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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from Mattias Burling in My guide to buying a cheap Hasselblad medium format camera   
    By looking at pictures and deciding if we like them.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from Mattias Burling in My guide to buying a cheap Hasselblad medium format camera   
    Exactly! Or getting that same computer to decide whether Rembrandt or Monet is the better artist. I think we get way too hung up on numbers as a way of measuring entirely subjective aesthetic qualities.
    Another factor could just be that the majority of people willing to make the many thousands of dollars/pounds/euros investments for medium format cameras and lenses simply tend to be accomplished photographers.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from jonpais in My guide to buying a cheap Hasselblad medium format camera   
    Sure - these are all technical aspects of image quality and they are technically meaningful - I take notice of them myself. In my original comment I was referring to @jcs's (who I admire greatly in most things) notion of setting up semi-scientific tests to determine compression and DOF differences between two sensor/film formats - essentially trying to quantify an aesthetic quality or preference. The essence is that no scientific test will ever determine why a medium format photograph appeals more to an individual than the same scene shot on full frame or micro four thirds, or vice versa. It seems a pointless exercise, which was the crux of my comment.
    I spend and have spent an inordinate amount of money on cameras and I like to have instruments that are as close to the best as I can't afford but can justify to myself (if not to my wife). That's not because I think they will make me a better photographer or film maker - if they do it will only be tangentially because they make the process easier. The best camera in the world can't make up for a lack of artistic sensibility or vision, while the worst camera in the world won't fully obscure the same qualities. I buy expensive cameras for the same reason that I rarely take photographs or videos on my phone - because I enjoy the sensual aspect of making images with a well-made tool designed for that purpose. Scientific tests have their place in determining the measures you mention, but I just can't see their value in determining immeasurable phenomena.
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    Tim Sewell reacted to Mattias Burling in My guide to buying a cheap Hasselblad medium format camera   
    That makes just as much sense as asking a computer to calculate what ice cream flavour that is the "best". 
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from BenEricson in iphone X for video - GO PRO killer? H.265 recording - slo mo 1080p up to 240 FPS - is this a go pro killer?   
    Looking forward to watching hipsters jumping off cliffs into azure seas with their $1000 iPhones on selfie sticks, later telling the insurance company that renowned DoP @Ed_David 'said it was a GoPro killer'.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from iamoui in iphone X for video - GO PRO killer? H.265 recording - slo mo 1080p up to 240 FPS - is this a go pro killer?   
    Looking forward to watching hipsters jumping off cliffs into azure seas with their $1000 iPhones on selfie sticks, later telling the insurance company that renowned DoP @Ed_David 'said it was a GoPro killer'.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from Cinegain in iphone X for video - GO PRO killer? H.265 recording - slo mo 1080p up to 240 FPS - is this a go pro killer?   
    Looking forward to watching hipsters jumping off cliffs into azure seas with their $1000 iPhones on selfie sticks, later telling the insurance company that renowned DoP @Ed_David 'said it was a GoPro killer'.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from kaylee in Film writing prompts   
    On a more serious note, I suspect that if writing speculatively as an 'unknown' there might be more chance of getting lucky if one aims one's ideas at long-form episodic TV.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from Snowfun in iphone X for video - GO PRO killer? H.265 recording - slo mo 1080p up to 240 FPS - is this a go pro killer?   
    Looking forward to watching hipsters jumping off cliffs into azure seas with their $1000 iPhones on selfie sticks, later telling the insurance company that renowned DoP @Ed_David 'said it was a GoPro killer'.
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    Tim Sewell reacted to EthanAlexander in Ok, so this is a video forum, but bear with me...   
    Wow. Incredible stuff. You're right it makes me want to go outside right now! (But I can't...)
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from EthanAlexander in Ok, so this is a video forum, but bear with me...   
