled why Chris thinks IBIS is important in a camera for street photography. However you define it, it most often refers to taking pictures of people out in public -- people who are generally not posing stock-still, but are either moving around or might move at any moment. All of which means you rarely have the option of using slow shutter speeds (unless you intentionally want to create motion blur), making camera shake a non-issue. In the many years I've done street photography, i can't remember a time when I shot at less than 1/60 of a second. I couldn't care less about IBIS.
Good point. I've also found shooting Austin musicians often requires 1/125th or faster to freeze motion. IBIS solves some problems, but not all.
Photographing a face up close with a wide angle lens is a terrible idea -- nobody looks good. Most portrait shooters prefer a mid-telephoto range like 90mm, not 24mm. Why this isn't a standard option on computer cams, baffles me. I've heard some folks actually get cosmetic surgery to enhance their selfies. Stop the madness!
JDPhotographer: First time I hated Drake :)
Chris is picking on him more and more, though Jordan is the smart one. Time for a marriage counselor? Or a streaming soap opera?
Fun, especially for a firmware upgrade. Maybe needs more slide whistle?
Great fun. Camera obscura, indeed...
Fresh insights to an interesting lens, and valuable birding tips like flamingos are more commonly found on lawns in Florida. Thanks, guys.
Landscape photos? Mostly tarted-up porn, to real landscapers.
I miss Mel Blanc...
My 2012 Nikon P7800 is still my favorite for casual walkabout snaps. 12 MP sensor, excellent 28-200mm, image stabilization, decent video, nice prints up to 12x18, horrible EVF but the articulated LCD is peachy. Used, it would cost about what your two tested cameras cost, and I suspect you'd be happier campers. Another article about cheap/used?
A much older Tamron 28-75 was my most-used lens at weddings. I never had a client complain about sharpness or bokeh. They cared about expression, framing, spontaneity.
Photo gear is superb now. I mostly watch for the continuing adventures of Chris and Jordan. Same reason I watched Top Gear once upon a time, which was never about cars.