This morning, I started out to do a test of the new Nikon 70-200/2.8 zoom. I wanted to test it on the highest-resolution body that I had, which is the Sony a7RII. I mounted the lens on a Vello LAE-SE-NF adapter, and the pair to the body. Since the new 70-200 has electronic diaphragm control,… [Read More]
Archives for February 2017
A book report — disassembling a Blurb book
This is part of a series about my experiences in publishing a book. The series starts here. Yesterday, a reader commented on my disassembly of Staccato: “Does this endeavor end up being yet another argument for (color managed) digital books?” I don’t think so. Whatever deficiencies afflict the binding of Staccato pale in comparison with the… [Read More]
A book report — mull survey
This is part of a series about my experiences in publishing a book. The series starts here. In yesterday’s post, I took apart a copy of Staccato, and learned that the reason the pages weren’t laying flat was that the part of the mull in the spine area was too stiff to allow it to do… [Read More]
A book report — disassembly
This is part of a series about my experiences in publishing a book. The series starts here. A blogger discovered this series of posts, and wrote that pretty much everything that I did in getting my book out was wrong. I disagreed with some of that, but I certainly admit that this whole endeavor was a… [Read More]
Frequency domain sensor analysis
For some time now, I’ve been analysing dark field photographs in the frequency domain for clues to whether or not cameras are applying spatial filtering to their raw files. I started when I was investigating why the Sony a7S suddenly had a better engineering dynamic range (EDR) when the ISO knob was turned from 50000… [Read More]