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2024-02-29 Screencasts: Sony A7R V, ETTR, Zebra Display, etc 📹

2024-02-05 ETTR: Overcome Noise with Optimal Exposure, plus Adobe AI Denoise in Photoshop/Lightroom 📹

2024-02-05 Interview with Michael Erlewine re Medium Format, Sony Mirrorless, Nikon Mirrorless, Diffraction, Focus Stacking, Best Lenses 📹

2024-02-04 Northern California Rainstorm 📹

2024-02-04 Adobe Camera Raw: Enhance Details + AI Denoise = Most Useful RAW Conversion in History of Digital? 📹

2024-02-03 Could the Tesla Optimus Robot Carry my Camera Gear Up Dana Danyon? 📹

2024-02-01 Screencast: Overview of Frame Averaging, Shooting and Workflow 📹

2024-01-31 Screencast: Using RawDigger to Determine Bits and more for a RAW file 📹

2024-01-31 Exposure for Optimal Image Quality: Camera Histogram + RawDigger 📹

2024-01-24 White Balance and Tint using Color Checker Card, Screencast + Step-by-Step 📹

2024-01-18 All Screencast Videos Now Integrated 📹

2024-01-13 Screencast: Sony A7R V Sensor Excessively Noisy at ISO 64/100 📹

2024-01-13 Screencast: Why Sony Camera Profiles Suck in Adobe Camera Raw 📹

2024-01-13 Exposure for Optimal Image Quality: Camera Histogram + RawDigger 📹

2024-01-10 Reader Question: Nikon D850 Monochrome Autofocus 📹

2024-01-07 Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 Aperture Series: Icebergs in Dana Lake, View to Mt Dana 📹

2024-01-05 Screencast: Perfect White Balance and Tint using Color Checker Card 📹

2024-01-03 Pro Photography Workflow videos (Patreon) 📹

2024-01-02 Fujifilm GFX100S: Camera Profiles in Adobe Camera Raw 📹

2023-12-19 Screencast: Quick Start with PTGui Panoramas 📹

2023-12-18 Screencast: 2023 MacBook Pro M3 Max Performance Overview 📹

2023-12-14 Reader Comment: “abandon Photoshop for panoramas and use PTGUI instead” 📹

2023-12-08 Screencast: Fujifilm GFX100 II White Stripe and Yellow Hot Clumps — Visible in Color, Awful in Monochrome 📹

2023-12-06 Screencast: Best Practices for Focus Stacking Using Zerene Stacker and Photoshop 📹

2023-12-06 Fujifilm GFX 100 II: Same Horizontal White Stripes Problem as with GFX100, GFX100S 📹

2023-12-05 Screencast: Panorama Assembly in Photoshop 📹

2023-12-04 FastRawViewer: Saving me a Lot of Time Organizing My Shoots Into Subfolders + video 📹

2023-12-03 Videos: Intro to Zerene Stacker + Monochrome from Color Intro 📹

2023-12-02 Sign Up for my Patreon Today and Learn All About How I Shoot and Process Images and more 📹

2023-12-02 Screencast: Photoshop: Transforming Color Images to Monochrome using B&W Filter Layer 📹

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2024-03-10 Reader Comment on “Storing Important Data on the Boot Drive is Asking For Trouble — Always Make a Separate Volume”

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2023-12-18 2023 MacBook Pro M3 Max: Performance Overview (video)

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2023-11-12 Female Brook Trout Bulging with Eggs

2022-11-09 UPDATE on Mercedes Sprinter: Will Not Go, Normal idle in P but RPMs drop in D or R with Engine Lugging Nastily at 400-500 RPM — ***POSSIBLE FIX***

2020-07-09 Mercedes Sprinter Issues and Breakdowns: Sprinter Will Not Go, RPMs Drop Very Low (Normal idle, put into D or R, RPMs drop, Engine Lugs

2019-09-29 2017 Mercedes Sprinter: Is it Going to Strand Me in a Remote Place?

