dan seifert

dan seifert @dcseifert

@hugoa_tech oh god you do not want to know my particular image workflow — PolitiTweet.org

dan seifert @dcseifert

@hugoa_tech fully agree that workflow can be improved greatly — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @cgartenberg: Trying something new out over @Verge for The Mandalorian’s second season! Every week, we’ll have a nerdy, Star Wars-y re… — PolitiTweet.org

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@justinbprice @bestmagicianmex eh, i’m the biggest nitwit of all thanks for reading! — PolitiTweet.org

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@justinbprice @bestmagicianmex my point is we’re not there yet, we’re not even close to it. :) computational photography is great, but it doesn’t beat physics yet. — PolitiTweet.org

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@issandhu for under $1k, you can get a Canon M50 Mark II, Sony A6100 or Fuji X-T200 and a fast prime lens. if you are looking at an $1100+ phone, those shouldn’t be out of reach. not saying it doesn’t take effort to get good photos, but sometimes that just means bring the right tool w/you. — PolitiTweet.org

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@issandhu sure, but so do a lot of entry level mirrorless cameras. they abstract a lot of things down. — PolitiTweet.org

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@davezatz battlebots but for home robot vacuums — PolitiTweet.org

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@justinbprice @bestmagicianmex no, the best camera is the one that you enjoy using & gives you results you want. if you enjoy using a phone, that’s fine! but it’s much easier to get excellent results from an entry level mirrorless & a fast (even inexpensive!) prime lens than chasing incremental phone upgrades. — PolitiTweet.org

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@davezatz dave do you make them fight because if not, i think you should — PolitiTweet.org

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@Tobias_SDx i think people are also suckers for slick marketing 😉 — PolitiTweet.org

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@Tobias_SDx the flip side of this is that lens will last what, years, decades? a new phone will be superceded in a year and in two years you’ll want to spend another grand on replacing it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ericlin it takes effort. that effort sometimes means remembering the camera. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Tobias_SDx sure, but fast primes are cheap and your phone just has prime lenses anyways. a lot of people would be pretty amazed at what a fast 35mm lens on a mirrorless camera can do and for how little it actually costs. — PolitiTweet.org

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@y_molodtsov i’m all about new phones, i get it. but the year over year improvements are just so incremental that it’s hard to get excited for them. it’s easy to get excited for something that gives you immediately better results! — PolitiTweet.org

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@gustojunk computational tricks are where the phones will win, but they are just trying to make up for hardware deficiences. for under a grand you can get a Canon M50 Mark II, Fuji X-T200, or Sony A6100 and a fast prime lens that will give the blurry backgrounds everyone wants — PolitiTweet.org

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@RyneHager i mean, me too, obvs — PolitiTweet.org

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@gustojunk indoors, in poor lighting, where fast shutter speed wins all, yes, provided they have a bright lens and do some practice. photography is a skill, it takes work! but i argue the effort is worth it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@y_molodtsov sure but we’re debating a $1100+ phone here that people are thinking will solve their photography wants. this photo was taken with a $275 lens indoors in a room with poor lighting. a phone just can’t get anything close to this https://t.co/YGTMAVYsvl — PolitiTweet.org

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@RyneHager sure, but if you are buying a phone because you want to take pics of your kids in your house, a camera will will nearly every time. HDR doesn’t matter there — fast autofocus, high ISO, and fast shutter speed does. — PolitiTweet.org

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@gustojunk sure, but how many iPhone 12 Pro Max owners will be able to match that? they’ll get a lot closer to what they want in a photo with a dedicated camera. — PolitiTweet.org

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@bestmagicianmex lots of good options! Canon M50 Mark II was just announced, there’s Fujifilm’s X-T200, and Sony’s A6100. key thing with all of them is to pair them with a fast prime lens that gives you those blurry backgrounds everyone wants. — PolitiTweet.org

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@gustojunk it takes effort to get good photos. sometimes that effort involves bringing the right tool for the job! — PolitiTweet.org

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@Kiteaton no, best camera is the one that you enjoy using and provides you the results you want. the “best one you have with you” mantra is old and tired. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MSaiPreetham_ some will, yes! — PolitiTweet.org

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@y_molodtsov sounds like you either need a better lens for shooting indoors or more practice shooting with the camera! this isn’t an insult, good results take a lot of work — PolitiTweet.org

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@JuancitoQuest i have three kids and have taken tens of thousands of photos of them over the years. the photos i take with my camera are the ones that are the most memorable and the ones we look at most often. if you want actually good results, it takes effort. i argue it’s worth the effort. — PolitiTweet.org

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@WhatADayDomi don’t even have to go that far! you can get tremendous cameras under $1k — PolitiTweet.org

dan seifert @dcseifert

lots of great reviews and debate over the iPhone 12 Pro Max camera today! my advice? get a dedicated camera, it will provide orders of magnitude better images (especially in low light and of fast moving kids!) — PolitiTweet.org

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hmmm https://t.co/UbTTbUVttU — PolitiTweet.org