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Simon Young reacted to a post in a topic: Street photography panic / Fuji hysteria
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Looking at a couple of the series from Japan I notice a lot of young beautiful women and a lot of weathered old people. There’s a history of objectification with most of his motifs. Coupled with the black and white hard contrast look that many great Japanese artists have wielded for me the portfolio becomes mostly style and little substance. It’s nowhere near for example Parr or Gilden. They are beautiful photographs but as far as art goes it’s nothing special.
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Castorp reacted to a post in a topic: How to receive a BAFTA as ungraciously as possible
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Castorp reacted to a post in a topic: How to receive a BAFTA as ungraciously as possible
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Castorp reacted to a post in a topic: How to receive a BAFTA as ungraciously as possible
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Castorp reacted to a post in a topic: How to receive a BAFTA as ungraciously as possible
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Castorp reacted to a post in a topic: How to receive a BAFTA as ungraciously as possible
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Castorp reacted to a post in a topic: Canon EOS R5 - 8K30p 4K120p
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Castorp reacted to a post in a topic: 2020 Petition to Stop Using the Word “Bokeh” Forever
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Castorp reacted to a post in a topic: Sony A7R IV - can confirm colour is still SH**!
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IronFilm reacted to a post in a topic: Nikon z50 Apsc camera
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Nikon Z6 features 4K N-LOG, 10bit HDMI output and 120fps 1080p
Castorp replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
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Kisaha reacted to a post in a topic: Nikon z50 Apsc camera
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Out of the APSC cameras in this price range the Z50 certainly looks like the best to me. The Z50 seems well built and the sealing is supposed to be good. I like how the grip, buttons and control wheels are executed. That kit lens is tiny and the perfect travel lens. The main problem is the lack of lenses. (But what new camera system has a lot of lenses?) Nikon should have made a DX 23 or 35mm f1.8 lens for the launch. I am excited about the announced 28mm and 40mm “compact primes”. Seeing that they are not S line lenses they should be affordable. Probably pancakes, they w
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Castorp reacted to a post in a topic: Nikon z50 Apsc camera
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Castorp reacted to a post in a topic: Nikon Z6 features 4K N-LOG, 10bit HDMI output and 120fps 1080p
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foliovision reacted to a post in a topic: TechArt Pro Sony E To Nikon Z Adapter
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foliovision reacted to a post in a topic: TechArt Pro Sony E To Nikon Z Adapter
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foliovision reacted to a post in a topic: TechArt Pro Sony E To Nikon Z Adapter
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I don’t know if I would say Canon are stupid. Or Nikon or Sony or Panasonic or any other.These are very big companies consisting of large amounts of people that make a lot of effort when planning these products. Its more funny to me actually that there is a culture of online behaviour (mostly the big youtubers) of single persons that believe they better understand the market than for example Canon, that no doubt make extensive market research and have a large number of pros come with input. I mean, why don’t you apply for a job at Canon? Since they’re so incompetent I mean.
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What’s up with all the Canon hate? Getting a bit old no? Personally I feel the obsession with 24p echoes of the colour/black and white discussion of the 20th century. “Real photos are black and white” and so on. Resistance towards colour photography was alive and well into the 1980’s. Thing is, my eyes see in colour. I see the world in colour. Likewise, I don’t see the world in 24 frames per second. My vision updates many times faster than that. More like 240fps. Not that lens based media necessarily is about mimicking the real world. But IT IS a recording medium, and just
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Nikon Z6 features 4K N-LOG, 10bit HDMI output and 120fps 1080p
Castorp replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
Looks great Geoff. Wolfcrow’s settings? -
Simon Young reacted to a post in a topic: Nikon Z6 features 4K N-LOG, 10bit HDMI output and 120fps 1080p
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Nikon Z6 features 4K N-LOG, 10bit HDMI output and 120fps 1080p
Castorp replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
I think the colour pics are really great. As all the other photographs there. Good to see someone review these things who is actually a good photographer. How is it that whenever anyone posts anything positive in a Nikon or Canon thread you have immediately shoot it down webrunner5? -
heart0less reacted to a post in a topic: Nikon Z6 features 4K N-LOG, 10bit HDMI output and 120fps 1080p
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Nikon Z6 features 4K N-LOG, 10bit HDMI output and 120fps 1080p
Castorp replied to Andrew Reid's topic in Cameras
https://alikgriffin.com/nikon-50mm-f1-8-s-lens-review-sample-photos/ Finally a review which mirrors my own experience with the Z system so far and especially the 50/1.8S. -
Simon Young reacted to a post in a topic: Which colour science do you like the most?
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Lee Varis shows at 06:18 why good colour, in this case good jpegs, can be important. The raw doesn’t necessarily give you any clues to what is possible. How can you edit for what you don’t know is there? Same goes for good colour camera vs a bad one. Sure you can edit for anything, but without reference it’s difficult. It’s not only about the time it takes to move a slider but also which slider and what to do with it. I keep coming back to this video.
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webrunner5 reacted to a post in a topic: Which colour science do you like the most?
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Canon sometimes isn’t the best for landscapes. There’s a focus on skin tones that sometimes take the oomph out of greens and blues. I find Fujifilm and Nikon to have a great balance overall, all subject matters considered. The Panasonic S1 looks fantastic. Every time I look at jpegs from Olympus OMD camera’s I come away impressed. Olympus colour is underrated.
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I wouldn’t call it the best camera for stills. I’d still rather use the Nikon Z7 or Panasonic S1R. Or even the EOS R. It’s not all about resolution. I’d rather have the colours of a Nikon or Canon. Ergonomics and reliability are important. I’d love to have that much resolution for prints but there are other things equally important.
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Cheers, then we leave it there and I don't have to waste my time either explaining to gethin or others why I bothered with the sidetrack of editorial integrity. Back to lenses. I am primarily a stills photographer that sometimes work with video. I make very large prints for walls and/or publications. My knowledge and experience in photography is substantial. My knowledge and experience in video is limited. When considering the development of where lenses for still cameras (that can shoot video) are going the trend seems pretty clear. The large and heavy Otus lenses, the large and he
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I think what I wrote is crystal clear. But if not I am more than happy to clarify via PM. Have a good day.
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I think it is fair to have opinion on any sizeable publication yes. You don’t agree? You believe that publications are not accountable to their readers? I would argue a good but critical relationship between a publication and it’s audience builds trust and creates a positive loop for both parties in the end. I make a difference between Andrew the EOSHD publisher and Andrew the forum member. I am curious to the opinion of both but I just like to know who is talking at which time and what the perspective is, so I can better understand what’s written. That’s all. Anthropomorphising a