This is post two in a series about my experiences in publishing a book. The series starts here. I’m discovering that getting your first book published is a lot like building your first house. There are a lot of decisions to be made. You are unequipped to make those decisions, but if you don’t make… [Read More]
A book report
I’ve decided to do a book of the Staccato images. Not a short-run Blurb book printed on an hp Indigo, but the real deal printed on an offset press. In the past, I’ve posted my experiences with processes that some photographers go through, like going to a meat-market print review, and there’s been what passes… [Read More]
Nikon 300mm f/4E PF ED VR, Leica 280/4 Apo-Telyt-R
Yesterday, I posted some early testing results for the Nikon 300mm f/4E PF ED VR QP (I just threw that last pair of letters in there to see if you were paying attention) on the Nikon D810. I have access to a cult lens of similar focal length and aperture, the Leica 280mm f/4 Apo-Telyt-R…. [Read More]
Nikon 300mm f/4E PF ED VR on Nikon D810
You’ve probably read about this lens. 300mm f/4, and smaller and lighter than you can believe until you hold it in your hand. Credit a phase Fresnel — that’s what the PF in the alphabet-soup lens name stands for — element for the tiny size and feathery weight. Optical stabilization, of course. How good is… [Read More]
Spatial filtering of raw images by Sony a7S, a7II
It was reported on DPR that the Sony alpha 7S (a7S) performs some processing when exposure is set to “Bulb” that is different from what is done when the same length exposure is set for the camera to time. We’ve seen before that the a7S performs some spatial filtering of raw files at ISO settings… [Read More]
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