How overblown is the issue of lens sharpness? It’s a loaded question, I know. If you were to give any credence to the chatter found on numerous photography forums, blogs, and test sites found around the Web, one might be inclined to think that lens sharpness is the only thing that matters. Unfortunately, a lot […]
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One of the biggest pluses to come out of the rapid expansion of photography from a fairly niche pastime to a mainstream high profile activity is the proliferation of second hand equipment that now floods the market. In part this is driven by the much shorter production cycles of digital cameras. A typical consumer mode […]
We photographers love a bit of low-light photography. Whether it be a bright, neon-lit cityscape or a subtle dusk landscape, low light can convey a sense of emotion in our shots. Most of us have taken low-light shots at some stage or another, with differing degrees of success. One of the keys to getting great […]
Photography has been around quite a while now and whilst there have been thousands of makes and models of camera, few ever reach the status of iconic. Today we are going to take a subjective look at seven cameras that moulded photography to what we know today. The Box Brownie This is perhaps, photography’s Ford […]
The function of camera lenses is dictated by several key parameters, such as shape and size. In this article, I’ll try to discuss the most important and most common lens parameters, while pointing you towards resources for learning more about the lesser-known ones. Photo by Kārlis Dambrāns Focal Length and Aperture The most important parameters on […]
Colour, we take it for granted. We see in it and our digital sensors are capable of capturing millions of variations of it. Of course it has not always been that way. In fact, for the great majority of photographic history, most images were shot in black and white. It was not until the late […]