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i have not been in the "reading camera nerd poo poo on the internet" game long but does steve huff ever NOT love something? has steve huff ever just like... completely trashed a product?
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Twenty-Seven posted:i have not been in the "reading camera nerd poo poo on the internet" game long but does steve huff ever NOT love something? has steve huff ever just like... completely trashed a product? I don't read too much of him, but from what I understand he gets a lot of stuff for free to review, hence his enthusiasm.
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Apr 25, 2014 07:36
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Twenty-Seven posted:i have not been in the "reading camera nerd poo poo on the internet" game long but does steve huff ever NOT love something? has steve huff ever just like... completely trashed a product? He didn't like Fuji cameras until the X-T1.
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Apr 25, 2014 07:38
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Mitakon 50mm f/0.95 lens announced for FE mount. http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/mitakon-50mm-f0-95-full-frame-e-mount-officially-announced/ Steve Huff got #00001 so I'm sure it's going to be the mostest super awesomest lens in the universe.
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Apr 25, 2014 10:39
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TheAngryDrunk posted:He didn't like Fuji cameras until the X-T1. I remember him going nuts over the X100 when it came out, but he always saves his most slavish praise for Leica no matter how absurdly stupid the product is because he is on their payroll.
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Apr 25, 2014 12:27
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STEVE HUFF posted:So to those who will come here and comment and bash the D-Lux 5 because it is $300 more, know that you do indeed get MORE with the camera as well as the joy of owning a Leica That is a stellar review, brb selling my Fuji gear.
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Apr 25, 2014 12:56
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d0s posted:I remember him going nuts over the X100 when it came out, but he always saves his most slavish praise for Leica no matter how absurdly stupid the product is because he is on their payroll. Did anyone ever find out what the difference was between the D-Lux5 and LX5 apart from the logo? I read the word 'improved software' everywhere, but never found any details. I've seen a couple of people say that the colour rendition is fractionally different, but nothing more than that.
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Apr 25, 2014 13:24
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So a mirrorless slow zoom is going for roughly the same price as a refurbished Canon 24-70 f/2.8L II? I know it's Leica but wow.
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Apr 25, 2014 13:45
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Oh, 30 new posts in the mirrorless thread! *click* Oh. Steve Huff goes nuts over Leica because it gets Leica fans to read his reviews, and Leica and Leica resellers to put ads on his site, and that's where he gets a bulk of his money from. He's a nice guy, but he knows who pays the the six+ figures his site brings in. Edward IV posted:Well it is using the sensor from the NEX-3N. I wouldn't be surprised if most of the electronics came from one too. It's aluminum. You can collect and reform it - do you think Apple just discards the waste from making a MacBook? Yes, it's an expensive way of doing things, but it's not like the material evaporates. Anyway, I do think that the new Leica camera is everything that's good and terrible about the company. Beautiful design, ridiculous everything else. They're holding to the old attitude of doing things - a more complex lens that is completely optically corrected, rather than taking advantage of new technology and processing to do it in software and create something smaller and lighter. They could do something incredible here - make something small, high-tech, beautiful, and amazing, but they like money too much, and it's hard to argue with that. mediaphage fucked around with this message at 14:50 on Apr 25, 2014 |
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Apr 25, 2014 14:47
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mediaphage posted:
Where do you get six figures? The posts of his I have read seem to imply that, while he loves his site, it isn't the most lucrative job there is.
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Apr 25, 2014 14:59
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Mirrorless Thread: LALALALALALALA LEICA SUCKS LALALALALAALALA spend more time worrying about your own images and not what dick steve huff is sucking
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Musket posted:Mirrorless Thread: LALALALALALALA LEICA SUCKS LALALALALAALALA There are many image threads for posting images, talkin about cameras/hardware/making GBS threads on leica is what this thread is for  If you can't see and laugh at the immediate irony of this image I don't know what to tell you, son: 
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Apr 25, 2014 15:34
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Fart Car '97 posted:Where do you get six figures? The posts of his I have read seem to imply that, while he loves his site, it isn't the most lucrative job there is. Friend works for a camera site and goes on all those press tours Sony (et al) flies everyone out for; these guys make quite a bit of cash. Musket posted:Mirrorless Thread: LALALALALALALA LEICA SUCKS LALALALALAALALA Welp this is the mirrorless thread and we're discussing a new mirrorless camera sooooooo
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Apr 25, 2014 15:38
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Looks like the Sony A7s is going to be priced over $3000. That makes for a sad HPL. 
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Apr 25, 2014 20:28
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That sucks. I'd been considering moving the the A7 series for everything, but the 7r I rented was pretty tricky to get solid focus with and $3k for the 7s is just too much, whatever its capabilities.
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Apr 25, 2014 20:38
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Sony is working on curved sensors: http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sony-is-very-very-very-serious-about-the-curved-sensor-tech-new-official-announcements/ I'm reading this to be a potential solution for full frame mirrorless sensors. This seems like a nice solution that doesn't need the currently non-existent organic sensor technology.
