Dpreview, not just whores, but CHEAP whores to boot!
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From: RichA on 19 May 2010 21:23 First off, Dpreview gets shafted by Sony, who release the NEX cameras to other sites to review. Then, Dpreview gets hold of the camera, finds out the 16mm f2.8 lens is a DOG (I presume) and tries to hide the fact from their readers by only using sample shots taken at narrow apertures! Then Sony, after other sites "outed" the lens as being a turkey, issues a statement that the lenses are all pre-production. Dpreview dutifully publishes it. I'm surprised there aren't little cardboard cards with pictures of Phil Askey littering phone booths in Britain...
From: Val Hallah on 20 May 2010 02:06 On May 20, 3:23 am, RichA <rander3...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > First off, Dpreview gets shafted by Sony, who release the NEX cameras > to other sites to review. Then, Dpreview gets hold of the camera, > finds out the 16mm f2.8 lens is a DOG (I presume) and tries to hide > the fact from their readers by only using sample shots taken at narrow > apertures! Then Sony, after other sites "outed" the lens as being a > turkey, issues a statement that the lenses are all pre-production. > Dpreview dutifully publishes it. I'm surprised there aren't little > cardboard cards with pictures of Phil Askey littering phone booths in > Britain... thats why you need an Olympus sp800uz http://www.flickr.com/photos/40732837(a)N07/
From: Pete Stavrakoglou on 20 May 2010 08:12 "RichA" <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:9e3b1c5e-a8f0-45ba-b9bd-c26fb340ce65(a)c13g2000vbr.googlegroups.com... > First off, Dpreview gets shafted by Sony, who release the NEX cameras > to other sites to review. Then, Dpreview gets hold of the camera, > finds out the 16mm f2.8 lens is a DOG (I presume) and tries to hide > the fact from their readers by only using sample shots taken at narrow > apertures! Then Sony, after other sites "outed" the lens as being a > turkey, issues a statement that the lenses are all pre-production. > Dpreview dutifully publishes it. I'm surprised there aren't little > cardboard cards with pictures of Phil Askey littering phone booths in > Britain... If you don't like it, stop hanging around with the whores and find another site to read. If you want to impugn Phil's integrity, why not take it up with him directly?
From: Bruce on 20 May 2010 10:52 On Wed, 19 May 2010 23:06:02 -0700 (PDT), Val Hallah <michaelnewport(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On May 20, 3:23�am, RichA <rander3...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> First off, Dpreview gets shafted by Sony, who release the NEX cameras >> to other sites to review. �Then, Dpreview gets hold of the camera, >> finds out the 16mm f2.8 lens is a DOG (I presume) and tries to hide >> the fact from their readers by only using sample shots taken at narrow >> apertures! �Then Sony, after other sites "outed" the lens as being a >> turkey, issues a statement that the lenses are all pre-production. >> Dpreview dutifully publishes it. �I'm surprised there aren't little >> cardboard cards with pictures of Phil Askey littering phone booths in >> Britain... > >thats why you need an Olympus sp800uz >http://www.flickr.com/photos/40732837(a)N07/ No-one *needs* an Olympus sp800uz, as your images prove. They are nice snapshots, with some quite competent composition, but what you need is a camera that gives you some real creative control. Specifically, you need a camera that allows you to differentiate the subject from the background by defocusing the background leaving the subject in sharp focus. Unfortunately, using the wrong camera has spoiled what would have been much better images if shot with the right camera. What you need is a camera with a much larger sensor. Four Thirds (or Micro Four Thirds) should be the absolute minimum size of sensor for creative work. You may want to consider a camera with a slightly larger APS-C size sensor, such as the new Sony NEX series or most prosumer DSLRs, or even a full frame DSLR. The more limited depth of field that you get with a larger sensor will allow you to concentrate on the subject and blur the background, giving the subject much greater prominence. The images that would have benefitted include P5160001, 02, 03, 09, 15, 16 and 22 among others. You have a good eye for subjects and composition. It's a pity to waste your talents by using a camera that limits your creativity.
From: John Navas on 20 May 2010 11:43
On Thu, 20 May 2010 15:52:19 +0100, Bruce <docnews2011(a)gmail.com> wrote in <99iav557u59kjnd6r8vllcfs6j2e061u69(a)4ax.com>: >On Wed, 19 May 2010 23:06:02 -0700 (PDT), Val Hallah ><michaelnewport(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>thats why you need an Olympus sp800uz >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/40732837(a)N07/ > >No-one *needs* an Olympus sp800uz, as your images prove. They are >nice snapshots, with some quite competent composition, but what you >need is a camera that gives you some real creative control. > >Specifically, you need a camera that allows you to differentiate the >subject from the background by defocusing the background leaving the >subject in sharp focus. Unfortunately, using the wrong camera has >spoiled what would have been much better images if shot with the right >camera. > >What you need is a camera with a much larger sensor. Four Thirds (or >Micro Four Thirds) should be the absolute minimum size of sensor for >creative work. You may want to consider a camera with a slightly >larger APS-C size sensor, such as the new Sony NEX series or most >prosumer DSLRs, or even a full frame DSLR. > >The more limited depth of field that you get with a larger sensor will >allow you to concentrate on the subject and blur the background, >giving the subject much greater prominence. > >The images that would have benefitted include P5160001, 02, 03, 09, >15, 16 and 22 among others. > >You have a good eye for subjects and composition. It's a pity to >waste your talents by using a camera that limits your creativity. Nonsense. You're just trying to justify your own insecurity by trying to put down the work and the tools of others. Buying a Nikon doesn't make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon owner. ~Author Unknown The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it. ~Ansel Adams A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into. ~Ansel Adams There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. ~Ansel Adams A good photograph is knowing where to stand. ~Ansel Adams Every time someone tells me how sharp my photos are, I assume that it isn't a very interesting photograph. If it were, they would have more to say. ~Author Unknown Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I'm not all that interested in what happens next. Hunters, after all, aren't cooks. ~Henri Cartier-Bresson The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality. ~Henri Cartier Bresson A Ming vase can be well-designed and well-made and is beautiful for that reason alone. I don't think this can be true for photography. Unless there is something a little incomplete and a little strange, it will simply look like a copy of something pretty. We won't take an interest in it. ~John Loengard, "Pictures Under Discussion" Your Camera Doesn't Matter, by Ken Rockwell <http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/notcamera.htm> |