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Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 6 Days Ago
Replies: 20
Views: 665
Posted By Bill Pierce
Paul Hansen

A photographer friend based in Hong Kong sent me an email. We covered a war together, and he wanted to know what I thought of the controversy surrounding Paul Hansen's shot of a funeral procession...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 1 Week Ago
Replies: 2
Views: 234
Posted By Bill Pierce
Orphans

Here is one of the most intelligent, yet pessimistic, articles on “orphan works,”...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 44
Views: 1,409
Posted By Bill Pierce
Shane - To an extent, the best program is the...

Shane -

To an extent, the best program is the one that you use the most and, consequently, know the most about. That makes it tough to switch. For a long time, I was a Photoshop kind of guy. ...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 146
Views: 3,498
Posted By Bill Pierce
Photoshop

Adobe has announced that the latest version of Photoshop will only be available through subscription and the cloud-based Creative Cloud. I would imagine they are mostly interested in doing this to...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 8
Views: 402
Posted By Bill Pierce
Roger - I have to admit to being fascinated by...

Roger - I have to admit to being fascinated by the wonderful playtoys our trade affords us. If it wasn't for the somewhat limited income photography also affords, I would love to be a super geek...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 8
Views: 402
Posted By Bill Pierce
Geeks

I've been on the road and not really had the time to contribute to the forum, but in scanning the internet I came across a really intelligent article that is pertinent to many of us. Face it, with...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 4 Weeks Ago
Replies: 51
Views: 1,764
Posted By Bill Pierce
Pack vs Bag

How do you carry your cameras? Years ago I was ripped off in two rather rough neighborhoods with a couple of folks hitting me and grabbing my rather obvious camera bags. From that time on I started...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 04-12-2013
Replies: 34
Views: 1,582
Posted By Bill Pierce
When I first bought the GXR there were rumors...

When I first bought the GXR there were rumors that there would be a 16MG version, other lens/sensor combos without an AA filter, e.t.c.. That was a long time ago and with the acquisition of Pentax,...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 04-12-2013
Replies: 34
Views: 1,582
Posted By Bill Pierce
What's the alternative???

News photographers using rangefinder cameras need several bodies, not only to work with different focal length lenses quickly, but to cover themselves if a camera should break down when they are on...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 03-31-2013
Replies: 38
Views: 1,866
Posted By Bill Pierce
In the last two decades I worked as a...

In the last two decades I worked as a photojournalist, I essentially shot nothing but color. Much of it was done out of the country, film shot and shipped, often without seeing the pictures until I...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 03-25-2013
Replies: 38
Views: 1,866
Posted By Bill Pierce
Not a DSLR or Medium Format Forum

As we make the transition from film to digital, the Rangefinder Forum has sort of become the Not a DSLR or Digital Medium Format Forum. We talk about a lot of small cameras, many of them without a...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 03-19-2013
Replies: 24
Views: 1,296
Posted By Bill Pierce
$$$$$$$$

I wonder if for many of us the day of the expensive camera is out. Digital cameras are new enough that there is significant improvement in them with relatively little passage of time.

There are...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 03-17-2013
Replies: 17
Views: 1,008
Posted By Bill Pierce
Recognize yourself?

Kirk Tuck has a good blog. Here’s one of the reasons why…

http://visualsciencelab.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-practice-of-photography-can-be-like.html
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 03-08-2013
Replies: 14
Views: 550
Posted By Bill Pierce
Ten dogs so far. I'm thinking a pet elephant...

Ten dogs so far. I'm thinking a pet elephant that would last longer than me.
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 03-08-2013
Replies: 14
Views: 550
Posted By Bill Pierce
Meeno

In the end, we, all photographers, document our lives.

Take a look at The New York Times Lens essay for March 8. It’s important.

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 03-07-2013
Replies: 8
Views: 581
Posted By Bill Pierce
More copyright violation...

More copyright violation...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 03-06-2013
Replies: 8
Views: 581
Posted By Bill Pierce
To be or not to be copyrighted

Here's the latest copyright violation to hit discussion groups on the web. .

http://www.petapixel.com/2013/03/05/photog-gets-into-nasty-tussle-with-radio-station-over-copyright-infringement/

What...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 03-01-2013
Replies: 3
Views: 436
Posted By Bill Pierce
Brain Power

Good journalism, documentary work, e.t.c. is showing up in museums, but not doing so well in the gallery world. People who go to art galleries want to hang ART on their walls, not all that real...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 02-24-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,752
Posted By Bill Pierce
That's good news.

