Before SLRs were the predominant big-boy cameras, shutters were reasonably quiet. The leaf shutters in press and view cameras, as well as those in twin-lens reflexes like the Rolleis, were unobtrusive. Even the focal plane shutters in the Nikon, Canon, and Leica rangefinder cameras weren’t that bad. Then the flapping mirror made its entrance, and… [Read More]
Archives for 2018
Bracketing
Back when I was using 4×5 and 8×10 sheet film, if I really cared about an image, I would make two identical exposures. I’d make the first normally, then flip the film holder over and do it again. When I developed the film, I’d sometimes do all of one side of the holders in one… [Read More]
a7III exposure management example
This is one in a series of posts on the Sony a7III. You should be able to find all the posts about that camera in the Category List on the right sidebar, below the Articles widget. There’s a drop-down menu there that you can use to get to all the posts in this series; just… [Read More]
Goodbye to the darkroom sink
I moved into my present house in 2000. When construction started, I was still doing some chemical photography, so I put in a darkroom and moved my 1980’s era Cal Stainless sink in. By the time I got settled — oh, that punch list — that phase of my photographic life was waning rapidly. I hardly… [Read More]
Comparing a7RIII, D850, and D5 sensitivity
This is one in a series of posts on the Sony a7RIII. You should be able to find all the posts about that camera in the Category List on the right sidebar, below the Articles widget. There’s a drop-down menu there that you can use to get to all the posts in this series; just… [Read More]
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