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2024-04-14 Leica SL3: Unstable Lens Focus with 4 of 5 Leica APO-Summicron-SL lenses

2024-03-20 Leica 35mm f/2 Summicron-SL ASPH: Distortion and Distortion Correction — Most Pathetic 35mm Optical Design EVER?

2024-03-18 The $6995 Leica SL3: Battery Charger $Extra, Can’t Charge Camera As-Supplied!

2024-03-10 Botched Design: Leica SL3/Leica SL2 has no Focus Stacking / Focus Bracketing Support?

2024-03-07 Botched Design: Leica SL3 is sRGB Only and Lacks RGB Histogram

2024-03-07 Botched Design: Leica SL3 *removes* High-Res Multi-Shot Mode

2024-03-07 Leica SL3: 60 Megapixels, 8K Video, etc

2024-02-13 Please fix this Nikon/Sony/Fujifilm: Pixel Shift Assembly Should Generate Finished Images, not Make-Work for Us

2024-02-12 Nikon Z8 Delivers Best Pixel Shift Out There... and botches the win by not doing the obvious

2024-02-08 Please FIX this Nikon: Multiple Exposure Mode is JPG Only — Save as RAW/NEF for Frame Averaging + Shoot as Fast as Possible

2024-02-07 Reader Comment: Pixel Shift vs Frame Averaging Complexity + How To Fix Motion Issues with Pixel Shift

2024-01-30 Sony Finally Fixes “Unable to Magnify” bug in Sony A7R V

2024-01-30 Sony A7R V RAW Files: Picture Profile *does* Change the RAW File  — Unprecedented

2024-01-19 Sony A7R V: “Unable to Magnify” Image — does Sony fix any bugs?

2024-01-01 Botched Sony A7R V, Reader Comment: “unprofessional to sell a pro camera for $3800 that can’t magnify a recorded image”

2023-11-13 Fujfilm Incompetence: Focus BKT Dumpster Fire, 5+ Years and Running

2023-11-03 Message to Fujifilm: a Trivial Fix for Focus BKT Failure to Reach INF with GFX100 II/100S/100

2023-08-16 Fujifilm GFX100S: Focus BKT Feature Shows 90% Failure Rate with Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 and 35-70mm too

2023-07-31 Fujifilm GFX100S Focus Bracketing: Fails to Reach INF Focus

2023-07-31 Sony A7R V Focus Bracketing is an Unreliable Engineering Dumpster Fire

2023-07-12 Focus Stepping for Focus Stacking (FOCUS BKT, “focus shift”): Engineering Dumpster Fire from Sony and Fujifilm

2023-06-09 Nikon Z8 Botched Design: My Nose Changes the Crop Mode, Uknown to Me

2023-05-29 Reader Comment: “Given up on Sony A7R V automatic focus shift shooting/focus bracketing”

2023-01-08 Sony A7R V Pixel Shift on Complex Outdoor Scenes: a Stunning Advance in Image Quality

2023-01-08 Reader Comment: Sony A7R V vs Sony A1 Pixel Shift, Focus Bracketing for Focus Stacking

2023-01-06 Sony A7R V Focus Bracketing Example @ 12mm: Failure to Reach INF so Badly Blurred, (“Chocolate Brown Alpine Creek”)

2023-01-05 Sony A7R V: Issues with Focus Bracketing for Focus Stacking — Yet Another Bug

2023-01-02 Sony A7R V: Issues with Focus Bracketing for Focus Stacking

2022-12-31 Sony Pixel Shift: Outstanding Results, but Botched Design for Motion Correction Ignores Benefits of Frame Averaging, Increases Noise

2022-12-29 Sony Pixel Shift: Outstanding Results, but Botched Design for Motion Correction Ignores Benefits of Frame Averaging, Increases Noise —  OOPS

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Leica SL3

60 megapixel 3rd generation..