That's good news.
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 02-24-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,752
Posted By Bill Pierce
I'm not worried about Leica. I'm worried about...

I'm not worried about Leica. I'm worried about young photographers who can not afford and will not use Leicas. After a few generations in which Leica sales disappear from the main stream, we can...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 02-24-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,752
Posted By Bill Pierce
Conspicuous Consumption

Digital Leicas continue to improve. Leaked info on the upcoming M with the CMOS sensor is positive, But digital M’s have two drawbacks. (1) They are for many folks prohibitively expensive,...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 02-12-2013
Replies: 134
Views: 4,130
Posted By Bill Pierce
Sadly Pertinent

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/picturing-the-end-of-analog/
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 02-06-2013
Replies: 4
Views: 630
Posted By Bill Pierce
Obscure, But Useful

I spend all too much time on the Web, avoiding dull office work that nonetheless has to get done sometime. I don’t think I’m alone in that. The positive aspects of this character fault is that we...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 02-02-2013
Replies: 22
Views: 1,488
Posted By Bill Pierce
Sometimes there is color bleed. But add to that...

Sometimes there is color bleed. But add to that Capture One in some shots seems to do a better job with fine detail. Could be the same thing.
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 01-31-2013
Replies: 22
Views: 1,488
Posted By Bill Pierce
Sometimes I have the same problem. Don't know...

Sometimes I have the same problem. Don't know whether it's the limit of web jpgs, the limitations of my monitor or a voodoo curse. But, when I'm working with my own images, I usually see what he is...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 01-30-2013
Replies: 22
Views: 1,488
Posted By Bill Pierce
Reid Reviews (an excellent pay site) has just...

Reid Reviews (an excellent pay site) has just published a review of 3 processing programs for the Fuji sensor that includes Lightroom and Capture One comparisons. They are thorough and intelligent. ...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 01-30-2013
Replies: 22
Views: 1,488
Posted By Bill Pierce
There are a lot of ways to lose sharpness in a...

There are a lot of ways to lose sharpness in a print. But, presuming that you have a sharp original and your only problem is the Fuji raw file and pixel peepers who rest their nose against your...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 01-29-2013
Replies: 22
Views: 1,488
Posted By Bill Pierce
Fuji Thoughts

This post won’t interest everybody. This is a post specific to the Fuji X Pro and X E1 with their unique sensor and files that required existing imaging programs to update to process them.

A number...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 01-28-2013
Replies: 1
Views: 382
Posted By Bill Pierce
NYT Review

For those practitioners of news photography, the New York Times is planning a print review for 150 photographers. A number of the reviewers are top...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 01-22-2013
Replies: 12
Views: 940
Posted By Bill Pierce
Agreed that there are a lot of bad digital prints...

Agreed that there are a lot of bad digital prints out there. But I do disagree that top quality, do-it-yourself digital printing is more unaffordable than its silver equivalent. Remember, that good...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 01-21-2013
Replies: 12
Views: 940
Posted By Bill Pierce
Thom Topic

It seems that these days I’m recommending more web articles than starting topics myself. But here’s one that is very pertinent, intelligent and useful for all of us in the digital...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 01-14-2013
Replies: 22
Views: 1,910
Posted By Bill Pierce
And while those authors who publish written works...

And while those authors who publish written works better do their own spell checks now, photographers better have someone at the printing press checking on image quality. Add to this that for some...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 12-27-2012
Replies: 8
Views: 737
Posted By Bill Pierce
Instagram

Here’s a good piece on the current Instagram situation, something all us internet folks should be aware of.

http://aldiazphoto.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-legal-lens-with-samuel-lewis-q.html
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 12-22-2012
Replies: 1
Views: 421
Posted By Bill Pierce
Web Browse

A Saturday morning web browse came upon 2 interesting pieces, Lens Rental's rather intelligent letter to Santa Claus and Make Use Of’s information packed piece on the SD cards that we all...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 12-14-2012
Replies: 16
Views: 984
Posted By Bill Pierce
Fuji raw files

I’ve had a couple of requests to outline how I process raw files from the Fuji X Pro and X E1.

