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7 hours ago, Arikhan said:
Exactly what I told her. Let's assume, that she likes this experience with the Sony ecosystem. After the first two "light" primes (35mm and something like a 50mm, which both are very light and portable) she would surely buy the 18-105 F4 and would want to buy the 85mm Sony prime (she likes this lens on our Canonikons). With the 85mm/18-105 F4 on the camera, there is nothing more "very light" or "tiny". There are many good lenses transforming the "puppy" A6300 into a "brick", so the term of "tiny, light camera" is - depending on lens/gear you use - just an illusion. Same with a mounted flash, when needed...Let's assume, she mounts the 18-105 F4 and a Yongnuo flash on the A6300...It wouldn't be much more lighter than a combination of the Canon 6D with flash & similar lens...BUT she calls the Canon combination "Canonikon brick", meanwhile beeing enthusiastic about the "tiny Sony cameras".
She made many shots with the combination 5dmiii / 7dii with the 300mm Canon prime lens. And we have a battery grip on most Canonikons we own. So I think, at the moment she compares these cameras equiped with with big tele lenses with the A6300 + tiny 35mm prime. And that is comparing apples with oranges. I showed her the combination of Canon 6d (without grip) + 50mm 1.8 Canon lens - it's a tiny gear. No way to convince her, she wants to go "tiny" now... ;-)
To be honest. If she wants to go tiny, certain micro four thirds options would be better suited. However, it sounds like she's been convinced by some online reviews that Sony cameras are where it's at. Instead of just buying a Sony mirrorless, get her to try them out in a shop properly. Get a feel for the controls, shoot raw photos, shoot videos. Preferably do it side by side with some Canikon and perhaps Panasonic models - so she knows how they compare.
What others have said here about the colors of Sony is true. It just isn't where Canon or Nikon is. With my old Sony NEX-5R I could take great shots. But the colors never were possible to tweak as good as the Nikon shots with Lightroom only. Personally I'm not happy if getting good color means having to work with masks in Photoshop... I'm afraid that this is something she'd only notice after a few months going from Canikon to Sony unless she does serious tests in a shop.
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I recommend bringing some SD cards into a shop. Try out the interesting models from Nikon, Canon and Sony that are suitable contenders.
Let the usability of cameras and lenses, as well as the quality of end output matter.
Personally I really love small and light - but small and light camera body still has lower priority than usability, certain features and quality of output.
Also remember that it's usually the camera body itself that gets smaller and lighter, the lenses are the same size. This means that sometimes you have a smaller and more compact setup, but that at other times you have a setup where the camera + lens setup isn't as well balanced on a compact mirrorless as on a larger DSLR body.
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Quite a surprising move. I didn't expect this!
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Kodak Brings Back a Classic with EKTACHROME Film
Las Vegas, NV, Thursday, January 05, 2017
To the delight of film enthusiasts across the globe, Eastman Kodak Company today announced plans to bring back one of its most iconic film stocks. Over the next 12 months, Kodak will be working to reformulate and manufacture KODAK EKTACHROME Film for both motion picture and still photography applications. Initial availability is expected in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Full press release at: http://photorumors.com/2017/01/05/kodak-to-brings-back-ektachrome-film/
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8 hours ago, Mat Mayer said:
It seems to work, down from 86 to 84 hours now, in about an hour. The first 2 cores are still 90 and 89 but the other 2 cores are lower at 87/86 and 86/85 (they were both 89 before).
The first core goes red at 90! every couple seconds, so I will assume that is throttling.
The temperature where thermal throttling starts is different on different Intel CPUs. If you want to find out the exact limit where throttling sets in for your specific CPU, you need to check out what the "Tjunction" is for your specific model. 90 degrees is a common limit, 100 degrees is also common.
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If you can lower the temp in one room, lower the temperature to somewhere around 10-14 degrees celsius. Should be a decent operating temperature for the laptop. There's often a major difference in cooling if you can lower the ambient temperature from around +22 degrees celsius to around +16, so a few more degrees cooler might be enough to quit the throttling.
Long-term solution: get a laptop that is made for higher performance tasks for long periods. Probably will take a bit of research to find out which ones are good for such use. MBP are quite decently built for these types of uses.
There's also laptop coolers that transports heat away from underside of computers. These might be a quick aid. They lower the temperature, but don't expect them to fully fix the throttling/overheating issue: http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/best-laptop-coolers.
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On 08/12/2016 at 3:57 PM, tony wilson said:
mr kish also worked on the famous optex and century anamorphics.
Nice to see you here again Tony!
Welcome back
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What we learnt at school was that whatever small work we did, there should always be a foolproof contract that ensures that both parts understand what's included and what's not, even if it's a project that takes only a few days. A properly written contract can save you a lot of stress by providing you an exit from terrible clients.
