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    Sony NEX-C3 and 30mm f/3.5 Macro Officially Announced

    I'll be interested in seeing how this compares to the G3. They seem to be head-to-head comptitors. What are people's opinions on NEX vs M4/3 pancake primes?
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    Where is Micro Four Thirds headed?

    Yes, that's what I meant by imaginary differences. The difference in sensor size is a rounding error in IQ. Lenses and sensor tech are more relevant between the two systems. I hate them, though I have a few. Ricoh and Olympus. I never seem to need them and they don't make focussing any...
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    Where is Micro Four Thirds headed?

    In short the primary differentiating factor of the M4/3 is that they take the widest range of legacy lenses. I see no other reason to buy it over the competition.
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    Micro 4/3 Panasonic GF3 leaked photos!

    I love my GF1. I wouldn't trade it for that, not even for an even swap.
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    Where is Micro Four Thirds headed?

    I remember having this conversation with Amin, back when he first introduced himself. I think m4/3 are in early mid-life crisis. They started out thinking that they would take the world by storm, then competition by Sony and Samsung took the wind out of their sails a bit. Now they have...
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    I am Humbled

    I hove the pictures Lili. I'm currently shooting a few of the Fujis: F11 - mindblowing for a 2005 camera. Reasonably good low light ISO even by modern compact camera standards, almost 7 years later F200EXR - agreed; one of the best Fujifilm compacts for IQ. I love this camera and often...
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    Justin Guariglia, Nat Geo Traveler Photog, Interviewed Leica Camera Blog

    Often a sharp 35/2 is all you need.
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    And the Award for 'Most Serious Compact Ever' Goes To...

    I'm not saying that's the case, but that would be an effective way to launder $1.9 million dollars and make money in the process. The evil-doer could buy it for something like $400k, shill it up and sell it to himself for nearly $2 million, then a year later sell it on again. It should be no...
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    Alien Skin Bokeh 2 Review

    I like the look of the software. I can add a few ideas: Depth of field adapter; projection onto ground glass, static, vibrating, oscillating, or rotating. Compound lens / sensor array techniques SynthCam Reverse focus stacking Tele adapter
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    Some images from the back yard

    That's great. I wasn't sure what to expect from the title, but it's not only safe for work, it's a welcome Monday pick-me-up.
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    Pentax Pentax NC-1 Kit to be Announced in June with $600 Price Tag?

    I've been waiting for a Kenco, but maybe the Pentax fits the bill. Whether I buy in the first round depends on whether they offer a C-mount adapter. 1/2.3" is all about C.
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    Review or User Experience?

    LOL, I confess to a bit of that too.
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    What if?

    GRDIII or X100: replace no matter the cost. Others: use the GRDIII or X100 instead
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    Review or User Experience?

    The last two cameras that I bought new were based on discussion and info on photorumours.com Why? I buy new cameras to review based on pre-launch noise. I have plenty of good cameras, so if I don't have to write it up I can afford to wait till it's discontinued. All the cameras that I buy to...
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    Fuji Showcase The Fuji X100 portrait thread

    It's a portrait of a portrait of a re-shoot of a portrait, but there is a theme (legendary compact cameras) Ricky Fung is a local recording legend. His breakthrough was as a founding member of the group The Mystics in Hong Kong and Macau in the 1960's. They recently did a reunion gig for the...
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    Video and compact cameras

    I found and used it in my initial testing, but haven't used it since. I don't shoot much video and didn't buy this camera for video. However if it works well, I may have another go.
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    Leica The Leica X1: A Review from the Field

    Amin, they are about the same weight. IMO, the X1 has the form factor of screw mount Leica combined with LCD composition. The X100 feels like an enhanced 70's rangefinder, but heavier.
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    Leica The Leica X1: A Review from the Field

    I just about totally agree with this camera, based on own my try out of the camera. The experience seems clunky and embarrassing next to the slick X100.
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    Fuji X100 In Stock at B&H

    It's one heck of a give away. No strings attached. I haven't entered as I'm a bit too close to PR (I wrote their X100 review) and have one already. Sign up!
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    Fuji The Fuji case