1. Leica SL3: Camera Profiles, Lens Profiles, Forced Lens Corrections
2. Leica SL3: Feature Comparison vs vs Sony A7R V
3. Leica SL3: Haptics
4. Leica SL3: Usability and Impressions
5. Leica SL3: Autofocus Errors
6. Leica SL3: Unstable Lens Focus aka Focus Drift
7. Aperture Series: Deck and Roof (SL3)

Leica 35mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL ASPH

Fast apochromatic prime/wide lens for L-Mount cameras..

1. Aperture Series: Bend in Alpine Creek (Leica SL3)
2. Aperture Series: Landslide Hillside (Leica SL3)

Leica 75mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL ASPH

Fast short telephoto lens for L-Mount cameras..

1. Aperture Series: Deck and Roof (SL3)

Leica 90mm f/2 APO-Summicron-SL ASPH

Fast short telephoto lens for L-Mount cameras..

1. Aperture Series: Deck and Roof (SL3)

Blur from Camera or Support

Sharpness loss by camera or support or technique..

1. Shutter Vibration / Shutter Shake vs Electronic First Curtain / EFC Shutter

Fujifilm GFX, General

100 megapixels in a portable package!.

1. Fujifilm GFX100S, GFX100 II: 'Natural Live View' Botches Highlights and Histogram

Fujifilm GFX100 II

Updated everything-better after 5 years..

1. Fujifilm GFX100S, GFX100 II: 'Natural Live View' Botches Highlights and Histogram

Fujifilm GFX100S

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

1. Fujifilm GFX100S, GFX100 II: 'Natural Live View' Botches Highlights and Histogram

Nikon Z8

Setup, IBIS performance, focusing..

1. Usability Issues

Sony A7R V

5th Generation standard-setting camera..

1. Focus Bracketing: Multiple Bugs and Failures
2. Focus Bracketing Example @ 12mm: Failure to Reach INF, Chocolate Brown Alpine Creek

Sony Alpha A7R Shutter Vibration

Vibration from the shutter highly damaging to image sharpness..

1. Sony A7R Shutter Vibration
2. Mitigating Sony A7R Shutter Vibration
3. A7R Shutter Vibration, Reader Comments
4. Sony A7R Shutter Vibration at 55mm (Dolls)
5. Sony A7R Shutter Vibration at 50mm (Chart)
6. Sony A7R Shutter Vibration at 90mm with Mass Mitigation (Chart)
7. Sony A7R Shutter Vibration at 55mm (Wine Bottle Label)
8. A7 Shutter Vibration (none) at 280mm
9. A7R Shutter Vibration at 135mm
10. A7R Shutter Vibration at 180mm
11. A7R Shutter Vibration at 180mm, Portrait Orientation
12. A7R Shutter Vibration at 280mm

Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM

Fast extreme wide angle zoom..

1. Focus Bracketing Example @ 12mm: Failure to Reach INF, Chocolate Brown Alpine Creek
2. Focus Bracketing Example @ 16mm: Failure to Reach INF, Aspen

Blog posts, reverse chronological

2024

2024-04-14 Leica SL3: Unstable Lens Focus with 4 of 5 Leica APO-Summicron-SL lenses

2024-03-20 Leica 35mm f/2 Summicron-SL ASPH: Distortion and Distortion Correction — Most Pathetic 35mm Optical Design EVER?

2024-03-18 The $6995 Leica SL3: Battery Charger $Extra, Can’t Charge Camera As-Supplied!

2024-03-10 Botched Design: Leica SL3/Leica SL2 has no Focus Stacking / Focus Bracketing Support?

