FracturedRabbit

Why waste your time on full frame when bigger is better??! ! !

Now if someone can recommend a good neck strap for this baby I would be very grateful.

Beautiful, would love a camera like that; although it would be a challenge to get an image out of it.

Plenty of medium format options around (120 film); but bigger than that and it gets difficult. I have an 1896 Kodak that takes 101 film; which was phased out more than 50 years ago so I won't be shooting with that.

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/03/photographers-create-meticulously-faithful-dioramas-of-iconic-photos/

Me too, recently purchased the HOTAS joystick; excellent device

http://www.invadeit.co.th/product/gaming-controllers/thrustmaster/t-flight-hotas-x-joystick-for-pc-and-ps3-p021449/

Damn, I thought I was a closet writer.

Doesn't the 45mm F1.8 do the job for portraits?

Yes. Maybe also the A7S?

Indeed you can. In fact eBays largest supplier of film lives in Bangkok.

Yep, that's my place; opens next month. Going to have a section for Pentax. There will just be card with "Ha Ha!" written on it.

But none of this modern nonsense thank you. No sir, if you're going to go full frame; you have to get the camera that started it all; the Leica I.

P3120002 by pattayadays.com, on Flickr

For a potted history (probably factually flawed) of this full functional, eighty four year old chunk of history, read here:

http://www.pattayadays.com/2015/03/the-birth-of-full-frame/

I always send by EMS or registered airmail post, both of which give you a tracking number. Never had anything go missing. Sent two packages off to the USA by EMS last week; both arrived with seven days. UK is usually 4-5 days.

Siamese and Korat. All other cats need work purrmits.

And next will be the 7-14mm Pro!

wow, smugmug does look good! I need to investigate it more, but it seems i can simply use them for showcasing my photos to whoever, and for protecting them and for using the site as a back-up for my images. Clearly i can sell too, but just on their simple version it seems a great way to be able to share my photos with whoever i want, for five bucks a month.

Do you sell as well through your site?

I know your question is directed at fimgirl; but....

I have used to use Smugmug for sharing and selling photos. It is very powerful. You can not only sell downloads and prints; but also weird stuff with your photos printed on them (e.g. mugs and jigsaws!). The photo printing is done in the States by a very good lab. I had some samples printed and they were very high quality. Your customers deal directly with Smugmug and the lab; you just set the prices and take your share; works very well and everyone who bought photos was very happy. The ability to set up quick galleries with password protection is very useful for sharing photos directly with individual customers.

I only left Smugmug because I stopped selling photos. Now I use Flickr which is fine for hosting photos but useless for selling.

Lightroom.

That's a view from an EM1 owner who uses a Mac!

Please ask if you have any other questions.

Thanks mate! I think i can recall reading a bit about lightroom on this forum a few weeks ago when i was researching what camera i was going to buy. It was in my head to look up once i'd let this thread run its course. I was also going to pm you soon enough with a few more questions on the EM1 which i've now tested out for the first time down in krabi. I"m so impressed with the quality of the shots - in part i'm sure due to the lens you recommended!! But i think a lot for me to learn about using the camera, with an instruction book that's not always obvious.

Does lightroom have anything to do with cloud storage, or is it all on your computer? 100k photos is a lot, i presume you have a back-up and/or storage system on external drives, and this was where i was wondering about icloud stuff. Having said that, i've just seen i have 20k photos.

I will wait a few weeks, i can afford to do that, but with my new camera i'm keen to get started on a new system from the outset and get to grips with it like i used to enjoy ACDSee. I think lightroom will give me much more licence for changing things around, it sounds good.

Current year is stored on the computer with back-up to another drive using Time Machine. Older stuff sits on a network drive with Raid. That's another good thing about Lightroom, it is happy to access files from multiple locations.

Feel free to pm me with any E-M1 questions. It's a great camera, but it can take time to understand all the options and set it up the way you want to use it.

Lightroom.

It catalogues all your photos using a variety of options including keywording. I have more than 100,000 photos catalogued and I can pretty much find anything.

The "develop" module allows you to easily work on the photos. Cropping of course, plus other tools which are easy to use, very powerful and specifically designed for photo processing.

Those are the two features you would use most, but there are also options for creating web galleries, books and slideshows.

There are endless videos on YouTube which will help, or you can ask here; but it is pretty intuitive.

You can buy from the Adobe SE Asia store for around 5,000 baht; but if you are going to buy it then I would wait for a few weeks because the latest version is about to be released (you get regular and free upgrades within a version, but every couple of years there is a new version which you have to pay for). Alternatively...:

Sign up for the Creative Cloud package which costs 300 baht a month and gives you both Lightroom and Photoshop (Lightroom will give you 95% of what you want to do to a photo; but it can be fun to play with Photoshop too). Both Lightroom and Photoshop are updated automatically on a regular basis.

The Apple software that is better than iPhoto is called Aperture and Apple have discontinued it; so stay away! Lightroom is so much better anyway.

That's a view from an EM1 owner who uses a Mac!

Please ask if you have any other questions.

For those who are lucky enough to have stumbled upon the delights of M43 photography; here are some thoughts on the new 40-150mm F2.8 Pro.

http://www.pattayadays.com/2015/03/olympus-40-150mm-f2-8-pro-review/

I am not using it for cats I hate cats. I will be using it as a humidity regulator in a cigar humidor. It is silica gel. The same as what the cigar shops sell for 10x the price.

Not exactly designed to get you a response from cat lovers....

I have been sending parcels from Thailand for 15 years and they always arrive, but I always use either EMS or registered post so there is a tracking number.