A well written contract will also protect the client and make them feel safe about buying services from you. If the client would want to avoid using a contract - that's a warning sign!
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I'm currently waiting for a new 15" mbp to be shipped. Hopefully this glitch is possible to fix with a software fix. It could also be GPU issues due to overheating, and if that's the case this will be much more difficult to fix.
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3 hours ago, Rodolfo Fernandes said:
I do some video with a D800 and 35mm Sigma Art Lens, and the detail surprises me always, i also have a 85mm f2 AI-S but it doesn't cut it, i honestly never tried the Flat profile that comes with the camera i always use Flaat11, you guys prefer the Flat profile to the Flaat11 ? if so, why is that?
Avoid the flaat profiles on D800. They are only useful if you need to cram out the most dynamic range for some special shots. D800 will produce the best results if you use the standard / profile / neutral profiles as-is - or tweak them a little bit.
I also have the 85mm f/2 AI-S on a D800 - and I really like that lens.
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With age cards can get like that. I got a few cards that I often need to copy files from several times over before I can get the files copied.
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19 minutes ago, tugela said:
No, it is the reason why democracy is fatally flawed, and in the end will eat itself. Ultimately entropy will win out.
Every system of governing has its flaws.
If you want them to last (as long as possible) you must take measures against the flaws and keep the systems so they can easily change as society and its needs are changing/evolving.
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2 minutes ago, BookMark said:
i agree with one of the newspaper just before the vote: the general public is simply not equipped to carry out an sufficiently in-depth analysis to make a decision that they won't regret.
This is why every democracy should strive towards having an excellent public education for everyone.
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I think the big question is: what camera should you use to film a Trump face? Do we need a new revolution in color capture for our cameras, or do we need better tools for post production?
- tigerbengal and Richard Bugg
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A successor to D750 will most certainly have 4k, since D750 has been positioned to be a good allrounder for photos & videos.
Sooner or later they will add 4k to the APS-C models below D500, but according to Nikonrumors.com it doesn't seem like there's any 4k in D5600 (and his sources are usually correct).
I wouldn't expect 4k in Nikon's APS-C cameras until early spring 2017 at least. I'd expect the next Nikon camera to be released with 4k would be a D750 successor.
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6 hours ago, mercer said:
If you intercut with an aps-c camera, will the two match, or will the aps-c stand out?
Given equal quality of the footage (say, not a really soft 1080p output from one of the cameras): if you match exposure and colors of footage, very few will notice - even if given the task to spot the differences. Low-light footage will be an exception, where footage from smaller sensors will be noisier (if they're from the same generation of sensor technology).
One aspect I find important with full frame, is that I can easily find wide lenses with very little distortion for full frame. With the 28mm f/2.8 AI-S Nikkor, or with the 16-35mm f/4 I can shoot wide shots with very little distortion. The smaller the focal length, the harder it becomes to design lenses with little distortion.
- Timotheus and Lintelfilm
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4 minutes ago, mercer said:
Thanks, I think I'm just gonna stick with ai/ai-s lenses. I love the focus rings on them. Have you ever used the 1.4 ai-s? I have heard some mixed reviews. Once upon a time I had the K non-ai version and it wasn't that great, but U' e never used the ai or ai-s versions.
Never used the 1.4 AI-S lenses. They are in general harder to come by (at least here in Sweden), and more expensive. The set of AI-S lenses I use is: 28mm f/2.8, 50mm f/1.8, 85mm f/2 (can't remember if this is AI or AI-S version), and a 105mm f/2.5. All of them are excellent. If I'd be using APS-C crop, I think I'd skip the 28mm f/2.8 and get the sigma 18-35 f/1.8 if budget allows for it. On full frame, the 28mm f/2.8 is wide enough for my use.
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5 hours ago, mercer said:
Thanks for this. I bid on a 1.4D last night and lost... Glad I didn't win it. I'd rather work with ai-s lenses, but they won't meter on my D5500, so I am kinda flying blind. Another poster informed me of a good trick... Take a second of video and the hit the play button to see a histogram of the previous shot. It works well but is still a little clunkier than I'd like. I like this Nikon so much, that I will probably get a D7200 for metering, zebras, Kelvin WB (even though AWB works pretty damn good) and headphone input.
Then I'll just stick with ai/ai-s lenses. But for now, I wouldn't mind one lens that metered on the 5500. That 1.8D is so cheap, I'll probably pick it up. Is the manual focus ring that bad?
It certainly looks that way, but I can't tell if the maker of that video has his camera set to Photo LiveView, or Movie LiveView, or if that even makes a difference. Other than a refurbished 16-80mm... They're all out of my price range anyway. But they look like great lenses.
The focus ring is certainly usable on the 50mm f/1.8 for manual focusing, but it doesn't feel as good as the AI-S. Difficult to be precise if you want to rack focus or such.
