I recently returned from a holiday in Bavaria, and took a range of photography gear with me. In this post I share what gear I found most useful, what wasn't useful, and what gear I wish I had taken but didn't. [...]
Posted in Reviews and info | No Comments » Last updated 2012/07/16 by Dave Kennard
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