2018-09-03 Video Presentation: Configuring the 2018 MacBook Pro as as Desktop Replacement

Monochrome How-To Screencasts

Techniques for monochrome..

1. Photoshop: Direct Conversion to Monochrome During Raw Conversion 📹
2. Photoshop: Conversion from RGB to Monochrome, Image => Mode => Grayscale 📹
3. Photoshop: Transforming Color Images to Monochrome using BW Filter Layer 📹
4. Photoshop: Conversion from RGB to Monochrome using RGB Color Channels 📹
5. Photoshop: Transforming Color Images to Monochrome using Channel Mixer 📹

Overview of Video with Nikon D800, D800E, D4, Canon 5DM3

How does video quality compare with crop of mid-2012 DSLRs?.

1. Nikon D800E Video with Nikon 14-24 (Zoom Sequence) 📹
2. Nikon D800E Video (Canyon’s End) 📹
3. Nikon D800E Time Lapse Video: Ellery Lake at Dawn 📹
4. Nikon D800E Time Lapse Video: Clouds Moving Granite Bowl 📹
5. Nikon D800E Time Lapse Video: Rain Pool With Green Ferns 📹
6. Nikon D800E Time Lapse Video: Canyon’s End 📹

VIO POV.HD 1080p Helmet Camera

A helmet-mountable HD video camera for sports or action or underwater..

1. Video Quality of the VIO POV.HD 📹

Workflow, Photoshop

Getting pro results in Photoshop..

1. Photoshop vs Lightroom — Which is Best for You? 📹
2. Perfect White Balance and Tint using Color Checker Card, Screencast + Step-by-Step 📹
3. Adobe Camera Raw in Photoshop: RAW File Adjustment 📹
4. Adobe Camera Raw: Workflow using Enhance Details + AI Denoise 📹
5. Photoshop: Localized Contrast Enhancement via Unsharp Mask 📹
6. Photoshop: Ad Hoc Introduction to Photoshop Layers 📹
7. Adobe Camera Raw: Changing Image Look & Feel Using Camera Profile 📹
8. Adobe Camera Raw: Managing Color and Contrast, Backlit Portrait 📹
9. Diffraction and How to Sharpen to Counteract in Adobe Camera Raw 📹

Workflow, Other

Make it your best shot..

1. Diffraction: How it Damages Sharpness, Examples, How to Avoid? 📹
2. Exposure for Optimal Image Quality: Camera Histogram + RawDigger 📹
3. ETTR: Overcome Noise with Optimal Exposure, plus AI Denoise (Sony A7R V) 📹
4. FastRawViewer: Incredibly Fast Full-Featured Image Organization? 📹
5. Using RawDigger to Determine Bits and more for a RAW file 📹

Workflow, Panorama

Assembling and shooting panoramas..

1. Shooting Parallax-Free Panoramas and Stitched Images 📹
2. Quick Start with PTGui Panoramas 📹
3. Photoshop: Assembling Panorama from Multiple Images 📹

Frame Averaging

Assembling and shooting panoramas..

1. Overview of Frame Averaging, Shooting and Workflow 📹

Workflow, Focus Stacking

Focus stacking, start to finish..

1. Focus Stacking Optimization: that last INF frame 📹
2. Focus Stacking: Preparing Files Prior to Stacking 📹
3. Focus Stacking: Best practices for Optimal Results 📹
4. Focus Stacking: Introduction to Zerene Stacker 📹
5. Focus Stacking: Basics of Retouching Problem Areas in Zerene Stacker 📹

Post Processing for Sharpness

Making image captures look sharp..

1. Adobe Camera Raw in Photoshop: RAW File Adjustment 📹
2. Adobe Camera Raw: Workflow using Enhance Details + AI Denoise 📹
3. Photoshop: Localized Contrast Enhancement via Unsharp Mask 📹
4. Photoshop: Ad Hoc Introduction to Photoshop Layers 📹
5. Adobe Camera Raw: Changing Image Look & Feel Using Camera Profile 📹
6. Adobe Camera Raw: Managing Color and Contrast, Backlit Portrait 📹

Workflow Tips and technique

An introduction to digital workflow and best practices. .

