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Mar 23, 2024 18:57:34   #
I am sorry that you feel you must sell your equipment. I hope it is not for medical reasons.
I m looking for an Olympus stylus 1 camera. Do you have one?
If you do, I would like to purchase it from you. Only one problem: I am now out of the country and won't return until the first week of April. If you have said camera and are willing to wait, we may be able to make a deal.
GEORGE RHYNE
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Feb 12, 2024 18:29:31   #
Can you indicate which model? And why do you want to sell it?
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Feb 3, 2024 12:08:16   #
It depends.
I use primes for indoor sports photography: basketball, volleyball, and squash. I use an Olympus f/1.8 45mm or a Panasonic f/1.7 25mm prime on my Olympus OM-D E-M1ii camera. With the crop factor, this gives me the equalent of 90 or 50 mm. For basketball the 45mm is best, because I can get pictures from one baseline to the farther basket. At times it is too close to the near action, but in the gym in which I take pictures, I am able to zoom somewhat with my feet. The two combinations I have provide a very light package that compensates for the poor lighting available. Like most combinations of gear, it is a compromise, in that the depth of focus is so small. Roughly 10% of my shots are focused not on my subject, but on a nearby player, or if I am moving too rapidly, the background. Shooting with low burst, I get about 400-450 pictures per game. About 10-15% end up keepers: that is, they capture the action and focus appropriately, and have good composition. Of course I shoot in Shutter priority and let the ISO float.Depending on which part of the the basketball court the action is on, the ISO ranges from 1500 to 4500. Even though I often have to crop severely for the action at the opposite end of the basketball court, with Topaz Photo AI, I still get useful pictures. For shots with relatively low ISO, I use the AI Clear function in Topaz studio, as it is faster than the Photo AI.
Yes, of course I would like to have a fast zoom, but can find nothing that has the brightness of my primes, their light weitht and reasonable cost.
For virtually all of my other photography, I use a zoom with my Olympus or one of my Lumix bridge cameras. Which one depends of where I will be and what I will be shooting.
In my experience, there is no one solution for all occasions. tha is why we have to be flexible.
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Dec 17, 2023 13:45:43   #
I am stunned that no one has mentioned going online to a frame supplier. I use American Frame. I have not ordered recently, as I have an adequate supply now, but if I ever had a problem ordering, I would call and the folks there are very nice, knowledgable, patien, and helpful. I get Nielsen metal frames but once got a wooden frame. They go together very easily.
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Nov 25, 2023 11:56:24   #
I can't remember shen I got Topaz Studio. I have had it for some long time. But I use it very frequently for the AI Clear function. If my photos need only light de-noising, it is much faster than other Topaz products such as Photo AI. And as a bonus, it sharpens as well.
I think that at one time it was a freebie, but I never checked as I already had it.
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Jul 6, 2023 12:08:35   #
Hi. Thanks for the response. I am using an Olympus camera and its raw files, RW2. And yes, I used Robert Reiser's instructions.
Yours, George
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Jul 5, 2023 19:12:58   #
I need help with profiles in Lightroom Classic. I have been taking a lot of infrared pictures lately with a conversion done by Kolari. In the Develop Module, the lowest level on the temprature slider is 2000. But temperatures of -50 or -100 are best for IR, before sending them to Photoshop. I made profiles with the DNG editor so as to be able to reduce the temperature to these levels. I can see the profiles in LRC, and when I click on either of them the frame surrounding them lights up, so they appear to be selected. But when I close the profile browser, the profiles do not work. The lowest I can get is still 2000, the same as when I do not select a lower profile. Does anyone have any advice for making the profiles work as they should? Many thanks in advance.
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May 2, 2023 14:20:22   #
Thanks. I read the UHH daily, and really appreciate your sane way of looking at things. I also like the fact that you are the owner of several Panasonics. I love mine.
Btw, I don't know if anyone on UHH has asked whether cameras no longer need really expensive equipment to get pro level sharpness, given the availability of programs like Topaz produces. that is, why buy expensive Sony gear, when Panasonic gear tweaked with a little AI can give very satisfactory results?
