A few weeks ago, I published a way to circumvent the star-eater spatial filtering that the Sony a7RII with current firmware silently switches to for exposures of longer than 3.2 seconds. Several people asked me if that trick worked with the a7SII. I didn’t know, and couldn’t find out since I had no access to that camera…. [Read More]
Archives for 2018
What to do with prints?
I interrupt the D850 and a7RIII tech-talk for a post about… wait for it… art. You know, the reason we have cameras in the first place. Actually, this post isn’t about art itself, but about what do with the physical manifestation of our art. This morning, I received an email: Jim, this is out of… [Read More]
Sigma 135/1.8 on D850: CDAF, PDAF, focus shift
This is a continuation of a series of posts on the Nikon D850. The series starts here. 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… [Read More]
Sigma 85/1.4 on D850: CDAF, PDAF, focus shift
This is a continuation of a series of posts on the Nikon D850. The series starts here. 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… [Read More]
Nikon 105/1.4 on D850: CDAF, PDAF, focus shift
This is a continuation of a series of posts on the Nikon D850. The series starts here. 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… [Read More]