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    Is anyone else waiting for a Nikon 5D?

    in Nikon

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    <p>The only reasonable objections I can see to its inclusion is it drives up the price and the extra internal hardware increases the chances of failure. Otherwise - who cares? It's no skin off your back if you don't want to use it, just don't use it. Heck, if nothing else you might just find yourself in a situation where video would be really handy and there you got it. I've certainly found that with my P&S cameras.</p>

    <p>That said, I want the choice to pay for it or not and I suspect that's not in the offing.</p>

    <p>It seems like no matter how much the technology advances and how much the parts get commoditized the prices stay the same. They always find a way to include enough cup holders as it were to justify charging you roughly the same value. Ok, yes, it's a little better than that, but not as much as one would expect.</p>

    <p>It's kind of like hard drives. A 250gig drive might have cost $80 five years ago at Staples. Want to go out and buy a new drive? Still $80, just now it's 1 TB. Great, but maybe you don't need 1 TB. All you want is 250gig and hopefully have it be $40 given how easy it is to make now. Unfortunately you can't - instead they've added "features" (more space, encryption, backup software) and you still can't get the advantages of the commoditized pricing.</p>

    <p>Yes, maybe my examples aren't perfect, but you get the point.</p>

    <p>Anyway, I bet you they (Nikon) could make a $1k full frame DSLR if they threw away all the "wiz-bang" crap and just made a nice, solid, simple camera with all the basics of a advanced amateur AF SLR fifteen years ago (ie: mirror lockup, DoF preview, simple but effective metering, simple but effective AF, reasonable flash). I know <strong>I'd buy it</strong>.</p>

    Is anyone else waiting for a Nikon 5D?

    in Nikon

    Posted

    <p>I don't completely get the whole "video in the still camera" thing. Sure, handy to have, but nothing I would chose a body over. Yeah, I suppose if you're a wedding photographer, maybe. That or if you're actually a video person and want high quality lenses on the cheap.</p>

    <p>I'm neither, but each to his own I guess. I suppose if I had it, maybe I would try some videography for fun.</p>

    <p>Forgetting video - personally, while all of my DSLRs are DX, I just don't see the point of buying another DX body when clearly FX is the way of the future. In that case, the D700 being fairly aged in the digital scheme of things, is probably not a great choice only in that in all likelihood within a year they'll have a replacement and you'll be kicking yourself for not waiting. I think the only way I'd buy a D700, though it's certainly an excellent camera, is used or refurbished, but even then I'd probably be kicking myself when the D800 (or whatever) comes out. It is definitely time for a refresh in that space.</p>

    Am I entitled to revoke permission on photo use?

    in Business of Photography

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    <p>You can submit the copyright registration request online instead of using a CD nowadays:</p>

    <p>http://www.copyright.gov/eco/</p>

    <p>I also would be careful not to say things like "if only to knock her off her high horse" since it can be used to indicate you're being "vindictive" rather than protecting your rights.</p>

    <p>I think the DCMA takedown suggested is brilliant as the generally evil DCMA act may as well be used for some good...</p>

    <p> </p>

    Worth doing your own E6?

    in The Wet Darkroom: Film, Paper & Chemistry

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    <p>Thanks and sorry again. I'll definitely consider doing a larger batch like you suggest, though at some level I would prefer my first batch to be smaller! Also in a way I would prefer less "latitude", meaning I'd rather the results be consistent when it comes to slide because when I shoot slide I'm locking my "vision" of the image at time of shot (ie: I know how Velvia behaves and I plan it in the shot - I don't want latitude accidental or otherwise after the fact). B&W I might be thinking more how I would want to adjust things (even there I have to admit I like to have consistence and then handle the PP after the negative is fixed in stone).</p>

    <p>As far as the lab goes, they used to do E6 dip and dump as a business and he is a great guy. He mostly does E6 as a side thing now, so I really can't blame him. That said, I am obviously willing to wait some since I don't have a preview screen on the back of the camera, but there's a limit. Still I feel guilty at the idea of using someone else - he has been very good to me over the years. I may just live with it. I'd rather give him the money.</p>

    I Leica Fuji X100

    in Leica and Rangefinders

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    <p>Well, the price will be key, but I think the lens is a good compromise (albeit I would have liked it a little longer 40-50mm), still it allows potentially good landscapes.</p>

    <p>As a long term Fuji user (Velvia, GS645, GW670III, S2 Pro, S5 Pro) I've been awaiting this for some time now, albeit I was expecting something different.</p>

    <p>Kudos to Fuji regardless...</p>

    Worth doing your own E6?

    in The Wet Darkroom: Film, Paper & Chemistry

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    <p>You know - I am the one who absolutely needs to apologize to you Gerard. I see now that you were adding this to a prior post about how you ran an E6 processing business. I read the post about "shoot digital" as coming from someone else - I thought it was their first post saying, again, "If you're too lazy to do your own E6 then shoot digital", which by itself seemed insulting. Now I see it was a follow-up and in context it isn't insulting.</p>

