Aperture, F/stop & Depth-of-field: Beginner’s Essentials & Expert’s Misconceptions
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4 Responses
Noooooo… not another Tony video!! Shameless plugging his book. No mention of working distances affect on DOF. More apply the crop factor to blah, blah blah. I wouldn’t upset if you didn’t link anymore of his videos.
I hate unsollicited advertising with a vengeance, but found Tony’s video to contain mostly useful information, interspersed with a handful of very brief references to said book in passing. It’s quite different from other providers where videos start, end and/or are laced with commercial content that often makes up as much as half the actual running time.
The way I see it, these guys provide a lot of good info and try to market their book on the side while many others try to sell you their product under the guise of free tutorials which are only provided as a vehicle for their commercial enterprise.
And no, I’m not afilliated with Tony’s business in any way, shape or form.
For starters, I really don’t see how this video has any relevance in a forum about mirrorless cameras (why link to it?), but I also really don’t see a lot of good info in it either (IMHO).
The first video of his that I saw was his manifesto on applying the crop factor to everything and Sony, etc are cheating. I was pretty done with him after that.
I’m not really upset, but I, for one, would just prefer not to see links to his videos, even ones specifically about MILC which I find to be dismissive.
As to the video’s relevance for this site: I really couldn’t tell you. Perhaps admin can. 🙂
I know the equivalency discussion is quite a bone of contention. In the latest (?) video he posted on this topic, he did provide quite a few practical and convincing (to me) examples and invited viewers to deliver counter-examples in case they disagreed with his claims. No matter where you stand on the issue, that seems like a pretty fair and open-minded approach to me.
Again, I’m not here to defend Tony. I just feel that as far as infomercials go, his videos are among the least obnoxious. And I do feel that he provides a lot of practical information for those who seek it. Most of it is not new to advanced users, but I think his videos are more beneficial to beginning and intermediate photographers who are looking for a broad range of topics, comprehensive coverage, eloquent delivery and decent production.
And now I sound like an infomercial. 😉