I’ve been participating in a discussion about gear for street photography. My position has been, and is, that you can do street photography with just about any gear, though some kinds of street work favor some kinds of gear. The discussion has broadened a bit beyond the – for me, not particularly interesting – subject… [Read More]
Archives for 2016
A book report — spot color proofing
This is part of a series about my experiences in publishing a book.The series starts here. In my last post, I reported on my worries that the captions and footers weren’t sufficiently legible in the Matchprint proofs. I finished reviewing the proofs, and dropped them by Jerry’s offices today. We talked about the captions. I… [Read More]
A book report — Matchprints & mechanicals
This is part of a series about my experiences in publishing a book.The series starts here. I met with Jerry Takigawa yesterday, and he showed me several things that Hemlock had provided: A complete mechanical proof of the book, with low resolution and inaccurate color. A mechanical proof of the dust cover, showing how the… [Read More]
Depth of Field summary — part 2
This is a continuation of a report on new ways to look at depth of field. The series starts here: A new way to look at depth of field The shape of the curves. Let’s take a closer look at the DOF curves for the simulated Otus lens focused at three meters that I showed… [Read More]
OOF LED test won’t detect tilt
A while back, I posted the following simple lens decentering test, using a out-of-focus LED: Simple decentering test There have been reports of this test not detecting lenses whose field curvature is not symmetric about the lens axis, but has a til component. There is no reason to think that the OOF LED test can… [Read More]
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