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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
02-01-2019, 03:39 AM
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I have found Michael Freeman's books, the Photographer's Eye, etc to be quite helpful in this respect.
Unfortunately, I think that Forums are always focused on the technical aspect of things. There are still plenty of threads where people post images, some of them very good, but not much critique going on (probably for the best if people don't ask for it, they probably don't want it).
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
01-12-2019, 11:10 AM
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I think this is probably accurate as well. It is the same reason why you might see better photos shot with L lenses than with consumer zooms. Same with DFA * lenses or even FA limiteds compared to the kit lens. Clearly there is something to be said for having better glass, but more often than not, the folks who are willing to invest in top end glass are those who are more interested in photography overall and therefore hopefully have better skills.
But I think the underlying premise of biz-engineer is pretty accurate -- the idea being that with the right composition techniques and lighting and general skill improvements we can do far more to improve our photos than just getting a new camera.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
01-12-2019, 04:05 AM
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There are totally reasons to switch brands. For instance, if you need a lens that isn't available in Pentax (600mm f4 or some tilt shift lens), if you need top end tracking auto focus or you just need faster frame rates than Pentax offers. But most people who jump brands aren't jumping because they have maxed out their gear. They are jumping because they have maxed out their skill level and hope that moving to a different brand will fill in the deficit in skill.
The problem is that what makes photos interesting really has nothing to do with the technical aspects of a camera (frame rate, number of auto focus points, megapixels, etc) and everything to do with our ability to see the image before we ever put a camera to our eyes and then to capture it and post process it in a way that makes it interesting to those who will view it later.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
01-12-2019, 03:40 AM
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Obviously, the big difference has to do with the skill of the photographers. My opinion from viewing the medium format thread here is that people who shoot medium format photos do have better skills -- they tend to have better framed images, nicely post processed images, and I suppose they also are quicker to delete images that don't satisfy them for whatever reason. Interestingly, those who shoot with both a K-1 and 645 have very similar images with both cameras -- at least at web sizes they look similar.
I suppose it all goes back to what I think you've said before, which is that when folks move from one format to another their photographs don't really change. That is to say if you are shooting with a K-1 and you buy a D850 or a Sony A9, your images will really look similar to what you shot before, you will just have a lot more of them due to the increased frame rates of those cameras. In order to get better photos, unfortunately, the best thing is to upgrade the photographer, not the camera.
That said, I do think medium format images tend to have really nice color depth. I also think that many of the lenses have a look that is difficult to quantify, but gives really smooth transitions from in focus to out of focus and just a nice, smooth overall rendering. I see similar things with the DFA *50, so maybe Pentax was going for that sort of goal there, but many other lenses don't quite have that.
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