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.. spoke Hard Truth, the armchair photographer.

also, with shooting parallel to the action you don't need any AF-capabilities whatsoever. a classic trick from the MF-only-times.

they are saying: we are good at doing things the retro way.

working professional here. my ultimate money-machine? the 24-120/4.0
add in a couple of the awesome 1.8 lenses (28, 50, 85) and i am oh so happy.

in more than 25 years i have never owned any of...

being a European i am always astonished that the US has only a single known photographer (AA) that is referenced for everything. i tought your culture was a little more diverse.

for flexible transport you want a (back)pack that is as light as possible. this is not the bag you are looking for.
and with 2kg empty i can pick my fstopgear Tilopa that can load more stuff than i...

we are approaching this from two different sides. you see something nice and shiny and want it now. i see just another random feature that convolutes the menues. next to photography i build...

@hfolkertsma .. then you will have to train your imagination and pre-visualization skills. if that doesn't work for you, well, just buy the right tool and be happy.

"Cropping in post is not always the best way, since you often cannot visualize the shot while shooting."

we used tape or sharpies back in the days, you can do it today. sometimes the simple ideas...

@Linerider, why so angry, kid?

maybe my English is not up to your elitist mothertongue standards, but at least i don't have comprehension problems like you - i never said anything about the beauty...

really? that is your problem? you know that someone will rob you more likely because you left your stuff in a rental car or have a phone or a wallet on you, right?

1000 pics that's 20 years of one really good image every week. that should be more than enough for a free public portfolio.

this. although i still prefer fixed focals.
the somewhere-around-85mm-on-135-film originates from perspective - and therefore distance - of classic headshots. spoiler: the distance is the same as...

it's funny how the times are changing. 20 years ago any serious photographer would only use slow glass, because that's what you have in large format cameras. everyone else was just a snapper.

that's a long lens for photographers like Frans Lanting .. look up his famous "Albatross" .. very likely shot with an 18mm wide-angle.

@hteasley maybe because i link to my images instead of just listing my gear. ;-)

and i know my stuff, but it's the camera i don't trust.

for me a camera is a tool.
EVERY camera will fail.
it is...

omg, they copied my first digital camera:

Aiptek PenCamera II (2001)

no screen, optical viewfinder, shaky battery, storage in RAM

so i know what i am talking about here. the idea might be...

@hteasley .. i have to guess your pictures don't matter to you.

these designs by Pixii and Leica are as clever, innovative and useful as a navigation system without a screen. yes, it might work....

"Applying" settings in "real time" has not been a problem for any soft- or hardware since digital cameras came along. but "rendering" those settings is a whole different story. ;-)

and while it...

that's one of the reasons i love my DX (APS-C) camera: i can use the simpler and rather lightweight FX lenses and only get the "good" part of the lens.
f1.8 lenses FTW!

and after 200 months that tripod will still work like new.