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Tim Sewell

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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from kidzrevil in Fuji X-H1. IBIS, Phase Detect 4K beast?   
    Your aggression and unpleasantness is starting to seriously impact the enjoyment that others derive from this forum. You derail thread after thread with your deeply insulting scattergun imprecations. We get that you don't like what Fuji have done with their new camera and we get that you don't like Mattias. So why don't you do the adult thing and leave both this thread and his posts well alone.
    Edit: for the avoidance of doubt, I'll be using the ignore feature from now on. I shouldn't have to do that, in a generally respectful forum.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from frontfocus in Fuji X-H1. IBIS, Phase Detect 4K beast?   
    Your aggression and unpleasantness is starting to seriously impact the enjoyment that others derive from this forum. You derail thread after thread with your deeply insulting scattergun imprecations. We get that you don't like what Fuji have done with their new camera and we get that you don't like Mattias. So why don't you do the adult thing and leave both this thread and his posts well alone.
    Edit: for the avoidance of doubt, I'll be using the ignore feature from now on. I shouldn't have to do that, in a generally respectful forum.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from Castorp in Fuji X-H1. IBIS, Phase Detect 4K beast?   
    Your aggression and unpleasantness is starting to seriously impact the enjoyment that others derive from this forum. You derail thread after thread with your deeply insulting scattergun imprecations. We get that you don't like what Fuji have done with their new camera and we get that you don't like Mattias. So why don't you do the adult thing and leave both this thread and his posts well alone.
    Edit: for the avoidance of doubt, I'll be using the ignore feature from now on. I shouldn't have to do that, in a generally respectful forum.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from Vladimir in Fuji X-H1. IBIS, Phase Detect 4K beast?   
    Your aggression and unpleasantness is starting to seriously impact the enjoyment that others derive from this forum. You derail thread after thread with your deeply insulting scattergun imprecations. We get that you don't like what Fuji have done with their new camera and we get that you don't like Mattias. So why don't you do the adult thing and leave both this thread and his posts well alone.
    Edit: for the avoidance of doubt, I'll be using the ignore feature from now on. I shouldn't have to do that, in a generally respectful forum.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from Katrikura in Fuji X-H1. IBIS, Phase Detect 4K beast?   
    Your aggression and unpleasantness is starting to seriously impact the enjoyment that others derive from this forum. You derail thread after thread with your deeply insulting scattergun imprecations. We get that you don't like what Fuji have done with their new camera and we get that you don't like Mattias. So why don't you do the adult thing and leave both this thread and his posts well alone.
    Edit: for the avoidance of doubt, I'll be using the ignore feature from now on. I shouldn't have to do that, in a generally respectful forum.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from webrunner5 in Samsung "The Frame"   
    Damn! I just bought one that looks just like that. The sales guy told me it was Apple's new 'distressed look' version. He said anything I watch on it will automatically look like it was shot by Vincent Gallo. I can't work out how to turn it on though.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from sam in Samsung "The Frame"   
    Damn! I just bought one that looks just like that. The sales guy told me it was Apple's new 'distressed look' version. He said anything I watch on it will automatically look like it was shot by Vincent Gallo. I can't work out how to turn it on though.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from BTM_Pix in Samsung "The Frame"   
    Damn! I just bought one that looks just like that. The sales guy told me it was Apple's new 'distressed look' version. He said anything I watch on it will automatically look like it was shot by Vincent Gallo. I can't work out how to turn it on though.
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    Tim Sewell reacted to Mattias Burling in How stills killed casual video for me   
    Then I sugest working in the marketing departement of a robot factory. Being a good photog will get you in the door faster.
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    Tim Sewell reacted to Matthew Hartman in Fuji X-H1. IBIS, Phase Detect 4K beast?   
    Yes, this a x1000 over.
    It is an affliction and lots of ppl on every level of proficiency and skill get caught up in it one way or another.
    It never fails on any set I've been on. Someone in the crew is going to start talking shop and I'm guilty of getting caught up in those conversations, even though I consciously try to aviod it, because the "mojo" is not there.
    I honestly care only to the degree of whether or not I'm happy with the shot and the massaging is on point. Obviously, most ppl are not okay with a crap image unless that is the narrative. 
    My highschool photography teacher was a huge technical shooter. I spent so much time making sure I was exploring my creativity in every assignment and all he could do was comment and grade me on nitpicking my "exposure". (Celluloid) He was awful to me and would shame me quite often. I would hate having to bring up my contact sheet or review. The bastard would call out my last name and then freaking let out a loud sigh. ?
    My second year I took 1st place in a statewide competition, for the category of "creativity". (Not that my exposure had issues) My teacher had to eat his lunch. I was happier about that than winning the prize. ?
    Not to put ppl in a box, but I learned a long time ago that there are technical shooters, let's call them craftsmen, and then there are creative/narrative shooters we deem as artists.
    Both could learn a lot from eachother. That being said, creativity is hard to teach. I actually think to tap into creativity you have to be a little clinically insane, which is a mental state a technical person would find very uncomfortable, because it involves intuition and a bit of chaos, rather than hard-concrete controlled facts.
    This very thread got really unhealthy really quick. People were attacking one another's preferences, which arent really debatable. You like what you like. And what you might like today, you might hate tomorrow. It just doesn't matter, and everyone here is worth more than the sum of their preferences.
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    Tim Sewell reacted to Django in Sony a7 III discussion   
    i know quite a few female fotogs and fwiw they're all on Canikon DSLRs.
     In the fashion street photography scene (big industry here in Paris) it's almost all Canon 5Ds / 1DXs. requirements are battery life, weather sealing & SOOC skin tones.
    Weather sealing because sometimes you're out on the street for hours shooting during downpour, SOOC skin tones because it's a race to get pics online and subjects must look good.
    Sony have improved battery life & ergonomics but weather sealing, color science & menus are still poor. IMO they mostly cater to enthusiasts, semi-pros & general fields. 
    few examples:
      
    ..and no these aren't posers but actual pros who earn up to $5K-$10K during each fashion week (which if they travel is 12 events per year).
    so much for the poor old fat second-class citizen comment..
     
