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Baumr

05:42

Not photography, but since it's about color, might be interesting for someone:

Q: How to make a color APPEAR the same on different backgrounds?

Background on color perception: Due to the nature of the human eye and visual processing by the brain, there's an optical illusion that the same color will look different depending on the background. It is known as the contrast effect, illustrated below — center rectangles are identical: An...

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MikeW

17:28

http://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/34088/why-does-higher-aperture-less-light-make-an-image-sharper

Three close votes, and fair enough there is an exact opposite question about why images are blurrier wide open. And some other questions that answer various aspects. But if this one is closed, I don't think it will be easy for people to find the other answers if they search "why is smaller aperture sharper?" Rather than close, would it be better to just lock the question with all its references to answered questions?

Michael Nielsen

18:19

nice picture on the front page :)

for some reason this image is very good: dr.dk/imagescaler/…

I'm trying to analyse why

and if it is just me, ir it is objectively a very good image

and it is really up close but still wideangle wihtout extending his nose

Patrick R.

19:06

Am I right here to ask whether a question I have is fine enough for posting it?

Aaron

sure

just got in the mail today:

Patrick R.

;)

Aaron

Patrick R.

i would like to know how documentary photographers handle payment of people they photograph, e.g. a child living on the street. Do you pay them?

I was wondering if this question is clear enough or if it leaves to much room for discussion

Aaron

@PatrickR. there is a business tag that that might fall under

Patrick R.

19:13

@Aaron So then it might be ok that there's no final answer to this question?

ok i still have to learn how to deal with the chat system

Aaron

@PatrickR. well, some photography stuff is subjective anyways, so I'm not completely sure it's a horrible question

Patrick R.

@Aaron ok that's a point. So I'll just go for it. We'll see what comes out :)

@Aaron thank you :)

Michael Nielsen

have you had a chance to play with it yet aaron?

mistrfu

19:54

Hi All, I am formatting brand new card in brand new camera and it have been about an half an hour since I started. I s this normal?

32GB

Class 10

Michael Nielsen

format it in a cardreader

mistrfu

Well now I am worried to just switch the camera off

@MichaelNielsen Can it not damage either of them?

Michael Nielsen

20:15

you risk corrupting hte data that is not on it anyway, meaning you have to format it afterwards, which you intend to do anyway

Im cooking a dish I never made beofre: ehtiopean lamb stew

@Francesco wrap your ears around this: youtube.com/watch?v=tmDXzLw5L2E

mistrfu

I guess I will wait untill the battery runs dry

Michael Nielsen

20:30

that will be the same as if you cut it

just do it and see if it works in a card reader to format it

my danish way of phrasing things doesn't always translate well to english

Aaron

21:00

@MichaelNielsen I just popped it on to see if it worked, looks good so far, and looks sharp enough in some test shots

So are there any lenses which actually DO have front element rotating during focussing? I understand why that's not desirable, but I haven't seen one yet that does that

Michael Nielsen

21:15

the cheap 70-300mm does rotate in front

and my kit lens did

non usm ones

Michael Nielsen

22:03

fidn some people to shoot at F1.8-2.8, and enjoy the smooth bokeh :)

Aaron

23:02

@MichaelNielsen I already had the 50 1.8, I wonder how many cheap lenses there are to get under 1.8 though

the 50mm 1.4 isn't obscene, but that's the only one I think

Michael Nielsen

23:16

pentax M 50 1.4

its amazing

I paid 60$ for it

back in film days that lens for for the rich people :)

dpollitt

23:45

@jrista - you might like this reddit.com/r/wallpapers/comments/17kpdw/…

@Aaron ohh very nice, i love that lens

@MichaelNielsen i agree! thanks :P

@mistrfu i can format a 64GB class 10 UHS-I card in my DSLR in about 15 seconds, even the low level format that takes the longest.

@MikeW even closed questions still appear on the site, and if they are closed as duplicate of other questions they will link to the duplicate right at the top of the question to direct users to the other question. Doesnt that take care of this concern?

MikeW

@dpollitt yes it does. I wasn't sure if anyone could see those or not.

dpollitt

@MikeW yes. i just tested the theory. went to the homepage in a browser that i'm not logged in under, and this question appears: "What pros and cons of 6D vs 60D vs 650D? [duplicate]"

then if i open up the question it has the duplicates listed at the top

MikeW

@dpollitt why didn't I think of that?

dpollitt

I just realized that Canon has a G15 now. It is getting a bit ridiculous. I had a G9 and that wasn't even that long ago, soon they will have the G22, G49, G106

progress is good i guess. i'm just surprised at the high model count

They even look identical to the G7 which is kind of funny