    Inspiring images are inspiring images, no matter what the medium. What we deal in as photographers, cinematographers or whatever we call ourselves is essentially the same - we seek to distill human experience into visual form in such a way that the viewer can connect with the subject matter - emotionally, intellectually and aesthetically. So take a look at this, a website devoted to the two Fujifilm 35mm lenses, the 1.4 and the 2.0. I honestly haven't come across a website crammed with so many inspiring images in a long time. It just makes you itch to get out there with a camera straight away!: http://www.fiftythreemm.com/
     
    Quick edit to mention that the 'X-PERT 53 INTERVIEWS' is particularly wonderful.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from mercer in The 4K Fuji X-T2 is here   
    I think it's in the end credits at 03:44.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from iamoui in The X-E3 - Fujis new 4K shooting "Mini X-Pro"!   
    Just when my wallet thought it was in for a nice long rest.
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    Tim Sewell reacted to Mattias Burling in The X-E3 - Fujis new 4K shooting "Mini X-Pro"!   
    I will let mine rest.. because its empty... new Sigma coming today
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from OliKMIA in First paid job - need advice PLEASE!   
    I expect most of us have done work cheaply when trying to make a start in a creative industry that we love. Whatever you decide at the end of the day - make sure that after costs you are left with no less per day than you'd earn in a good day on your day job!
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from Don Kotlos in Gear is for art. Art are politics   
    All I can do is bring my three children up to be good human beings and in my own life respect and celebrate the humanity in everyone regardless of race, gender, orientation and creed. At our current juncture, that feels like a radical attitude.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from jcs in Gear is for art. Art are politics   
    I did a treatment for a screenplay based on this a while ago - on the afternoon of the inauguration the new Prez is driven to a nondescript house on a nondescript suburban housing estate to meet with some badly dressed old men who take a break from arguing about football to let him know that while he might think he's in charge, he really isn't - and outline exactly what will happen to him and his family if he mentions any of what he's been told.
    Times now are such that I'd be rather reassured if I knew there were puppetmasters pulling the strings, because nuclear war, unlike the other flavours, is definitely very bad for business.
    Of course Harrison Ford (for it is he) turns the tables on them, defeats them and takes his presidency on to great things for God, truth and the American way.
    And explosions.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from jcs in Gear is for art. Art are politics   
    All I can do is bring my three children up to be good human beings and in my own life respect and celebrate the humanity in everyone regardless of race, gender, orientation and creed. At our current juncture, that feels like a radical attitude.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from Ed_David in Gear is for art. Art are politics   
    ... elected president of the USA!
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from Emanuel in Gear is for art. Art are politics   
    ... elected president of the USA!
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    Tim Sewell reacted to Andrew Reid in Gear is for art. Art are politics   
    I am a bit disappointed because this thread has turned into an Ed vs everyone else situation, and yes some of it is his fault, but c'mon...
    http://www.eddaviddp.com
    Some superb work on here.
    And he has been using this forum for a very long time.
    I will miss him if he chooses to leave permanently.
    So whatever differences you guys forming a mob may have with him, this isn't the place to get personal and hound someone out.
    It was poor form from Ed, but there's no need to force a guy to back out of the forum permanently and completely overlook what he shoots and what he contributes.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from ade towell in Gear is for art. Art are politics   
    You may not agree with what Ed has to say, but he has been unfailingly polite in saying it. Perhaps you should dial back your aggression and disdain, as it is of no use to anyone and paints you as an unpleasant individual. And I agree, by the way, that administrators should abstain from approving posts containing aggression and profanity aimed at other users.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from EthanAlexander in LOL Canon... C200 Codec "Upgrade" details announced   
    CAnon does seem to have - as we say here in England - dropped a bollock on this occasion.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from Don Kotlos in Gear is for art. Art are politics   
    You may not agree with what Ed has to say, but he has been unfailingly polite in saying it. Perhaps you should dial back your aggression and disdain, as it is of no use to anyone and paints you as an unpleasant individual. And I agree, by the way, that administrators should abstain from approving posts containing aggression and profanity aimed at other users.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from TomasSunyer in Gear is for art. Art are politics   
    You may not agree with what Ed has to say, but he has been unfailingly polite in saying it. Perhaps you should dial back your aggression and disdain, as it is of no use to anyone and paints you as an unpleasant individual. And I agree, by the way, that administrators should abstain from approving posts containing aggression and profanity aimed at other users.
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