“What war?” you say, “CMOS won that war a long time ago.” If the criterion is chips shipped, I agree. But CCDs have their fans in the photographic community, and they tend to be vocal. I’m from Missouri about the supposed color rendering advantages of CCD’s, and I really don’t like the poor dynamic range… [Read More]
Easy ETTR for Canon users
From the mailbag: Thanks for the blog series on ETTR and UniWB. I’m not sure, but I may have been among the earliest to describe the trivial way for UniWb with Canon: lens cap black or totally blown over-exposure. I was unable to easily find the date on your blog article. You may or may… [Read More]
Is ETTR worth it any more?
There have been a flurry of statements recently on photo fora that exposure to the right (ETTR) is an obsolete concept. The argument goes that, while it may have been useful in the past, modern cameras have so little noise that ETTR is currently a waste of time and brain cells. If you buy that… [Read More]
D810 blown highlights
From the mailbag: After shooting with a d810 for an afternoon, I came away thinking that the sensor is blowing out i the highlights. After reading through your test, blogs, etc…am I to gather that my observations are NOT correct? I sold my d800e before the trial of the d810, and question if I should… [Read More]
Nonlinear cropping
Well, it’s not cropping, exactly, but it’s related. Read on. Often with abstracts, there’s no way the viewer can see if an image has been distorted or not. That can provide some freedom for expression. Here’s an example. I started with this image: Let’s say I want it approximately square. I could just crop it:… [Read More]
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