j.kivekas

<p>There is the prismatic collector lens (a foil) right on top of the sensor and this protects the sensor itself pretty well. So when cleaning you don't actually touch the sensor itself. The collector lens is needed on the CMOS because there is not only the sensor part (say, 60% of surface area) but also the first circuitry (say, 40% of surface area) on the surface. The collector concentrates the light to the sensor part. Please, correct me if I've got it wrong.</p>

Here is one more photo to show how good it is...<div></div>

.... I did View/Zoom/Zoom in and now it's back on the right hand side ... probably the table cell width is not defined in the best possible way .... or the fonts don't scale properly .... I don't know ...

Yes, I know it can be glitches. I've done net page sources and it can be a mess especially if you deviate from standard HTML. I simply hate the XTML. I also find it frustrating that the old Mozilla (1.x?) was more reliable than this one and I certainly am not going to use any MicroSovjet browser.<p>

The links to sing in and my workspace used to situate on the right hand corner before on my browser.

Ok. Let's hope I get this captured right and added here .... if I don't I'll mail it to you<div></div>

Oh my .... Now (19th Nov) the "sign in" and "my workspace" are situated on the left side. It is now wasting two lines of space at the top of the page. Also the fonts seem to have gone a step smaller and they pattern much much worse.<p>

I think it is sad that people try to make internet pages too complex. Here we have first at top left corner (1) "photo.net" and a few lines downbound (2) "photo.net - community of photographers" ... it's all waste to say the same thing twice. I would skip the 2nd entirely and put all the choices into the same line with forums/equipment .. that is .... / sign in (out) /my wrkspce<p>

99% of all commercial net pages are too complex .. the simpler the better .. net pages should not be done on the conditions given by the graphic designers but users. The graphic designers tend to be just like net-programmers -- all the latest tricks must be there and you can be sure that the latest version of flash or Java are installed only to so many computers .. people really should stick to standard HTML until the new features are bullet proof.<p>

I don't know whether I am a typical user or not but now the Adorama add just backfires. I am sure they don't want negative associations with their brand. Keep it simple!

I also find this extremely irritating. I don't want to get to get to the Adorama pages. This tricking just makes me angry both to PN and Adorama. It's extremely tasteless, lacks all the style, is an idea invented by non less than a complete idiot! I've paid my subsrctiption and I shouldn't ahve to waste my time on the Adultrama or what ever!

I've done quite a lot of motorsport shooting and it really depends a lot of the nature of the day. If it is just club day, you can get to good vantage points and you don't need that long a lense the 70-200 is about optimum then. Then if it is an international event the vantages are much more controlled and typically a 300 or longer is very useful.<p>

One basic rule if it is sunny: Keep the sun at your back. Panning I always start with 1/ focal length, take a safe set, then go more and more ambitious (= slower times) I usually end up going to 1/15 s but the longer the time the more statistical it is. Panning is easiest at the inside of the curve as then the focusing distance doesn't change that much. If you have the smallest doubt about the focusing speed of your servo, then pre-focus and machine gun it over the spot - short burst, say , 3 frames.<p>

An on-coming car, you can calculate the required exp time by allowing the car advance 5 ..10 cm max. Say you have 100 mph = 160 km/h = 44 m/s .... 44 / 0.1 = 440 ... = 1/500 s min, preferably 1/750 s. Notice the faster you go the greater the aperture and thus the shorter the dof. That's nice if you get the focus spot on, if you don't it's blur.<p>

My basic advice is to take always a safe set first to secure your incomings and then go more adventurous.

By the way, one thing I think Canon should rectify is that the focus indicators should truly correspond the size and shape of the true focus elements. I understand, and also my experience back this up, that the focus points are actually longer and narrower than the indicators. It can sometimes by quite misleading if you've got a tight spot to focus on.

I would definitely prefer ECF over sensor IS. Especially in team sports it's really the only system that is fast enough to choose in hurry situations. I simply hate the button and roller system in 1D. I have the ECF in my old EOS 30. If Canon says it is a market decision they certainly don't know the users of their products very well.

Right now, sat at 20:22 hrs in Finland (2 hrs east of Greenwich) there are two photos in the Events category gallery. Come on! You need to add a few if or case sentences to keep the lists at rational length.

I hear you Josh. It means that I am then an exception. I always look thru the whole page. Sometimes the pages have felt a bit long but now the more passive categories tend to be far too short. I think an ideal number of presented photos is ... say 30... 35, definitely more than 20, definitely less than 50.<p>

What if at the bottom of the page there would be an array of even smaller thumbs .. say a 100 from the past days. Just an idea. I'd love to see the commercial banners go away, but I am dreaming :)

Ok, I found the way to browse thru a category.