    I have one. It came with my camera. Part of an unbreakable package I had to buy to get the camera back in March. It's top quality, worth maybe $50 in rational terms. I've never even used it. They should have included a flash instead.
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    Fuji Auto ISO

    I like having a 'preferred ISO' and allowing auto ISO slip from 200 to 3200, though I would have liked 6400 to have been an option. Images still look good at 6400. I like the idea of having the ND on the fn button, but it still brings up a ND Y/N menu; I'd assumed they would have realised...
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    Panasonic Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS10(TZ20)

    last night I just checked our city's largest electronics chain store. They offered the 550EXR at $385 and the Panasonic ZS10 at $475. They also suggested the Nikon Coolpix S9100 at $385, with a similar zoom spec. I took test pics, tried out the cameras and chatted with the salespeople. You...
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    The beginning of the end of the digital SLR era

    I am a big fan of Fujifilm. I own several of their best cameras: Klasse W, Natura Classica, Natura Black 1.9, F11, F200EXR, X100. I love their films: Super Presto 1600, Velvia 50 (I have about 60 rolls in the cooler), Superia Reala 100. The more I learn about Fuji, the more enamoured I...
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    The beginning of the end of the digital SLR era

    I agree. Just like a racing driver should know every component of his car, I have been taught to listen, read, experiment and question my assumptions. Canon E-TTL II is an advanced pre-flash TTL metering system. The Speedlite (or groups of slaved Speedlites) sequentially discharge a series of...
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    Panasonic Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS10(TZ20)

    Thanks very much! I've followed up your comments with some reading about the F-series. Wikipedia has a lot of useful information, as do the press releases on dpreview and FujiFilm's own website. The F-series is Fujifilm's flagship line of compact cameras, so that's where they debut their new...
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    Privacy and buying and selling.

    Never sell cards. Always over write the internal memory with a few photos.
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    Panasonic Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS10(TZ20)

    That's great news. The Finepix F500EXR sounds great. I got over GPS pretty quickly with the Nikon CoolPix P6000. The acronym stands for <i>Gulps Power Swiftly</i>. Do you know how the F500EXR/F550EXR compares to the F300EXR? Or for that matter, the Lumix TZ?
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    The beginning of the end of the digital SLR era

    However, I'm curious, why manual? Is the idea to test fire and dial it in? I'd be worried about missing the shot. Photographing big dynamic group shots I can't count on a reshoot. Playing kids don't offer a second shot either. Also, how would you dial it in? Would you adjust the flash...
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    The beginning of the end of the digital SLR era

    In response to: David, you missed the 2-3 stop backlight problem. Yes, you can shoot without flash, but depending on the EV comp setting, you either get people coming out looking like silhouettes, or it's as if everyone's feeling the rapture and gone to heaven all at once. and also in...
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    The beginning of the end of the digital SLR era

    I was at a kiddie's party today. The host was my good friend, a pro photographer with a decent DSLR. However, the X100 won the day. The room had a low white ceiling at 8' to 9'. The back wall was white. There were big bay windows on the other two of three sides with indirect late afternoon...
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    The beginning of the end of the digital SLR era

    I wrote that small sensors are slowly catching up with large sensors in terms of IQ. I think that the consumer end of the market will slowly get eaten up by compacts and CSCs. They will stay ahead of the cellphones for many years yet. The very best cameras will remain those with the best...
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    Panasonic Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS10(TZ20)

    Has anyone tried out the new ZS10 (aka TZ20), or it's older brother, the ZS8 (aka TZ18)? DMC-ZS10/DMC-TZ20 | PRODUCTS | LUMIX | Digital Camera | Panasonic Global Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS10 (Lumix DMC-TZ20 / Lumix DMC-TZ22): Digital Photography Review It seems to have a nice feature set...
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    Fuji Fuji Finepix F550EXR

    It's great to buy multiple compact cameras. I have my share and a few more besides. With a system camera each lens generally costs as much as a great compact camera (and sometimes several). DSLR lenses are heavier and bulkier than a compact camera too. I often carry multiple compacts...
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    Sensor Size Doesn’t Matter

    Today I've been playing with a Fujifilm Finepix F11. If I had known about that, maybe I'd not have switched to DSLRs. The EOS 400D was a major step up from my IXUS 65, but I think the F11 was closer to the 400D than the IXUS.
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    Why pixel peeping and megapixels matter to me.

