LensRentals has loaned me a Hasselblad XCD 55mm f/2.5 V lens for testing. It arrived today, and I’ll be testing it over the next three or four weeks. One issue the new V lenses have had — at least the 38 and 90 both had it — is odd bokeh at very high mechanical shutter… [Read More]
Godox Lux Senior
I have recently been called upon to make a series of informal portraits and small group images. I try to use mostly available light, but I’ve found that a bit of on-camera or nearly-on-camera flash fills the shadows in eye sockets and makes for a more pleasing image with a heck of a lot less… [Read More]
Backup, revisited
Many years ago, I wrote an article on backing up photographic images. Quite a few bytes have flowed under the figurative bridge since then, and the original article is sufficiently obsolete as to be nearly useless. So, I’m going to take another crack at it, with liberal self- plagiarization from the original article. In chemical… [Read More]
105/2.8 Nikkor S on Nikon Z8, Siemens Star
I started testing my new 105mm f/2.8 Z-mount Nikkor S lens. I put it on a Z8 body, mounted it on a Edelkron tripod with a Arca Swiss C1 head, and aimed it at a store-bought Zeiss Siemens Star target about 20 feet away. I shot 6 images at base ISO and 1/400 second using… [Read More]
Artificial intelligence and camera firmware
The folks at Lirpa Labs, the research arm of Sloof Lirpa, made a big announcement today. It’s a first for the company, which has previously developed standalone products. Lirpa will be providing firmware upgrades for Sony, Canon, Nikon, Leica, Hasselblad, and Fujifilm cameras. The Lirpa firmware will add entirely new artificial intelligence capabilities to those… [Read More]
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