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    Hip Shots Using a Hexar RF

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    Guys, I'm confused. What is a hip shot? Is it something that comes with age? When you can't kneel down any more to get a decent perspective, at the cost of framing control? Or when the sight of hips and breasts exert an uncontrollable urge to trigger? Or when you can't run fast enough after taking a grab shot? Or has hit and miss shooting turned "hip" and it's me who's getting old...? Please advise. :-)

    Beijing 2007*

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    Travis, I've been hesitating whether to post a response or not. Finally I decided pro, since I like your work and appreciate the many constructive contributions that you have made here over the past years, from the times when constructive criticism was one of the assets of this place... <p>While the music per se is fine for me (I like funk and I like fusion), it's ultimately overpowering your visuals, which have a much subtler approach than they used to have in the past. Apart from that, though, out of all pictures there are just two and a half that really do it for me: The b&w one of the guy's shadow on the wall of the Westin, with the arrows pointing in opposite directions and the word "exit"; the two guards (just their heads in frame at the bottom) in front of the red building with the huge Mao hanging; and, "almost", the backlit crest of a wall against the sun with blurred hills in background, frame slightly slanted, near the end. The rest are but grab shots from a touristic trip, IMHO. Too loosely framed, too loosely edited with little beyond "a day walking quickly through Beijing" as a common theme. Most probably you were traveling with your family and didn't have the time to dig deep...? If I'm right, it's because I know what I'm talking about... ;-) If I'm wrong, well, dig deeper all the same.<p>Please keep up both, your b&w as well as your color work. I recall quite a number of stunning compositions of a couple of years ago and your deliberate use of strong and highly saturated, highly contrasted color. Well, you might be evolving in some other direction (and, why not?), but that other direction, at least for me, is not yet clearly pronounced.<p>Hope my 0.02 are okay for you. I'm really looking forward to more stuff to come! :-) Cheers, Lutz.

    Canon G9 vs. Lumix? DMC-LX2

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    Michael, the Lumix LX1 delivers 3840x2160 pixels (8MB) in the 16:9 format. If you were super-demanding and wanted to print at 300dpi that would translate to 12.8x7.2 print size. In the real world 200dpi are more than sufficient, so make that 17.2x10.8 prints. Your screen is giving you probably 72dpi. So, if you could live with the detail as seen on your screen in the 100% crop, your print could go up to 50x30, at which point you would probably be standing six feet away from it to see it all in one - at which point noise becomes a non-issue.

    Canon G9 vs. Lumix? DMC-LX2

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    Jim, I wasn't talking about noise. I was talking about available light capabilities as limited by f/stop and ISO. The absence of a usable 400 ISO setting is compensated by a faster lens. Plus, you get a very good optical IS with the Lumix. I'm including a snapshot I took one hour ago at ISO 200, including a 100% detail. Cheers.<div>00NDAR-39586584.thumb.jpg.b55d3b3b0e1b21c67504871ae191c828.jpg</div>

    Canon G9 vs. Lumix? DMC-LX2

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    Does the Lumix produce decent results above ISO 200? No. But f4(as in most kit lenses) at ISO 400 equals f2.8(Lumix) at ISO 200. Plus the Lumix has an excellent IS system that will easily allow for 1/8 handheld. Plus, bulk and weight are by far inferior to any DLSR, of course. The ideal camera doesn't exist, but for my mileage the Lumix comes pretty close, in terms of a compact, high quality digital P&S. Find some <a href="http://lutzkonermann.blogspot.com/">sample pics</a> here. As for the Mumbai project I'll be back for more, Michael.

    Canon G9 vs. Lumix? DMC-LX2

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    Hi Michael, thanks for your kind words. Well, it does indeed help to focus before snapping, that perfectly matches my experience with ANY kind of camera. So, why would I expect a P&S to be able to skip that step and deliver sharp pictures nonetheless...? ;-) With a Lumix I can do it either manually or via its autofocus which is very fast and reliable. After having focussed in either way, shutter lag is incredibly brief, easily on par with an M, trust me. So, after all, the Lumix is the faster, more reliably focussing street and kids photography tool, IMHE. But, as above, at the end of the day it all depends on which sort of moments you are after when documenting your child grow and how lasting you want your memories to be. Cheers.<p>

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    Canon G9 vs. Lumix? DMC-LX2

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    <a href="http://www.konermann.net/pics4web/P1040125.yellow.web.jpg">Kids move, yeah</a>, and they make for lovely photo opportunities. Shutter lag is a non-issue with modern digital P&S these days, and the Lumix fits my bill. That said, with a digital P&S you will most probably end up with hundreds, thousands of baby photos, shot from all possible angles, compromising in light, framing, focal length, etc., etc. - just because you CAN shoot away easily and anytime and as often as you wish. You will have loads of them, some printed and given away to the family, most probably few of them kept, on some harddrive, or was it a DVD or a - what was it's name again? You know, those things we used to have earlier on, this century...?! <p>

    Years from now you might regret, though, not to have carefully exposed and effortlessly archived that dozen of negs which would have immortalized your offspring's childhood and would have conserved it for a lifetime...<p>

    Just a dad's thought.

    What is an Elcan 2" f/2 lens head...?!

    in Leica and Rangefinders

    Posted

    Sorry for getting back to this thread only now.<p>

    Vivek, I wasn't aware of kevincameras - wow, that's exotic lens paradise! Unfortunately, they wouldn't get back to me with a quote for an Elcan 50/2 conversion. Now, the lens I saw for just about $35(!) was pristine - but it comes without any focusing barrel. That's why I suppose it's just a lens head, for whichever purpose. If the quality is right then this might be a worthwhile object of conversion...<p>Cheers

    Arriflex planar 85/f2 to Leica M?

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    Gino, it won't work on a Leica for all the reasons given, while that Planar (I suppose in PL-mount) is a terrific lens on an Arri.<p>

    I once used a 50 R-Summilux on a Super16 Aaton movie camera - that was unparalleled wide open. Adapting photo lenses to cine formats is quite viable. Coverage is ample and focussing is a reflex VF or focus puller/assistant thing, anyway.

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