the last word

Fuji is recommending cropping as a method to ameliorate the limitations of a fixed lens in the GFX 100RF. That will affect dynamic range. I’ve calculated that, using Bill Claff’s Photographic Dynamic Range measurements from the GFX 100S II. Here it is:   The vertical axis is PDR in stops. The horizontal axis is ISO… [Read More]

As is often the case, the impetus for me to take keyboard in hand to click out this post is an exchange with a fellow photographer over the ‘net. In this case, the conversation went something like this: Someone else: “I am not a fan of MTF graphs.” Poster: “I look at real-world shots from… [Read More]

I’ve done a lot of work on how to set up the step sizes when you’re using the focus bracketing features built into the GFX cameras. https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2023/02/how-your-cameras-focus-bracketing-system-works/ Now I’m doing macro work at greater than 1:1 magnification, and I need to do something similar so I can pick step sizes when using my Cognisys rail…. [Read More]

Once upon a time there were three bears, who lived together in a house of their own, in a wood. One of them was a Little Wee bear, one was a middle-sized bear, and the other was a great big bear. They had each a camera: a little Nikon Z50 for the little wee bear;… [Read More]

I recently got a M4 Max Macbook Pro with 128 GB of DRAM. It has seemed to be a peppy machine. Today I benchmarked it against my main workstation, using the Puget Systems Photoshop benchmarking tool. Spoiler: it’s pretty darned fast. This isn’t really a fair fight. On one hand, the Dell 64-core 512GB Ryzen… [Read More]