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Beautiful photos, but why is the Exif scrubbed? I would have liked to see details.
Good question. To remove GPS metadata perhaps?
http://davidbuddphotography.com/galleries/01-places/china/gu...
The photography in these kinds of reviews is amazing, and the camera looks pretty stellar compared to the XS, but I find myself reading them wondering if it will make my pictures any better. I'm a mediocre photographer at best, and I'm certainly not going to be able to capture many images like the ones in this review.
It will make your pictures better in angle of view possibilities, better low light, and more correct exposure. That is, in the technical aspects that they've improved on.
It wont make your framing better, or the subject matter more interesting.
The photography in these kinds of reviews is amazing, and the camera looks pretty stellar compared to the XS, but I find myself reading them wondering if it will make my pictures any better. I'm a mediocre photographer at best, and I'm certainly not going to be able to capture many images like the ones in this review.
We all have amazing cameras in our pockets, and it's possible to take thousands of shots (ie, practice) for effectively no additional cost. When I was a kid, film and developing was expensive to the point that taking a picture was a somewhat special thing.
The fisherman seen in that photo is also in these very similar photos... http://davidbuddphotography.com/galleries/01-places/china/gu...
Knowing the journalist/fixer trade a little, this is some well known place/person, and photographers who go to China are taken by their local helpers (who know the drill) there to shoot "interesting" pictures.
This fisherman guy probably makes (or could make) more money posing for tourists than fishing...
These night mode shots are seriously impressive. This might give DSLR manufacturers something to catch up with.
DSLR manufacturers already have compact mirrorless to catch up with. Now only if the mirrorless moguls would recognize the potential of ehnancing their comparatively giant APS-C sensors with at least half the computational photography wits of modern camera phones, now that would be magnificent. Also, for me personally, the next waypoint for the phones should be the development of compact telephoto lenses -- it seems…
The photography in these kinds of reviews is amazing, and the camera looks pretty stellar compared to the XS, but I find myself reading them wondering if it will make my pictures any better. I'm a mediocre photographer at best, and I'm certainly not going to be able to capture many images like the ones in this review.
That's because making a nice photo is less about the tool used and more about framing, contrast, subject, &c.
I can't find it right now but there was a website showing amazing pictures taken with early digital cameras which were horrendous compared to today's entry smartphones.
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DSLR manufacturers already have compact mirrorless to catch up with. Now only if the mirrorless moguls would recognize the potential of ehnancing their comparatively giant APS-C sensors with at least half the computational photography wits of modern camera phones, now that would be magnificent. Also, for me personally, the next waypoint for the phones should be the development of compact telephoto lenses -- it seems…
I wonder why traditional camera manufacturers have been so reluctant to leverage the advances in computational photography that the mobile phone world has embraced. I mean I get why they want to have neutral default settings for people who want to do their own editing, but why are their 'scene' settings so crap when compared to mobile phones. Is it simply because they're worried that a sufficiently powerful processor…