Samuli Vahonen wrote:
I agree that one thread works the best. For example on Thursday I used 3 lenses on shoot: one Zeiss ZE series lens (=should post ZF/ZE thread), one Leica R lens (=should post Leica R thread) and Loxia (=Sony or Zeiss thread). So from personal point of view very much prefer this thread.
If we look back to history, we used to have ONLY "Alternative Image Thread" (as Fred's forum software wasn't so great back then we had to create new versions as the thread got broken). Then ~2008 we started to create all kind of specific threads, which all had quite low post volumes except ZF/ZE and Leica threads.
For some reason I got curious how 1000 pages happened. After few beers I get stupid ideas. So I downloaded pages 1-999, and put them to database and made quick analysis of top 50 posters, post volumes by year&month, by weekday and by hour of day. As I refuse to use graphical office tools (I'm allergic from extensive use at work ), you can best view results from webpage I created for this: https://vahonen.info/aaa
data processing explained (point 1-8) and data analysis(points 9-13) - no ads, banners, flash, javascript etc. crap
Samuli Vahonen wrote:
I agree that one thread works the best. For example on Thursday I used 3 lenses on shoot: one Zeiss ZE series lens (=should post ZF/ZE thread), one Leica R lens (=should post Leica R thread) and Loxia (=Sony or Zeiss thread). So from personal point of view very much prefer this thread.
If we look back to history, we used to have ONLY "Alternative Image Thread" (as Fred's forum software wasn't so great back then we had to create new versions as the thread got broken). Then ~2008 we started to create all kind of specific threads, which all had quite low post volumes except ZF/ZE and Leica threads.
For some reason I got curious how 1000 pages happened. After few beers I get stupid ideas. So I downloaded pages 1-999, and put them to database and made quick analysis of top 50 posters, post volumes by year&month, by weekday and by hour of day. As I refuse to use graphical office tools (I'm allergic from extensive use at work ), you can best view results from webpage I created for this: https://vahonen.info/aaa
data processing explained (point 1-8) and data analysis(points 9-13) - no ads, banners, flash, javascript etc. crap
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Okay convinced, the split was a bad idea ;-).
Nice work on the analysis! Can you find out which was the most liked page?
Samuli Vahonen wrote:
I agree that one thread works the best. For example on Thursday I used 3 lenses on shoot: one Zeiss ZE series lens (=should post ZF/ZE thread), one Leica R lens (=should post Leica R thread) and Loxia (=Sony or Zeiss thread). So from personal point of view very much prefer this thread.
If we look back to history, we used to have ONLY "Alternative Image Thread" (as Fred's forum software wasn't so great back then we had to create new versions as the thread got broken). Then ~2008 we started to create all kind of specific threads, which all had quite low post volumes except ZF/ZE and Leica threads.
For some reason I got curious how 1000 pages happened. After few beers I get stupid ideas. So I downloaded pages 1-999, and put them to database and made quick analysis of top 50 posters, post volumes by year&month, by weekday and by hour of day. As I refuse to use graphical office tools (I'm allergic from extensive use at work ), you can best view results from webpage I created for this: https://vahonen.info/aaa
data processing explained (point 1-8) and data analysis(points 9-13) - no ads, banners, flash, javascript etc. crap
While we are talking about what to do with this thread, how do people feel about limiting the number of photos/post? Posting using the FM upload tool allows up to five images per post. I know the Landscape forum has a limit as well. I think it would help us post only the very best and prevent a post from dominating a page. Perhaps an exception can be made for someone doing an aperture study or in-depth lens comparison. Just a thought . . .
Here's two with the Batis 85 and one with the Sony 70-200/4
Bob, thanks for posting Batis shots. Really liking the rendering style on 1st photo (green stuff).
Phillip Reeve wrote:
Nice work on the analysis! Can you find out which was the most liked page?
Thanks. Yes, of course I could, in IT everything is possible given enough time, money and resources but I would need much more and check from Fred is that even OK. I generally would not like to publicly share info, what is only available for registered users, and there is no way to share something only for FM forum users at the moment. Technically I would need to install curl (can't login with cookie using wget, or at least I don't know/remember how without googling...) because the pages would need to be loaded using a user account as likes are not visible to public internet.
Technically Fred could do it easily, as he has all this stuff already in database ==> he doesn't need to "hack" the info like I did the data fetching. But in my opinion, also he would need to respect the privacy principle that data available only for registered users needs to stay that way.
Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 2.8/24-70 ZA @ f/16, HDR(1s, 4s and 15s), A7 @ ISO 50, Hoya HMC 82mm NDX400
Great job on the 1000 guys, in a few weeks I'll be able to contribute to the next 1000 when my a7rII gets here. Starting to build up the glass for it, just need the body!
They say the best sunset in Greece is in Santorini and I would have to disagree. I believe it's in a small town called Plaka. Just don't tell anyone as I would like this island to keep its charm.
So many great shots and a tribute to 1000 pages already
Thank you Phillip. I like how the thread is consolidated for now. May be later as the Sony systems grow it would appropriate to split the thread.
Shots from yesterday afternoon at Fingal heads.
A7M and WATE
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