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Fog Maker: Fake or real... None of them is proper representation of how we actually see the world
Per your linked definition: the blurred quality or effect seen in the out-of-focus portion of a photograph...
Bokeh is the aesthetic quality of the out-of-focus area. You can have nice bokeh, smooth bokeh, jittery bokeh, etc. But you can't have a lot of bokeh, you can't have a photo with bokeh - that makes no sense.
Fog Maker: Fake or real... None of them is proper representation of how we actually see the world
It's not bokeh. An out-of-focus area of an image is not bokeh.
It's all about trails. Just a few photographers using tripods, lined up on a trail that's 4 feet wide - duh!
RadPhoto: I own the Nikon D850 and I love it.
I don't own it and I love that I don't.
DPR - need to serve some cheese here - you know, to go with all the whine.
What's an iPhone?
Or, next time you buy pants, get the kind with pockets.
I was glad to see most of the comments here, cause after perusing the images I wondered what I was missing - or had I become jaded? Nothing inspiring.
I like it a lot. That's all that matters to me.
Xeexon: We did this to ourselves. We were whiny, ungrateful, hyper-critical trolls who loved dpreview so much that we destroyed it via the comments section.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Well, this and the bed-wetting thing.
I was perusing the review here of the Panasonic LX10 and it's noted there:
"The LX10 repeats Panasonic's odd decision to put a marked aperture ring on a camera with a variable maximum aperture." And it's brought up again, listed as a "con" on the conclusion page. AND, in their conclusion, "an aperture ring with F-number markings on a variable aperture camera makes no sense."
They really seem to see this as a big negative - but when Sony does it, not a word about it.
Or - did I miss something???
I'm waiting for the RX1R II RR2 IV RX. How many is that?
I can coax nice results from a 1/1.7 BSI sensor but I've never gotten good results with a 1/2.3 sensor. Use the bigger sensor in a super-zoom? 1" sensor requires a camera that's too bulky for me. Oh well. Maybe next time.
I'd have been pleased with nothing more than a tilt screen. I'm not a fan of add-on viewfinders. However a tilting LCD screen makes shooting so much easier in bright sunlight and makes those odd shooting positions do-able. Oh well.
nevada5: As with predecessors, a great design. But in front of that technology you need a great lens, and that's where Sony falls short. I bought the II model and found what some other owners reported, the lens is soft away from the center. Perhaps it's copy variation, but I can't afford to buy and re-sell in the event I don't get lucky.
I have one of those sharp-from-corner-to-corner-even-wide-open lenses. It's on a lowly Nikon P330. Fantastic sensor or fantastic lens, pick one cause you can't have both. Sigh.
As with predecessors, a great design. But in front of that technology you need a great lens, and that's where Sony falls short. I bought the II model and found what some other owners reported, the lens is soft away from the center. Perhaps it's copy variation, but I can't afford to buy and re-sell in the event I don't get lucky.
Very informative article, thank you for the work put into it.
ag80: I'm not judging if price is right. But the value of this photo is not about canyon which has already been photographed many times, but about the genuine moment. It's a unique moment in time when dust formed a shape of a 'phantom' in the ray of light. Do other photos that were claimed to be the same have that? Can you repeat that easily by just driving there and sitting all day waiting for the 'right light'? Nope.
What makes it art too is the ability of author to recognize a strange play of light quickly and press the button. It may also be random and could be discovered later, but that doesn't make it any worse. Somehow good 'random' photos happen to good photographers a lot more often.
So if you bring that shadow of a phantom in any less picturesque surrounding or convert to color back it would still be interesting and unique by itself.
I've shot Antelope Canyon - upper and lower - 3 times. At or near noon the sun will provide the beam of light as shown. You have someone stand in a crevice and throw dust into the light. Lots of photogs do the same thing there. It's fun and creates drama. I'll have to check my archives and look for the right phantom. Maybe I'm rich??? I'm calling my realtor.
Several times, with the X20 I clicked "add to cart", but the words "Tends to smudge fine details (even at ISO 100)" kept me from purchasing. I can compromise on a lot, but not IQ.
Now I read that the guts of the X30 remain the same as the X20. Ughhh!
I just downloaded it and had a go with it. Some very useful filters there. I don't use filters as a rule, but included here are some B/W, tonal, contrast masking, etc filters - very usable stuff.
While installing I got a pop-up that my video card was not sufficient to run the program. I clicked OK and I figured the install would abort. But it continued and the program runs perfectly.