Over the last years, beside the usual lenses proposed by the main cameras’ manufacturers,quite a few independent lens makers have developed a very interesting and complementary offer when it comes to ultra-wide lens (21 mm, or less, for full-frame sensors). So, if you are looking for such a lens, you have quite a few options whatever your camera may be. I…
I have written several times that technical innovation can be either a way to foster your creativity or could be, most of the time, a useless distraction. I don't say I am opposed to innovation, that's more the other way around of course, but I like to believe one should always remember the basic: 1. Subjects' choice Whatever the technology and…
A few years ago, the main reason to buy and use DSLR where mainly the following: Better images quality Optical view finder Great control of the depth of field (thanks to bigger sensor and faster lenses) Better controls and ergonomics Faster AF and many images per second Access to a full photographic system of lenses, flashes and other accessories Nowadays, thanks…
The digital revolution may have began around 1999 or 2000 with the first real DSLR of Nikon and Canon. Almost 15 years later, evolution will continue, every quarter great cameras, software, or new web services are released, but I am more and more believing it is the end of the digital revolution. And that's good news for photography because we may…
Whereas photosharing has become so popular for the last years, it is well known that most of the time, looking for "good photographers" - which means someone who takes pictures YOU like, has become more and more challenging. Arthur Chang has already written an excellent post about this. Curation is indeed a real challenge as the flow of new pictures is…
Some people can lose all their digital work in a few minutes, that's still very rare. More frequent, your hard drive can crash, any time, without notice. At the end of the day, our digital assets are just becoming so important we cannot live without a clear back-up strategy. For a photographer, it cannot be more important. The risks You can't…
I am positively impressed by the quality and the numbers of new products released in 2012, and the compact cameras are becoming even much better. However, I am still missing a few ones: The wide-angle compact There are not really any small compact 16-35 mm (Eq. Full-frame), which is very sad because that would be a great zoom for a tiny…
Before buying a set of extension tubes, I have done my homework but I did not find so easily the information I was looking for. This article intends to answer the questions unresolved before I decided to buy them despite some grey zones. The main questions were the following: - What can we expect from them? - Who are the manufacturers…
You want a small camera but you know what you are doing and demand the best: great image quality, great controls, total management of ISO/aperture/speed. The cameras makers like you, no doubt we are a kind of cash cow for them. New cameras are released every quarter and you have the choice: Fuji X-10, Canon S100, Canon G1-X, Sony RX100, Samsung…
Photostreams are now just a commodity for any social service, and has improved dramatically for the last months. Facebook and Flickr recent improvements may be two obvious examples. Let's list first some trends in 2012: Bigger is better That's obvious: the experience improves with the picture size and photostreams are now able to display much bigger pictures. Adjust to your screen…