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Computational photography from selfies to black holes

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Re: Computational photography from selfies to black holes

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Post by rimliu »

LegitShady wrote: post #16
m463 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

DSLRs have exceptional lenses with exceptional but large sensors, which means the zooms are modest (up to around ~600mm) So the really interesting long focal lenght cameras are the all-in-one superzoom cameras like the canon sx70hs and nikon p1000. They accomplish the high magnification by using a sort-of-good lens with a sort-of-good small sensor, achieving up to 3000mm "equivalent" zoom. Unfortunately, the "pro-sum…

The smaller cameras never really convjnced me as real DSLR replacements - they lacked the versatility and ergonomics of the DSLR and the smaller sensors meant more noise especially in dark scenes. The first camera that I use that has started being ok is the pixel phone cameras using night sight to improve overall resolution and detail.

Define "smaller cameras". I (not so) recently replaced my Nikon D7100 with a collection of pro lenses with Olympus cameras (OM-D E-M1markII and OM-D E10markII to be specific). I could not be happier. The first one is small, has one of the best water/dust/freeze proofing available, extremely capable and customizable. Yes it has even smaller sensor than my APS-C Nikon had, but I can get better images with it.

One interesting thing about Olympus cameras, that they do have a lot of computational photography things described in the article:

- there is a "Live Composite" mode, which allows you to get those star trails, to do light painting, etc.

- there is build-in focus stacking, very useful for macro photography

- there is hi-res mode implemented with pixel (or rather sensor) shifting

- there is IBIS and digital image stabilization.

Re: Computational photography from selfies to black holes

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Post by jacquesm »

ryandamm wrote: post #10

This article is completely, utterly wrong as soon as it starts talking about anything plenoptic. Please disregard after that point as there are serious factual errors, particularly regarding what Google did or didn't do with Lytro. (Source: I'm in the VR / plenoptic space, knew a bunch of people at Lytro, some of whom are now at Google. Timelines and facts do not match this article's assertions.)

That comment would be a lot more valuable if you corrected the record. To just gainsay what is written here accompanied by a strong reference to your authority is not how it is done imo, and if you can't or don't want to talk about it then you also shouldn't comment like this.

Re: Computational photography from selfies to black holes

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Post by ssivark »

vas3k wrote: post #18

Usually I don’t mind reposting my articles but with a direct reference to original at the beginning https://vas3k.com/blog/computational_photography/ Let’s be respectful to the original author, I spent couple of months writing it:(

Is there a way to call out this kind of shitty behavior, pissing in the commons pool? Maybe flagging the article and replacing the link with the original?

Re: Computational photography from selfies to black holes

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Post by jacquesm »

vas3k wrote: post #18

Usually I don’t mind reposting my articles but with a direct reference to original at the beginning https://vas3k.com/blog/computational_photography/ Let’s be respectful to the original author, I spent couple of months writing it:(

That's pretty low. I've mailed dang.

Re: Computational photography from selfies to black holes

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Post by jacquesm »

rozhok wrote: post #20
vas3k wrote: post #18

Usually I don’t mind reposting my articles but with a direct reference to original at the beginning https://vas3k.com/blog/computational_photography/ Let’s be respectful to the original author, I spent couple of months writing it:(

>The article was originally published by Vas3k in https://vas3k.com/ on 30.06.2019 Let's Enhance team is very thankful for given materials. What a shame! They've completely rip-off your article and "thankful" for that!

There are a couple of these sites that rip off good content. The worst are the ones that translate from one language to another because the original authors are almost never going to be aware of it.

Re: Computational photography from selfies to black holes

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Post by katecatkitty »

vas3k wrote: post #18

Usually I don’t mind reposting my articles but with a direct reference to original at the beginning https://vas3k.com/blog/computational_photography/ Let’s be respectful to the original author, I spent couple of months writing it:(

Hi Vas3k!

My name is Kate and I am Head of Content at Let's Enhance.

We are very thankful for the given material, because it's highly related to us.

And I want to clarify this unpleasant situation:

I've directly talked with the author of the article - Vas3k and asked for the permission to publish this awesome material. I can attach the screenshots of our conversation.

All the copyrights are reserved. We mentioned you and your blog as the original source. What's more, we've saved all the links in the article that refer to your blog.

So, all the accuses are unfounded.

Re: Computational photography from selfies to black holes

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Post by meigwilym »

vas3k wrote: post #18

Usually I don’t mind reposting my articles but with a direct reference to original at the beginning https://vas3k.com/blog/computational_photography/ Let’s be respectful to the original author, I spent couple of months writing it:(

This is a fantastic article, and it's a shame that you're being ripped off.

Re: Computational photography from selfies to black holes

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Post by ddalex »

rozhok wrote: post #20
vas3k wrote: post #18

Usually I don’t mind reposting my articles but with a direct reference to original at the beginning https://vas3k.com/blog/computational_photography/ Let’s be respectful to the original author, I spent couple of months writing it:(

>The article was originally published by Vas3k in https://vas3k.com/ on 30.06.2019 Let's Enhance team is very thankful for given materials. What a shame! They've completely rip-off your article and "thankful" for that!

Even their name is ripped-off "Let's Encrypt", that's why it sounds familiar. Horrible little site.
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