Asking, “What Lens Should I Buy Next?” Better: Podcast Ep. 12
The question is, “What lens should I buy next?” I can’t answer it for you, but I can try to provide some insight into how to ask a better and more productive version of it.
My Thoughts on the Canon 5D mark IV: Podcast Ep. 8
Canon has announced the new EOS 5D mark IV, and as I have in the past, I’m diving into some early thoughts on the camera. I don’t get pre-release hardware so some of the is speculation right now, but I will be getting one of these cameras soon.
An Idea, Camera Makers Should Provide Performance Data
With film, you got all performance data about the films you shot from the manufactures. Why shouldn’t this be the case with digital too?
X-Rite ColorChecker Passport Photo Review
X-Rite’s color check cards are the industry standard. This is a pocket sized version, that can be used to generate custom camera profiles, as well as make creative adjustments to white balances.
Bags and Backpacks: Podcast Ep 3
Episode 3 of my podcast includes a brief thought about some news about the 5D mark 4, and a discussion about camera bags, and what I look for in picking them.
Personal Minimums
Better cameras are always better, but I’m going to argue it’s more important to know what your minimums for quality are than how good your camera can be.
Trying to Wrap my Head Around Geotagging
I’ve been trying to get my head around geotagging for more than a year now; in-camera, add-on modules, or just using a logging GPS.
Testing and Acclimating to a new Camera
A new camera is always exciting to get your hands on, at least it is for me. While I will definitely run out side and start shooting some random stuff — because, well, new shiny — before I put the camera into any kind of serious use, I run though an acclimation and calibration process […]
D500, High ISO, and Marketing Revisited
When Nikon announced the D5 and D500 one of my biggest concerns was that marketing had run amuck and started writing ISO checks the engineers simply couldn’t pay out on. Then a friend of mine got a D500 and I got to sit down with him to dial in the noise reduction and sharpening settings […]
Preliminary testing, Diffraction Correction in Digital Photo Pro
In my article about re-evaluating my position on crop cameras, I mentioned that a 20MP crop sensor was diffraction limited pretty much right out of the gate with the f/5.6 lenses that make crop camera setup appealing to me. When I said that, I knew full well that one of the biggest advantages of digital […]