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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.
Search found 93 matches
- Sat Sep 15, 2012 10:35 pm
- Forum: Alpha A-mount System
- Topic: DPreview posts incorrect information on Sony DSLRs?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4396
- Sat Sep 15, 2012 10:28 pm
- Forum: Alpha A-mount System
- Topic: Polariser plus SLT - blotchy sky problem
- Replies: 62
- Views: 32477
Re: Polariser plus SLT - blotchy sky problem
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...
- Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:48 pm
- Forum: Alpha A-mount System
- Topic: DPreview posts incorrect information on Sony DSLRs?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4396
DPreview posts incorrect information on Sony DSLRs?
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...
- Thu Sep 13, 2012 1:15 am
- Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
- Topic: B&W Hawaii: New Album
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5436
Re: B&W Hawaii: New Album
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...
- Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:27 pm
- Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
- Topic: Alaskans' sense of humor - please forgive the "french"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1814
Re: Alaskans' sense of humor - please forgive the "french"
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.
- Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:48 pm
- Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
- Topic: Bison Midwives at Yellowstone
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2142
Re: Bison Midwives at Yellowstone
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...
- Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:02 pm
- Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
- Topic: Bison Midwives at Yellowstone
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2142
Bison Midwives at Yellowstone
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...
- Sun Aug 12, 2012 6:16 am
- Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
- Topic: Lamar Valley Yellowstone
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1916
Re: Lamar Valley Yellowstone
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...
- Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:25 pm
- Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
- Topic: Lamar Valley Yellowstone
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1916
Lamar Valley Yellowstone
The late spring snows of 2012 had just melted, and the bison were grazing on the new grass.
- Tue Aug 07, 2012 3:39 pm
- Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
- Topic: Fountainhead Antique Car Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3705
Re: Fountainhead Antique Car Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska
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
---John
- Tue Aug 07, 2012 6:16 am
- Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
- Topic: Images from Grand Teton National Park
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4881
Re: Images from Grand Teton National Park
Nice images, Almazar, especially the Mormon barn in photographer's context.
- Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:38 pm
- Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
- Topic: Teton Landscape
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1969
Teton Landscape
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...
- Wed Aug 01, 2012 5:15 pm
- Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
- Topic: Fairbanks, Alaska
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3250
Re: Fairbanks, Alaska
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...
- Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:07 pm
- Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
- Topic: Bighorn Sheep at Yellowstone National Park + addition for JB
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3452
Re: Bighorn Sheep at Yellowstone National Park + addition fo
Thanks. Yes, the 70-400G with the a900. Can't wait for the a99 with higher iso performance and bigger sensor(?)mikeriach wrote:John,
The 70-400G for these?
On which body?
Excellent images with so much detail.
Mike
- Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:19 am
- Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
- Topic: Bighorn Sheep at Yellowstone National Park + addition for JB
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3452
Re: Bighorn Sheep at Yellowstone National Park
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...