Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Modern feminism, women's rights?

I've been thinking about modern feminism, and I don't like it. I don't like it because its viewpoint is myopic, opinions all have to pass left wing, politically correct talking points muster.
Modern feminists will complain about men at the workplace who stare too long at women's breasts, but say absolutely NOTHING about the misogynistic and hate filled practices of Islam. You will NEVER hear them point out that in a sharia law court, a woman's testimony is considered to be less than a mans. They are silent about genital mutilation preformed on women in some Islamic countries. Honor killings of women? Not a peep said!

Modern feminism puts political correctness above the lives and welfare of millions of women world wide.
Lets take another issue, gun control. Again, this is a left wing agenda which does NOT benefit women in the LEAST, in fact it is harmful to them.
Men are generally stronger than women, and can bull them down one on one. It has been shown time and time again, men do not need a gun to bring grievous harm to women. India has strict gun laws, yet rape is rampant there. What gun control does do is protect male abusers. An abuser can be shot down by a determined woman, his strength counts for little after he gets riddled with bullets. Yet modern feminists want to deny women the best tool for self defense available to them.

There is nothing wrong with equal pay for equal work, the right to an abortion without being mobbed by religious assholes, and to expect a civil work environment.
But it's not enough. I wish more women would take a hard look at modern feminism and say, "yes, I agree with the rights they are pushing for, but I WANT MORE!" I would really like to see woman push for ALL their rights, not just the rights the democrat party finds acceptable, and when it comes to Islam, stand up and smell the abuse.

Saturday, January 3, 2015

Cameras - DSLRs vs Mirrorless

Are DSLRs going the way of the film camera? After reading this article, not yet.

Pro photographers are not going to put up with the smaller sensor a lot of the mirrorless cameras have. Some of the mirrorless cameras now have full size sensors so that issue has been addressed.

The lens mounts are different, and being a new product, the lens selection is way less than for DSLR's. I think a manufacturer who put out a camera that mounted Canon or Nikon standard lenses with a full size sensor would sell a lot of units.
From wikipedia.
"For manufacturers, this strategy eliminates price competition for their new lenses from second-hand legacy lenses."
Yeah DICKHEADS, it also causes a LOT of people NOT to buy one who would have because they don't like the limited lens selection and don't want to re-buy lenses they already have. Typical corporate greedhead mentality.

A number of mirrorless cameras have no viewfinder. I would NEVER pay $$$$ for a camera with no view finder as those work better in low light AND sometimes are better for framing shots. I don't always want to take pictures with the camera held away from me.
Some of the mirrorless cameras have an evf (electronic viewfinder). Those are OK, WAY better than no viewfinder, but having used both I would actually rather have the offset optical viewfinder that some point and shoots and non slr film cameras had. Not quite as accurate, but better than low light. That's what my canon point and shoot has and I've never had any issues with it. If I need more accuracy for close ups, I can use the lcd screen on it's back. Best of both worlds IMHO. Most of the pro's would probably rather have the evf though, as it shows exactly what the lens is seeing.

I think the biggest issue is the lens incompatibility with same make DSLR's, combined with limited lens choice. That, and there is 0 cost savings, they are as much or more as DSLRs.
Sony lost a sale, because if they took standard Sony dslr lenses, I would have considered buying one as an upgrade to my camera body. If I have to buy all new lenses, then I might as well get a canon DSLR instead. Or not, and just get a better Sony DSLR body.
Looking at the negatives, it's probably going to be a while before DSLRs fade away.