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Soulex posted:And investment into a system? I bought lenses for the Nikon. That is it. I have an old saying with brand loyalty. Once I start getting paid to use a brand is when I'll stick with it exclusively. I think for most people it's less about being "loyal" to a brand, and more about the fact that they have thousands (or even tens of thousands) of dollars of equipment and would take a major loss by switching. You do, of course, see a lot of posturing about which brand is "better," mostly on other sites than these forums, but the fact is that you can't go wrong with either Canon or Nikon, or even Sony, Olympus and Pentax, unless you have a specific need that only one brand fills. The only reasonable advice is to go with whatever brand feels best, and/or whatever brand you can borrow lenses in. Things like resolution, autofocus performance, noise performance, etc. are far beyond what your average person needs nowadays, and everyone is leap-frogging each other year by year anyway. By the way, the T2i came out 3.5 years after the D80. It should blow the D80 away in pretty much any metric, so envying it is pretty reasonable  .
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Yea that's a hosed up place, lot's of pixel peeping gear heads that either love over processed photos or love SOOC photos. There is no middle ground. /r/ITAP is what baffles me..
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Because every time we got into another argument about which brand is better, a dozen people would be coughing up another  to maintain their membership.Imagine what flickr would be like if you had to spend ten dollars to make an account. 
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xzzy posted:Because every time we got into another argument about which brand is better, a dozen people would be coughing up another This is the reason I trust you all the most. The first words on my gear switch was why. Not a word about the camera itself but what purpose does it serve. I like that.
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xzzy posted:
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It would be as blackened and desolate and emptied as a scorched battlefield in this Game of Thrones book I'm reading. Who would stay and if charged from the beginning, who would have come? People flock from that site in droves when they change an icon in the top right banner to better represent it's link.
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So Google apparently just bought up Nik Software, which is too bad because while I only use Silver Efex Pro 2 myself, I've heard that pretty much all their software is kick-rear end. Google's probably only interested in Nik Snapseed so that Android will have a competitor to Instagram, and will likely either sell off the pro software if they can or just let it die. (They have a history of doing that to companies they buy.)  http://nikonrumors.com/2012/09/17/google-acquires-nik-software.aspx/
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They've just announced a budget Leica. It's only £3900.
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Oh thank heavens.
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Well isn't that good news! I had almost sold every one of my possessions so I could join the Leica club. At least now I'll get to keep the dog. Or the TV. ...hm... decisions.
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The best thing about the new Leicas is watching the rage pour out of the Leica snobs about it.
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Now you don't have to sell both of your kidneys. It's brilliant.
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I am greatly anticipating the arrival of this Leica ME Super.
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HPL posted:The best thing about the new Leicas is watching the rage pour out of the Leica snobs about it.
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evil_bunnY posted:A thousand times this oh my lord. My boss (who's been shooting his m6 til now) just said: you know you're screwed up when this looks cheap to you. I want to buy one just so I can run around the streets of Vancouver holding it at arm's length while taking video.
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I'm half-serious when I say we should just subtitle this thread with "Pentax ME Super 4 lyfe". e. I also wish I could get a replacement winding lever for mine. It fell out one day at the beach
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Fiannaiocht posted:I am greatly anticipating the arrival of this Leica ME Super. gonna own Casull posted:I'm half-serious when I say we should just subtitle this thread with "Pentax ME Super 4 lyfe". pentaxs.com if you want a complete overhaul, otherwise send me a pm, I think I have a spare lever I could send you. Dr. Despair fucked around with this message at 05:29 on Sep 18, 2012 |
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Paragon8 posted:I really have no idea how we didn't all end up being canon vs. nikon circlejerkers HDRing our cat pictures Oppression, mostly.
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SoundMonkey posted:Oppression, mostly. and a sincere lack of effort spared to politeness. Like, on FredMiranda, there are the diamonds in the rough that are worth browsing the forum for. On the other hand, there are some shiiiiiiitastic photos that you just want to dump the day's frustration into a vitriol-filled hatepost. Unfortunately, you seem to kind of have to be polite sometimes. On here though, if you hdr the gently caress out of your cat and badly clonestamp the background, someone is going to yell at you.
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dakana posted:and a sincere lack of effort spared to politeness. Like, on FredMiranda, there are the diamonds in the rough that are worth browsing the forum for. On the other hand, there are some shiiiiiiitastic photos that you just want to dump the day's frustration into a vitriol-filled hatepost. Unfortunately, you seem to kind of have to be polite sometimes. As they say "haters gonna hate" and we are the haters.
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8th-samurai posted:As they say "haters gonna hate" and we are the haters. we aren't the haters they deserve. we're the haters they need.
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Pablo Bluth posted:They've just announced a budget Leica. It's only £3900. 
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HPL posted:The best thing about the new Leicas is watching the rage pour out of the Leica snobs about it.
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Pablo Bluth posted:They've just announced a budget Leica. It's only £3900. Ugh, mass-produced trash. I only buy cameras made in a run of one (1) single unit
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NoneMoreNegative posted:Ugh, mass-produced trash. I only buy cameras made in a run of one (1) single unit
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East Lake posted:Gotta compete with the rumored larger than full frame Hasselblad mirrorless. Correction. Smaller than full frame. The perfect companion to your wood grain sigma, and only 5000 euro.   Game on Leica. 
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That Hassy is loving baller. Are there any Leicas with jewels on them?
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That 70s Shirt posted:So Google apparently just bought up Nik Software, which is too bad because while I only use Silver Efex Pro 2 myself, I've heard that pretty much all their software is kick-rear end.
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East Lake posted:Correction. Smaller than full frame. The perfect companion to your wood grain sigma, and only 5000 euro. Is that actually a thing? Looks like a rebranded NEX-7.
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FasterThanLight posted:Is that actually a thing? Looks like a rebranded NEX-7. It IS a rebranded NEX-7 for about 5x the usual price.
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alkanphel posted:It IS a rebranded NEX-7 for about 5x the usual price. But you can change the grip material! Seriously, I was actually kind of intrigued by the idea of a medium format mirrorless camera, but this is dumbest poo poo ever. I got to see the unveiling live today at Photokina, and it only really served to cement Hasselblad as an expensive nametag added to other people's products. It's really a shame, because the 500 series stuff are some of my favorite cameras ever.
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East Lake posted:Correction. Smaller than full frame. The perfect companion to your wood grain sigma, and only 5000 euro. The specs on this thing make it look like they used focus groups to nail down the features that give you the biggest possible swinging dick
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Hot Cops posted:The specs on this thing make it look like they used focus groups to nail down the features that give you the biggest possible swinging dick So one of the grip material options is authentic K-Rock approved elephant foreskin?
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 This rendering shows the grip to be leather, not wood. I assume this is because Hassleblad hasn't yet decided which material is best suited to high-tech electronics: dead trees or dead cows?
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