Brave New Image Processing: To JPEG or RAW, That’s No Longer the Question, Maybe
To JPEG or to RAW, that is one of photography’s old recurrent question that has always been highly susceptible to dogmatic practices. Some photographers protect their RAW work flow with religious devotion. Or others shoot primes only and look down on telephoto zoom lenses. Yet other photographers…
The Anti-Photographer’s Handbook
Here’s the anti-photographer’s handbook. A field manual what not to do out in the field. And you thought you knew what makes a great photographer. Feel free to add your own dos and don’ts. Photography is all about perfectly exposed, noise-free images with spot-on focus. Follow the…
Canon and Nikon Lurking — Do Digital Full-Frame Cameras Soon Go Mainstream?
Rumor has it that Canon does not just have any other digital full-frame camera on the horizon, as CanonRumors reports. According to CanonWatch the market leader will soon announce an entry level full-frame camera with a price tag below $2,000, a 21MP sensor, weather sealed body and…
“I AM D800” — Richard Wong’s Slightly Different Nikon D800 Review
BY RICHARD WONG Instead of giving you a review in usual style… I’ll do it slightly different. And this is a work in progress. So bookmark this page and come back regularly for more updates. The D800′s specs were leaked way before it’s official announcement. But Nikon…
A Last Hurrah for Horst Faas, Giant of War Photography: “If in Doubt Shoot Everything at 500 at F8”
Horst Faas, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning war photographer who later was editor of the Associated Press staff in Saigon that produced the most haunting photographs of the Vietnam War, died on May 10, 2012, in his native Germany. He was 79. Faas survived many conflicts and wars. He…
The Leica M Monochrom File
It doesn’t happen too often that Leica announces a new camera. May 10, 2012, was an über-day in Leica terms. The German “boutique” camera maker announced a digital M rangefinder true to its very essence and stripped down to photography’s bare essentials: the Leica M Monochrom (specs),…
If Henri Cartier-Bresson Were Alive Today, Would He Be Using Digital?
BY RONN ALDAMAN Many people say today’s digital imaging sensors deliver quality comparable to film. Two of today’s questions on many…






