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06-01-2015, 08:54 PM   #1
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Another case of Canikon snobbery?

I was discussing rectilinear lenses versus fisheye lenses with a friend. I explained that I preferred an ultrawide rectilinear to fisheye lenses because you can more easily correct the barrel distortion in ultrawide rectilinear lenses than in fisheye in post processing. I also mentioned how rectilinear lenses are more versatile than fisheye, since the novelty of the fisheye effect wore off quickly, at least for me.

The friend (questioning that status) responded with this: "Well I don't do editing outside of what I capture. and I'm more creative with it."

Should I take this as a personal insult to my skills as a photographer or a general statement that her Canon 5DIII needs no correction and automatically enables her to be more creative than we mere Pentaxians?

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Have you seen her images?
Is her unprocessed work better than you processed work?
Are her distorted images always better then your "corrected" images?


Actually, it doesn't matter what you answer to these questions: if you are happy with your images, enjoy your own work and don't worry about anyone else's .
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QuoteOriginally posted by willskywalker93 Quote
I was discussing rectilinear lenses versus fisheye lenses with a friend. I explained that I preferred an ultrawide rectilinear to fisheye lenses because you can more easily correct the barrel distortion in ultrawide rectilinear lenses than in fisheye in post processing. I also mentioned how rectilinear lenses are more versatile than fisheye, since the novelty of the fisheye effect wore off quickly, at least for me.

The friend (questioning that status) responded with this: "Well I don't do editing outside of what I capture. and I'm more creative with it."

Should I take this as a personal insult to my skills as a photographer or a general statement that her Canon 5DIII needs no correction and automatically enables her to be more creative than we mere Pentaxians?
Anti-post-processing snobbery, common among young "photographers" who haven't done much or have never actually made a print of anything. It also sounds like your anti-fisheye comments were taken personally, so it was you being the "snob" first (in their eyes)...
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QuoteOriginally posted by willskywalker93 Quote
..."Well I don't do editing outside of what I capture..."
Ken Rockwell doesn't either

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QuoteOriginally posted by willskywalker93 Quote
"Well I don't do editing outside of what I capture. and I'm more creative with it."
I take that as "I really have no clue so I bought an expensive camera". Really it is admirable that this person feels they can get it right in the camera all the time, but it really means they are leaving a lot on the table.

I have a friend who sells prints at the local markets. She is fairly good and sells enough that she has been at the market for years. But she is strictly old school. Has signs up "no digital work done on any of my photos, all are direct from the film". The truth is she learned film photography years and years ago and is terrified to learn anything new. I chat with her regularly and I am positive if she went digital she would greatly improve her work but she knows what she knows and isn't going to learn any more.

Not everyone has the computer skills to do good post processing and if you don't and have to get it right in camera all the time then that's fine. I would not take her statement as an insult but rather a defensive statement because of her own insecurity. Instead of being insulted I would feel sorry for her.
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Mmmm. What about the corrective work that was done in the darkroom, when we were still shooting film. That's no different really from what we're now doing in Photoshop.
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Seems more like you were discussing lens specs and why you preferred one over the other and she was discussing extremely altered photos. Besides processing in lightroom is not the same thing as faking something in photoshop. "No really that mocking bird had antlers and was having tea with rabbits."

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Have you seen her images?
Is her unprocessed work better than you processed work?
Are her distorted images always better then your "corrected" images? .
Funny thing is, she doesn't have a fisheye yet, she is just planning to get one. I've learned a lot from shooting for a local pro action/event photography business and do try to get usable images straight off the card whenever possible, but simple fact of the matter is that some images just aren't possible without bracketing or dynamic range enhancements. Just look at raw post processing challenges here on the forums. Not even the great Ken Rockwell could produce some of those results straight off the card/film.

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Seems more like you were discussing lens specs and why you preferred one over the other and she was discussing extremely altered photos. Besides processing in lightroom is not the same thing as faking something in photoshop. "No really that mocking bird had antlers and was having tea with rabbits."
No, my father is a taxidermist. It very likely did have antlers and shared a hot tea with the rabbit straight off the card.

Sorry, couldn't resist. But we've never mounted a mocking bird. Killing and stuffing the state bird of Mississippi probably isn't a great idea when you live there (and when the bird is federally protected)...
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QuoteOriginally posted by willskywalker93 Quote
Funny thing is, she doesn't have a fisheye yet, she is just planning to get one. I've learned a lot from shooting for a local pro action/event photography business and do try to get usable images straight off the card whenever possible, but simple fact of the matter is that some images just aren't possible without bracketing or dynamic range enhancements. Just look at raw post processing challenges here on the forums. Not even the great Ken Rockwell could produce some of those results straight off the card/film.

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No, my father is a taxidermist. It very likely did have antlers and shared a hot tea with the rabbit straight off the card.

Sorry, couldn't resist. But we've never mounted a mocking bird. Killing and stuffing the state bird of Mississippi probably isn't a great idea when you live there (and when the bird is federally protected)...
lol lol lol, I think they are protected here in Texas too. There are three of them that visit my yard everyday. I took some photos of them today, they are always entertaining even without the antlers. Oh yeah, I really love my fish eye lens too.
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QuoteOriginally posted by willskywalker93 Quote
I was discussing rectilinear lenses versus fisheye lenses with a friend. I explained that I preferred an ultrawide rectilinear to fisheye lenses because you can more easily correct the barrel distortion in ultrawide rectilinear lenses than in fisheye in post processing. I also mentioned how rectilinear lenses are more versatile than fisheye, since the novelty of the fisheye effect wore off quickly, at least for me.

The friend (questioning that status) responded with this: "Well I don't do editing outside of what I capture. and I'm more creative with it."

Should I take this as a personal insult to my skills as a photographer or a general statement that her Canon 5DIII needs no correction and automatically enables her to be more creative than we mere Pentaxians?
Don't take her, sorry, it, in anyway. Leave her as she is. It's much better for you.
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it sounds like your comments were taken as trying to dissuade her from getting the fisheye and she didn't like that. I never saw where the brand of camera had anything to do with the conversation.

IMO, a fisheye and a rectilinear ultra wide do not overlap, that is they are completely different tools for rendering a scene. When i want to use FE, the UW recti is not going to cut it, and vice versa.

...the correct LBA answer would be, "you should own BOTH!"
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Ignore it. I feel you're blowing it out of proportion.

By the way, I never understand people that want to correct a fisheye image. I would buy a fisheye for the effect, not to remove it.
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Explain to me what this has to do with camera brand snobbery?

BTW...the circular projection of a fisheye lens is not barrel distortion in the usual sense and is actually a more accurate presentation than rectilinear lenses of similar FOV. There is usually little need to de-fish when properly composed. For landscape photography, I prefer a fisheye where I need an extreme FOV. (Stretched trees are so not natural.)

180 degrees diagonal FOV...




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I'd take it as she has no clue how to go about any sort of PP.
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I can't imagine this has anything to do with Canikon. I bet there are Pentax shooters that do and think the same way. I imagine there are similar people carrying every brand of camera imaginable.
I don't think there's anything wrong with this method of thinking or creating images. The camera, it's settings, how many or few pictures were stitched, how much or how little PP was involved, etc, none of this matters as long as the artist and others like the picture.
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