Joe Federer

You know you can stop down a fast lens to f/4, right?

It breaks free of the standard lens speeds... that is 'groundbreaking' ... considerably more interesting than just a warmed over version on an already-existing lens.

You can't really say that without seeing some results...

Good AF tracking wasn't my complaint.

My complaint was lack of frame coverage with the AF sensors. Not everyone puts the subject dead-middle in the frame... and not everyone that likes to put the...

Tons of amazing AF sensors... all crammed into the middle of the frame. :(

Why not give them the actual information? An arbitrary "5" doesn't hold any more meaning (in fact, it has less information and is more complicated) than a "30mb/s" number. What is "Better" than...

No, they already HAVE a number... MB/s. Bigger is faster.

Adding in an additional, completely arbitrary number system is silly and adds needless confusion.

It's not about the cost (okay, it's a little about the cost) but more about the form factor.

I am not a fan of the huge, integrated vertical grip, bodies. A D5, even at the same price, in a normal sized body would have had me buying 4.  As is, I'm buying nothing.

Ditto.  I rode the wide-gamut monitor world for a while... and, in the end, my product ended up being worse (or, at best, no better) because the world or my clients (high end wedding and newborn ...

Luckily, I didn't do that. :) I provided references and sources.  You have chosen to ignore them. Thank you for the conversation.  I think it's been hashed out well enough reasonable people can ...

I'm pretty sure in every single post in this thread, I've stated that if you work in a specialty where it would matter... you should spend the money. In fact, to save you time, here is a quote ...

If you believe this is a common occurance for the majority of photograhers (including the OP - who just mere days ago did his first EVER calibration)... then you are right. We should all roll ...

bingo.

You built a synthetic image to show the differences. In real life, this kind of stuff doesn't pop up (nor matter) enough to justify spending thousands extra on a monitor... No one is saying an sRGB ...

For someone specifically doing copy work, as I noted in my OP, it might make sense. For a standard photographer... what you are talking about simply doesn't happen at a scale that matters.  I have ...

For a business, allocation of funds is first and foremost. Is the Eizo monitor one of the best color-accurate screens around, with great service?  Hell yes. Is it worth 2k more than something 99% ...

Point of correction: Zenfolio is PURELY based around services for photographers. From folder upload, individual gallery access, jpg-linked-RAW backups, direct/drop/delayed/and self print, direct ...

No, it's not because people don't value it.  True, they don't value "studio photography" as much anymore... but that doesn't mean they don't value "good photographs of their family". Studios are ...

This is false. MOST photographers simply use whatever their laptop has. Most GOOD photographers get some sort of nicer monitor... but still need to keep an eye on the bottom line and buy things ...