Joe Federer

Okay, thanks.

huyzer -- can you explain more? "click on the adjustment pin, and scroll away" ... that appears to just change my selective adjustment brush size.

Jimipalmr, your tone seems to imply you think "Anyone can do this, with money and time". You ignore skill, commitment, vision, creativity, willpower, planning, etc.... all considerably more...

tripler6 -- those that need a D5 are shooting the 1% "of things" that other cameras can't catch.

The D5 gets nearly 4,000 shots per charge. I get around 2000 out of my D800.

EVF's are fine, but let's not pretend they don't suck juice.

The AF system will be better in the D5.... as the D3 was better than the D700 even though that 'had the same AF'. The biggest example of this is the D800/D4 -- "identical AF modules" yet the D800...

Real buttons allow you to change settings while shooting without taking your eyes off the subject.

Pros need to do this all the time. In a 10 hour wedding day, I might only look at my camera to...

Don't forget planning, creativity, and skill.

And also, don't forget that he DIDN'T have a lot of time. They had like a 90 seconds to get this shot or all their "time and money" planning would...

Actual make-out style kisses are generally pretty ugly, though. That's why people have moved to the 'almost kissing' shot instead.

People want different.

Photographers are trying their best to provide.

"apart from being unique" ... why 'apart' from that? Being unique in this day and age is worth of praise all by itself.

As you say, it's also "technically impressive".

Very few photos now-a-days...

The fire is actually super-tame.... it's just a wick on fire that's walked through the back of the frame. It's quite 'safe'.

(My) Wedding clients are looking for a cool piece of wall art that just happens to be from their wedding day, not a boring portrait that feels like little more than a huge vanity show.
That is the...

Getting something cool and dramatic at capture-time is considerably more impressive (and joy-inducing) to clients than doing it all later in post.

Dash -- you are not allowed to photograph something / someone that has a reasonable expectation of privacy. So, for example, if you had to use a 600mm lense to get a shot through someone's upper...

I hate mixed-media flash cards.

Go with 2 SD cards(preferably) or 2 XQD (if you must).... but mix-and match basically gives you the worst of both worlds and negates any possible benefits.

LR works reasonably find at 1080p. Get a modern monitor and it dies... even with a 5k+ dollar system with raided SSD's, extreme CPU and 64-128gb RAM.

None of these tips involve solving Lightroom running ridiculously slow beyond 1080p... :(

and it's not even inkled at for release for another 6 months.

I've got to agree. I rolled with a D3 and D700's until last year. I tried a D800 and never really liked it -- it always felt like a really nice, but dull, knife. (great sensor, terrible AF) I got...