I was not that impressed by the review of the SD9. It seemed IIRC, that the x3 was shrp, but wasn't as good on colour accuracy.
And you are correct. most people int eh DSLR market are Nikon and Canon. I coudl possibly see Nikon doing this, but Canon makes it's own sensors and has put a lot into their R&D already to abandon it. I've been told, one of the reasons Canon could release their DSLR's cheaper is because they make theirown sensors, as opposed to Nikon who buys them from someone else.
for the wedding, it'll be outdoors during the day. no flash will probably be used for most of my shots. i wont be the actual photographer, so i was thinking about staying on the periphary and taking various shots of the people as well as the wedding party. on the off chance, that they want me to take some portraits, i can always slap my 50mm prime on and get my flash for fill.
i'm not sure about the sigma 170-500, but i've been told the 50-500 can still autofocus despite the f6.3. i'm not sure how it does so... plus it has HSM and a manual focus ring, so i coudl just set it to infinity for most of the long shots. i also considered a 300 f/4 but i'd need to put a 1.4x TC on it. i don't mind that, but it eliminates the opportunity shots of things that might pass by closer in front. thank you for your advise though, i will keep your recomendation in mind, but i wont be buying either of those lenses for a few months minimum (need to recover my bank account after the 70-200...)
maybe i should have said, for my purposes and for people in my situation.
yes you can foot-zoom, but you don't always have that kind of opportunity, or sometimes you want to make a quick wider shot w/o switching lenses or position.
right now, i'm on a kick of shooting surf meets. it's nice in these cases to have a zoom that can give me reach AND let me take an occasional snapshot of the audience with a wider angle. from my research i'd say that sigma 50-500 ex hsm is probably the best for me within my budget and needs.
well there is also a quality factor involed with the primes you have. which models exactly are they and are any of them "L" lenses? (i'm assuming you're a cnon guy). the 24-70 is an L lens right? for that range, i would rather buy the 28-105 USM or the 28-135 USM IS. cheaper than the three primes and easier to carry around. if you're just walking around taking snaps, then changing lenses is a pain. where those primes are great is when you have a well composed and controled setting.
as for those 70-200 zoom.. i just ordered one definaly a nice range to have. i'm going to try and use that as the main lens for a friend's wedding in a few months.
as i said.. that's what my limited experience has shown me... perhaps i will change my mind after i can afford more prime and start seeign the quality difference. atleast for now, my budget is with zooms.
not full frame, i'm really impressed then... but of course you probably have paid a few $k more for the camera and then another few $k more on lenses than me. (only shooting with an EOS300D)
the sensor advetized as a "2mp" sensor typically has a bayer pattern. since the sensor can only record B&W information, they put a patter of RBG filters in front of each sensor lement like so: RGRGRGRG GBGBGBGB
so your 2mp sensor is capturing 500k pixels of red tones, 500k of blue tones, and 1M of green tones.then software will interpolate this pattern into a 2mp image with all three colour elements.
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question. is your 1d full frame? that would easily explain why it's got better iamges than the 100d. i'm one of those int he canon camp and i do have to concur with you on those findings. my canon has an APS sized sensor and can take very noise free iamges upto 400 ISO, at 800, it's still useable.. and i've done 1600 ISO shots, but i only use it if i have no other choice.
one thing people don't understand is the extra MPs only matter if you want to blow up your images. most people rarely print bigger than 4x6" and at the largest 8x10" 3MP resolution is more than good enough for an 8x10" print. after that, you want the best out of those MPs... NOT more MPs.
it all boils down to that really. zooms are more convinient, especially if you are unsure of how your composition will be. granted the primes are really sweet, but i would only use one under controlled conditions. The only prime i own is a 50mm for portraits (which works out to about 80+mm after the sensor conversion factor.) For everything else, zooms are just more practical. Not to mention the big primes are REALLY expensive. My current price limit is about $1000 for a lens. If i can get a Lens that will do 95% of the job for 60% of the money, i'll do it.
