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The problem had always been the same: ppl at DPReview review a system (Minolta/Sony) that they don't know. So they have no way to exploited it. That's why we have to endure this sort of imprecision.[/quote]

"Imprecision" Pako? You're too kind.

Since I'm planning to buy the a99 as my first SLT camera, I'm disappointed to hear that the SLT hardware may not work well with polarizers. Because of the uneven effect on blue skies and reduction in light, I usually avoid these filters. I can do the skies better in post processing. However, the fil...

In its recent "Preview" article on the Sony A99, DPreview makes the following statement: "Sony has featured focus tracking on its cameras for a couple of generations now, but its usefulness has always been undermined by the amount of time taken to engage it. Up until now, you had to p...

You caught some great expressions. The black and white worked very well for this. On the human subject side, didn't you get push-back from the people you photographed? Or does everyone at Queens Beach--the tourist magnet of Waikiki-- expect to get photographed? The reaction on a California beach wou...

Loose gravel, icy road, 90 degree unbanked turn at the bottom of a hill, no guard rail, big drop-off... sounds well named to me.

Cool that you were able to see and capture this! I have been to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons several times -- always wonderful. In May 2004 I was there and I saw lots of bison with calves. At that time I was using a Canon 300D and my longest lens was a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8, but that was enough b...

I arrived just after the calf was born. The birth site was off in the distance, but there was no time to switch from the 70-400 zoom to the 600mm telephoto. Plus I didn't want to risk causing a disturbance by opening the car door to access the bigger lens. So, the images here are drastic crops. 1. T...

I love it. Is the image post processed by any chance. I find the foreground tad too sharp for my liking. With best regards, Sury Thanks Sury, The foreground is sharp because I cropped out the closer, out-of-focus part of the image--there was too much vegetative foreground in the original. Since the...

The late spring snows of 2012 had just melted, and the bison were grazing on the new grass.

Thanks for the very interesting photos, Sury. Of all places--Fairbanks. The collector seems to be heavily into Packards (the grand old cars with the distinctive red hexagons on the hubcaps). Thanks very much for sharing these.
---John

Nice images, Almazar, especially the Mormon barn in photographer's context.

When I visited the Tetons this spring, persistent storms obscured the mountains for most of my trip. Finally, late one evening, the clouds lifted and the sun broke through, backlighting the trees with new spring foliage. (The darker trees are evergreen conifers.) This is my first attempt with HDR. F...

Nice. : ) ....The arched gateway with moose and reindeer antlers is a little intimidating. : ) I don't like the idea of so many beautiful creatures killed but then it also must be a symbolic display of pride for the way the Indian tribes used to live there...... Yildiz Hi Yildiz --- Not to worry. M...

mikeriach wrote:John,

The 70-400G for these?
On which body?

Excellent images with so much detail.

Mike

Thanks. Yes, the 70-400G with the a900. Can't wait for the a99 with higher iso performance and bigger sensor(?)

Sharpness again. Well done. Would love to see a crop of the head in # 2 or #3. Thanks, JB. Here's the crop of #3. (#3, itself, is a crop.) The shot was hand-held to give me more mobility, but I was probably pressed against a tree or rock for stability. In addition, the lens is at 400mm-fully extend...