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The Photography Thread !
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sumchamp
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kewlboy9
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PoBoy
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One of my best photos is of my fellow traveler sitting on the back of a jeep in Jodhpur, shielding her face from the dust on the road.
Ghum station, part of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR). DHR is one of the last remaining narrow gauge lines that's still operating (alongside KSR and others) and has active steam engines running from Darjeeling to Ghum and back. Took this with my S23 and edited in capture one to replicate the vintage photo experience.
honest1
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sumchamp
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This bulbul and its partner had a nest with two babies in a small bush very close to my house. This may not be unusual for those of you in the plains and you may have a chance to take photos like this every day, but it's highly unusual for my region. My people (Mizos) used to be keen hunters of animals from small birds to large animals and we drove them all away from human habitations.. We have become much more aware of the need for wildlife conservation over the past few decades but it's still uncommon to find birds nesting so close to humans. I snapped this photo from about 25ft away.
manohar5321
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I was gifted a Sony RX 100 some years ago and i was too lazy to use it, its still in perfect condition and am still finding it difficult to use it. Phones have gotten so good at photos that am not finding reason to use it. Do you think that the RX100 can still beat modern midrange phones? yeah of course it depends on the person taking and the skill he has but when considering the camera is in auto mode, does it have any chance of beating today's smartphones in terms of sharpness and overall dynamic range
Phone cameras have come a long way since the early days but they're still no threat to standalone cameras in the same class. It's the built-in software (in-camera processing) that makes their pictures look so nice, especially on a small screen. A good DSLR or mirrorless micro four-thirds camera can still beat phone cameras easily as far as their fundamental capabilities are concerned.
20-30 years ago, when digital cameras were still new, manufacturers took different approaches when designing point-and-shoot (P&S) cameras and DSLR cameras. P&Ses were intended for taking casual snapshots that look nice out of the box. This involves extensive processing inside the camera before saving the captured image. On the other hand, DSLRs were meant to save the images exactly as seen by the lens. The result was that, to the untrained eye, P&S photos often looked "better" than those taken with DSLRs. DSLR photos often looked drab and lifeless out of the box. But skillful processing of DSLR images with software can produce superior images that cannot be matched by P&S photos.
Phone cameras have largely replaced standalone P&S cameras. They are easy to use and carry and serve many other useful purposes. The huge market and intense competition has caused manufacturers to come out with better phone cameras every year. The cameras in Pixel, iPhone and other brands are indeed very good now compared to what they were 10 years ago, but they still cannot match the raw capabilities of dedicated cameras.
That's a simplified explanation. The subject is beyond the scope of a single forum post. And then there are "bridge" cameras that fill the gap between P&S and DSLR - like the Sony RX100 and the Panasonic FZ1000 M2 that I used to take the photo of the bulbul above.
20-30 years ago, when digital cameras were still new, manufacturers took different approaches when designing point-and-shoot (P&S) cameras and DSLR cameras. P&Ses were intended for taking casual snapshots that look nice out of the box. This involves extensive processing inside the camera before saving the captured image. On the other hand, DSLRs were meant to save the images exactly as seen by the lens. The result was that, to the untrained eye, P&S photos often looked "better" than those taken with DSLRs. DSLR photos often looked drab and lifeless out of the box. But skillful processing of DSLR images with software can produce superior images that cannot be matched by P&S photos.
Phone cameras have largely replaced standalone P&S cameras. They are easy to use and carry and serve many other useful purposes. The huge market and intense competition has caused manufacturers to come out with better phone cameras every year. The cameras in Pixel, iPhone and other brands are indeed very good now compared to what they were 10 years ago, but they still cannot match the raw capabilities of dedicated cameras.
That's a simplified explanation. The subject is beyond the scope of a single forum post. And then there are "bridge" cameras that fill the gap between P&S and DSLR - like the Sony RX100 and the Panasonic FZ1000 M2 that I used to take the photo of the bulbul above.
manohar5321
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I sold my sony a6000 after getting the vivo x200 pro, not because it’s better, but because it lets me capture fly porn in 0.4 sec without editing.
With the dslr/mirrorless, the flies would've long gone.
Not the best example but you get my point.
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Pyception
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