Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Gearhead!
> The modest crop is for the bloody composition, not the quality of the
> pixels at two thousand percent. It's soft but dammit it's the
> equivalent of over 600mm unstabilised in any way and there's no other
> way I could have got the image without drowning. No time to find a boat.
> Strangely, my three most favouritist images lately have all been
> soft. I'm getting over sharp.
>
Nice reply; keep that curmudgeon edge honed. ;-)
Nonetheless, when I look at images as part of a camera evaluation, I am,
oddly enough, interested in those that allow me to see what the camera
is capable of, rather than what the photographer is capable of. so sharp
matters. I'm fully capable of making things unsharp, even, and all too
often, when unintended, but the sharpness limit is set by the camera.
So even if sharpness, low high iso noise, etc. were only important on a
small % of my shots, I would still want to know how cameras I am
considering compare in capability in those areas as a significant part
of the criteria for choice.
> The camera is nice to use. It is better than a compact for noise. It
> is light and convenient - I've had the whole kit in my bag this week.
> I just switched to the Canon 5D, 70-200/2.8, 17-40/4, 420EX in the
> bag 'cos I'm of to see the Dalai lama with the kids tomorrow (don't
> know how close I'll get) and wanted to look the goods. And my arm is
> sore already.
>
Let us know if His Holiness was impressed with your equipment.
Maybe you could take along prints of some of your collection of lingams
appearing in nature?
Seriously, I hope it's a great visit. If it gives you Dalai fever, I
highly recommend from among his endless supply of books *"The Wisdom of
Forgiveness: Intimate Journeys and Conversations", a wonderful opening
into his character and personal beliefs.
Oddly enough, the one time I went to hear him speak, he gave what was
essentially a political speech.
*
Moose
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