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Thom Hogan
Personal blog · sansmirror.com/newsviewshardwaredesign
Thom Hogan writes Sans Mirror, a personal blog at sansmirror.com about hardware and design. Since 2013, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Thom Hogan's sansmirror site for camera-system coverage, including its lens database and commentary on DSLRs, mirrorless systems and Fujifilm X-mount lenses. Commenters cite it as a reference.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
byThom sans Mirror covers mirrorless cameras, such as the Canon EOS M, EOS R, Olympus and Panasonic m4/3, Sony E and FE, and Nikon Z products
What Hacker News says?
>> As an example, at my child's soccer practice, it is not uncommon to fire off about 5 shots in any 2 second interval. It is also not uncommon to have 4 of those shots be out of focus. I'm not sure Lytro's necessarily the right the solution for this either, at least not today. I know I'll get laughed at and mocked for saying this, but I bought an inexpensive Nikon One camera for a very similar use case. I got tired…
Comment linking /articles/autofocus-systems.html
on “Lytro Announces New Light Field Camera”Submitted Visicalc Dreaming as a story · 4 points
HN discussionHmm; I don't want to say "It's you..." ;), but the Fujifilm X mount is one of the most developed of the "new" mounts: http://www.sansmirror.com/lenses/lens-database/lenses-from-c... In particular, the zooms: https://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/x/index.ht... Now, it IS expensive, on average. But by all accounts their lenses are mostly worth the price. And 300 for a prime is largely normal. In all mounts…
Comment linking /lenses/lens-database/lenses-from-camera-makers/fujifilm-xf-mount-lenses/
on “Fujifilm’s GFX 100 – A medium format mirrorless camera”Submitted New York Times Tackles (Inaccurately) Fujifilm as a story · 2 points
HN discussionYou may be interested in a recent comment on this subject by a professional wildlife photographer: http://www.sansmirror.com/newsviews/on-safari-four-years-lat...
Comment linking /newsviews/on-safari-four-years-later.html
on “The demise of the DSLR”Submitted Buy a camera that you can grow into as opposed to out of as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI'm personally a m4/3 convert - I exchanged my D700 and some great lenses for a full Olympus OM-D kit, and aside from a few quirks, I couldn't be happier. However I am not ashamed to say that the D700 and the glass I had was more camera than I needed; I would wager I'm not the only person who covets (and spends perhaps too much on) new and better gadgets though... I made the switch after a holiday with a new baby -…
Comment linking /newsviews/the-m43-users-are-nervous.html
on “The demise of the DSLR”Submitted Rounding Up the Fujifilm XF Cameras as a story · 1 points
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