Digital medium format has previously been the preserve of professional photographic businesses; commercial concerns that can justify investing tens of thousands of dollars on a tool that offers resolution and image quality beyond the capabilities of consumer cameras (or, at least, those that can recoup the rental cost). These cameras have tended to have 54 x 40mm (essentially... more
With a large APS-H sized Foveon sensor, Sigma's sd Quattro H promises a lofty 51MP of equivalent resolution when compared to more traditional Bayer-sensor cameras. The sd Quattro lineup is also the first series of Sigma cameras ever to output Raw files in an accessible DNG format, meaning you can open them with almost any Raw... more
Since late 2015, rumors and reports have claimed that Samsung was killing off its digital camera business, and the company subsequently pulled out of camera markets around the world while announcing zero new products. Now a new report is confirming that Samsung has indeed ditched the business, and largely due to the rise of smartphone cameras.
AMD’s new highly anticipated Ryzen CPU has shown impressive performance in benchmark tests, propelling the company’s stock price from less than $2 to over $13 in a little over a year. Now a new test has found that a $1,780 PC running AMD Ryzen processors destroys a $5,660 Apple Mac Pro when it comes to Photoshop performance.
Two years ago, I published an article that took a lighthearted approach to making fun of the major wedding photograph image processing trends of the day. In today’s post, I will discuss the vintage film look at length.
Very broadly speaking, the faded vintage film look is a digital image editing technique that does one or both of the following:... more
Resource Travel has shared some helpful tips for photographers headed to Cuba, and now they're offering a handy guide to Havana's most photogenic spots. ... more
Roger Cicala over at LensRentals has put Tamron's new SP 70-200mm F2.8 Di VC USD G2 lens to the test.
Cicala notes that on its own, the Tamron is impressively sharp all the way to the edges at its wide end, and even better in the middle of its focal range. Sharpness drops a bit at full telephoto, but Cicala still says the 70-200 'puts in a very... more
