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]
Archives for 2019
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]
ACR 11.2 Enhance Details — effect on details
Yesterday, I tested the ACR/Lr Enhanced Details feature’s effect on sharpness as measured by the slanted edge method, and found no effect one way or the other. Well, how can Adobe say that it enhances details? I set up a scene designed to provide a subjective test of detail rendering with a classic target, text…. [Read More]
ACR 11.2 Enhance Details — effect on sharpness
In their press release about the new Enhance Details feature in ACR 11.2 and the current Lightroom Classic CC release, Adobe said: Powered by Adobe Sensei, Enhance Details produces crisp detail, improved color rendering, more accurate renditions of edges, and fewer artifacts. Enhance Details is especially useful for making large prints, where fine details are… [Read More]
Adobe Camera Raw 11.2 “Enhance Details”
In today’s update to Camera Raw and Lightroom Classic CC, Adobe introduced a new feature. Here’s some of what they have to say about it: Enhance Details is introduced in Adobe Camera Raw 11.2. Powered by Adobe Sensei, Enhance Details produces crisp detail, improved color rendering, more accurate renditions of edges, and fewer artifacts. Enhance… [Read More]