1. Photoshop vs Lightroom — Which is Best for You? 📹
2. Exposure for Optimal Image Quality: Camera Histogram + RawDigger 📹
3. Perfect White Balance and Tint using Color Checker Card, Screencast + Step-by-Step 📹
4. FastRawViewer: Incredibly Fast Full-Featured Image Organization? 📹
5. Adobe Camera Raw in Photoshop: RAW File Adjustment 📹
6. Adobe Camera Raw: Workflow using Enhance Details + AI Denoise 📹

Photoshop How-To

Working with Photoshop for raw conversion and more. .

1. Photoshop: Localized Contrast Enhancement via Unsharp Mask 📹
2. Photoshop: Ad Hoc Introduction to Photoshop Layers 📹
3. Adobe Camera Raw: Changing Image Look & Feel Using Camera Profile 📹
4. Adobe Camera Raw: Managing Color and Contrast, Backlit Portrait 📹

Frame Averaging

Maximizing dynamic range and image quality by minimizing noise via multiple exposures..

1. Introduction to Frame Averaging 📹
2. Overview of Frame Averaging, Shooting and Workflow 📹

Expose To The Right (ETTR)

Maximizing image quality, dynamic range, minimizing digital noise. .

1. What is the Correct Exposure? Camera Metering is ALWAYS Wrong! 📹
2. Exposure for Optimal Image Quality: Camera Histogram + RawDigger 📹
3. Understanding 'Push' and 'Pull' 📹
4. ETTR: Overcome Noise with Optimal Exposure, plus AI Denoise (Sony A7R V) 📹

How To Banish Blur Whether Handheld or Tripod

Using your camera’s mirror lockup, self timer, and Live View features..

1. How to Press the Shutter Release 📹
2. Mirror Lockup and Remote Release for Sharper Photos 📹
3. Live View Overview 📹
4. Step-by-step Live View for Canon 📹
5. Step-by-step Live View for Nikon 📹
6. Mirror Slap in Live View Mode on Nikon 📹

Panoramas Overview

Extend the limits of resolution and field of view..

1. Quick Start with PTGui Panoramas 📹
2. Photoshop: Assembling Panorama from Multiple Images 📹

Focus Stacking Shooting Tips

Best practices for shooting stacking frames..

1. Focus Stacking Optimization: that last INF frame 📹

Focus Stacking Post-Processing

Post-Processing software and Technique..

1. Focus Stacking: Preparing Files Prior to Stacking 📹
2. Focus Stacking: Best practices for Optimal Results 📹
3. Focus Stacking: Introduction to Zerene Stacker 📹
4. Focus Stacking: Basics of Retouching Problem Areas in Zerene Stacker 📹

Diffraction

Getting peak performance from your lens.

1. Diffraction: How it Damages Sharpness, Examples, How to Avoid? 📹
2. Diffraction and How to Sharpen to Counteract in Adobe Camera Raw 📹

Focus Shift and Spherical Aberration

Elusive sharpness, depending on aperture.

1. Your Lens Might Be Sharper Than It Seems! 📹

Focus Shift (Case Studies)

Focus shift with a variety of lenses..

1. Examples of Focus Shift with 50mm Lenses 📹

How to Test A Lens

How to verify a good sample and assess all aspects of lens performance..

1. Testing for Focus Shift and Secondary Color 📹

Research — Tripods and Camera Technique

Stability of tripods and ballheads, controlling camera vibration, selecting equipment..

1. Overview of Tripod Stability 📹
2. Tripod vibration and resonance 📹

Fujifilm GFX, General

100 megapixels in a portable package!.

