Olifaunt

So has anybody got some sample images yet?

I do the same. The Ricoh lens has enough acuity when in focus. Anyway, many people misunderstand sharpening. Sharpening doesn't preserve or enhance fine detail, it actually erases some detail (at ...

I have never used the back focus button either, and I take my photography pretty seriously.

Yes and no. Kodak claims improved rendering so it will likely look a little different.

The color values of the new Ektachrome is claimed to be improved.

The purple blob is lens flare. It is due to internal reflections among the lens elements. As far as I understand the coatings that are meant to prevent it will affect different colors of light ...

@Mshot, are we any better? Not according to Snowden's leaks. Also, many employers here (in the U.S.) want access to your social media accounts or medical history, including invasive medical testing...

Those are very nice but  the effect you are using (high contrast BW?) intentionally adds large grain. They will probably keep this effect in the new GR because that is one of the most popular ones.

But does DxO test a lens with the sensor it comes with, or separately? GR lenses can sometimes be found separately, for example, on other mounts. What is clear to me is that even if it is 13 MP, ...

I turned the software vignetting off on my GRii because it was causing image artifacts in the compensated parts. There have been some threads on this issue. But I don't mind the slight vignetting ...

MShot, I agree with you except I would amend one of your statements: globalization works, just not for workers anywhere, of any nationality or ethnicity (not just Americans). Being a slave in Asia...

Yes, people are generally amused or happy when you take a photo with a rangefinder type camera, if they notice (of course you don't want people smiling or posing for the camera either so it's ...

It's funny defending Apple by saying others are just as bad. Yes, Apple and Google are both pretty f-ing evil, happy now?

Maybe because the algorithms give crappy results, once you look closely.

You mean the same Chinese government Apple is aiding (in suppressing dissidents)? And where Apple has been implicated in practices amounting to slavery?

I'd be interested in what you mean by that - panning with the subject?

You can still freeze the motion just as much, if you are good at focusing, with larger aperture and then make a decision...

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I shoot film in part so that I don't have to adjust digitally; for me it would defeat the purpose since I dislike digital PP and am much happier not doing it. But even if you are going to PP,...

Yes that caught my eye too. Back in the day they used Kodachrome 64 and earlier even Kodachrome 25 for street, though, so I guess it's doable, if not easy.

They are not technically blown; most negative film really doesn't do that, that's a digital thing. It's simply a creative decision on the part of the photographer when scanning/printing to make...