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May 1, 2023 17:12:14   #
Dear hoggers,
I am going with family members to Norway for ten days. We will be in Oslo, a national park, and Bergen, and several other places. My question: I have a Lumix FZ 300 and a Lumix FZ 1000. Which should I take? The 300 has a 600 mm zoom with a 2.8 constant aperture. The 1000 has 400 mm zoom with a 4.0 constant aperture. The 300 has a 1 /2.3 inch sensor, the 1000 has a one inch sensor. I like the extra zoom of the 300, but how meaningful is the 200 mm difference in the real world? I suspect that I can crop the 1000 images to get the 300 size and still have better IQ. What do You think? Thanks in advance for your replies.
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Apr 27, 2023 14:47:20   #
I love your night time shots!
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Dec 22, 2022 11:20:19   #
I have a Lumix zs 100, and had a zs70, which I gave to my son. Both have filter adapters from Lensmate. They both take 52mm filters. They advertise the zs 100, but no lower numbers (50, 70, 80), but if I am not mistaken, they all have identical front surfaces of the lens (which is the surface you see when the camera is turned on).
My adapters are solidly attached with MMM sticky substance. And the adapter adds only a couple of mm, so unless you are wearing jeans, the camera will still be pocketable.
I am just as big a fan of Lensmate as I am of Panasonic.
Good luck!
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Aug 22, 2022 09:12:33   #
Architect opened an interesting thread on the uses or non-uses of AI plug-ins. But there is one use that none of the respondents mentioned. In fact, I have never seen this use discussed on these pages.
That is the ability to avoid the $6K cameras and the $12K lenses in favor of less expensive, more portable cameras.
Don't get me wrong. I have a very good camera an Olympus E-M1ii and a pro 12-100 lens. this combination must be handled with care, it is so sharp. But I generally use this set up (or primes for indoors) for sports.
But for most everything else, I use a bridge camera--either a Panasonic FZ1000 or ZS100. Both of these are versatile and provide good results. They are much more portable than the Oly, and I waste no time changing lenses. The ZS100 is always with me or in my car. I can't imagine carrying the Oly and a bagful of lenses all of the places I go with my Panasonics. The sharpness may not equal the Oly, but with a touch of AI, they come close.
For the most part I use Topaz AI Clear, which is part of the Topaz Studio plug-in. I find it much faster than Denoise AI or Sharpen AI. It both removes noise at three levels AND sharpens at the same time.
If I have to crop to a small portion of the image, I use On1 Resize rather than Gigapixel, as it is faster and gives more choices for size. The results from these products give quite acceptable results in terms of noise and definition.
By the way, I think the current mania for sharpness is overdone. You can examine an image at 100 or 200 percent looking for noise or lack of sharpness, but if you print the image at a reasonable size, such as 16 x 12 inches, you will never notice the "faults." A wise person once told me that if you can's see it from two feet, it doesn't exist. What is more important to me is the overall impact of the image.
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Jul 28, 2022 10:07:05   #
Sounds like a Panasonic Lumix ZS 70, 80, or other. But a Lumix has a Leica branded lens.
I have one as well as the zs100. Like them both. And I have an attachment from Lens Mate on each, so that I can use 52mm filters.
But how do you get 30 x 40 inch prints? Do you use any Topaz products in your processing?
Like Sharpen AI, Gigapixel, or other? I get good 16 x 12 prints, but have never tried to go larger. I have a Canon pro 100, whose largest size paper (unless on a roll) is 13 x 19 inches.
Thanks for any reply you may choose to give. BTW, I REALLY liked the beach scene.
George Rhyne
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Jul 16, 2022 14:43:57   #
Thanks again, Topcat!
I am still not sure which direction to go in. I'll probably call Kolari first. Then decide whether to get an old Sony (Nex 7) or Olympus converted.
Happy trails and fun shooting to you!
George
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Jul 16, 2022 13:36:18   #
Many thanks.
I have read that the lens makes a great deal of difference. What lens do you usually use on the converted camera?
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