You could also buy a used 50mm f/1.8D. The used prices on those lenses have been roughly the same for 7-8 years - so if you're not happy with it, just sell it for the same money and get the 50mm AI-S f/1.8 instead. Just don't pay the extra price premium for the f/1.4D, the extra bucks aren't worth it.
Also, keep an eye out for the AI-S 50mm lenses, sometimes there's really nice ones to be found for nearly nothing. I found mine for about 50 euro - in mint condition.
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On 10/22/2016 at 3:33 PM, mercer said:
Actually, I think I might have a a 50mm Series E. But I was considering a 50mm D lens due to their ability to meter on the 5500.
Ok, thanks. I must have misunderstood the article or skimmed it too quickly... It was a while ago. Unfortunately, there aren't many fast 50mm options with good reviews. There isn't much love for the ai/ai-s f/1.4 and the 1.2 is crazy expensive, but the 1.4D gets decent reviews for its glass and IQ, I just fear that build quality.
I was also looking at a couple zooms. I already have a Tokina 24-40mm AT-X that I really like, and its sister the 35-70mm, but I'd like a wide to medium zoom as well for run and gun. I saw the 28-50 ai-s and that gets decent reviews but I don't really want a push/pull zoom. Do you have or have ever used the 24-50 AF-D zoom?
I have shot quite a bit with the 50mm AF-D f/1.4, 50mm AF-D f/1.8 and 50mm AI-S f/1.8.
Optically, the two f/1.8s are very similar in sharpness, but the AF-D has different flaring/ghosting characteristics (both look good, just behave a bit differently). The AI-S focus ring is certainly better for video. Only go for the AF-D if you're going to shoot stills and want the AF and metering as well.
The 50mm f/1.4 AF-D is a decent lens, but it's very soft at f/1.4. A bit better at f/1.6, really nice at f/1.8. If this lens would break I wouldn't bother buying it again. I'd rather go for the AI-S 50mm f/1.8 or the AF-D f/1.8 - or for stills either of the new 50mm G lenses. Also, with certain directions of lights (shining nearly directly into the lens) it has a nasty type of ghosting wide open. It's rare, but it is nasty when it happens. The 50mm f/1.8 AF-D is much better in that aspect.
Mechanically, I far prefer the 50mm AI-S over the E-series lenses I've tried. I think they're identical optically.
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55 minutes ago, wolf33d said:
For me GoPro slaughtered DJI. I don't care about its speed or other specs, I care about the fact that for the same price I get a GoPro 5 that I will use on ground a lot, a handheld gimbal that is amazing, and a drone that is a perfect mix between size and stability. This thing is too small and shaky (see the verge video).
Anyone using a GoPro for action videos should get the Karma instead.
It's just too bad that the GoPro doesn't have a follow mode.
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On 9/24/2016 at 11:55 PM, ken said:
Tested this Zeiss lens with 100mm/f2 taking lens on FF camera. Is it OK?
Looks good. Do you have any stills or footage shot wide open at f/2?
Considering the vignetting, is 100mm the widest you can go with full frame?
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1 minute ago, Michael Coffee said:
Getting there with ms word - thanks for the suggestions! I bet after messing around for hours on the pc with word, it will take about 5 minutes on the mac
As a designer, I've actually been surprised quite a few times by non-techy creatives and business people making really good looking stuff - and quickly - with Keynote. It's excellent for presentations and presenting ideas.
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If you have Mac, I'd recommend Keynote. Then you can run it both as a presentation - as well as export to PDF for digital delivery.
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I have AKG K271 MKII: http://www.akg.com/pro/p/k271mkii
These are the best easily driven closed design headphones I've found. They work fine with my camera and laptop. They are a bit heavy to drive for my old Nexus 5 phone, but they still work with that combination. Hence I think they'll suit just about any DSLR / mirrorless.
Been using them for 2-3 years, and I don't have anything to complain about the audio. Frequency response seems very well balanced for monitoring.
Another plus side is that the cables are easily replaceable, and you get them delivered with one fairly long straight cable, and one coiled.
They are not super-light, but I find them comfortable. I work in front of a computer all days, and these usually sit on my head all day long.
"One woman, one lens" - A6300 ??
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Canon vs Nikon colors: Get the white balance correct, and Nikon colors are a bit more truer to what the colors actually were. The Canon colors will be a bit warmer. So, if you want Canon colors more natural, dial down a bit on warm colors. If you want Nikon colors to be more like Canon, make the shots a bit warmer. Not a major difference - it's easy to get pleasing colors out of both, be it for portraits with human skin or be it for nature.
Sony is miles away from the color you'll get out of Canon or Nikon cameras.
Maybe best if she tries it? Guess you can always resell the camera equipment if she doesn't like it in the long run.