A comparison of Capture NX 2, Adobe Camera RAW 7, DXO Optics Pro 7, and Capture One Pro 6 to see how well they work at removing chromatic aberration from photos taken with the Tokina 10-17mm fisheye at 10mm and 17mm on the Canon 5D MkII. [...]
Tags: Adobe Camera RAW, Capture NX, Capture One, DXO Optics Pro, Tokina AF 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 AT-X DX Fisheye zoom lens Posted in Reviews and info | No Comments » Last updated 2015/04/20 by Dave Kennard
Is there any benefit of using a 25A red colour filter on the lens for black and white photography with a digital camera, or is it better to take a colour photograph with no filter and then convert to black and white? In this post I look at the differences. [...]
Tags: B+W 486 UV-IR Cut filter, Black and White Photography, Fuji IS Pro, Hoya 25A Red HMC filter, Infrared Photography Posted in Photos, Reviews and info | No Comments » Last updated 2012/06/15 by Dave Kennard
Photos taken around the village of Great Bowden, near Market Harborough in Leicestershire, using an Infrared sensitive camera (Fuji IS Pro) and the Hoya 25A Red filter. [...]
Tags: Fuji IS Pro, Great Bowden, Hoya 25A Red HMC filter, Infrared Photography Posted in Photos, Reviews and info | 4 Comments » Last updated 2012/05/30 by Dave Kennard
Results of a test to see how badly the Lee infrared polyester filter and Hitech infrared resin (Cokin P) filter handle lens flare with the Tokina 10-17mm fisheye lens on the Fuji IS Pro. [...]
Tags: B+W 486 UV-IR Cut filter, Fuji IS Pro, Lee Infrared Polyester Filter, Tokina AF 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 AT-X DX Fisheye zoom lens Posted in Reviews and info | No Comments » Last updated 2012/05/11 by Dave Kennard
Comparison of Hitech infrared resin filter, Lee infrared polyester filter, and Lee 182 Light Red flash gel for infrared photography with the Fuji IS Pro camera. [...]
Tags: Fuji IS Pro, Hitech 85 Infrared filter, Lee Infrared Polyester Filter Posted in Reviews and info | No Comments » Last updated 2012/05/08 by Dave Kennard
Some more nuances of the Canon 5D Mark II DSLR I have found out about after using it a bit more, along with my experience of using a Nikon G to Canon EF mount adapter and the Tokina 10-17mm fisheye in Nikon mount on the camera. [...]
Tags: Canon 5D Mk II, Nikon G F mount to Canon EOS EF mount adapter, Tokina AF 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 AT-X DX Fisheye zoom lens Posted in Reviews and info | No Comments » Last updated 2012/05/03 by Dave Kennard
Lots of photos from my first afternoon using a Canon 5D Mk II camera, with the Canon 100mm/2.8 Macro and Miranda 24mm/2.8 MC Macro lenses. How the handling and operation compares to the Nikon D200 and Canon 450D I am used to using, and a brief note on what I think of the image quality. [...]
Tags: Canon 5D Mk II, Olympus OM to Canon EOS EF mount adapter Posted in Photos, Reviews and info | No Comments » Last updated 2012/04/27 by Dave Kennard
A review of the SteadePod camera stabilising device that screws into the bottom of your camera, including crops of example photos taken with and without the SteadePod. [...]
Tags: SteadePod Posted in Reviews and info | 1 Comment » Last updated 2012/02/18 by Dave Kennard
A short review of how Benvista PhotoZoom Pro 4, onOne Perfect Resize 7, and the Bicubic Sharper method in Photoshop compare for uprezzing a photo. [...]
Tags: Photoshop Posted in Reviews and info | 2 Comments » Last updated 2012/02/04 by Dave Kennard
A photographer was arrested for failing to give his details when asked because 'the way he was positioning his camera and the way it was making some members of the public feel, could be construed as anti-social or indecent'. So I tried to find out from the police what these positions of a camera that can be construed as anti-social or indecent are. [...]
Tags: Photographers' Rights Posted in Reviews and info | No Comments » Last updated 2018/10/30 by Dave Kennard
