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Professionals shooting MFT
#1
Hi all,

 

I while ago someone raised a question about professional photographers using micro-four-thirds cameras. I knew there were Nat Geo photogs who did so, couldn;t remeber their names, however. Since I am a little bored today, and can't go outside, I decided to look up a few pro-photographers who use MFT solely, or mostly.

 

Here are a few links:

http://www.paulathomasphotography.com/

http://shutterleaf.co.uk/blog/olympus-om...s-a-review

http://tomnguyenstudio.com/

https://visitthesouth.com/

https://beestonblog.blogspot.nl/

http://www.mirrorlessons.com/2014/05/20/...n-the-job/

http://www.lensdiaries.com/photo-tips/mi...l-cameras/

https://www.mu-43.com/threads/featured-m...rrr.61628/

https://www.mu-43.com/threads/m43-portra...oud.61610/

http://www.andrewf.com/

http://www.thehopefultraveller.co.uk/cubaPB.htm

http://www.petertsaiphotography.com/blog...-in-korea/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mike-Bunn...?sk=photos

https://www.facebook.com/karol.srnec

http://www.sfgauthier.com/recent/

http://www.nabityphotos.com/

http://www.furnfeather.net/

http://www.mirrorlessons.com/2013/11/14/...han-grant/

http://www.sewellshouse.co.uk/

http://gastrophoto.co.uk/

http://weddingphotographerinlancashire.com/

http://www.sewellshouse.co.uk/blog/2016/...of-change/

(Last 4 by same photographer; just 3 different types of photography, plus blog)

 

And two Pulitzer price winners who also shoot for Nat Geo...

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/contri...y-dickman/

http://www.larrycprice.com/

 

It took less than 5 minutes to google all of these ....

 

I am sure there are plenty more Smile.

 

Kind regards, Wim

Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....
#2
A few of my acquaintances in this city's PJ circles are/were shooting with the Olympus cameras, though none of them (to the best of my knowledge) are using this system as the only one.

#3
That does make sense, as there always is a use case for different size systems anyway. Most of those in the links above only use MFT however.

 

Myself, I will be using both MFT and FF for the next few years to come, but as I indicated in another post, FF will mostly become the new MF for me, and essentially MFT will become, or already is, my main lug around everywhere system Smile. I have sold off my Canon G10, which I have replaced with a Pen F Smile, which I literally carry with me at all times, and the E-M1 Mk II now is my main camera. Instead of the 5D Mk II, which is, hopefully soon, to be replaced with a 5Ds or 5DsR, for very high resolution landscapes mostly.

 

The 20MP of the Oly's is more than enough for me for up to 80 cm X 60 cm prints anyway. And in case I need a really fast lens, with very shallow DoF, I have my Canon lenses with Metabones Speedboosters Smile.

 

Kind regards, Wim

Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....
#4
I realized lately that having the shot is  better than pixel peeping.

Before I thought of nothing but quality, carrying plenty of primes and quality lenses, my first worry was not having my gear stolen, second worry was not damaging my gear, then came the picture itself, I used to carry my camera  only for important events, lately I got 15-85 on 750D a very versatile and lightweight combo, ever since keepers started flowing, I am having 2-3 every week, which is amazing for me.

7/9 last pictures I poster here lately wouldn't exist if I insisted on full frame and high quality.

Were I starting from scratch,  I would very likely go MFT, anyway APS-C is not that bad in the end concerning weight

#5
I just got myself a 32" 4K monitor - that is 8mp - and its awesome sharp at standard viewing distances.

That is my personal use case for private photos. 

 

Dell just released an 8K monitor (5000US$) - surely impressive but can you really spot the difference between 4K and 8K at normal distances ?

 

The print use case is viable, of course, but how often are you really printing THAT big to see a difference between MFT and FF.

Much of the dynamic range differences is also eaten by the printer.

#6
Quote:I just got myself a 32" 4K monitor - that is 8mp - and its awesome sharp at standard viewing distances.

That is my personal use case for private photos. 

 

Dell just released an 8K monitor (5000US$) - surely impressive but can you really spot the difference between 4K and 8K at normal distances ?

 

The print use case is viable, of course, but how often are you really printing THAT big to see a difference between MFT and FF.

