I have long argued that the best way to judge the exposure of a raw file is by looking at the raw data, so the title of this post should come as no surprise. However, I have recently been looking at a raw file that demonstrates this to an extent that surprised me, and I… [Read More]

I had been looking forward to reviewing the Fuji GFX 50s. It seemed like a logical step up from the a7RII, and the Sony 50MP sensor, although lacking the Aptina DR-pix technology, was well proven and respected, having been used for a couple of years in Phase One, Hasselblad, and Pentax cameras. I was a… [Read More]

I’ve always been a bit fascinated by superspeed fifties. The variants of the Leica M-mount 50 mm f/0.95. The Nikkor-N 5 cm f/1.1. They have a certain look that’s captivating.  I’ve never owned one. The closest I’ve come are the Canon f/1.2 AF lenses. They didn’t have that look. But the exotic superspeed glass has… [Read More]

Until about two years ago, I’d been using USB2 drive docks for off-site backup. When USB3 came out, I switched over to the USB3 docks. Then my problems began. The docks would randomly make drives unreadable, and occasionally, even unfindable by the Windows Disk Administrator. They would stop in the middle of writes for no… [Read More]