I got a complicated question that may interest others, so I’m going to answer it here. If it’s on your radar, I’d be interested to know if the GFX100ii pixel shift is improved at all from the GFX100s. It appears to be the same to me, except for the 4-shot mode. I use it on… [Read More]
Archives for 2023
Foveon Merrill color accuracy, continued
Yesterday I published a post that took a set of Sigma Foveon silicon spectral responses and a hot mirror spectral transmission spectrum, calculated an optimal compromise matrix, and evaluated the color accuracy of the camera using the Macbeth CC24 patch set for both training and evaluation. A reader questioned the accuracy of the curves supplied… [Read More]
An attractive offer, spurned
A flattering thing happened to me today. A camera manufacturer offered to send me a copy of a soon to be announced, quite expensive camera for me to review. In return, I could keep the camera. It only took me a few seconds to realize that I had to say no. I think a lot… [Read More]
Foveon Merrill color accuracy
I’ve been looking at ways to tame the excessive sharpening that Sigma Photo Pro introduces to images from the Merrill cameras, and I’ve discovered a really good workaround. During a discussion of that scheme, a reader suggested that I look at the Merrill colors. A long-time DPR member whose handle is xpatUSA provided me with… [Read More]
Hasselblad XCD 90/2.5 V bokeh on X2D
This is the 46th in a series of posts on the Hasselblad X2D 100C camera and the XCD lenses. You will be able to find all the posts in this series by looking at the righthand column on this page and finding the Category “X2D”. In informal testing the background bokeh of the Hasselblad XCD… [Read More]
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