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Comment by Don posted on iPad or iPad Which One? at 01/02/2010 - 15:56
one thing to learn form cinematography...
They shot everything on manual... no automation at all....
They shot everything on manual... no automation at all....
Comment by Don posted on Things to Learn from Cinematography at 01/02/2010 - 15:45
well on the one hand there is taking rubber necking to an new extreme...
on the other hand, this fella, the police, or the newspapers may have an interest in your shots for various reasons..
If the pictures don't serve a purpose other than to satisfy morbid curiosity... why post them?
on the other hand, this fella, the police, or the newspapers may have an interest in your shots for various reasons..
If the pictures don't serve a purpose other than to satisfy morbid curiosity... why post them?
Comment by Don posted on Road accident at 31/01/2010 - 20:49
johnriley wrote:
It might not be broken if you'd read the manual....
Does not compute!It might not be broken if you'd read the manual....
seriously? I think when it comes to manuals, only people who have the product really want the manual... so distribution is hardly an issue...
I'd have an electronic version, on a wiki like page or a forum, and leave room for users to leave comments.
Then corrections and revisions are easy, users can share tips and costs go down.
you're greener for not using paper, and anybody that can open a cd or pdf can just as easily open a web page.
Comment by Don posted on The Humble Instruction Book... at 31/01/2010 - 17:03
I'm a man.
If I have to resort to opening a manual- it's because the FN thing is somehow broken!!!
If I have to resort to opening a manual- it's because the FN thing is somehow broken!!!
Comment by Don posted on The Humble Instruction Book... at 31/01/2010 - 16:55
ok so "The Steve" gets a whole bunch of media buzz as people laugh and joke about the name.. by the time the product hits the stores, people will be sick of the jokes and "iPad" is burned into everybodies memory.
The techie crowd finds out it's not a mini supercomputer and cry all over thier laptops crying Heretic! We don't want it..
The non techie crowd cries why do we need such a big ipod for?
The news and magazine and book publishers see a way to save thier industry, and gladly adopt it, tree huggers see the benefits of not using paper anymore...
Kids need it for school...
and suddenly everybody finds out that alot of FREE stuff, they used to get online with thier laptops is now only availabe in ebook form either through virus ridded torrents or Itunes for meager subscription fees or purchase...
Then you will have to buy one.
looks like a well thought out plan to me!
"The Steve" makes enough money to have himself a whole farm of Steve clones to harvest for spare livers and Starts charging God for royalties on Bible sales.
The techie crowd finds out it's not a mini supercomputer and cry all over thier laptops crying Heretic! We don't want it..
The non techie crowd cries why do we need such a big ipod for?
The news and magazine and book publishers see a way to save thier industry, and gladly adopt it, tree huggers see the benefits of not using paper anymore...
Kids need it for school...
and suddenly everybody finds out that alot of FREE stuff, they used to get online with thier laptops is now only availabe in ebook form either through virus ridded torrents or Itunes for meager subscription fees or purchase...
Then you will have to buy one.
looks like a well thought out plan to me!
"The Steve" makes enough money to have himself a whole farm of Steve clones to harvest for spare livers and Starts charging God for royalties on Bible sales.
Comment by Don posted on iPad or iPad Which One? at 31/01/2010 - 16:38
Anvh wrote:
Tim we can go on all day with this, and yes I do get it but like many here I don't see the use of such device since it does not bring anything new and I don't want to carry something around that doesn't add something besides weight.
If the OS was based on OSX then lightroom would just run on 1GHz and 1GB of RAM, the odd screen size doesn't matter and the resolution is good enough, yes it might be a bit slow but if you keep the photos on it to the minimum it will do just fine and since I've lightroom on my PC all can be transferred and synced quite easily.
If it was like that then it would have been more useful, yes it would be like a laptop but is that so wrong?
Tweaked down OSX with an Iphone interface, that would be brilliant if you ask me.
Like Don said it might be the perfect device to the ones that know nothing or little about computers but besides that it has little to offer. Many here just aren't the target group.
When all the major news outlets, magazines, and newspapers set up thier failing online models to exploit this product in a pay per view, itunes like business model.... even some of us who don't need the device now, will reconsider when carrying the device seems like a better alternative than lugging books, newspapers and magazines around, or balancing a laptop in a crowded subway...Tim we can go on all day with this, and yes I do get it but like many here I don't see the use of such device since it does not bring anything new and I don't want to carry something around that doesn't add something besides weight.
thoughton wrote:
Why would you want to run Lightroom on a 10" screen with a 1GHz low power processor? Not to mention the fact that Adobe would have to rewrite it to run on the A4, and redo the UI for the iPhone OS's low-res touch interface.
No you don't get it now.Why would you want to run Lightroom on a 10" screen with a 1GHz low power processor? Not to mention the fact that Adobe would have to rewrite it to run on the A4, and redo the UI for the iPhone OS's low-res touch interface.
If the OS was based on OSX then lightroom would just run on 1GHz and 1GB of RAM, the odd screen size doesn't matter and the resolution is good enough, yes it might be a bit slow but if you keep the photos on it to the minimum it will do just fine and since I've lightroom on my PC all can be transferred and synced quite easily.
If it was like that then it would have been more useful, yes it would be like a laptop but is that so wrong?
Tweaked down OSX with an Iphone interface, that would be brilliant if you ask me.
Like Don said it might be the perfect device to the ones that know nothing or little about computers but besides that it has little to offer. Many here just aren't the target group.
Comment by Don posted on iPad or iPad Which One? at 31/01/2010 - 15:10
Hollywood in the black and white days... those people knew how to light a scene!
nowadays... there is Tim Burton...
oh, and let's not forget Sin City...
nowadays... there is Tim Burton...
oh, and let's not forget Sin City...
Comment by Don posted on Things to Learn from Cinematography at 31/01/2010 - 13:03
Comment by Don posted on We need a video section! at 31/01/2010 - 02:12
1) get a greycard. learn to use it
2) set everything to manual or tav. manual white balance, raw. high iso...
skip the flash....
position yourself if possible, with the window to your back and try to shoot when the subject is at a 45 deg angle to your light (the window)... or near one ot the other lights as a second choice... same 45 deg angles though...
take your light reading where the subject will be in the best light you can find, and set your self up to shoot there.
2) set everything to manual or tav. manual white balance, raw. high iso...
skip the flash....
position yourself if possible, with the window to your back and try to shoot when the subject is at a 45 deg angle to your light (the window)... or near one ot the other lights as a second choice... same 45 deg angles though...
take your light reading where the subject will be in the best light you can find, and set your self up to shoot there.
Comment by Don posted on Glamour photos at 30/01/2010 - 22:28
huge corporations, electronics, products....
it's a debate, lets not be football hooligans overit....
unless you guys want to get together to kick a round a football ( I love that phrase, we call them soccer balls)...
then some of us could go all hooligan while the rest enjoy the photo op...
then debate about wether it's tacky to post images of the ensuing carnage on flicker..
seriously, back to the debate...
Sony's Beta format was vastly superior to VHS but longer recording times, lower prices, and content providers fearing loss of thier industry to Sony dictated the outcome...
What makes this product different in my opinion?
Sony wasn't offering a dying industry a lifeline...
Apple is....