Miller_bike

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Joined on Apr 30, 2021

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PhotographyIsWayOverrated: Funny. I worked as a pro newspaper photographer during the late 1990s and 2000s, before transitioning to early digital, burning through several film rolls a day, having a *really* good relationship with the pro lab that catered to us (they were really awesome, by the way).

I don't really remember wanting any "wacky" film stock like that, as we really wanted just as natural prints as possible, given that some of our stock was routinely pushed two stops and often underexposed another one. Oh well, I guess it's just the rose glasses of youth that never experienced the real thing.

I very much agree. I was using film regularly in the 90s, slide and negative. None of my photos from that time have wacky colours or random light leaks. I've scanned some of those images recently and they hold up well. Their interest is in the actual subjects they depict and the fact that they were shot on film is merely incidental.
Say your camera was loaded with the reviewed film and something important started happening in front of you, you'd be gutted to be stuck with this shoddy film.

Link | Posted on Dec 4, 2023 at 04:52 UTC
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whawha: Considering that it is meant to be used professionally in extreme settings, the fact that it overheated and shut down during the review is not exactly encouraging

I've used my GP11 on my bike a lot, for long takes, and it has never overheated.

Link | Posted on Sep 10, 2023 at 19:16 UTC

This is a better upgrade than recent rumours suggest. Wireless audio - fantastic! That should allow really good native audio. Double the run time, also fantastic. If they could also have non-crashy s/w that would be wonderful.

Now bring this goodness to a GP12 Mini?

Link | Posted on Sep 6, 2023 at 18:09 UTC as 16th comment

I have a ZV1 m1 and it's an excellent camera for what it is. It's video-oriented and produces excellent 4k video. The dead mouse (not rat!) gives effective reduction of wind noise and looks cute. As a stills camera, the lens is very sharp and the cam makes nice raw files that have some latitude for edits. Further, the image quality for me is more naturally photographic than the over-processed results typically made by smartphones. And why complain about lack of viewfinder, phones don't have them. You can get an RX series camera if you want one, for a lot more money. The ZV1 tho is really not a cam for fiddling about with apertures and shutter speeds. I just leave mine on P.

Link | Posted on Jul 5, 2023 at 22:16 UTC as 37th comment | 1 reply

While it's all change at DPR, can you update your forum s/w so that it recognises and correctly displays links to Youtube Shorts? Vertical video being a thing, and all that.

Btw, congratulations on the site's survival.

Link | Posted on Jun 22, 2023 at 16:02 UTC as 228th comment

I've had the ZV-1 since release and have used it a lot, both video and stills. Interested to see a successor camera ... but disappointed with the specs. A wider lens, whereas I like the mild telephoto on the ZV-1, no 4k60, limited long shutter speed whereas ZV-1 is not at all bad for low light long exposure. Don't think I'll be getting this one.

Link | Posted on May 23, 2023 at 14:55 UTC as 45th comment
On article Sony ZV-E1 preview (402 comments in total)

What are you going to do next Richard?

Link | Posted on Mar 29, 2023 at 16:53 UTC as 60th comment

I've been playing with this the past few days and I really like it. Previously I've found converting colour negs to positives to be somewhat of a pain. This web tool is enjoyable to use for my low volume of conversions. The white and black point buttons allow for coarse adjustments and I can finalise the output image for crop, colour balance, spotting etc in my usual image editor. Colour negatives are quite low contrast, unlike transparencies, and jpeg has sufficient dynamic range to capture them. All in all a big thumbs-up from me.

Link | Posted on Jan 6, 2023 at 21:37 UTC as 1st comment
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Nilangsu: Does Elements allow the recording of Actions for batch processing?

Thanks in advance.

Regards
Nilangsu

I have PSE2015 and it does not. It would be useful.

Link | Posted on Dec 28, 2022 at 13:05 UTC
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jannefoo: The photo with a rainbow is obviously fake. Rainbow's radius is too large to fit in an image taken with 100mm+ focal length (check the exif, the lens is 100-400mm). And besides, the sunlight is coming from the wrong direction...

When it comes to rainbows, no, there is not. The centre of a rainbow marks the direction precisely 180 degrees away from the sun. In this image the photographer has positioned the rainbow centrally . Therefore the sun must be coming from exactly behind the photographer, it can't be coming from the side.

Link | Posted on Dec 6, 2022 at 02:56 UTC
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jannefoo: The photo with a rainbow is obviously fake. Rainbow's radius is too large to fit in an image taken with 100mm+ focal length (check the exif, the lens is 100-400mm). And besides, the sunlight is coming from the wrong direction...

The rainbow is centre of the image so the sun has to be exactly behind the photographer as that's how rainbows work, optically.

Link | Posted on Dec 5, 2022 at 23:08 UTC
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Miller_bike: Vertical video looks great on smartphones, it's the default format for both filming and viewing. That simple fact explains the rise of tik-tok, reels, #short etc. No point in fighting it. I think the format is best suited to short clips, that's certainly how it's used. Long form video will remain landscape.

Okay... It's not like people don't take vertical format still photos, is it.

Link | Posted on Jun 22, 2022 at 18:23 UTC

Vertical video looks great on smartphones, it's the default format for both filming and viewing. That simple fact explains the rise of tik-tok, reels, #short etc. No point in fighting it. I think the format is best suited to short clips, that's certainly how it's used. Long form video will remain landscape.

Link | Posted on Jun 22, 2022 at 15:36 UTC as 16th comment | 11 replies
On article These are the cameras people complain about the most (136 comments in total)
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ProCanonUser: Agree about Gopro. It is a tool that you really want to work, but it constantly frustrates you with freezes and empty batteries.

I have a GoPro H8B. It's capable of great results but it can be flaky. The battery life i can forgive as a technology limitation but a random freeze is maddening. It needs to be more reliable.

Link | Posted on Feb 18, 2022 at 21:52 UTC
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abe4652: Does this thing autofocus yet?

There is not a strong case for AF in action cameras. Take note of the word 'action' - action cams are not cosseted ILCs, they're small devices that get fixed to bikes, boats, boards, whatever, and used in rough and wet environments. They need to have no moving parts and be very robust. (Take note of the iphone advisory this week about not fixing them to motorbikes cos the iphone can fail due to vibration.)

Link | Posted on Sep 17, 2021 at 14:49 UTC
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