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Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

celine — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:25:16 -0000

oooohhhh!!! u know so expensive dat camera its like its not camera......

its the people who takes picture not the price of da camera but.... i like expensive ones

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

Most Expensive Camera — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:32:33 -0000

That is really expensive for a camera. I see you are interested in cameras. Here's another site you may want to look at to see some more very expensive cameras.

http://most-expensive-rare-...

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

Jonathan — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:11:19 -0000

Does a camera that expensive come with a complementary boat or something?

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

sarchi — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:35:08 -0000

..there was some months ago a piece of research news that either took the exposed image and re-focused it in several layers or used several exposures [as with hdr high dynamic range] but have not been able to trace it

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

Boris — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 03:05:03 -0000

But does it have a flash???

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

sth — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:26:46 -0000

A Leica M8 with a Noctilux lens attached isn't a pocket camera by any stretch of the imagination. The body alone, though smaller than your average (D)SLR, is larger than most film Leica M bodies (the M5 may be a little bigger) and the Noctilux lens is unusually large for a 50mm prime, due to the wide aperture and complex lens geometry. In short, your headline is sheer hyperbole. Readers may draw their own conclusions; I personally like "...but that's hardly surprising."

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

Yuvi Panda — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:20:13 -0000

Speaking of PhotoWalking, thanks to you, I've forked it off to create PhotoCommuting, and my world is already more richer. Thanks!

http://blog.yuvisense.net/2...

And, sorry about the delay in the Engadget vs Gizmodo post: I learnt a valuble lesson that Joel's been advocating for a long time("Never rewrite working code"). So, I'm starting off with the same base I used for your blog's analysis, and I expect to publish it by next week....

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

palmasco — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:22:58 -0000

Hi, the photos look a little bit too "soft" (lack of contrast), but I guess that's the photographers choice.
Still I think that the Canon 5D with the amazingly beautiful new 50mm 1.2 (incredible precision and very elegant bouquet) has nothing to envy to Leica.

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

Eric Eggertson — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:29:46 -0000

When you're shooting with low light, you make choices about what's in focus and what's not.

I thought having the Podtech logo in focus, and you a bit fuzzy worked fine. The shot reminds me of my first camera, an Olympus OM-1 with a 1.4 50mm lens. Loved that camera while I was learning how to compose photos...

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

Teknisk analyse — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:10:12 -0000

I'am with you. Have jused if for a long time.
See my test in http://www.theultimatevista...

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

Pete Gilbert — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:35:41 -0000

Robert, believe me despite what I said, if I could afford a Leica, I'd be down the shop as quick as a rat up a drainpipe!

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

Robert Scoble — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:56:29 -0000

Pete: agreed. But this camera can make images in places that my little Nikon simply can't.

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

Pete Gilbert — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:26:00 -0000

It's not the camera that takes the picture, its the person stood behind the camera. There's a good article by Ken Rockwell that discusses this point very well http://www.kenrockwell.com/...

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

Timothy McClanahan — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 02:10:12 -0000

Ya know, if you don't know how to change the aperture, you have no business using a $10,000 camera. Just a thought.

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

sarchi — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:47:04 -0000

..in 1934 leica experimented with a f/0.85 lens also with short dof.. :)

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

macbeach — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:40:42 -0000

Unless I'm missing something this doesn't sound like what I'd call a "pocket" camera. Can you give more details? I've recently gone back to a full sized SLR (digital of course) after making do with one of the pocket digital cameras for a few years.

At first when I dumped my 35mm SLR for digital I was sure that all SLRs would be obsolete soon. That obviously hasn't happened and I'm doubtful that the reason has anything too do with technology, as opposed to profit margins. So now I have a nice digital camera with a lot of complex moving parts that can go wrong at any moment.

It's sort of like if they came up with digital watches and realizing the price was going to go into the double digits hastily re-introduced the winding stem and "seventeen jewel movements" behind the digital display.

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

PXLated — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:57:14 -0000

Ta Da...Seems to not like link love.

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

PXLated — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:55:48 -0000

Ok, I'll try this comment without the links and see if it works.
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Robert...Since this happens to be a photog post and I know you're always behind on your email, thought I'd post this here.
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Having been in the design business so long, I've had the pleasure of working with a lot of photographers (hence a strong interest) with different styles/approaches for various types of assignments. Been following your photowalking and when it takes place in a specific location, it reminds me of the way National Geographic photographers work...shoot thousands of photographs and edit for the best.
Here's a different approach by a former NG photographer you might enjoy...just one shot a day, no editing, make it a good one. You have to have (or develop) a very discerning eye... Jim Brandenburg...Chased By The Light...
Book is on Amazon and you can Google his site.
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Jim is a fellow Minnesotan and our paths have crossed several times...he played in a 60's rock band (The StarFires) headed up by a guy from my hometown they were inducted into the MN Rock hall of fame around the same time as my band (The Marauders). Don't know him well but is a very nice guy.

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

PXLated — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:52:37 -0000

Ok, now I have two but not the one and dupe your system flagged or warned me about...weird.

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

PXLated — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:50:09 -0000

Sorry if I double posted...as the notice said...but, none of the comments beyond the first (#1) are showing up (for me anyway) even on refresh or clearing my cache. So I'm assuming it's something gone bonkers on your end :-)

Re: The most expensive pocket digital camera?

PXLated — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:10:21 -0000

I would say it's not the camera but the person behind it.
Put that camera in one of our hands and you still have snapshots ;-)
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I remember when Poloroid came out with their Poloroid back for studio photographers (to shoot previews). In the hands of us meer mortals, all Poloroids looked like vacation snapshots. Poloroid hired pros to shoot demo shots and because they were pros, they knew lighting, composition, etc. and their shots were gorgous, you couldn't tell they were Poloroids.