1. Fujifilm GFX100S: ETTR at ISO 100/50, Histograms and More (Birches in Winter + Color Card) 📹

Fujifilm GFX100 II

Updated everything-better after 5 years..

1. Fujifilm GFX100 II White Stripe and Hot Pixels Issues 📹
2. Fujifilm GFX100 II White Stripes Pattern Noise 📹

Fujifilm GFX100S

100 megapixels in a body the size of a 35mm DSLR!.

1. Fujifilm GFX100S: ETTR at ISO 100/50, Histograms and More (Birches in Winter + Color Card) 📹

Fujifilm GFX 50R Operational Aspects

Experience, reader insights, etc..

1. Reader Comments on Fujifilm GFX System, With Responses

135mm f/2 APO-Sonnar

Beautiful bokeh, razor sharp, superb color correction..

1. 135/2 APO-Sonnar Unboxing Video 📹

Zeiss LensSpire Articles

Articles written for Lenspire.ZEISS.com..

1. Focusing Zeiss DSLR Lenses For Peak Performance, PART ONE: The Challenges 📹
2. Focusing Zeiss DSLR Lenses For Peak Performance PART TWO: Tips and Best Practices for Sharply Focused Images 📹

Staying Warm, Dry, Safe

How to stay comfortable and safe in the outdoor..

1. MSR Guardian Water Purifier 📹

Sony A7R V

5th Generation standard-setting camera..

1. Sony A7R V ETTR: Metering vs Camera Histograms & Zebra vs RawDigger (Birch Trees) 📹
2. Sony A7R V: Metering vs Camera Histograms & Zebra vs RawDigger (Color Card) 📹
3. Sony A7R V: Configuring Zebra Display for ETTR Captures 📹
4. Sony A7R V: ISO 100 vs ISO 50 Histograms and JPEGs for ETTR 📹
5. Sony A7R V: Sony Camera Profiles Suck in Adobe Camera Raw 📹
6. Sony A7R V: Mitigating Noise, Optimizing Exposure at Base ISO 📹

Olympus Zuiko 75mm f/1.8 ED Telephoto

Beautiful bokeh, long reach fast speed, compact lens..

1. Video Review of Olympus 75mm f/1.8 ED 📹

Olympus OM-D E-M5

Superb ergonomic design in a compact camera..

1. Video Examples (General) 📹
2. Video Examples (White Mountains, Clear Weather) 📹
3. Video Examples (Summit Attempt, Bad Weather Builds) 📹
4. Video Examples (Descents from White Mountain Peak, Hail Day) 📹

Blog posts, reverse chronological

2024

2024-02-29 Screencasts: Sony A7R V, ETTR, Zebra Display, etc 📹

2024-02-05 ETTR: Overcome Noise with Optimal Exposure, plus Adobe AI Denoise in Photoshop/Lightroom 📹

2024-02-05 Interview with Michael Erlewine re Medium Format, Sony Mirrorless, Nikon Mirrorless, Diffraction, Focus Stacking, Best Lenses 📹

2024-02-04 Northern California Rainstorm 📹

2024-02-04 Adobe Camera Raw: Enhance Details + AI Denoise = Most Useful RAW Conversion in History of Digital? 📹

2024-02-03 Could the Tesla Optimus Robot Carry my Camera Gear Up Dana Danyon? 📹

2024-02-01 Screencast: Overview of Frame Averaging, Shooting and Workflow 📹

2024-01-31 Screencast: Using RawDigger to Determine Bits and more for a RAW file 📹

2024-01-31 Exposure for Optimal Image Quality: Camera Histogram + RawDigger 📹

2024-01-24 White Balance and Tint using Color Checker Card, Screencast + Step-by-Step 📹

