{"id":9241,"date":"2021-06-22T18:43:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T00:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=9241"},"modified":"2021-06-22T18:45:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T00:45:02","slug":"cameras-circa-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=9241","title":{"rendered":"Cameras, circa 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

The equipment used to capture a scene, or the “decisive moment” continues to evolve. <\/p>\n

Some old, some new. Some rehashing the past. <\/p>\n

Just a few years ago, while attending an event, a young lady offered a Polaroid style instant print of Nancy and I (Fuji, naturally). <\/p>\n

For me, perhaps due to the “curse of knowledge”, I prefer the right equipment at the right time. That’s not always so simple, particularly when a long – often heavy – lens might prove useful, if not essential. Or, a sharp, fixed focal length lens, left at home when I decided to minimize the on the go bag. <\/p>\n

Further, interesting scenes may avail themselves during extreme light conditions. [1] <\/p>\n

Thom Hogan’s latest [2], considers traditional camera makers’ approach to the market vis a vis smartphones. A few recent iPhone images lead me to wonder how long “mid tier” traditional cameras will be relavent? (Smartphones long ago killed off entry level cameras).<\/p>\n

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Finally, Om has posted a few smartphone notes, illustrating their powerful, in your pocket capabilities. [3]<\/p>\n

1. Pentacost: The Holy Spirit, Peace & Multimedia Doves<\/a> captured with an impressive mirrorless “full frame” camera. I was astonished at the low light capabilities.<\/p>\n

2. Lies that live on<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Technically, there should be a clear migration path for people who like to take photos: mobile device users discover limitations of their small camera(s), and want to move up (preferably to something compatible with their workflow). They buy a dedicated camera, but eventually outgrow that and want something even more sophisticated. This creates a wide pyramid of customers, with the bottom (and by far biggest area) being mobile device users, the top (smallest area) being the high-end ILC users, and a largish area in between that doesn\u2019t necessarily have to be all ILC. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

3. ProRaw and Super Resolution<\/a> \/\/ Proraw; black and white<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The equipment used to capture a scene, or the “decisive moment” continues to evolve. Some old, some new. Some rehashing the past. Just a few years ago, while attending an event, a young lady offered a Polaroid style instant print of Nancy and I (Fuji, naturally). For me, perhaps due to the “curse of knowledge”, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9241"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9243,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9241\/revisions\/9243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}