It's Been a Samsung Summer

[Guest]

Blooming today in Wangaratta's parks and gardens

S8+

[MJ224]

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You gonna go to seed one day.......

Lovely colours and classic flower photos....

[Guest]

Re: It's Been a Samsung Summer

You gonna go to seed one day.......

Lovely colours and classic flower photos....

I know, and the seed will begat the spark and come back as a devine reincarnation.

[Harold Gough]

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I've always found vivid yellow the most challenging colour to render no matter which camera I use.

That used to be the case with most transparency film.

Harold

[Naughty Nigel]

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Those photographs are thoroughly impressive.

The colours are superb, but I am also very impressed with how the out-of-focus areas have ben rendered. I have seen worse from some DSLR's.

[Guest]

Re: It's Been a Samsung Summer

Harold, Nigel, John - even in Auto mode the new Galaxy S8+ phone camera does a remarkably good job in most situations, especially at night or low light. Its Pro mode allows ISO1250 which for some reason, not understood, takes amazingly noise free images at night - it revels in darkness. Also has multi point focus modes, white balance, EV settings plus a bunch of special effects for those that like to mess with that stuff. Also has Wi-Fi, optional location coordinates and an impressive array of other features that I can't recall offhand. Of course it has no optical zoom but for around 1,000AUD (562.00GBP) I reckon it's darn good value and you'll probably bring home more keepers than with a dslr (in this old geriatric's hands anyway!). I'll also have with me the XZ2 and E3, although I'm sure the Galaxy will be doing the heavy lifting in Ireland, and above all it's truly great fun to use. It will be interesting to see how it handles the totally different October / November light in Southern Ireland ... can be dismal I hear - don't be surprised to see a few 'layered in' Aussie skies!

[KeithL]

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You might even be able to make phone calls with it, too, if you can find the phone button...!

[Guest]

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Good heaven's, I knew there had to be another use for it!

[Guest]

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.....It seems once people try Texting, they never make another voice call. John

Well not quite so, John. I've moved on from texting to voice texting which is a whole new ballgame, that's how I'm posting this reply. But one must take care to proofread before posting to avoid embarrassing mistakes

[Bikie John]

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Well not quite so, John. I've moved on from texting to voice texting which is a whole new ballgame, that's how I'm posting this reply. But one must take care to proofread before posting to avoid embarrassing mistakes

Whale oil beef hooked, that's sound advice

John

[KeithL]

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I see the adverts for the new Samsung S9 on TV only talk about its ability as a camera! Presumably, it doesn't even make telephone calls.....!

[Guest]

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The fact is that as all smartphones make phone calls consumers now buy smartphones on the basis of camera performance.
I can see the day coming when pro photographers rock up to press and wedding assignments with a state of the art Galaxy.
Not sure that will be in Prince Harry's and Meghan Markle's time, but maybe at either Prince George's or Princess Charlotte's wedding,
Lord Snowdon would turn in his grave!