Jacques Cornell

Maybe sell the D750, then, and get two of something else.

Comparisons like this have been around forever . This doesn't seem to be adding anything new. That said, the pocketability of a tele zoom was a big attraction for me when I first dipped my toe into ...

Doesn't sound like someone who really needs interchangeable lenses. How about an LX100 or even a used LX7? Great little cameras that are easy to carry around.

What do you think a larger format will get you? (1) Do you need more pixels for mural-size prints? How big do you print? (2) Do you ...

Too bad about your D750. My colleague shoots events with a D750 and loves it, though it's been in the shop for servicing at least twice. Even so, as a fellow event shooter, I'd recommend a second ...

As a working pro and former assistant in NYC, I know dozens of pros, and some of them are still turning out amazing images with aging D700 and 5DIII cameras. And getting paid. Winning ...

I think this is a point that is often missed by folks who only view images at 100% and never make large prints or have to deliver images to clients for specific uses. The "better is always better" ...

I'll take that as high praise.

Canon promoted the 8MP 1D MkII at PhotoPlus Expo with 4' prints that blew me away. They were portraits with lots of fine detail.

I don't even see it as a format-booster. It's just a celebration of what's possible.

To be fair, canvas hides a lot of sins. Even a lightly textured matte-surface fine-art paper can be fairly forgiving. The acid test is glossy paper. That said, my 16"x21" glossy prints made from ...

I guess I'd have to say Micro Four Thirds, since that's what I have, and even though I have funds to buy any camera system I want, I just can't find sufficient reason to "upgrade" in light of the ...

Hey BAK, Don't know how I missed this thread the first time around. I'm a corporate event pro who occasionally shoots weddings, just for people I like and who like my candid style. Here are a few: ...

Yes, and that is an important function, but it does scatter the light, which is why, when you put a scrim on a PLM, you no longer get a focused beam of light. "sent out straightly" sounds like the ...

What is the point of a parabolic softbox that is not a parabolic reflector? Once the light hits the scrim, it scatters, so it wouldn't seem to matter what shape the box behind it is as long as the ...

For landscapes, greater DR and resolution and UWA coverage are easily achieved by stitching and exposure bracketing. I've made mountainscapes with MFT this way that can be printed 10 feet wide.

This last point is academic, since most MFT glass performs extremely well wide open.

Good point. When you need deeper DoF, as for a group portrait, larger formats offer no light gathering advantage. To be fair, there are some situations where I'd gladly trade DoF for lower ISO, ...

I am aware of this. And these are available. Yes and no. There is no 35mm f2.0 for Sony a7x. Sigma makes 24, 35 and 85 f1.4 primes for Sony that would give me a full 1.5-2.0 stops over the MFT ...

If you use a scrim, the unit loses all the qualities that make a parabolic reflector unique. Might as well use a regular softbox. I use a large Paul C Buff Extreme Silver (now discontinued) PLM ...