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Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) nearly, or not quite
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:38:15 -0400
Tokina 11-16/2.8, Canon & Nikon only.
<http://thkphoto.com/products/tokina/atx116prodx-b.html>
review - distortion page
<http://www.photozone.de/canon-eos/379-tokina_1116_28_canon?start=1>

Chuck Norcutt


Jeff Keller wrote:
> Sometimes just being different gets people to stop and look at the pictures
> longer. The first time I saw this "style" it made me think it was a printed
> poster or something that started out as a photo but had so much post
> processing that it had become something else. The standard thoughtless print
> out of a 100 fact sheets on a laser printer yields something even more odd
> ... very pale with a blue cast ... yeah, no contrast just different hues.
> 
> The photographer who took these and processed them said he had worked for
> another company and is trying to establish himself. I haven't had time to
> ask many questions. I helped him get going with some perl scripts to
> generate web pages. He seems to be quick to learn all things photo & web. He
> was shooting with a Nikon cropped sensor, a Tokina 11-? zoom, and a ball
> head. He spent almost no time trying to level his camera. He triggered his
> camera and it snapped at least 5 exposure steps (jpg's) automatically. He
> uses Lightroom for at least some of his processing.
> 
> I'm guessing about the automation. Generally the verticals are perfectly
> vertical and no barrel distortion which is surprising for a super wide zoom.
> The color and contrast are very uniform even though the lighting often
> varies dramatically. The blue sky is probably often added in. In this area
> we generally have a high early morning fog which often makes the sky almost
> white until around 10am (and air temperatures very mild). It seems the
> photos are almost always posted to a domain whose name matches the house
> address. They generally post about a dozen images and sometimes have an
> automatically scanning panorama.
> 
> Judging by the displayed format and the super wide angle I suspect the
> Vicaso displayed pictures I carefully looked at were taken by a Zuiko 7-14
> and four-thirds camera. Some/most(?) of the local real estate photos are
> taken by free lance phototgraphers/picture takers who send their files to
> "headquarters" where they are processed and posted to the web.
> 
> I find it interesting ...
> 
> Jeff Keller
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 4:56 AM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) nearly, or not quite
> 
> Maybe that's the indication of "heavily automated" that Jeff mentions. :-)
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
> 
> 
> Piers Hemy wrote:
>> You want my feedback on the posted images?
>>
>> YUK!  Where did the contrast go?
>>
>> --  
>> Piers 
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jeff Keller [mailto:om-list@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
>> Sent: 29 July 2009 08:09
>> To: 'Olympus Camera Discussion'
>> Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) nearly, or not quite
>>
>> --snip   
>>
>> I'm seeing a number of local real estate photographers creating very
> heavily
>> processed pictures. I haven't heard any feedback from buyers/sellers yet.
>> I'm guessing the workflow is very heavily automated ... which I hope to
>> learn about.
>>
> http://www.julianalee.com/homes/2009/monroe_dr_300/home-for-sale-pictures.ht
>> m is rather typical. 
>>
>> --snip
> 
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