    <p>My humble apologies, and yes, thank you for the constructive information.</p>

    Worth doing your own E6?

    in The Wet Darkroom: Film, Paper & Chemistry

    Posted

    <p>Look, if you didn't intend your original post, and to some degree follow up posts, to have a degree of "snark" in them, then I apologize and thank you for your input. I read essentially, "If you're too lazy to do your own E6 then shoot digital," which isn't a very friendly way of being "constructive".</p>

    <p>Anyway, assuming I was wrong in reading the snark (again, if so I apologize), then I would still have to disagree that you were the "only" one offering a "constructive" opinion. They were all useful, even if all of them weren't encouraging me to do my own E6.</p>

    <p>I take it you have a Jobo and do your own E6 and can give me some advice as to how easy or hard it is and/or how long it takes and what I should look out for etc.? Did you find it worth doing when you did it?</p>

    <p>Thanks.</p>

    Used 35-70/2.8 and 85/1.4, which one has better bokeh?

    in Nikon

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    <p>The 35-70mm is the closest zoom alternative to prime lenses that I've seen or used, though I admit I haven't tried say the 28-70mm f2.8. It does get some of that "look" particularly with wider apertures and smaller DOF.</p>

    <p>That said, it is <strong>not</strong> a prime, and owning the 80mm f1.8 one can see the difference in sharpness and distortion if you're looking (pixel peeping) and the the 80mm definitely has a "je ne sais quois" quality about it that isn't completely there in the 35-70mm. It's certainly more there than say kit lenses or even some higher cost off brand lenses, but not totally.</p>

    <p>Frankly the 80mm f1.8 is the sharpest lens I've ever used and just gives fantastic portraits. Other than or bragging rights I've never been tempted to the 80mm f1.4, in part because the price just wasn't there, but perhaps the prices have dropped so much now that its not a big deal.</p>

    <p>Finally, even though the 80mm is by far what I would consider my best portrait lens, the 35-70mm is my walk around lens for shear flexibility. It is the best trade off between zoom and quality that I've used.</p>

    Worth doing your own E6?

    in The Wet Darkroom: Film, Paper & Chemistry

    Posted

    <p>So, I've got the Jobo processor and the darkroom - is it worth trying to do your own E6? I've got like 10 rolls of 120 Velvia to do and I can either drop it off at the local lab (which no longer does dip-and-dunk, but rather Jobo themselves) and it'll take about a month, or I can enter the wild world of my own E6 processing.</p>

    <p>One major concern is how long it would take - I don't want to blow a whole day on it.</p>

    <p>Alternatively I suppose there must be some E6 labs still out there I can ship to...</p>

    <p>Thanks in advance!</p>

    Seriously - How does one afford photography?

    in Nikon

    Posted

    <p>Some people are pros and do what they have to do, some people are loaded and can afford anything they damn well please, and I suspect a lot of people just throw it on credit cards (the American way).</p>

    <p>Then there are people who photography is their #1 priority, and they sacrifice in other areas for their passion.</p>

    <p>Finally there are people like me, and clearly many others here, who by used, refurbished, and older equipment. I happily have an 80-200mm f2.8. Sure it doesn't focus as fast, but it's pretty much as sharp as anything out there now. Similarly the 80mm f1.8 will take just as good of a photo as an 80mm f1.4. Regardless both can be bought used for significant savings.</p>

    <p>The only thing that ever gets my goat about this, and it's mostly at DPReview that I see this, are the nimrods who come into a forum dedicated to $1000 cameras and tell everyone they should own their $3000 camera. Personally when you own a camera that costs more than many people earn in a month, some humbleness is warranted. I don't blame people for owning a D3 (or god forbid, a D3x), but a little sensitivity goes a long way. After all let's face it, even $1000 cameras are pretty offensively expensive considering the number of people struggling to even pay their rent.</p>

    Water damage

    in Nikon

    Posted

    <p>It strikes me given the cost of these two pieces that sending it straight off to Nikon is what I would do. I mean, what if you do it wrong and the moisture causes mildew and stuff? Are you always going to wonder if your images are compromised if you do it yourself? I would.</p>

    <p>I'd send it off.</p>

    D700 stolen

    in Nikon

    Posted

    <p>If you have renters or homeowners insurance you should be covered. If not, you should get it, ideally with a rider for the equipment. Compared to a D700, it's nada for money and would leave you in a much better position.</p>

    <p>That said, it sucks and I'm sorry it happened to you.</p>

    asked to do photos for wedding

    in Nikon

    Posted

    <p>Honestly the equipment you have is well beyond the expectations of most people who ask to have their wedding taken (particularly of the "beggars can't be choosers" type).</p>

    <p>I agree though that ideally you have a backup body.</p>

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