This kind of justifies what i've been telling people about those little high mega pixel digicams all along. Think of it like Mhz for computers. It's all the manufacturer markets, but is hardly the end all. The Article emntions the Sony 717, i've seen test shot between the Sony 5MP 717 and their 8MP 828. Their sensor size is the same, so the 828's individual sensors are smaller. After seeing them, i think i'd rather get a 717 then an 828. Of course where we can get the quality are DSLRs. Most of these cameras have APS (23mm) or even "full frame" (35mm) sensors and can take stunning noise freephotos. You can also spend a small fortune on "pro" Lenses for these things. - if you want samples from a dSLR and a typical "high end", check out this blatant self promotion: http://ryusenkai.org/photos.htm If that's not enough for you, Pro photographers can also by digital backs for Medium Format Cameras. basically the really high end stuff. a Typical digital back has a 6"x4" sensor plate boasting 22MP... and you'll only have to sacrifice your next small car purchase to afford one.)
figuring this out doesn't completly ruin the movie. knowing the actual speed of the a swallow, does in no way, make the characters any less un/appealing. knowing about little microbes that control everythign int he universe and turn what was once billed as religious hockey into a verifiable science does A LOT to ruin the ambiance of a setting...
"Just go bankrupt SCO so we can get on with our lives."
How about IBM should convince Boise to run the case (and company) in to the ground, IBM buys SCO for a nice hunk of change and Boise makes out with his 20% clause.)
Simple, it gives you the biggest volume for the least price. Sure SD can integrate into your palm, better, but most high end camaeras all use CF, because of it's advantages with high res pics (stuff that are like several megs per picture, even compressed.) Even Sony, which is so big on their memory stick has included CF in their latest pro-sumer camera...
not really. if you will recall, Novell tried to stop them claiming they had the legal rights to it, but later backed out when SCO produced some clause in the SCO/Novell contract.
If i understand yoru Logic correclty, then there are more Linux servers attacked because more linux servers are int eh hands of non-rpofessional, who don't have th eresources/training to have enterprise level security.
In a way, that makes sense.
this sort of makes sense, ANAL, but you coudl possibly argue that it's not worth anything, since in it's current state did nto produce a sellable product. from there you could buy the code from them for a % of any profit you did make on your revision of it... just more random thinking
it's cute and all, but the diagram makes it look like you'll need one such device, key, AND port in the back of your case for each hard drive... more hastle than it's worth if you ask me. Better if they had built it into the mobo with a front panel access for the key.
also, how does this protect from hackers? if they gain access to your system while they key is plugged in, then don't they have the same access you have? if you have the key plugged in and are sharing a folder (like with p2p), then anyone who can access that folder should be able to get unencripted data correct?
Actually you've got a point... it is largly a confidence issue. Girls seem to like guys who are confident in themselves (and there are the few who like insecure guys of course).
As for trying to find a girlfriend, sometimes they come about in the weirdest of places and times.. especially when you are not looking. That's essentially what happened to me... i ran into an old friend from college, we grabbed some food, soem drinks, then all of a sudden i realize that we've been seeing each other regularly for a month now... sometimes it just happens, i guess.
i never said they were the good guys, just pointing out that it's sad we have one group of criminals trying to make another group's actions look worse than theirs...
It may be that everyone knows the difference, but what it does is create a negative image to make the riaa look better. It's a typical word game used by everyone to put their side in a better light.
The RIAA goes around calling copyright infringers "theives" to make infringement have a more negative connotation. Much like how many closed source advocates will call open source "communist." For the simplereason that communist carries a negative connotation in this and many countries.
It matters because this like many other cases, just might be won in the media.
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Will anyone still be stupid enough to pay?
Also, it will be cheaper on software. Microsoft announced that it will consider a dual core CPU as a single CPU for lisencing purposes.
i'm sure they've got a patent somewhere for this.. heh
I was not that impressed by the review of the SD9.
It seemed IIRC, that the x3 was shrp, but wasn't as good on colour accuracy.
