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Comparing blur circles across formats and sensors

May 4, 2019 JimK 2 Comments

This is a continuation of a series of posts about blur management for landscape photography. The series starts here. I’ve been asked to compare blur circle sizes between simulated full frame (24×36 mm, aka FF) and 33×44 mm sensors. I picked the Nikon Z7 and the Fuji GFX 50x as the cameras, 30 meters and… [Read More]

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Cost functions for optimal blur management

May 1, 2019 JimK Leave a Comment

This is a continuation of a series of posts about blur management for landscape photography. The series starts here. This is quite a nerdy little post. If you aren’t interested in the mathematical details behind deciding the best way to manage blur you should probably move on. To search for an optimum solution to a… [Read More]

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FF examples of optimal blur management

April 30, 2019 JimK 4 Comments

This is a continuation of a series of posts about blur management for landscape photography. The series starts here. In a previous post, I showed you the results of using a blur management optimizer that I wrote on a scene using the Fuji GFX 50R. This post uses different scenes, the Nikon Z7 body, and… [Read More]

Nikon Z6/7

Nikon 14-30/4 vs Sony 12-24/4

April 26, 2019 JimK 8 Comments

This is one in a series of posts on the Nikon Z6 and Z7. You should be able to find all the posts about that camera in the Category List on the right sidebar, below the Articles widget. There’s a drop-down menu there that you can use to get to all the posts in this… [Read More]

Nikon Z6/7

Nikon 14-30/4 S flare

April 25, 2019 JimK 2 Comments

This is one in a series of posts on the Nikon Z6 and Z7. You should be able to find all the posts about that camera in the Category List on the right sidebar, below the Articles widget. There’s a drop-down menu there that you can use to get to all the posts in this… [Read More]

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      • Bad and OK 200-600 at 600
      • Excellent 180-400 zoom
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      • Good 100-200 mm MF zoom
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      • Good 18mm FF lens
      • Good 24-105 mm FF lens
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      • Good 60 mm lens on IQ3-100
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      • Good and bad 25mm FF lenses
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      • Marginal 18mm lens
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      • Mildly problematic 55 mm FF lens
      • OK 16-35mm zoom
      • OK 60mm lens on P1 P45+
      • OK Sony 600mm f/4
      • Pretty good 16-35 FF zoom
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    • Theory of the test
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    • Shortcuts to UniWB
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