the last word

A few days ago, I wrote a post about zooms versus primes for people learning photography. Over on DPR, David Braddon-Mitchell posted something that I really liked. Oh, you caught me; probably one of the reasons that I like it is that the writer agrees with my point of view. However, I think his post… [Read More]

I have always thought of photography, or any other art I can think of, as a communications vehicle. The artist has something to say, and wants to say it to an audience. The audience gains something from the art, in the case of photography, from seeing the work. The photographer gains satisfaction, even if she… [Read More]

This is part of a long series of posts about the Sony a6300. The series starts here. I like the Sony a 6300 a lot. It has an excellent two-speed sensor, a beefed-up construction that’s reminiscent of the a7RII and a7II, really accurate and Johnny-on-the-spot autofocus, a manual EVF/LCD switching mode that takes the cursing… [Read More]

This is part of a long series of posts about the Sony a6300. The series starts here. This post is to collect all my silent shutter test results in one place. a6300: 1/20 second a7RII in APS-C mode: 1/20 second a7RII in FF mode: 1/14 second a7S in APS-C mode: 1/50 second a7S in FF… [Read More]

This is part of a long series of posts about the Sony a6300. The series starts here. Now that we have Claff Photographic Dynamic Range (PDR) numbers for the Sony a6300, we can look at ISOlessness in a more precise way. Quick review: a perfectly ISOless camera would produce the same image quality if all… [Read More]