This is the first in a series of posts on the Nikon Z50. 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;… [Read More]
Archives for November 2019
How many big prints?
I recently got into a discussion with a photographer who was saying that most people don’t make big prints anymore. Since I had just spent the day running an entire 50-foot roll of Legacy Baryta through my Epson 9800 making 24x30s for an upcoming exhibition — more on that in good time — I didn’t… [Read More]
Fundamental camera noise parameters
I’ve been posting shadow noise curves for a while. Here’s an example: There’s a lot to unpack, but for now, just concentrate on the following: The curves are normalized to standard sized prints; differences in camera resolution are normalized out Higher y-axis values are better — they mean less visible noise The further to the… [Read More]
a7RIV, a7RIII shadow noise w/ sharpening and noise reduction
This is one in a series of posts on the Sony alpha 7 R Mark IV (aka a7RIV). 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… [Read More]
Sony a9II ISO behavior
This is the seventh in a series of posts about the Sony alpha 9 Mark II, aka the a9II. The series starts here. You can find other posts in this series by using the category list on the right, and selecting “a9II”. As you’ve seen in some of the earlier posts in this series on… [Read More]