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  • Hands on: Apple's iPhone XS and XS Max are gorgeous, and a boon for photographers

    tmay said:
    avon b7 said:
    Spheric and Gatorguy,

    Thank you for the time and effort in trying to inject some reason and common sense here, but there is only so much one can do before things become futile.
    in a response to Spheric a couple of post above, I rewrote your question such that it was less provocative. 

    I have reposted it here;

    "I have an Honor 10, that has a similar feature, Would anyone like to explain to me how Portrait Mode with the adjustable aperture works? I would like to make a comparison".

    Do you think that it might have gotten better results?
    Yeah, whatever. 

    Anyway, from the looks of it, the Aperture Mode on the P20 Pro looks like it does what the Xs does, except with the addition of focus stacking, since, if I see it correctly, the focus point can be adjusted after the fact — which it cannot on the Xs. 
    gatorguy
  • Hands on: Apple's iPhone XS and XS Max are gorgeous, and a boon for photographers

    tmay said:
    spheric said:
    tmay said:
    spheric said:

    Damn, when I saw 100+ comments on this thread, I thought there'd be a nice discussion about the new phones. Pity it was entirely highjacked by Avon. He/ She is on my block list, but I still end up reading the shit!


    It wasn't Avon that hijacked the thread or propelled it into an idiotic pissing match.
    I'll happily take the heat for "hijacking" the thread"

    His was third post with this;

    "Is there a difference between the camera mode you are describing and what Huawei phones have done for years?

    The reason I ask is that when they announced the feature I automatically assumed it would be different but what you describe is practically identical to how Huawei phones have operated since the P9. I thought it was already possible on Apple's dual lens phones."

    Tired of his antics.

    All Avon B7 had to do was a minute bit of research online to answer his own question, but of course, Huawei, Huawei, Huawei, all day long.
    WTF is wrong with asking whether there is a difference between this and another manufacturer’s tech, or expressing surprise that this wasn’t already possible? 

    Seriously, dude: you’re making discussion completely impossible. 

    I have no idea whether anybody has answered his question, because if yes, the reply was buried in a deluge of completely off-topic personal bullshit and insecurities. 

    I find the question interesting. 

    And would it have killed you to do a minute bit of research online to contribute to discussion, rather than Apple, Apple, Troll, Troll all day long?
    Step aside Butch; (hat tip to Marseilles in Pulp Fiction)

    I was the poster that answered his question first, then got chewed out by Avon B7 for updating with the name of the feature, Depth Control, which is the new addition to Portrait Mode. How entitled does someone have to be to do that?

    So, yeah, I'll take the blame.

    Easy to check what I have stated; just look for my comments in the thread.

    I've attempted to be measured in my responses, but you can decide that.
    Avon B7 asked whether the Xs worked similarly to Aperture Mode on the P20. In parallel, people started pissing about how nobody cared about the P20 because of lack of sales or inflated sales numbers, or whatever. 

    Avon basically re-iterated his question and explained that he hadn't asked before because he'd assumed it was a different feature. 

    Eric and Nht kept going on and on about sales numbers. 

    Then StrangeDays trolled Avon for caring about what his "Chinese knockoffs" do. 

    Then others joined in the fray and pissed on Avon for ASKING WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IN FUNCTIONS WAS (and supposedly "defending" his question — WTF). 

    And then Melgross jumped in and trolled Avon for asking about "that Huawei crap". 

    And so on. And on. And on.

    I'm not making this up. I'm reading the thread and that is literally exactly what happened. 

    It's a fucking kindergarten.
    gatorguy
  • Hands on: Apple's iPhone XS and XS Max are gorgeous, and a boon for photographers

    Damn, when I saw 100+ comments on this thread, I thought there'd be a nice discussion about the new phones. Pity it was entirely highjacked by Avon. He/ She is on my block list, but I still end up reading the shit!


    It wasn't Avon that hijacked the thread or propelled it into an idiotic pissing match.
    gatorguyavon b7
  • Apple releases Safari 12 for owners of macOS Sierra & High Sierra

    I just installed the Safari 12 update and the AdBlock app from the App Store. No ads.

    The download said something about icons for web sites showing in tabs, but either that isn't working for me or I'm misunderstanding what it's supposed to do.
    You have to switch it on in the Tabs section of the Safari Preferences.
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  • Apple Watch Series 4 in 40mm and 44mm sizes confirmed in sitemap leak

    jamiel said:
    Does that slight size increase mean existing bands won't fit either model?
    It looks like the bezels around the displays will be narrower (as with the later versions of iPhone), which would allow for larger displays (38 —> 40 mm and 42 —> 44 mm) without a change in the watch case design itself. 
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