2024-03-07 Botched Design: Leica SL3 is sRGB Only and Lacks RGB Histogram

2024-03-07 Botched Design: Leica SL3 *removes* High-Res Multi-Shot Mode

2024-03-07 Leica SL3: 60 Megapixels, 8K Video, etc

2024-02-13 Please fix this Nikon/Sony/Fujifilm: Pixel Shift Assembly Should Generate Finished Images, not Make-Work for Us

2024-02-12 Nikon Z8 Delivers Best Pixel Shift Out There... and botches the win by not doing the obvious

2024-02-08 Please FIX this Nikon: Multiple Exposure Mode is JPG Only — Save as RAW/NEF for Frame Averaging + Shoot as Fast as Possible

2024-02-07 Reader Comment: Pixel Shift vs Frame Averaging Complexity + How To Fix Motion Issues with Pixel Shift

2024-01-30 Sony Finally Fixes “Unable to Magnify” bug in Sony A7R V

2024-01-30 Sony A7R V RAW Files: Picture Profile *does* Change the RAW File  — Unprecedented

2024-01-19 Sony A7R V: “Unable to Magnify” Image — does Sony fix any bugs?

2024-01-01 Botched Sony A7R V, Reader Comment: “unprofessional to sell a pro camera for $3800 that can’t magnify a recorded image”

2023

2023-11-13 Fujfilm Incompetence: Focus BKT Dumpster Fire, 5+ Years and Running

2023-11-03 Message to Fujifilm: a Trivial Fix for Focus BKT Failure to Reach INF with GFX100 II/100S/100

2023-08-16 Fujifilm GFX100S: Focus BKT Feature Shows 90% Failure Rate with Fujifilm GF 20-35mm f/4 and 35-70mm too

2023-07-31 Fujifilm GFX100S Focus Bracketing: Fails to Reach INF Focus

2023-07-31 Sony A7R V Focus Bracketing is an Unreliable Engineering Dumpster Fire

2023-07-12 Focus Stepping for Focus Stacking (FOCUS BKT, “focus shift”): Engineering Dumpster Fire from Sony and Fujifilm

2023-06-09 Nikon Z8 Botched Design: My Nose Changes the Crop Mode, Uknown to Me

2023-05-29 Reader Comment: “Given up on Sony A7R V automatic focus shift shooting/focus bracketing”

2023-01-08 Sony A7R V Pixel Shift on Complex Outdoor Scenes: a Stunning Advance in Image Quality

2023-01-08 Reader Comment: Sony A7R V vs Sony A1 Pixel Shift, Focus Bracketing for Focus Stacking

2023-01-06 Sony A7R V Focus Bracketing Example @ 12mm: Failure to Reach INF so Badly Blurred, (“Chocolate Brown Alpine Creek”)

2023-01-05 Sony A7R V: Issues with Focus Bracketing for Focus Stacking — Yet Another Bug

2023-01-02 Sony A7R V: Issues with Focus Bracketing for Focus Stacking

2022

2022-12-31 Sony Pixel Shift: Outstanding Results, but Botched Design for Motion Correction Ignores Benefits of Frame Averaging, Increases Noise

2022-12-29 Sony Pixel Shift: Outstanding Results, but Botched Design for Motion Correction Ignores Benefits of Frame Averaging, Increases Noise —  OOPS

2022-12-18 Adobe DNG Converter: Possible Loss of Metadata, Guaranteed Loss of File Dates, but Space Savings for Uncompressed RAW

2022-12-15 Sony A7R V: Sony Botches Focus Stacking inMultiple Ways  — Precludes Pixel Shift, Frame Averaging, etc

2022-12-15 How much is Sony Botched Camera and Software Design $Costing You? Is Adobe DNG Converter Viable? The Sony Workflow TAX

2022-12-13 Sony A7R V: Focus Bracketing Feature Cannot be Relied Upon

2022-12-13 Sony A7R V: File Numbering — Resets to 0001 with each Focus Bracketing Series

2022-12-12 Sony Imaging Edge Viewer: Assembles Pixel Shift into Incompatible ARQ — Why Not Industry-Standard DNG? (REVISED)

2022-12-08 Sony A7R V: Sony Remote Commander RMT-P1BT Fails to Work After Pairing

2022-12-05 Sony A7R V Poor Design: Pixel Shift Disallows Lossless Compressed RAW, Lacks 8-Shot and 32-shot modes

2019

2019-12-04 Attention all Camera Makers: 23.5 Things To Please Your Customers

2014

2014-01-16 Update on Sony A7R Shutter Vibration