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Is the float always white? Lightroom makes it so easy to use any shade of white or grey as well as any color.
Q&A: How Should You Frame a Photograph? Part I
My local framer, Gallery 1, is less than a mile from my house. (I would have taken the time to make a more artful shot of the exterior, but it's as cold as Wisconsin here today. Brrr.) A while back, a reader named Scott Price asked if I would answer some specific questions about framing pictur...
I got my black one today from Adorama. I have a GH2 as well; but I want the IBIS of the EM5 because I have 8 legacy lenses (5 Nikkor AIS lenses and 3 reg43 Oly lenses). They work fine on the GH2, even generally without stabilization since all but one of the lenses has an evof of 170mm or less. I just have to bump the ISO up to ensure 1/focal length shutter speed. But the Oly 70-300 could use some help. And of course in low light I am hoping IBIS allows me to shoot without tripod in more situations. The 70-300 will be the first lens I try.
Peter F.
Why I'm Buying an OM-D
A number of people have asked me why I'm planning to buy the Olympus E-M5, which is just beginning to enter the sales pipeline. Of course, it really doesn't matter what I buy; I'm not a guru, and I don't work as a photographer (here's what kind of photographer I am: I'm a writer). And, anyway, y...
Thanks for these insights/impressions, which I haven't read anywhere else....So it was fun the read your post!
I'm a GH2 fan and haven't yet seen any images comparing camera size of GH2 v. OM5,though there have been a few comparing the G3 and OM5 size. I'm looking forward to seeing that comparison.
Peter F
New Olympus E-M5 (OM-D): First Look
The E-M5 could be the centerpiece of a capable lightweight camera system. By Eamon Hickey Last week, I had a relatively brief chance to handle the new OM-D E-M5, courtesy of the folks at Olympus America. I thought I'd report a few random thoughts and impressions with an eye towards some things ...
I wonder how Lightroom 3 would do with this. There is a selection tool and sharpening can be applied therefore to the selected area only. It may not be as powerful as unsharp mask, I don't know.
Peter F.
Unsharp Mask vs. FocusFixer
This is going to sound a little sad, but quite frequently I fire up Photoshop just to have some fun. I know. But I love to fiddle with pictures. Loved it in der Dunkelkammer, love it in P'shop. Here's the shot I was working on last night. It's a picture of gallerist Debra Brehmer of the Portra...
Good enough came to mind my mind earlier this summer when I made a 24" print of a lighthouse scene from my "tiny" sensor LX5 (plenty of light, ISO80, polarizer) which is gorgeous and at close inspection easily matched the smaller 18" prints I made from a Nikon D40 with kit lens and ISO200 four summers ago.
I know have a Oly 620 with 14-54 and on my recent lighthouse trip to Maine I found that 2/3rds of the time I left the Oly in the car and used the LX5 instead.
Peter F.
Does Equipment Matter? (Indigestion)
This morning, B&H announced some rebates on Canon Rebels. And I found myself composing a sardonic little notice to the effect that 96% of photographers could probably do everything they needed or wanted to do just fine with a Rebel, a 3100, or a K-r—and 96% of the other 4% could get by with one ...
It's too bad that any future cost of upgrading is so expensive... because if one ever wants to get the next generation of sensor which will inevitably make its way into the next version, one will need to replace the entire lens-and-body unit. (The same problem I will have with my pocket cams, of course, but not with the m43 solution).
Fuji Finepix X100 Review
One Photographer's Experiences and Opinion By Ken Tanaka "Fall in love with photography all over again." That opening invitation on Fujifilm's dedicated X100 website neatly sums the camera’s apparent strategic design and primary target market; a retro-design for middle-agers old enough to have f...
Very nicely done. I especially enjoyed the "interview" section. Nice to see something presented using a different literary "formula".
(I own the S90 and the LX5... The LX5 "fits" into a pocket but does not "slip" into a pocket the way the S90 and S95 do. The real difference is that you really don't know the S90 is there; while the LX5 makes itself known.)
Canon S95 Review
A digicam for serious photographers? Purchase the Canon S95 from: B&H Photo Amazon U.S. Amazon U.K. Text and photos by Edward Taylor I thought that when the Micro 4/3 systems came out, small-sensor cameras would no longer be of interest to serious photographers. I haven’t taken a photo with ...
Thanks! This makes me feel better about the fact that I seem to refuse to use a tripod. Of 17,000 images on my harddrive only one was taken with a tripod. They are just no fun to use (for me!). I handhold for bracketing/hdr, I handhold for butterflies and flowers, I handhold for panos. I realize my shots might be sharper with at tripod, but it is just no fun. And thankfully high ISO is getting better and better.
Peter
Doing It Your Way
I'd like to get back to Ctein's Thursday column, "Do 'Real' Photographers Print?" It's a good question. I could argue it both ways, based on real examples. Ctein concludes that it's up to each individual to decide for themselves, and that even though he's a master printer he's not prepared to sa...
Great post. I've always thought of printing as a seperate (but tangential) hobby unto itself. And its been a hobby I have not been interested in. Sort of like a flyfisherman who doesn't tie his own flies.
I do however do everything I can in photoshop and lightroom and then request Mpix print it "as is" without any adjustments, correction, etc.
Do 'Real' Photographers Print?
By Ctein I don't hold a lot of agreement with assertions about what photographers are obligated to do, as I've written in columns like "Channeling David Vestal" and "The Photo-Fetishist League." I think one of the more destructive mindsets in the arts accompanies a pronouncement to the effect th...
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