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I’ve been itching to test out the Canon 17mm f/4 tilt-shift lens for a long time and thanks to BorrowLenses as a courtesy this lens was made available to me for testing. I am far from being a camera gear tech-head, so if you want to get MTF chart info and other technical minutia [...]
Posted by Jim on 01.27.2010 at 4:33 am// Tagged: California, Camera, Locations, Photography, Reviews, San Francisco, Technology , Photography, Review
2009 offered up some great developments on the technical side of the photography industry, while the down economy has squeezed many photographers. In this regard 2009 was certainly a year to both love and hate. What might be around the corner in 2010? Here are my 10 Photography Predictions for 2010:
Computational Photography will hit a [...]
Posted by Jim on 12.31.2009 at 12:01 am// Tagged: Camera, Photography, Software, Technology , Photography, Predictions
Almost 5 years ago I wrote an article on the pros and cons of using RAW versus JPEG and why I was shooting in RAW (see RAW vs JPEG: Is Shooting RAW Format For Me?). These days the argument of using RAW versus JPEG is well… not an argument at all. Most photographers realize that [...]
Posted by Jim on 08.10.2009 at 12:09 am// Tagged: Camera, Photography, Software, Technology , Adobe, Metadata, Photography, Technology
It seems like only yesterday that I first reviewed the camera in the original iPhone “Apple iPhone Camera Review: The One Thing Apple Isn’t Hyping“. At the time of the iPhone release 3 years ago I was not terribly impressed with the quality of the digital camera with in the phone and my opinion didn’t [...]
Posted by Jim on 07.01.2009 at 1:20 am// Tagged: Camera, Photography, Reviews, Technology, iPhone , Photography, Review, Technology
These days its hard not to hear about doom and gloom news with the economy and for many photographers part of the “fix” they get with photography is picking up gear. While it may not make sense to pick a couple thousand dollars in gear in this economic climate there are things you can buy [...]
Posted by Jim on 04.09.2009 at 12:00 am// Tagged: Camera, Hardware, Photography, Technology , Photography
An interesting encounter on Twitter got me thinking about the subject of permanence in relation to digital photography. Humorously @pogue (aka David Pogue) was noting the grammatical error in Outdoor Photographer referencing the “sense of permanency” of digital photography in books. David Pogue, a New York Times technology writer and Internet celebrity, while making light [...]
Posted by Jim on 04.08.2009 at 1:41 am// Tagged: Camera, Hardware, Photography, Software, Technology , Article, Photography
It’s seldom that lens lust will get the better of me, but its looking like it happening. Canon’s announcement of the 17mm Tilt-Shift lens (not to mention the 24mm Tilt-Shift II lens) has my attention. While I have the 24mm Tilt-Shift I at the moment I’m most interested in the 17mm Tilt-Shift. I’ve been out [...]
Posted by Jim on 02.18.2009 at 7:50 pm// Tagged: Camera, News & Current Events, Photography, Technology
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This has been making the rounds online this week and I had to share it in case any readers here have missed it. In 1975 Kodak developed the first digital camera prototype. Hardly something you’d carry around your neck to a family function. 100 line black and white image were recorded to [...]
Posted by Jim on 05.08.2008 at 11:37 pm// Tagged: Camera, Photography, Technology