Tilt lenses are very popular these days, often for the cheesy (IMHO) effects they let you achieve. But they can be indeed extremely useful in both portrait and landscape photography.
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Sony Nex 7 dust reduction system
I don’t know what is the tech behind Sony dust reduction system, but it does work amazingly well. I bought my Nex 7 second hand, now a few months ago. I cleaned the sensor when I received the camera, without even checking if it was something necessary to do. I haven’t had to clean it …
Open letter to Fuji and Sony: a wish list for my next camera
Dear Fuji and Sony, why this letter is addressed only to you two, and not to Canon and Nikon as well? After all they are bigger and older, so in a better position to make my wishes come true. Well, unless I’m missing something here these two haven’t presented a really innovative camera for years, …
Engineers or photographers
Reader, beware: this is a rant, but not a luddite one. I covet new technologies, and I have often been an early and keen adopter of this kind of novelties. But the key is: never for the sake of the novelty alone. Everyone, me included, chases the latest camera with the illusion that it will …
The 10 commandments for choosing a digital camera
1) All things equal, newer is always better The technology doesn’t walk, it runs! Think: faster processors, more megapixels, better control software, and all of this at a cheaper price too. 2) Size – often – matters A larger sensor will be always better than a smaller one OF THE SAME GENERATION, even if …
The cheap bastard guide to (film) photography – Part V: How to digitize your pictures
This can be easily the most expensive part of the process. When you have to digitize your pictures there are three possible ways. AN EXTERNAL SERVICE / LAB If you’re lucky to live near a lab that still offers a good scanning service contextually the developing of the pictures – say Costco or similar …