My time frame is now as I want it for a laos trip first week of March therefore waiting for the D7200 is out

Will do a bit more research on the other brands suggested and see what is available in thailand

The Sony Alpha a600 is 20,840 body only

Looks like I need to learn about mirrorless as well. Can you look through the lens like a regular camera or do you have to peer at the screen.

Any drawbacks with a lens adapter?

Many (higher-end) mirrorless cameras, including the a6000, have an EVF (Electronic View Finder). So, yes, you will be looking at a screen, but the ergonomics will be similar to a DSLR (though not exactly the same, e.g. for the a6000 the EVF is on the left side and not the middle) .

There are advantages and disadvantages to EVF's and optical viewfinders (OVF). To a great extent, it is a matter of personal preference. There are many, many discussions on the topic that can be found on the web; they only things I would point out are:

• EVFs have improved dramatically over the last 2-3 years, so if looking at their drawbacks, especially lag, make sure you considering the latest generation.
• Although similar to live view on a DSLR, the EVF/screen on mirrorless is not exactly the same -- the lenses are designed to AF without a separate AF module. so the AF speed, especially on the a6000, should be on-par with similarly priced DSLR.

As for adapters:

• Image quality should be fine, but cheap adapters can have alignment, light-leak or internal reflection issues.
• AF speed won't be good and can be prettly bad. Plus, AF adapters are pretty expensive.
• Even with AF adapters, AF may not work with all lenses, in particular any lens that requires an in-body (screw drive) motor. The only exception I know to this is the LA-EA4 adapter from Sony that will work on any Sony/Minolta A-mount lens.
• Some lens/camera combinations don't work well, e.g. a7r and some wide angle rangefinder glass; for an aps-c mirrorless, this should not be an issue; really this is only a concern with the a7r due to the higher resolution.

Plus:

With an EVF you have the advantage of seeing what the resulting image will look like in terms of exposure, so you can dial in over/under exposure to obtain the required result; and see that before you press the shutter. And you can overlay more information onto an EVF than with a an optical viewfinder. For example, you can have potential blown shadow/highlight areas displayed.

If you are using manual focus lenses, then they are easier to focus on mirrorless as they offer a zoom in function for precise focusing and/or focus peaking which highlights the parts of the image that are in focus.

Getting way off topic but..........

I find it difficult to work with a screen, as some may have noticed my interest is nature and birds in particular, when I see something of interest I can lift the camera to my eye, look through the viewfinder and my eye still follows what I have been looking at. With a screen I cant do that, same applies when I use a tripod, got to put my eye to the camera rather than the camera to my eye.

EVF stands for Electronic View Finder. You are still looking through a viewfinder, but what you see is an electronically generated image rather than an image via a mirror. You are not using the rear screen (although can if you want).

Happens in many places, especially where high buildings are mixed with alcohol

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/may/06/third-briton-dies-magaluf-fall

British government advice for Spain:

There have been a number of very serious accidents (some fatal) as a result of falls from balconies. Many of these incidents have been caused by British nationals being under the influence of drink or drugs and most should have been avoidable. Your travel insurance probably won’t cover you for incidents that take place while you’re under the influence of drink or drugs.

Some local councils have introduced laws banning the misuse of balconies with fines for those who are caught.

My time frame is now as I want it for a laos trip first week of March therefore waiting for the D7200 is out

Will do a bit more research on the other brands suggested and see what is available in thailand

The Sony Alpha a600 is 20,840 body only

Looks like I need to learn about mirrorless as well. Can you look through the lens like a regular camera or do you have to peer at the screen.

Any drawbacks with a lens adapter?

Many (higher-end) mirrorless cameras, including the a6000, have an EVF (Electronic View Finder). So, yes, you will be looking at a screen, but the ergonomics will be similar to a DSLR (though not exactly the same, e.g. for the a6000 the EVF is on the left side and not the middle) .

There are advantages and disadvantages to EVF's and optical viewfinders (OVF). To a great extent, it is a matter of personal preference. There are many, many discussions on the topic that can be found on the web; they only things I would point out are:

• EVFs have improved dramatically over the last 2-3 years, so if looking at their drawbacks, especially lag, make sure you considering the latest generation.
• Although similar to live view on a DSLR, the EVF/screen on mirrorless is not exactly the same -- the lenses are designed to AF without a separate AF module. so the AF speed, especially on the a6000, should be on-par with similarly priced DSLR.

As for adapters:

• Image quality should be fine, but cheap adapters can have alignment, light-leak or internal reflection issues.
• AF speed won't be good and can be prettly bad. Plus, AF adapters are pretty expensive.
• Even with AF adapters, AF may not work with all lenses, in particular any lens that requires an in-body (screw drive) motor. The only exception I know to this is the LA-EA4 adapter from Sony that will work on any Sony/Minolta A-mount lens.
• Some lens/camera combinations don't work well, e.g. a7r and some wide angle rangefinder glass; for an aps-c mirrorless, this should not be an issue; really this is only a concern with the a7r due to the higher resolution.

Plus:

With an EVF you have the advantage of seeing what the resulting image will look like in terms of exposure, so you can dial in over/under exposure to obtain the required result; and see that before you press the shutter. And you can overlay more information onto an EVF than with a an optical viewfinder. For example, you can have potential blown shadow/highlight areas displayed.

If you are using manual focus lenses, then they are easier to focus on mirrorless as they offer a zoom in function for precise focusing and/or focus peaking which highlights the parts of the image that are in focus.