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 p.9 #13 · My Fuji XE-1 outperforms my D800...... | |
carstenw, I took your comment as a bit of a double entendre to those two perspectives.
+1 @ Somehow the best travel photography hinges on being able to shoot a scene in such a way that the viewer has the feeling that it is their own warm memory.
I've always aspired for my photography to "take you there" and let you experience it a bit vicariously ... wherever "there" might be. Sometimes "there" can be a place, sometimes a mood, sometimes a perspective, with the better ones being a good combination of all three.
Interestingly enough, I was viewing some travel pics taken by someone else (who doesn't even know what an f-stop is) last night. They had used a dinky little P&S (that I had recommended for their knowledge/skill/budget) that was about 4 years old. They got killed by the shutter lag on their animal photography, with a lot of shots where the animals' heads were missing due to the animal walking out of the frame.
However, that being said, viewing their "static" images on their Ipad, I still was able to experience some of that "take me there" aspect that was really nice ... even to the point of asking myself, if I could have generated any nicer images with my FF gear. Of course, I did note the degree of good exposure vs. bad vs. marginally off vs. totally blown highlights etc. ... but in a certain regard, it didn't matter as I still emotively "wanted to be there".
To Jack's point (et al), the pixel peeping, critical analysis is not the hallmark of a good/great photograph (no surprise there, we've all known that all along). But I must admit I was a bit surprised by how they viewed on the Ipad ... in a way that I wasn't longing for more resolution or tonal range as I viewed them (as a semi-normal person  ). And to be honest, I thought some of them were "better" than I produce with my FF gear.
So ... given that the dinky little 4 year old P&S was producing some nice travel pics, it begs the question of why do I carry FF gear and shoot raw? For me, the answer comes down to UWA AOV, DOF control, TS control, tonal transitions, exposure control, DR and processing latitude. None of these things seemed to impact the P&S or novice in their ability to produce some nice images that still had the "take you there" emotive, and in that regard, there seemed to be a degree of "adequacy" involved @ fit for purpose.
No real point here, except that even as a gear head with technical scrutiny coursing through my veins ... great vision with adequate gear trumps adequate vision with great gear. From that, I'm surmising that Jack's point here was that the XE-1 is more than adequate to facilitate when our great vision extends us the opportunity to "take you there" ... and to do so with a degree of confidence that is inherent to not interfering with the interactive process between man & machine, particularly for those who may be interested in a stellar jpg producing machine without the size/weight/expense of FF.
BTW, the X20 is now on my radar (to fit my augmentation of FF gear and to replace that dinky P&S) as an alternative to the pack-mule FF gear scenario, for many of the reason's Jack has noted in the XE-1 ... as a byproduct of Jack's post here. Thus, my sincere and genuine appreciation for the post and the dialogue. Despite those who may have felt I was being retentive or contentious ... I was merely aspiring to be discerning.
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