Much of the dynamic range differences is also eaten by the printer.
And by the monitor Smile.

 

Prints only have a DR of 5 or 6 stops max, depending on the paper used.

 

In principle this means we're back to some form of the Zone System, for optimal results, but then, that is what I have been doing for my personal photography as long as I can remember anyway Smile.

 

BTW, I have a 28" 4K monitor, but it is no good for normal use to me - I use 2 monitors, which means that icons etc. just get too small on the 4K one. Need to get another I guess; currently back to 2 X 24" Smile.

 

I think you can spot the difference, basically because of smoother transitions, if indeed your images are of the correct solution. It really is teh same with a 5Ds or 5DsR vs a 5D Mk III - the transitions in the images are just a lot better.

But you have to enlarge fairly high in order to see that Smile.

 

Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....
#7
I see constantly people referring to how low the DR is what ends up to appear on paper or on screen. I don't doubt that. But the conclusion, each camera with more than 6-8 f-stops DR is unnecessary luxury - sorry, this is nearly painful to read, such a misleading conclusion.

 

Apparently tonemapping is something you know only by rumors?  ^_^ I will add some pictures lateron, as normal and as tonemapped just by using highlight and shadow-recovery. Compressing 12 f-stops to 6 makes absolutely sense - HDR photographers using 3 or 4 shots for the same result very often end up with plasticky looking weird pictures whereas a well exposed frame with enough DR still appears natural. Therefore I welcome each sensor with at least 12 f-stops, better more. I don't need this regularly, but if I do, it's very often better than multi-exposure HDR.

#8
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BTW, I have a 28" 4K monitor, but it is no good for normal use to me - I use 2 monitors, which means that icons etc. just get too small on the 4K one. Need to get another I guess; currently back to 2 X 24" Smile.
 

Windows 10 lets you adjust seperate icon sizes and such on seperate monitors. One of the biggest improvements that came with it actually.
#9
Quote:I see constantly people referring to how low the DR is what ends up to appear on paper or on screen. I don't doubt that. But the conclusion, each camera with more than 6-8 f-stops DR is unnecessary luxury - sorry, this is nearly painful to read, such a misleading conclusion.

 

Apparently tonemapping is something you know only by rumors?  ^_^ I will add some pictures lateron, as normal and as tonemapped just by using highlight and shadow-recovery. Compressing 12 f-stops to 6 makes absolutely sense - HDR photographers using 3 or 4 shots for the same result very often end up with plasticky looking weird pictures whereas a well exposed frame with enough DR still appears natural. Therefore I welcome each sensor with at least 12 f-stops, better more. I don't need this regularly, but if I do, it's very often better than multi-exposure HDR.
I think there is a slight misunderstanding here.


The Zone System IS about tone mapping, both the entire negative and print, in combination with burning and dodging. Just a different approach and/or technology.


What I was trying to say here is that we could do that back in the analog days with a DR of at most 10 stops, and what I see is people fighting over 12.8 vs 13.5 etc. In the mean time the viewing media don't have a similar DR.


Personally I hate HDR which is overdone, like the stuff that was in vogue a few years ago. If necessary, even in the analog days I occasionally combined multiple exposures for a correct tonescale, but normally I would do that by exposing film with a specific result in mind, and developing the negative accordingly.


For my own images, i.e., the stuff I do not do for snapshots only, I still treat the same way, and if anything, digital makes it easier because of the already much larger DR.


However, for optimal prints, and even images to be viewed on screen, you need to limit the DR for optimal results, whether it is called the Zone System or tone mapping - there is no way around it.


This does however mean that one way or another, you compress, in most cases anyway, the tonal scale. In most cases, because sometimes you need to do the opposite.


BTW, no need to pick the tone you just did with me, that is totally unwarranted, and offensive.

You have absolutely no idea what I do or don't do, and neither do you have any idea of what I know or not. And no, I will not get into an argument about it either.


Regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....
#10
Quote:Windows 10 lets you adjust seperate icon sizes and such on seperate monitors. One of the biggest improvements that came with it actually.


Thanks! I may give that a try. When last I tried I was still on Windows 8.1.


Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....
  


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