MeganV

Expectations and standards are even more "multi-variate" than system capabilities (good word, Rishi!) and I suspect that's a key driver behind much of the camera-comparo misunderstanding that goes...

Interesting conversation.

In my experience, commercial-editorial clients talk Clyde Thomas's game, but once on set or on location, their planning, their needs, and shot list(s) often "evolve" in...

You make crap up about Jose Villa, I point out it's fictional and wrong, and I'm the "incoherent" one. All you've done, here--this whole thread--is counter fact and reason with willful, entitled ...

? You, above, replying to the demonstrated DOF difference: "much ado about nothing." I mean, it's right freakin' there. In yellow. Above. Follow the arrows ^^^ But don't let me stop you, man. Keep ...

You don't remember what you wrote in your last post to me, do you? Well I do--I actually read it before I replied. You wrote: In no mood to surprise yourself today, eh?

Arguing that m4/3 can match medium format in depth of field flexibility is not a good way to sound smart about photography.

Why? You pulled an explanation for Jose Villa out of your rear end, and I pulled an explanation for you out of mine. What's the difference? Lemme guess: it's no big deal when you're making crap up ...

Well, it's a factual account of an opinion--but that's a funny thing you did there! I can play, too: let's bet that cheddar cheese is orange because some celebrity wanted it that way and that's all ...

No you aren't. Again. Why do you begin every single post you write with an apology? Do you know, deep down, that you're about to waste everyone's time? Meanwhile, back in reality, this little fork ...

No you aren't. Say what you wanna say or don't, we have places to be. Your opinion sucks. And that's not just my opinion. My opinion would suck, too, if I were foolish enough think it didn't. ...

This article's author has made an agonizingly foolish mistake. He's using his own tiny sliver of style, experience, accomplishment, and taste to draw summary conclusions about everything that's ...

I think video is the key to understanding this rig.

For stills, even an old-school pudgy point-shoot like a Canon G16 is a better deal: You get RAW, a real-wide to long-tele zoom, a live hotshoe...

It's the Circle of Life, Simba. Follow ol'Megan, she knows the way: The rumors have already told us we're going to get a 25, 12, and 50. In that order. (If you squint hard enough, you maybe be able ...

No. There were suggestions a-plenty in what I wrote, but they carry implications you may not like. I'll say it again: tuning your AF system is like tuning white balance. There isn't one setting ...

A few thoughts: (1) Your expectation--one binary on/off, calibrated/not calibrated answer--isn't appropriate for the analog complexities of the system. (That's one of Thom's main points.) So you're ...

. . . methinks Allison will give this proposition the thumbs-down: where does neither bald-nor-beared fit in?

Well, you haven't found anything that says the "Flash" WB preset isn't 5400K except (1) every test shot you've ever taken (1) every photograph you've shot since 2003 ...

I think it's time to give up the notion that the A7 cameras are (or ever really were) about size advantage. They're about a technology paradigm shift, pure and simple.

What really tells me this:...

This whole thread revolves around a misconception: that the D810's "Flash" WB Preset should be the same thing as manually dialing in a 5400K temperature. It's a fair misconception to have, given ...

It doesn't. The named "Flash" white balance you may set on your camera isn't necessarily the same thing as manually setting your camera's white balance to 5400K. (Which your experiments show--but ...