Originally posted by monochrome Who really needs nearly the best wedding/studio camera
That one is very easy, flash lighting is relatively cheap for the result it is capable of and any camera can do it. The results belong to the know-how of the photographer with regards to lighting. For people who ask for best AF for weddings, that's because they shoot on the fly which is what beginners do (not caring about composition). Guess why Fuji have chosen portrait photography to promote their x series: 1) it is easy to do anywhere 2) no constrain on sensor SNR the flash light keeps camera at base ISO and 3) it is easy to spot portrait photographers (pro and semi pro) to make they evangelists of Fuji camera by giving them free gear and paying for promotional services on youtube & co. The only thing camera play a role is on rendering of skin tones, which basically is about changing color parameters in a software tweak.
Originally posted by monochrome Who really needs nearly the best sports camera
Sport photographers. The camera fast burst rate and AF are not enough , fast f2.8 lens required as well to keep high shutter speed to freeze motion and keep ISO relatively "low". Pro use typically 300 f2.8 or 400 f2.8 primes, which most amateurs don't have. But amateur who never shot any sport even in a professional way will read DPR and whine endlessly and envy a D500 with a Tamron 150-600 f6.3 on it... while that combo actually sucks for indoor sports because it required to bump ISO to >12800 which give crappy images. Here ,
there is a lot to be understood by the amateur from how Canon pro camera are specified... Originally posted by monochrome Who really needs nearly the best landscape camera
Nobody. Camera is the least important for landscape. Tripod, travel and time are must. Landscape can be done with a manual focus camera, small sensor, as long as it output raw files, anyone can stitch for resolution and bracket for exposures and use filters for very long exposures.
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Originally posted by monochrome I can do 70 Medium jpeg @ 7fps with a KP with decent x/y axis tracking AF and higher ISO.
I don't need a KP for that, I switch the K1 to crop mode and I get I don't remember how many jpegs but burst shooting in JPEG with K1 buffer feels endless.
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Originally posted by surfar I know $ony is a 4 letter word around here but bit by bit every body they put out progresses.
Not sure if Sony is the best all around supplier. Tamron and Sigma are releasing their new lenses for Canon and Nikon and not for Sony. IMO, the Sony concept is nice but their bodies sucks with regard to using them with long lenses in the wild and there is still a lot more versatility with Canon and Nikon systems. Mirrorless is the thing nice to have for street photography and travel, but for the rest it's not proven yet.
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The only thing that my Pentax system would lack would be a D500 and a Sigma 500 f4 on it, once done, I wouldn't see anything lacking for any kind of photography (although that would cost a ton of money to get some extra shooting capability with long lens vs K1 crop mode with DFA150450 @ 450 f5.6).
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