As many on the forum have commented, often you can simply use the jpegs instead which are of...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 12-11-2012
Replies: 17
Views: 1,777
Posted By Bill Pierce
"There is no reality; get over it!"

The Luminous Landscape is a website that discusses a kind of photography far from the photography I enjoy and occasionally profit from doing. But I still check in to it every day because it is one...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 12-03-2012
Replies: 37
Views: 2,448
Posted By Bill Pierce
There are cases where I can't produce images that...

There are cases where I can't produce images that are acceptable to me from the jpg's. By running raw files through Lightroom, SilkyPix and RPP in a variety of ways I can usually come up with...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 12-03-2012
Replies: 37
Views: 2,448
Posted By Bill Pierce
I spoke to her at Expo. She was gracious and...

I spoke to her at Expo. She was gracious and pleasant, but did not supply any specifics.
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 12-03-2012
Replies: 37
Views: 2,448
Posted By Bill Pierce
Almost two weeks ago, I emailed Fuji with a...

Almost two weeks ago, I emailed Fuji with a question about the X Pro/E 1. They seem to promise an answer in a few days at most in the following automated email that I received moments after each...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 11-25-2012
Replies: 37
Views: 2,448
Posted By Bill Pierce
X Pro & E1 raw files

This is one of the most interesting, informative and useful articles on the issue of converting Fuji X Pro and E1 raw files.

http://www.dmcgaughey.com/2012/11/07/fuji-x-trans-raw-conversion/
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 11-19-2012
Replies: 19
Views: 1,455
Posted By Bill Pierce
ISO on the street

Gary Winogrand, one of the really good "street" photographers often used to push 400 ISO film to 1200 even though he was shooting outdoors in relatively good light. Why? It's not just to get a...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 11-13-2012
Replies: 13
Views: 943
Posted By Bill Pierce
Grace Pictures

A friend of mine, Arthur Grace, has just published his fourth book, "America 101." Unlike the other books, which he published while he was a working stiff (UPI, NY Times, Time, Newsweek), this is a...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 11-09-2012
Replies: 37
Views: 1,898
Posted By Bill Pierce
Rangefinderless Rangefinder

Does a Leica M camera have to be a rangefinder? The tolerances of the lens cam and the camera body cam feeler and rangefinder mechanism have to be small if a range of lenses and bodies are to give...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 11-03-2012
Replies: 3
Views: 575
Posted By Bill Pierce
Powerless

The power went back on in my section of Manhattan at 1:10 this morning. For some reason every apartment's fire alarm also went off.

After a long time without power (and a long time off line), there...
Forum: RFF Polls 10-27-2012
Replies: 313
Views: 40,238
Posted By Bill Pierce
This is an awful thing to say on the rangefinder...

This is an awful thing to say on the rangefinder forum, but the outdated part of the rangefinder camera is the rangefinder. Most of the folks I know who depended on the film rangefinder sent new...
Forum: Fuji X-Pro1 / X-E1 10-26-2012
Replies: 14
Views: 1,638
Posted By Bill Pierce
With relatively straight conversions, Lightroom...

With relatively straight conversions, Lightroom and C1 will show different color interpretations from the same camera. Capture One seems to use a little more suppression of color noise at default...
Forum: Fuji X-Pro1 / X-E1 10-25-2012
Replies: 14
Views: 1,638
Posted By Bill Pierce
Capture One Pro 7

Phase One has introduced Capture One Pro version 7. Contrary to rumors, it looks from the initial announcement as if it will not support the X Pro. This is a disappointment for X Pro users. I for...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 10-20-2012
Replies: 3
Views: 508
Posted By Bill Pierce
Muybridge

All of you photo-historians should enjoy this.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/angelameiquan/muybridge-photographs-reinvented-as-animated-gifs-70fn
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 10-15-2012
Replies: 9
Fsa
Views: 1,370
Posted By Bill Pierce
Fsa

One of my favorite web sites always surprises me with the articles it runs. After all, it's an equipment rental...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 10-14-2012
Replies: 30
Views: 3,969
Posted By Bill Pierce
“Professional work” is a pretty big category. ...

“Professional work” is a pretty big category. Although the sensor is 12MG and not the most recent, I find that, thanks to the lack of AA filter and a sensor tuned to the needs of the short body to...
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