2024-01-18 All Screencast Videos Now Integrated 📹

2024-01-13 Screencast: Sony A7R V Sensor Excessively Noisy at ISO 64/100 📹

2024-01-13 Screencast: Why Sony Camera Profiles Suck in Adobe Camera Raw 📹

2024-01-13 Exposure for Optimal Image Quality: Camera Histogram + RawDigger 📹

2024-01-10 Reader Question: Nikon D850 Monochrome Autofocus 📹

2024-01-07 Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 Aperture Series: Icebergs in Dana Lake, View to Mt Dana 📹

2024-01-05 Screencast: Perfect White Balance and Tint using Color Checker Card 📹

2024-01-03 Pro Photography Workflow videos (Patreon) 📹

2024-01-02 Fujifilm GFX100S: Camera Profiles in Adobe Camera Raw 📹

2023

2023-12-19 Screencast: Quick Start with PTGui Panoramas 📹

2023-12-18 Screencast: 2023 MacBook Pro M3 Max Performance Overview 📹

2023-12-14 Reader Comment: “abandon Photoshop for panoramas and use PTGUI instead” 📹

2023-12-08 Screencast: Fujifilm GFX100 II White Stripe and Yellow Hot Clumps — Visible in Color, Awful in Monochrome 📹

2023-12-06 Screencast: Best Practices for Focus Stacking Using Zerene Stacker and Photoshop 📹

2023-12-06 Fujifilm GFX 100 II: Same Horizontal White Stripes Problem as with GFX100, GFX100S 📹

2023-12-05 Screencast: Panorama Assembly in Photoshop 📹

2023-12-04 FastRawViewer: Saving me a Lot of Time Organizing My Shoots Into Subfolders + video 📹

2023-12-03 Videos: Intro to Zerene Stacker + Monochrome from Color Intro 📹

2023-12-02 Sign Up for my Patreon Today and Learn All About How I Shoot and Process Images and more 📹

2023-12-02 Screencast: Photoshop: Transforming Color Images to Monochrome using B&W Filter Layer 📹

2023-12-01 SubStack or Patreon? 📹

2023-12-01 Screencasts: Adobe Camera Raw, Focus Stacking Introduction, Preparation, Retouching 📹

2023-12-01 Screencast: RAW-file Conversion with Adobe Camera Raw — How I do It 📹

2023-11-20 A Pro Photographer’s Guide to Fast Data Backup in the Field 📹

2023-11-19 Why and How You Should Be Using Both of Your Camera's Memory Card Slots (video) 📹

2023-11-12 Choosing an SDXC or CFExpress Type B Camera Cards: Reader Question for Fujifilm GFX100S 📹

2023-11-11 Choosing an SDXC or CFExpress Type B Camera Cards: What Speed do you Need? 📹

2023-11-03 Fujifilm GFX100 II vs GFX100S: Zeroing-In on the Benefits that Matter 📹

2020

2020-02-13 Abandoned the Arca Swiss Cube, Switched to Acratech Pano Head 📹

2019

2019-11-17 Videos Just for Fun: Places I Shoot 📹

2019-11-17 Abandoned the Arca Swiss Cube, Switched to Acratech Pano Head 📹

2019-11-17 Capturing Parallax-Free Panoramas using the Really Right Stuff PG-02 📹

2019-06-20 Focusing Zeiss DSLR Lenses For Peak Performance, PART ONE: The Challenges 📹

2018

2018-09-03 Video Presentation: Configuring the 2018 MacBook Pro as as Desktop Replacement 📹

2017

2017-03-08 Reader Question: Focus Shift (stems from Fujifilm GFX findings, but applies to all brands) 📹

2016

2016-07-04 How Hatchery Trout are Stocked in Lakes 📹

2016-07-04 MSR Guardian Water Purifier for Hiking and Emergencies 📹

2014

2014-02-18 Brook Trout Spawning 📹

2013

2013-07-19 Rattlesnakes in Love 📹

2012

2012-09-07 Video With Olympus OM-D E-M5 📹

2011

2011-03-20 Introductory Video on Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 Distagon 📹

2010

2010-09-19 Carl Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 Distagon breathing 📹