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Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Thursday, 21 April 2011
Free Image Copyright Name Integration with Olympus E-5 :-)
Olympus not only design and built excellent cameras they are on many fronts also the "innovators" like Live View that was immediately copied by the likes of Canon and Nikon.
Again it seems as if a little but profoundly important innovation has passed most (ALL?) reviewers of the E-5.
This is the ability to at the time of taking a picture your copyright details may be immediately embedded in the EXIF data of a photo.
It is possible to embed the photographer`s name and a copyrighted name into the camera which will subsequently be embedded in all the photos taken with that body. The really nice thing here is that one has 63 characters spaces available to do this making it very easy to not have to enter cryptic names that one cannot remember yourself. In my case I can enter my full name and surname with spaces and still have 48 characters left (including spaces) for a copyright name or description. This is accomplished with 2 fields dedicated to "Artist Name" and "Copyright Name"
Upon editing the image the data is automatically transferred to the "new" image. The only time that this does not happen is with "image overlay" and with the "playback + multiple" operation.
Very useful I`d say ;-)
Again it seems as if a little but profoundly important innovation has passed most (ALL?) reviewers of the E-5.
This is the ability to at the time of taking a picture your copyright details may be immediately embedded in the EXIF data of a photo.
It is possible to embed the photographer`s name and a copyrighted name into the camera which will subsequently be embedded in all the photos taken with that body. The really nice thing here is that one has 63 characters spaces available to do this making it very easy to not have to enter cryptic names that one cannot remember yourself. In my case I can enter my full name and surname with spaces and still have 48 characters left (including spaces) for a copyright name or description. This is accomplished with 2 fields dedicated to "Artist Name" and "Copyright Name"
Upon editing the image the data is automatically transferred to the "new" image. The only time that this does not happen is with "image overlay" and with the "playback + multiple" operation.
Very useful I`d say ;-)
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Some musings or ramblings on Digital Camera Choice and such
In the Good Old Days of Photography, well when was that?, it was much more easy to choose a camera and lenses than today. Nikon, Canon, Pentax, Minolta, Olympus and a few others. Most lenses were “prime” and propriety with a few “pirate” lens makers such as Sigma, Tamron and Vivitar.
A serious photographer would not be seen dead with anything like a pirate or zoom lens.
All that has changed..........
Though a few camera manufacturers have fallen by the wayside and Sigma and Tamron has graduated beyond producing “pirate” lenses the choice of camera models have increased to such an extent that nobody can claim that there is not a model suitable for them.
Olympus alone currently offer 29 different camera bodies which include no less than 18 “Point-n-Shoot”, 5 Mirroless interchangeable bodies and 6 “current” DSLR bodies.
Bewildering to say the least.
On their website Olympus call their Point-n-Shoot models “Digital Cameras” and have 4 categories covering 18 different models. These sporting 3.6 X to 30 X Zoom, freeze proof, shock proof, crush proof, HD Video, up to 10 frames-per-second shooting, GPS, Dual Image stabilisation and Eye-fi compatible.
Image compiled from various sources.
The PEN bodies offer 5 variants with 7 Micro Four Thirds lenses and adapters for Four thirds lenses from the DSLR range to be used on the mirrorless bodies.
Image compiled from various sources.
Then, just to make matters worse, the DSLR E-Series offer 6 “current” bodies including the newest flagship model, the E-5. To suit about every pocket, added to this are 8 “Standard”, 7 “Pro” and 6 “Top Pro” lenses with increasing prices to match. The flagship E-5 DSLR Body with the flagship ZUIKO Digital ED f 2.8 300mm lens will require an investment of $8699.98
Image compiled from various sources.
As if all this is not bewildering enough, even for the average amateur, the post-processing possibilities that can be done on the pictures just taken, just boggle the mind. It seems as if digital photography has made photography more difficult rather than easier :-/
But...
There is help and support at hand.
The internet not only offer porn but luckily also so many photography tips and forums and user groups that photography becomes a field so vast that the preference and needs of any photographer from absolute novice to pro will find the answer to a “difficult” question without having to even leave their home :-)
Thursday, 14 April 2011
Olympus E-5 DSLR Reviewed by DPREVIEW.COM
As I`m of the personal opinion that DPREVIEW Staff are biased towards Canon, Nikon and Adobe Photoshop the following verdict pronounced over the Olympus E-5 really surprised me.
I would just like to know how many people actually use these so-called high ISO Settings. In the "good old days" of photography very few photographers ventured above 400ASA unless they wanted a specific result such as "graininess".
or ...........
Maybe I`m wrong :-/
Might the following statement be true? "People use high ISO settings just for the sake of using these because it is available and then complain about the result because we are a culture of "moaners"?
It seems to me that poor performance at higher ISO settings has replaced the megapixel debate as the choice of argument. Just like with most software available only a fraction of the capabilities of a camera system is utilised and few photographers have the inclination or time to try and use most features on a routine basis.
My selfish tirade aside the verdict is still good and in the ball park with most other DSLR cameras out there.
My own verdict to follow soon. BTW I AM biased TOWARDS OLYMPUS.
Screen printed from DPREVIEW.COM and then cropped.
I would just like to know how many people actually use these so-called high ISO Settings. In the "good old days" of photography very few photographers ventured above 400ASA unless they wanted a specific result such as "graininess".
or ...........
Maybe I`m wrong :-/
Might the following statement be true? "People use high ISO settings just for the sake of using these because it is available and then complain about the result because we are a culture of "moaners"?
It seems to me that poor performance at higher ISO settings has replaced the megapixel debate as the choice of argument. Just like with most software available only a fraction of the capabilities of a camera system is utilised and few photographers have the inclination or time to try and use most features on a routine basis.
My selfish tirade aside the verdict is still good and in the ball park with most other DSLR cameras out there.
My own verdict to follow soon. BTW I AM biased TOWARDS OLYMPUS.
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