And you are correct. most people int eh DSLR market are Nikon and Canon. I coudl possibly see Nikon doing this, but Canon makes it's own sensors and has put a lot into their R&D already to abandon it. I've been told, one of the reasons Canon could release their DSLR's cheaper is because they make theirown sensors, as opposed to Nikon who buys them from someone else.
for the wedding, it'll be outdoors during the day. no flash will probably be used for most of my shots. i wont be the actual photographer, so i was thinking about staying on the periphary and taking various shots of the people as well as the wedding party. on the off chance, that they want me to take some portraits, i can always slap my 50mm prime on and get my flash for fill.
i'm not sure about the sigma 170-500, but i've been told the 50-500 can still autofocus despite the f6.3. i'm not sure how it does so... plus it has HSM and a manual focus ring, so i coudl just set it to infinity for most of the long shots.
i also considered a 300 f/4 but i'd need to put a 1.4x TC on it. i don't mind that, but it eliminates the opportunity shots of things that might pass by closer in front.
thank you for your advise though, i will keep your recomendation in mind, but i wont be buying either of those lenses for a few months minimum (need to recover my bank account after the 70-200...)
maybe i should have said, for my purposes and for people in my situation.
yes you can foot-zoom, but you don't always have that kind of opportunity, or sometimes you want to make a quick wider shot w/o switching lenses or position.
right now, i'm on a kick of shooting surf meets. it's nice in these cases to have a zoom that can give me reach AND let me take an occasional snapshot of the audience with a wider angle. from my research i'd say that sigma 50-500 ex hsm is probably the best for me within my budget and needs.
well there is also a quality factor involed with the primes you have. which models exactly are they and are any of them "L" lenses? (i'm assuming you're a cnon guy). the 24-70 is an L lens right? for that range, i would rather buy the 28-105 USM or the 28-135 USM IS. cheaper than the three primes and easier to carry around. if you're just walking around taking snaps, then changing lenses is a pain.
where those primes are great is when you have a well composed and controled setting.
as for those 70-200 zoom.. i just ordered one definaly a nice range to have. i'm going to try and use that as the main lens for a friend's wedding in a few months.
as i said.. that's what my limited experience has shown me... perhaps i will change my mind after i can afford more prime and start seeign the quality difference. atleast for now, my budget is with zooms.
not full frame, i'm really impressed then... but of course you probably have paid a few $k more for the camera and then another few $k more on lenses than me.
(only shooting with an EOS300D)
the sensor advetized as a "2mp" sensor typically has a bayer pattern. since the sensor can only record B&W information, they put a patter of RBG filters in front of each sensor lement like so:
RGRGRGRG
GBGBGBGB
so your 2mp sensor is capturing 500k pixels of red tones, 500k of blue tones, and 1M of green tones.then software will interpolate this pattern into a 2mp image with all three colour elements.
question. is your 1d full frame? that would easily explain why it's got better iamges than the 100d.
i'm one of those int he canon camp and i do have to concur with you on those findings. my canon has an APS sized sensor and can take very noise free iamges upto 400 ISO, at 800, it's still useable.. and i've done 1600 ISO shots, but i only use it if i have no other choice.
one thing people don't understand is the extra MPs only matter if you want to blow up your images. most people rarely print bigger than 4x6" and at the largest 8x10" 3MP resolution is more than good enough for an 8x10" print. after that, you want the best out of those MPs... NOT more MPs.
it all boils down to that really. zooms are more convinient, especially if you are unsure of how your composition will be.
granted the primes are really sweet, but i would only use one under controlled conditions. The only prime i own is a 50mm for portraits (which works out to about 80+mm after the sensor conversion factor.) For everything else, zooms are just more practical.
Not to mention the big primes are REALLY expensive. My current price limit is about $1000 for a lens. If i can get a Lens that will do 95% of the job for 60% of the money, i'll do it.
