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]
Portrait lens selection
From the mailbag: I want to buy a lens in the future for portraits primarily for self portraits. Most people want portrait lenses to produce pleasant images instead of realistic ones. For this, with my facial features favor a longer focal length. But it got me wondering how far away we have to be away… [Read More]
Camera resolution and 4K viewing — summary
This is the ninth in a series of posts on the effect of camera resolution on the quality of downsampled images. The series starts here. When I started this series of tests, I didn’t expect it to take so long. But I’m glad I did it; I’ve learned a lot in the testing, and now… [Read More]
Camera resolution and 4K viewing — a7S, a7III, a7RIII, a7RIV, downsampled
This is the eighth in a series of posts on the effect of camera resolution on the quality of downsampled images. The series starts here. In the previous post, I looked at images from four cameras: a7S, 12 MP a7III, 24 MP a7RIII, 42 MP a7RIV, 61 MP I tested them all with the Sony/Zeiss… [Read More]