Each year camera manufacturers are pushing the limits of sensor technology and the latest trend has been to increase sensor resolution to numbers that were considered unfathomable before. With full-frame cameras reaching 60 megapixels (MP) and medium format cameras pushing beyond 100 MP, we now know that the megapixel race...
Camera Resolution Explained
Although the megapixel race has been going on since the invention of the digital camera, the last few years in particular have seen a huge increase in resolution. The Sony A7RV has 61MP, a staggering number of megapixels for a full-frame camera. It seems like we have already reached the...
Stitching Images with Microsoft ICE
I enjoy taking panoramic images of landscapes, cityscapes, street art or any other time when the view exceeds the frame. While an increasing number of cameras (particularly smartphones) are offering an in-camera panoramic mode, individual images and good stitching software is essential for high quality images. I don't intend to...
The Promise Of Exposure
Let me first be clear. Anyone who knows me well would tell you I’m not a materialist and money is not my primary aspiration. I have food on my plate, a shirt on my back and a photographic imaging device around my neck; believe me, I’m happy. But if I...
Shooting Hand-Held Video with Nikon 1 CX 70-300mm
During my recent trip to Cuba I had the opportunity to try out my Nikon 1 CX 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 lens shooting some hand-held video of various birds that were in the small wetland area that was adjacent to the hotel. Typically when shooting video outdoors with my Nikon D800 I...
Resolving To Resist Resolution
Just as the market is once again graced with higher resolution cameras, so too is the Internet awash with salivating consumers desperate to lap them up. Surely having a 50-megapixel camera will make them all much better photographers than they were 44 megapixels ago? The extra resolution must be the push...
Gariz Leather Half-Case for Fujifilm X-E1/X-E2 Review
Let's be completely honest - other than style, leather half-cases for mirrorless cameras serve just about no purpose. It really is all about style - not protection, not ergonomic improvement, none of that. Any change in those areas is, more often than not, unintentional. A side effect. So, when talking...
Tips for Photographing Small Lizards
If you live in a warm sub-tropical or tropical climate, or holiday in one, you've likely seen many small lizards scurrying about and you may have tried to photograph them. Often times this is not as easy as it first appears as these small critters tend to be quite skittish...
Photographing Heron in Cuba
I recently returned from a vacation in Cuba during which I had the opportunity to photograph a few different species of heron using my Nikon 1 V2 and Nikon 1 CX 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 telephoto zoom lens. I ended up photographing birds hand-held for about 7-8 hours every day and my...
Canon 5DS and 5DS R Image Samples
If you are wondering about how images look from the newly announced Canon 5DS and 5DS R DSLR cameras, below you will find the official image samples from Canon USA for both cameras. Let's take a look at the 5DS images first (apologies for wrong orientation on vertical images -...