Now, I have experience from the system and I've changed my mind somewhat. No comments in the first 24 hours although a very good photo. One problem is that e.g. in sports the visible list is too short. Right now the list was 16 photos long. I think it could be at least 25, may be max 30...36 long. .... may be there could be page 2, 3 and so forth in every category. ... I mean, if you'd like to study sports photos, say go thru a thousand photos, how can you actually do it ... there is a caption search method but it is not the same.

Good!

No folder details page on the 9th of July at 09:34 hrs (GMT+2). Ok, but I draw the conclusion that it is coming.<p>

About browsers: I am using Firefox 2.0.0.15. If you would stick to standardized HTML none of the browser specific problems would occur. The net programmers tend to have the latest equipment which run the latest JAVA and Flash in a perfect way, but unfortunately the average user swears JAVA everyday. I've got the lastest Nortons and firewalls and no viruses no worms - and everytime I switch JAVA script on my mouse gets erratic - and I hear I am not alone. The only one that really works universally is standard HTML. As I understand XTML is Microsoft specific.<p>

(Sorry Josh me being so jump on this views matter. I would say that the longer one is here the greater the weight of the view info. The ratings has lost its meaning to me as ... well for all the commonly known reasons. Comments, critiques are good but unfortunately too rare per photo. The views count is sort of objective number to measure the appeal of a photo.)

If I open a folder, there is no more the details page where I could conveniently see the views of each and every

photo. How much noice did we have to make to get the view counters working again - and now the easy way to check

out views has been demolished. The folder info you can download as .csv does not seem to contain the view data.<p>

<b>Please, get the folded details window back. When something works don't chance it!</b>

Good article. Text well composed and all said simply and in nutshell. One new aspect to bokeh is artificial bokeh

done with Photoshop. You can at least apply Gaussian blur and there is even a lense blur from CS2 onwards.

Although artificial bokeh is said to be much "uglier" than real old fashion bokeh, it still does its job in most

cases.<p>

The whole bokeh thing seems to be a bit of an opinion thing. Recently one photo hit my eye very favorably. It is

<a href="http://www.photo.net/photo/7029578">this one</a> by Andrei Popescu and it is shot with

Rokkor 58/1.4 set prbably at f/2.8. In a way it looks very rough but it certainly looks good in my eyes.

Thank you Josh & crew! Good work!

Sorry, I have to come back for this<p>

"<i>"The counter views are essential not only to members ..."<br>

 

To the site users, no they are not. It's inconsequential trivial data with absolutely zero impact on your life. "</i><p>

Michael, there has been a lot of complaints in several threads about this matter which proves it is important for many. For me the view numbers are the only real objective measure along with the subjective comments. Ratings mean nothing me ever since I decided to submit for written critique only. View counts are not spoiled by bots, so far, or anonymous 3/3s. View counts tell a lot about the visibility potential of a photo, it's ability to captivate the viewer.<p>

Ok, now I am out.<p>

ps.<br>Josh, sorry for my hard words, but this matter is important to me, and to many others.

OK, I am out of this conversation but I'd still like to know when we can wait the counters working again?

Patrick Hudepohl, you are one of the programmers, right? How come you didn't mention that.<p>

William, actually it is not Josh's shop. PN is owned by NameMedia, and guess what, the content is owned by - US, the members.<p>

PN lists in its media kit that there are 5 million visits each month, 65 million page views a month - this is known because of counters - that used to work.<P>

Again, I am sure the guys do their best and this problem is solved a.s.a.p. without any buts. I just hope that it is a question of days rather than weeks.

Patrick, you are missing my point entirely.

Lex, maybe if you don't know what you are talking about. The best organisations in this world use TPS and it's derivatives. The impression you give in your message is something that takes place at e.g. GM and it is a catastrophe - for everyone. TPS is not about paperwork, it is about getting rid of everything unessential - muda. It is about getting everything work for the basic motivation. What ever you do, it has got to increase the added value. TPS is not about quality documents or documentation procedures.

If I've got it correctly the last time the counters worked was about mid May and mid June is now approaching. Now, it must be a big problem then and most likely to do with the inadequate server services rather than the PN applications. The counter views are essential not only to members but also crucial to the business side of the PN.<p>

I really try to be constructive here. The truth is in a month a capable programmer can do miracles. I don't know how the development work is organized, but, I think it should be reviewed objectively in the light of what has been accomplished how the site has functioned. The situation hasn't left a good impression honestly, no matter how it looks from inside. But I am convinced, seeing the frustration in the answers by Bob and Josh, that everything needed will be done in a swift order.<p>

I recommend to study TPS, Kaizen and e.g. 5whys method (google) to prevent this happening again.