    Yup, I just got a roll of Superia Reala 100 back. It was the test roll from my new Black Pen FT & 38/2.8 pancake. They're as sharp as I could ask for and the 4.3MP scans are sufficient for my limited purposes. Click through: For archival reasons, I need more detail, so I usually get...
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    Why pixel peeping and megapixels matter to me.

    I agree with soundimageplus to a great extent. I use a 21MP camera and I often use that for centre cropping, or downsizing to sharpen an image or to squelch a bit of noise. A better photographer than I might achieve the same results with a much lower resolution camera, but like soundimageplus, I...
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    Olympus FT vs XZ-1

    Luke I am your father... come over to the dark side of the Force... Film! Nooooooo!
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    Sensor Size Doesn’t Matter

    For my part, I'll post a couple of sample images that I took a month ago in Venice of San Giorgio Maggiore from the Gondola station in front of St Mark's Square. I'll attach unretouched but resized images and provide links to the JPEGS as shot in camera. Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1, plus Panasonic...
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    Sensor Size Doesn’t Matter

    Great, I very much look forward to reading that. It's not my intent to convince, but to stimulate thought and discussion.
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    Sensor Size Doesn’t Matter

    Postscript: An interesting set of questions for soundimageplus and all the readers is what's your most used compact camera, what's the sensor size, are you happy with the image quality and do you think it's worth the extra price and bulk for a 4/3 or APS-C sensor could offer? I used to think...
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    Sensor Size Doesn’t Matter

    For 'serious stuff' I mean where I have to set up gear and plan a shot. This may mean studio lighting or a landscape/ tilt-shift commercial real estate shot. I use a 5D Mark II for anything requiring lighting or where precise focus, shallow depth of field or simply where I am required to project...
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    Sensor Size Doesn’t Matter

    Conventional wisdom says that the camera with the biggest sensor will be the best. That’s such a gross oversimplification as to be almost a lie. Conventional Wisdom Conventional wisdom says that the larger the pixel sensor element size, the cleaner and more noise free the image will...
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    VoigtlÀnder Nokton

    Yes, it's well anticipated that this lens will be available in E-Mount. I suspect that we may possibly also see an optically redesigned lens in DX/EF-S one day too. A 25mm f/0.95 manual focus lens makes more sense for the casual user than the 50/1.1 that I have; the depth of field is more...
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    Square format images

    The square format frees the mind when shooting and is profound to view. Likewise, I like to shoot in B/W.
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    My Photographic Life in a Single Post (or How I Came to Be a Compact Camera User)

    All hail Ricoh! Look for me on Ricohforum.com GX100, GX200, GRD, GRDII, GRDIII, GR1S, GR1V, R1, R1e, GR21 Here's a timelapse I took using my GX200: [video=youtube;VSSHZCyG7gw] (In case the link doesn't work, here is the Youtube video code: VSSHZCyG7gw )
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    Leica Leica X2?

    I haven't been shooting my X100 much recently. In fact I just found it under the bed. It's been gone a week or two. I figured I must have lent it to someone.
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    Canon 'Canon Doesn't Need a Compact System Camera' at AmateurPhotographer.co.uk

    Everything is true: I agree that Canon doesn't need a mirrorless system. They make good compacts and DSLRS, including small DSLRs. Manufacturing mirrorless would require a loss leading period and risks undermining their reputation. Mirrorless systems would also cross-compete with existing Canon...
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    Eliminating Lag with Digital Compacts

    Or you could just buy a Ricoh.
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    Nikon Nikon P7000 - anyone own or used one?

    I wrote a detailed hands on user review for the Olympus XZ-1 titled "I'm stuck with it" Ricoh Forum &bull; View topic - Olympus XZ-1 - stuck with it Olympus XZ-1 review | Photo Rumors I owned and used a P6000 as my primary compact and also briefly tried out the P7000. The P6000 is an...
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