A few days ago, I posted a set of images that I’d entered in the CPA Member’s Juried Exhibition this year. I invited readers to pick their favorites (thanks to all who participated), and promised to report on what image the juror selected. This one: This is a synthetic slit scan over a period of… [Read More]
Archives for June 2017
CPA JE 2017
I don’t enter many juried exhibitions but I make it a practice to enter one of the Center for Photographic Art exhibitions every year. I support the organization in many ways, and I do this to stay connected with them. I’ve been on the inside, and I’ve seen how arbitrary judging these things can be…. [Read More]
Sony a9 write speed & battery draw
This is the 25th in a series of posts on the Sony a9. The series starts here. There has been quite some controversy about the Sony a9 write speed with fast cards, with people having difficulty reproducing other’s results. Some of the problem has been with differences in methodology. I explained my current methodology in… [Read More]
Sony a9 write speed
This is the 24th in a series of posts on the Sony a9. The series starts here. When it comes to SD cards for the a9, there are two kinds of fast: On the right, a card that used to be the state of the art when it came to SD card speed. It’s rated… [Read More]
Sony a7RII FW 4.0 star-eating
I interrupt the a9 experiments to bring you a special report on the new firmware release for the a7RII: 4.0. There have been several rumors floating around in cyber-space: The star-eating at exposures of 4 seconds and longer is fixed. The star eating is not fixed The star-eating is worse. The star-eating is now a… [Read More]