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    Tim Sewell reacted to Don Kotlos in Sony a7 III discussion   
    The only thing that this picture "proves" (coupled with your comment) is your bias towards women. 
    I suggest you take the Gender-Career implicit association test found here: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/
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    Tim Sewell reacted to mat33 in How stills killed casual video for me   
    When I started imaging more seriously, I was shooting 95% video/5% stills.  I have now shifted to the opposite, and often when I head out my dedicated camera is incapable of shooting video.  A lot of my casual shooting involves family and the kids, and with video you just end up observing the moments behind a camera worrying about getting the shot rather than whats happening.  I find with stills, I can get the shots I want and still be involved for the majority of the activity.  For me the entire workflow has become key -take some shots-->pop SD card into iPad/iphone adapter-->load into LR mobile-->adjust then and there or later on desktop at home or on phone when have spare moment, very very fast and flexible and has changed the way I work.  I have just got an instax printer, and am enjoying the merging of digital and analog - its been great seeing how both adults and kids react to actually being to hold a photo of themselves rather than just seeing it on a phone screen (for most kids it all they know), and sticking 'real' photos of the kids on the fridge is magic.
     
     
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    Tim Sewell reacted to Matthew Hartman in Fuji X-H1. IBIS, Phase Detect 4K beast?   
    Trust me, it's bewildering to many Americans as well. I won't get into political conversations here, so if anyone has a retort you will not get a follow up from me.
    But we definitely need a good overall of our public policies in my country. Webrunner's story is not unlike many, many Americans. Statistics show that many Americans are roughly a paycheck away from total poverty and many go bankrupt with medical bills, even with having insurance.
    I recently had a talk with my 13-year old son about what to do if some crazed individual comes to his school with a weapon. Not a conversation I ever imaged I'd have to have with my children. It's surreal. 
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    Tim Sewell reacted to Mattias Burling in Fuji X-H1. IBIS, Phase Detect 4K beast?   
    Since when did we start blaming cameras for "over exposure"?
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from iamoui in Sony a7 III discussion   
    I'm not aware of the forum rule that outlaws 'wild conjecture'.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from thefactory in Sony a7 III discussion   
    I'm not aware of the forum rule that outlaws 'wild conjecture'.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from KitaCam in Fuji X-H1. IBIS, Phase Detect 4K beast?   
    I have no skin in this game, but on the Fuji camera forum I frequent a couple of people who have received their X-H1s are reporting that the AF is noticeably quicker. Obviously that's for stills - and they haven't detailed the lenses used - but I guess we shouldn't dismiss it too early. Those of us who use Fuji cams know that there is a difference similar to that between the weather in England right now and that enjoyed in the Florida Keys in AF performance between lenses.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from BTM_Pix in Camera "mojo" - where does it come from?   
    @BTM_Pix - peace and love, peace and love.
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    Tim Sewell reacted to BTM_Pix in Camera "mojo" - where does it come from?   
    The most salient point about Ringo (especially in the context of this analogy) is that he was the best drummer FOR The Beatles even if there are some who maintain he wasn't the best drummer IN The Beatles
     
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from BTM_Pix in Camera "mojo" - where does it come from?   
    Seeing as arguing is the new co-operating here at EOSHD:
    https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-drummers-of-all-time-20160331/ringo-starr-20160325
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    Tim Sewell reacted to BTM_Pix in Camera "mojo" - where does it come from?   
    In my experience, the most significant part of the mojo of most cameras still resides within the circuitry of whoever is operating it.
    I've made enough bad images with good cameras to recognise it.
    Prefix it with "Then"  and it will be interpreted as such but honestly I'm just not going to engage any more with this.
    Its no coincidence that every thread that I open that you are involved in might as well start auto playing the theme tune from Rocky.
    English may not be your first language but antagonism might well be.
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from Gordon Zernich in Sony a7 III discussion   
    I'm not aware of the forum rule that outlaws 'wild conjecture'.
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    Tim Sewell reacted to BTM_Pix in Kinefinity TERRA 4K Selling at ProAV   
    Definitely a case of crossing that bridge when you come to it with regards to what to use when commissioned for a Netflix Original production.
    The only Netflix spec that I have to concern myself with meeting is the £7.99 a month payment 
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    Tim Sewell got a reaction from mechanicalEYE in Fuji X-H1. IBIS, Phase Detect 4K beast?   
    I have no skin in this game, but on the Fuji camera forum I frequent a couple of people who have received their X-H1s are reporting that the AF is noticeably quicker. Obviously that's for stills - and they haven't detailed the lenses used - but I guess we shouldn't dismiss it too early. Those of us who use Fuji cams know that there is a difference similar to that between the weather in England right now and that enjoyed in the Florida Keys in AF performance between lenses.
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