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Apr 25, 2014 20:41
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spog posted:Did anyone ever find out what the difference was between the D-Lux5 and LX5 apart from the logo? One has a Pride Of Ownership feature, one does not 
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Apr 25, 2014 22:15
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spog posted:Did anyone ever find out what the difference was between the D-Lux5 and LX5 apart from the logo? About $800
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red19fire posted:One has a Pride Of Ownership feature, one does not Easily replicable with Leica stickers!
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spog posted:Did anyone ever find out what the difference was between the D-Lux5 and LX5 apart from the logo? The LX5 has a comfortable grip.
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Apr 25, 2014 22:39
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spankmeister posted:Sony is working on curved sensors: http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sony-is-very-very-very-serious-about-the-curved-sensor-tech-new-official-announcements/ "You see those cameras from Sony? They’ve got curved sensors. Curved. Sensors." Love how innovative Sony is, so I'll be watching for this.
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Apr 25, 2014 23:11
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spankmeister posted:Sony is working on curved sensors: http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sony-is-very-very-very-serious-about-the-curved-sensor-tech-new-official-announcements/ Was there any (medium format) film camera with curved back plate? Seem to be very easy to execute on analog media, if it actually improve IQ.
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Apr 26, 2014 00:09
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I don't thing it's really to improve IQ universally, just a way to deal with that digital sensors tend to react funny to light coming in at shallow angles with the short distances that mirrorless designs create. Sony has been working on organic sensors to try and improve this, but I guess curving the sensor is cheaper or easier.
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How is a curved sensor not going to wreck hell with the concept of the focal plane?
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Apr 26, 2014 01:09
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thetzar posted:How is a curved sensor not going to wreck hell with the concept of the focal plane? Redesign the lenses to have a curved focal plane?
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Apr 26, 2014 01:16
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according to that little graphic there, the ideal focal plane is already curved.
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Apr 26, 2014 01:26
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Sony are obviously worried that they have too many lenses for their current system and must immediately design a new, incompatible sensor.
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Apr 26, 2014 01:27
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Isn't the curved sensor being designed along with a lens for the RX2? It's a fixed-lens FF compact
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grack posted:Isn't the curved sensor being designed along with a lens for the RX2? It's a fixed-lens FF compact That'd be a cool use, they might be able to make the lens much shorter, which would suddenly make a FF fixed compact make a lot more sense.
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mediaphage posted:Anyway, I do think that the new Leica camera is everything that's good and terrible about the company. Beautiful design, ridiculous everything else. They're holding to the old attitude of doing things - a more complex lens that is completely optically corrected, rather than taking advantage of new technology and processing to do it in software and create something smaller and lighter. I didn't see this in your reply before, but according to the two reviews I've read that fancy $1700 slow zoom isn't completely optically corrected - it's apparently got substantial field curvature at wide angle.
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Musket posted:Mirrorless Thread: LALALALALALALA LEICA SUCKS LALALALALAALALA Ahahaha what the gently caress is this.
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Apr 26, 2014 03:13
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The truth?
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Apr 26, 2014 09:11
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If you had said "a poo poo post" instead, you'd be correct!
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Apr 26, 2014 09:36
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Digital Jesus posted:If you had said "a poo poo post" instead, you'd be correct! D-Lux 5 owner spotted.
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Apr 26, 2014 09:42
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But I said... Never mind (Fuji forever  )
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grack posted:I didn't see this in your reply before, but according to the two reviews I've read that fancy $1700 slow zoom isn't completely optically corrected - it's apparently got substantial field curvature at wide angle. Ah, must've missed that. Even less of a point. But yeah, I think the curved sensor stuff is interesting. Perhaps a smaller RX2, or a wider one. Or maybe a wacky medium format camera that's capable of using FE or full-frame A-mount lenses.
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evil_bunnY posted:The truth? It doesn't make you a bad photographer to talk smack about tools or other photographers/people involved with cameras sometimes. That whole "you must be a pure soul only focused on ~your art~" thing is insecure as hell, lots of people do this poo poo for a living and have no interest in the purity of the artform, or they sell cameras, or they work in the industry somehow, or they use cameras as a tool and means to an end, or they collect cameras and don't take pictures because they're dumb weirdos who don't realize how fun it is. You're allowed to care about what tools you use, you don't have to be an ideologically pure postmodern Daido Moriyama before you're allowed to comment on gear/gear reviews.
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Apr 26, 2014 20:16
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Picked up a Fuji 60mm Macro for a song today ($320 used) Updated the firmware and drat is this a fun lens to shoot with.
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whatever7 posted:Was there any (medium format) film camera with curved back plate? Seem to be very easy to execute on analog media, if it actually improve IQ. Yes. It's particularly common in swing-lens cameras. I know that the (35mm) Horizon pano cameras have them for sure, as well as all of the Noblex cameras (35mm/120/LF).
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New lens rumors from Fuji! 16mm f/1.4 120-400mm OIS 18-135mm bumped from f/3.5-5.6 to f/3.5-4.8
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