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Photographs: Europe, Photographs: Spain, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

Handbills and Tags

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Hadbills and Tags
“Handbills and Tags” — Handbills and tags in a frame on a wall, Santiago de Compostela.

This subject comes from a side-street in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. It is in the historical core of the “old town” but not at one of the main attractions — on a street where visitors are perhaps more likely to walk past than to linger. In a sense, its content attests to the fact that life here goes on apart from the world of tourists like us.

I thought several things were interesting about the display. Most of the handbills seem to concern musical performances, but not quite all of them. For example, there is a “FOTO-GRAFIA” event listed on one of the fliers. It also intrigues me that this object, the inner square and the frame around it, seem to both encourage and constrain the sharing of marks that are not found on the surrounding walls.

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Deals and Sales, Equipment

Canon 50MP 5DS Body, 11-24mm Lens, and Updated Rebel DSLRs

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You may feel differently, but the most interesting announcement to is that of the two versions of the EOS 5DS, a 50.6mp full frame DSLR that seems optimized for image quality. While not everyone will need 50MP in a full frame body, some of us will most certainly benefit from sensor resolution that more than doubles what was previously available from Canon. There are two models, the 5DS and the 5DS R — the 5DS R doesn’t apply anti-aliasing filtering. This has the potential to maximize image sharpness for certain kinds of photographers, and the potential risk of some moire artifacts in photographs of certain types of patterned subjects. The cameras are supposed to begin shipping in June, and I plan to get one — most likely the R model.

For those who like really wide angle zoom lenses, the EF 11-24mm f/4L lens is arguably going to be king of the hill. Early reports are that it is optically excellent, and 11mm is 1mm wider than the excellent 14-24mm Nikon f/2.8 zoom. This lens (as noted above) can apparently now be pre-ordered.

The Rebel T6i and T6s are the newest updated models in the family of consumer Rebel DSLRs. These are fine cameras at a good price, and Canon will no doubt sell tons of them. They use 24mm cropped format sensors, and they are available in body-only version and it kits that include a basic zoom lens. The T6s is said to have a few more “advanced” features added.

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