It has been remarked that there aren’t a lot of images sloshing around the ‘net that show PDAF banding which were created in situations not involving camera testing. Why is that? Several things would all have to come together: A high-DR scene with sufficient lighting intensity to expose at near base ISO. Right off the bat that… [Read More]
Archives for February 2019
Violins and cameras revisited
I mentioned the violin proverb If you buy a violin, you own a violin; if you buy a camera, you are a photographer. to a violinist on the DPR MF forum, and attributed it to a friend who is both a musician and a photographer. I thought that what the violinist wrote back was dead… [Read More]
Nikon Z7 PDAF banding FAQs
The purpose of this post is to answer a set of questions that have come up about the Nikon Z7 PDAF banding issue. First off, let me say that this set of artifacts is by no means a crippling flaw in the camera. In fact, I think that almost all photographers, almost all the time,… [Read More]
Visibility of Nikon Z7 PDAF banding
Much has been made of the fact that most of the images posted on the web to illustrate the PDAF shadow banding in the Nikon Z7 involve aggressive pushes, and there are those who say that such pushes have no place in real-world photography, and that therefore the Z7 shadow banding is not an issue… [Read More]
Breakthrough Photography step-up rings
Many of you know about Breakthrough Photography’s excellent filters. I use a lot of step-up rings, preferring to buy filters in 77 and 86 mm sizes. A few days ago I found out that Breakthrough makes such rings. I’ve never been completely satisfied with the brass rings from other vendors (and the aluminium ones are… [Read More]