Recent content by Edman

Most film era P&S cameras were indeed crappy. But some were not. A few had a fixed prime lens that was actually sharp in the 35-40mm range with mostly f/2.8 apertures, but something like a Konica Hexar AF had a 35mm f/2 lens. Now, since this is essentially full frame, a 35mm f/2.8 actually...

I used to own a previous model of the X100, and while some of the issues I understand are now fixed (lens was soft at f/2 and AF was way worse than mediocre), I'm still not so sure about this camera. For starters, f/2 on APS-C simply isn't that exciting. I have a m4/3 kit for travel (used to...

I also use Capture One. That said, I also shoot JPG + RAW, which allows me to just browse the JPEGs simply in directory view. Plus, Fuji produces gorgeous JPEGs, some of the film simulations (Classic Chrome, etc) are excellent, and I honestly don't post-process much.

Mine doesn't do that. But there is a reason it has a lock button. Could be it depends on how much use its gotten, maybe the zoom ring gets softer with use. Mine's pretty unused. Mine does this as well. I tested out the lens by clicking it one way or the other and taking pictures, and couldn't...

I would think more about which lenses you would like to shoot with. Figure out what you'd like to shoot, landscapes, portraits, travel photos, etc. Looks at which camera systems have the lenses that you want, where you can get the best bang for your buck.

If you have a lot of pictures, cloud backup is not for you. Especially not at the internet speeds you're getting. Not only does it take a huge amount of time to upload the pictures, if something does go wrong, how long will it take to download them back to your computer? Much better to use...

When I started out I bought a 10 stop filter and honestly, I found it to be over the top. Even now, my ND1000 from B+W gets very little use. Most of the good light for landscapes is not strong mid-day light, so a 1000x shutter speed decrease is often too long. If you're just starting out, I...

One of my last year's favourite photos was actually one of the first, now over a year ago.

Well, I watched it and I quite enjoyed it. I don't think there is another show of this style that puts quite that much effort into production. Sometimes it even feels over the top, but I'm glad we've got at least one show like this.

Get Stallarium, its an excellent program. It will show you the location of the milky way (as well as stars) and any time/date you wish, for any location. It will also show you how light/dark it is, generally speaking, up north the months around the summer solstice (21st of June) are too light...

I have the 56mm f/1.2 and I find the AF to be too slow for street shooting. Portraiture - OK, but for kind of "catching the moment" type of shooting, not really. Only if you pre-focus.

I own an APS-C, as well as having logged some 50k shots with an E-M5. The IQ is better with an APS-C camera, but not that much difference. Other than shallower depth of field, APS-C doesn't really enable me to take any shots I wouldn't otherwise take. The difference between 1.5x, 1.6x and 2.0x...

Yeah, but for virtually all companies camera equipment is tied in with lots of other businesses. So it isn't really as simple as "this division loses money, lets axe it". For example, Olympus camera division lost money for over a decade and they were perfectly OK with it. That's because their...

I'm not really sure about this. These are all Japanese companies, and I'm not sure they'd be willing to admit failure. For example, Pentax & Ricoh lives in a little world of its own, and has been happily doing so for quite a while, with under 2% market share. If they haven't given up, I don't...