This kind of justifies what i've been telling people about those little high mega pixel digicams all along. Think of it like Mhz for computers. It's all the manufacturer markets, but is hardly the end all. .)
The Article emntions the Sony 717, i've seen test shot between the Sony 5MP 717 and their 8MP 828. Their sensor size is the same, so the 828's individual sensors are smaller. After seeing them, i think i'd rather get a 717 then an 828.
Of course where we can get the quality are DSLRs. Most of these cameras have APS (23mm) or even "full frame" (35mm) sensors and can take stunning noise freephotos. You can also spend a small fortune on "pro" Lenses for these things.
- if you want samples from a dSLR and a typical "high end", check out this blatant self promotion: http://ryusenkai.org/photos.htm
If that's not enough for you, Pro photographers can also by digital backs for Medium Format Cameras. basically the really high end stuff. a Typical digital back has a 6"x4" sensor plate boasting 22MP... and you'll only have to sacrifice your next small car purchase to afford one
Paraphrased: "The internet is just a passing fad?" Back in '95 or so?
figuring this out doesn't completly ruin the movie. knowing the actual speed of the a swallow, does in no way, make the characters any less un/appealing. knowing about little microbes that control everythign int he universe and turn what was once billed as religious hockey into a verifiable science does A LOT to ruin the ambiance of a setting...
"Just go bankrupt SCO so we can get on with our lives." .)
How about IBM should convince Boise to run the case (and company) in to the ground, IBM buys SCO for a nice hunk of change and Boise makes out with his 20% clause
Simple, it gives you the biggest volume for the least price. Sure SD can integrate into your palm, better, but most high end camaeras all use CF, because of it's advantages with high res pics (stuff that are like several megs per picture, even compressed.)
Even Sony, which is so big on their memory stick has included CF in their latest pro-sumer camera...
not really. if you will recall, Novell tried to stop them claiming they had the legal rights to it, but later backed out when SCO produced some clause in the SCO/Novell contract.
If i understand yoru Logic correclty, then there are more Linux servers attacked because more linux servers are int eh hands of non-rpofessional, who don't have th eresources/training to have enterprise level security.
In a way, that makes sense.
this sort of makes sense, ANAL, but you coudl possibly argue that it's not worth anything, since in it's current state did nto produce a sellable product. from there you could buy the code from them for a % of any profit you did make on your revision of it... just more random thinking
it's cute and all, but the diagram makes it look like you'll need one such device, key, AND port in the back of your case for each hard drive... more hastle than it's worth if you ask me. Better if they had built it into the mobo with a front panel access for the key.
also, how does this protect from hackers? if they gain access to your system while they key is plugged in, then don't they have the same access you have? if you have the key plugged in and are sharing a folder (like with p2p), then anyone who can access that folder should be able to get unencripted data correct?
Actually you've got a point... it is largly a confidence issue. Girls seem to like guys who are confident in themselves (and there are the few who like insecure guys of course).
As for trying to find a girlfriend, sometimes they come about in the weirdest of places and times.. especially when you are not looking. That's essentially what happened to me... i ran into an old friend from college, we grabbed some food, soem drinks, then all of a sudden i realize that we've been seeing each other regularly for a month now... sometimes it just happens, i guess.
if only Microsoft could find a way to make you pay more than once for the same product
Two Words: Software Assurance.
They'll make you pay for the same product over and over again, for life.
You've got a point there. What ever happened to Nerds are sexy?
i never said they were the good guys, just pointing out that it's sad we have one group of criminals trying to make another group's actions look worse than theirs...
It may be that everyone knows the difference, but what it does is create a negative image to make the riaa look better. It's a typical word game used by everyone to put their side in a better light. The RIAA goes around calling copyright infringers "theives" to make infringement have a more negative connotation. Much like how many closed source advocates will call open source "communist." For the simplereason that communist carries a negative connotation in this and many countries. It matters because this like many other cases, just might be won in the media.
can you guys imagine what damage and how many people would be in trouble if th ePORN industry decided to follow the RIAA???
things that make you go... hmm...