gwilliams6

No amount of personal bashing about me changes the facts. Some folks just cant handle the truth. LOL

Here other examples of shots that could NOT have been made with ANY "entry level fullframe cameras" on the market, but could be made with pro-level cameras, and it has NOTHING to do with pixel count this time.

Brooke H. in Scottsdale, Arizona. Sony 24mp A9 fullframe mirrorless camera, Sony 135mm f1.8 GM lens. I wanted the shallowed Depth pf Field to isolate Brooke from the blurred background. So I needed to shoot at wide open aperture F1.8 in the bright midday Arizona sun without having any ND filters and still have proper exposure and not have grossly overexposed shots. .

Well no "entry level camera" could have made these shots. Why ? Because I shot these at f1.8 at 1/32000 sec. shutter speed for proper exposure, and NO entry level fullframe camera has that fast a shutter speed, none. They top out at 1/8000 max. Only top pro level stacked-sensor fullframe cameras have fast enough-readout sensors to shoot at 1/32000 and even 1/64000 sec. shutter speeds. I could not have got this look in the bright sunlight at f1.8 with any entry level fullframe camera with no ND filter and not be grossly overexposed. That is what helps elevates these shots out of the ordinary, and gave Brooke and I the look we wanted to create.

The facts just dont support your false contentions, sorry.

Pros and many hobbyists also know the differences in what gear can do and can not do, and why it pays to use the best gear you can afford, to get those shots you cant get with lesser gear. And that is why pros get paid to deliver the shots with their pro level gear under the toughest conditions, that photographers with lesser gear can't deliver.

I rest my case.

Cheers and best to you.

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cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

You really love to banter on about nothing to prove to us "Mortals" that you're the best, and most experienced photographer in the world and we should all follow your words. YAWN!!

gwilliams6

If you don't care to read what I comment, then just move on and be happy. I am only one of countless millions of decent working and amateur photographers around the world and throughout history. I will stand on my work and my career among all decent photographers.

I really don't care if you follow me or my words. I only care if my hundreds of university photography students over the years learn something from me in their courses I teach, along with all the other photographers I have mentored. And I constantly learn from my students as they learn from me. I hope to never stop learning and growing as a photographer and as a caring human being.

And I am thankful I listened to and followed the good advice and knowledge of the truly great photographers that took the time to mentor and teach me along the way. Hopefully I have made them proud and given back to the photo world. I am only here to share truth and knowledge and some of my experiences. You choose what truths and knowledge you wish to embrace or ignore, I am fine either way. LOL

Chees and best to you all.

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

OH, do you have a PhD too?? You could use a few lessons on humility!

gwilliams6

No, just a BFA Degree in Photography from R.I.T. (Rochester Institute of Technology) , and a Masters Degree in Digital Photography from SCAD (Savannah College of Art & Design).

Princeton University was the only school that once had a PHD in Photo History. I was accepted for that program but couldn't get my bosses at the Philadelphia Inquirer Newspaper to let me off my staff photographer work schedule for the required on-campus courses I needed to attend, even though Princeton, NJ is just a little over a 70minute fast drive from Philly, so I had to bow out. That Princeton PHD in Photo History no longer exists.

But I have learned even more on the streets being a caring photographer, shooting all subjects around the world, and in the classroom teaching and interacting with my students. .

When has any UHHer ever been accused of being humble, LOL

Cheers and best to you all.

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

You have me on that last point!! Best of luck.

gwilliams6

Cheers and best of luck to you also.

Jusayen Loc: Oak Ridge,New Jersey

gwil your work is the very best that graces UHH-when I notice you've posted I make sure I take it all in.The Arizona pool shots are phenomenal! (and you even tell us how you did it). Tom

Grahame Loc: Fiji

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fantom Loc: Colorado

Grahame Loc: Fiji

Your latest three pics support my comment 100% yet again. They were all possible with an entry level camera with the simple addition of an ND on the lens.

They are simply examples of where those 'bells and whistles' can be advantageous in certain circumstances. Perhaps you misread the initial comment, from your continued responses it appears so.

gwilliams6

Duh, I said no ND filter available and filters can introduce image loss and the amount of ND filter to equal a 1/32000 shutter speed would be huge and could introduce X patterns. And smart guy what if there is any subject movement, using an ND filter could slow down your shutter speeds, and you wont be getting the subject stopping power of 1/32000 exposure. Brooke was able to move around as quickly as she wanted in different poses and the 1/32000 sec. shutter speed took care of any subject movement. And using a high power ND filter can often slow down the AF-C in some lesser cameras. I was able to use the 60 AF/AE calculations per second ability of the top-end A9 camera. Think about all that.

I dont expect a person that has never even used the best of the top pro-level mirrorless cameras now to understand why thousands of pros would choose to go with these better performing cameras than go with entry level cameras. You will never get it, so I am done trying to teach you anything about reality. And someone who things real advanced performance features and advanced capabilities are just "bells and whistles" is proof you are a lost cause here.

You should call all the makers and tell them to stop making and selling pro-level models, as all anyone needs is an entry level camera to have the exact same performance and make the same exact photos. LOL, LOL

Feel free to get in the last word, I wont respond to someone again with a such a closed mind to the facts. Cheers

gwilliams6

Latest Nikon rumors says the Z8 will use the same 45mp sensor as in the Z9, but will have some different features and capabilities than the Z9. I was wrong when I thought it would use the 61mp sensor like in the Sony A7RV.

https://nikonrumors.com/2023/03/08/nikon-z8-what-we-think-we-know-so-far.aspx/

Cheers and best to you all .

Grahame Loc: Fiji

Talk about grasping at straws.

The ND needed to get the equivalent exposure would have been 2 stops for a camera with a max speed of 1/8000, hardly "huge" or "high power" as you say is it? Do you have NDs that would give an X pattern for those shots? As for the advantage with respect to that subject movement between 1/32000 and 1/8000 must be one superfast model, but not a single shot you posted suggests any movement?


You simply demonstrate one again, you misread my initial post but each response has been more entertaining.

awesome14 Loc: UK

Some of my best shots were with a 5MP point and shoot. You shoot with what you have. Money doesn't buy great photos any more than it buys great golf shots. The magic in in the magician, not the wand.