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another thing Vic, real basic is you can pinpoint your focus a lot better and create a leading line to make the viewer see EXACTLY what you want them to, this example was with a 50mm 1.7

grab a cheap used prime off ebay and see the difference for yourself, a nifty fifty 1.8 are available for most ameras used for $100 +/-

438 years ago in 1580, Sir Francis Drake sailed around the world to place his name in the history books but he wasn't the first or even close to it. 61 years prior, Magellen tried it but died in battle in the Philippines in 1521 and maybe his …

Good choice of photo, one place we regret not spending nearly enough time. Keep doing wht you're doing we're behid you all the way

the reason for going faster is for area where light is an issue and you don't want a flash, a 1.4 will allow a lot more light than a 2.8, night time photograhy in atown squares comes to mind. And use a prime in general will always be sharper than a …

this is such a cool read...love the history lesson and how the names all came about. Back in '08 I had a stroke and went 100% blind, got my site back but life went bad shortly after. In a conversation with a motorcycle magazine editor a few years …

nice video, do you know him?

i honestly prefer the subject not to look directly at the camera, generally I find it an easier shot and it also leaves that element of wonder

Portraits come in all shapes, sizes, and angles but do you conciously take them in a specific way. Just trying to get in you head to see your technique or if you actually have one, lets learn from each other. If you are doing a close up portrait …

Summilux, if i'm pulling up the right lens that around 4x over budget!!!!

thats an interesting combination, I had to do some looking around to see the differences you were talking about, a good chepaer option that seems to not lose too much quality. Actually one review i found the reviewer said it make the 55-210 …

i think the problem with reassembly is getting it dialed in correctly, the slightest difference and you just got yourself a paperweight. I have never had a lens rebuilt I'm guessing its expensive to get it to the right person

I like the look of that 30, interested to see how you like it

25/1.2 thats nice, really nice...any shots you'd like to share?

While I am traveling South America, carrying too much photography gear I know when I return to the States I'll be picking up a Sony a6500 or A7Rii depending on how many new releases Sony makes in the mean time and drop the prices of their …

pretty much what I expected, like you i really don't see the point

THINGYFY RELEASES PINHOLE PRO S 18MM PINHOLE E-MOUNT LENS THis link just dropped in my inbox, interested if anyone has tried a pinhole lens and how good/ bad are the images? When I did my photograhy degree back in the late 80's this was part of …

I got to the Channel Tunnel to end the ride, a few hours early and having never used it before I was not sure how the whole process worked - easy is the simple answer. They were doing a Valentine (week) special so the fare was only $17 for me and …

From Central France I head to Brittany, to stay with Yannick for a quick overnight, most of the day heading there and the next day riding to Calais were wet, a few tress not in their natural state, a long driveway that hasn't seen any action for …

This was one of those posts that was difficult to write wondering if it fit in with the theme of 'ride-report'. There have been a great deal of atrocities in pretty much every country of the world, this one just stuck with me. As i walked alone …

I walked around a little more taking it all in, over the years I have traveled thru a lot of countries and history is everywhere, in Europe it is in your face a lot and well preserved and you can become a little blazé about it all as it doesn't …

"You see near the roof line where the granite has a natural color, well for granite to turn pink..." she walks to a wall, "it needs to be heated up to". She puts her finger on the wall and draws 1100. "This is hard to imagine, but we know this as …

We went back to the church and I was speechless, literally, my throat was dry and she knew it. She made it a very real experience but it was going to get a little more real. We reentered the church, "can you imagine you are inside one of 452 women …

She pointed up the street, "and there, there and there were the other three places the massacre took place".

There were only a few shots fired in the church but no-one was killed, they were locked inside. The men were split into four groups and made to go inside buildings a good distance from each other, she pointed at a sign on the remains of the …