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| bio | website | neocamera.com |
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| location | Montreal, Canada | |
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Freelance travel photographer, photo tour leader and digital camera guru.
Travel has always been my passion and photography lets me share it with everyone.
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reviewed | Approve suggested edit on What are some Neoprene camera cases for outdoor usage? |
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accepted | Why does a ball-head get stiff in cold weather? |
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answered | Why does a ball-head get stiff in cold weather? |
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reviewed | Approve suggested edit on Why do some photographers cover up the brand-name on their camera? |
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answered | What are some Neoprene camera cases for outdoor usage? |
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Why do some photographers cover up the brand-name on their camera? @DanWolfgang - You are right and it is my opinion too. As such I do not bother to cover mine but I know many people who do it for this specific reason. Same for the camera bag. I figure that as soon as they see me take out the camera, they'll know it's a camera bag yet some people cover the logos or cover it with a cheap outer bag. One of my friends went to the extreme and covered has camera tape, even the rear LCD, so that people don't see it's digital! |
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answered | Why do some photographers cover up the brand-name on their camera? |
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answered | How does the image quality compare between these lenses? |
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How much versatility does a 85 mm lens have? @Bruce - Since you already have focal-length you can know how useful it is to you. How often do you shoot around 85mm? You would be able to get that same shot with two advantages: it will be sharper and you will have more control over depth-of-field. However, if you rarely use that focal-length, the sharpness of an image you won't shoot matters little. |
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How much versatility does a 85 mm lens have? Honestly, I rarely shoot with telephoto primes. Actually, I do not own one anymore after realizing how little it got used. I still have an 86mm polarizer which I should probably have sold with the lens! For use, it is a matter of personal taste. I certainly find more use for a 24mm than a 35mm which I use more than a 50mm. But I do not thing that translates into versatility unless you count that you can stitch images together to get a wider angle of view, in which case maybe an 800mm is most versatile :) |
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Disadvantages of electronic first curtain shutter? Interestingly, the answers seem to all apply to Sony. On Nikon 1 systems, the flash-sync speed is affected and goes down to 1/60s from 1/250s, so yes it can have something to do with flash-sync. |
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accepted | Why are Zeiss lenses heavier and larger for Canon EF than Nikon F mounts? |
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Why do RAW files only show you 8 bit of the 14bit recorded? @WingTangWong - Yes, there is loss all over the range but, when you consider how values are bucketed together in a histogram, they would be close to the right place and be representative of the distribution of values. That does not cause much issue, what does is not seeing the extremes of the range since one cannot tell when things have been clipped by exposure. |
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answered | How much versatility does a 85 mm lens have? |
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Why do RAW files only show you 8 bit of the 14bit recorded? @WingTangWong - That is not it. A luminance histogram needs only a 1-bit display. The issue is that the entire 14-bit space is not represented in the horizontal axis. Ideally, I would like to see the whole space with clipping marks indicating which portion of the dynamic-range gets mapped into a JPEG based on current settings. |
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Why do RAW files only show you 8 bit of the 14bit recorded? While the extremes may be used and the image would have a high overall contrast if the entire dynamic-range is used, micro-contrast would be extremely low, so things would lose texture and look as if seen through a thick fog. |
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Why do RAW files only show you 8 bit of the 14bit recorded? Based on the reference question, I assume your are talking about the histogram on camera. An application shows you the histogram of the converted image. |
