Getting pro results in Photoshop..
Assembling and shooting panoramas..
Focus stacking, start to finish..
Digital capture technology is discrete, and not the same as film..
Making image captures look sharp..
Color space for digital images. .
An introduction to digital workflow and best practices. .
Working with Photoshop for raw conversion and more. .
Tips for processing high dynamic range images. .
Maximizing dynamic range and image quality by minimizing noise via multiple exposures..
Maximizing image quality, dynamic range, minimizing digital noise. .
Extend the limits of resolution and field of view..
Best practices for shooting stacking frames..
Post-Processing software and Technique..
Getting peak performance from your lens.
Illuminating examples of lens behavior..
What to do after you shoot..
Aspects of image quality..
Evaluating Multi-Shot High-Res Mode..
All-arounder entry-level mid-range zoom for L-Mount..
Fast short wide angle lens for L-Mount cameras..
Fast short telephoto lens for L-Mount cameras..
36 megapixels in a compact full-frame DSLR..
Image quality best practices and how-to with the Nikon D800/D800E..
D800E supplement and comparisons with Nikon D800..
D800 with the RGB Bayer matrix removed for a true monochrome sensor..
D850 with the RGB Bayer matrix removed for a true monochrome sensor..
Comparing the 2012/2013 high-res pro DSLRs..
18 megapixel big black brick, Canon’s top of the line DSLR..
22 megapixel successor to the popular 5D Mark II..
50 megapixel successor to the 22 megapixel Canon 5D Mark III..
The 24.6 megapixel Sony A900 digital SLR is compared with Canon’ top-of-the-line 21.1MP EOS 1Ds Mark III. A field report including two comparisons with the Canon 1Ds Mark IIII, example images in color and black and white, and the Zeiss ZA 135mm f/1.8 Sonnar. Anti-Shake (SteadyShot) is assessed, as is noise behavior..
Includes: D3x resolution comparisons (res chart) with Nikon D3, Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III, resolution comparison on outdoor shot with Nikon D3, large examples, large wildlife examples, Nikon 200mm f/2 VR on D3x, long exposure noise ISO series, D3x sensitivity on diffraction, D3x dynamic range at ISO 100 vs ISO 50, D3x vs D3 color and noise..
Noise performance of early 2009’ premier digital SLRs. ISOs from 50 through 25600, dark area noise, noise reduction effects, noise versus resolution. Can more smaller pixels beat fewer large ones?.
Nikon vs Canon: Noise and Sharpness.
Medium telephoto with world-class chromatic correction..
Telephoto with world-class chromatic correction..
Full frame ultra wide angle zoom..
All-new high performance design..
Full frame medium telephoto..
Macro lens focusing to life size 1:1 in a normal lens..
Macro lens focusing to life size 1:1..
APS-C wide angle lens equivalent to 22mm on full-frame..
APS-C normal lens equivalent to 53mm on full-frame..
Canon’s ultra-fast medium telephoto compared and in the field.
Canon’s updated fast 35mm prime, evaluated on Canon 5DS R..
Superwide optimized zoom lens..
Mid-range optimized groundbreaking f/2 zoom..
Sigma’s best portrait lens..
Fastest 135mm lens yet, with ultra high performance..
Sigma’s fast telephoto APO macro lenses..
Nikon’s latest wide range zoom with vibration reduction and fixed f/4 aperture..
Nikon’s fast ultra wide angle..
State of the art design in a fast 24mm lens. Includes full-resolution images at f/1.4..
A superlative multi-spectral lens with perfect color correction..
Extreme wide angle zoom..
Canon’s premium mid-range zooms..
State of the art design in a fast 85mm lens..
Nikon’s best-ever f/1.4 lens?.
Comparing Nikon 16-35mm f/4 VR, 17-35mm f/2.8, 14-24mm f/2.8, 18-35mm, 24-70mm f/2.8 along with Nikon 20mm f/3.5, 24mm f/2, 28mm f/2, 35mm f/1.4 AIS, and more..
Medium telephoto 100mm equivalent for Phase One XF system.
100 megapixels in a portable package!.
Is 100 better than 45/50/60 megapixels?.
100 megapixels in a body the size of a 35mm DSLR!.
Tips on getting the best results..
Image quality assessments..
Ultra wide angle equivalent to 19mm f/3.3. .
Slightly wide compact normal lens equivalent to 41mm f/2.9..
State of the art normal lens..
Standard normal lens equivalent to 52mm f/2.3..
Normal lens equivqlent to 45mm..
Telephoto macro lens, 99mm equivalent..
High end image quality, but what about lenses?.
A variety of 645 lens tests on the 645D.
Moderate wide angle lens for Pentax 645..
Wide angle zoom for Pentax 645..
Medium telephoto macro lens for Pentax 645 digital and film..
Lens performance at 80 megapixels..
The Mamiya DL28 offers the Mamiya 645 AFD III, the new Sekor AF 80mm f/2.8D lens and the Leaf Aptus-II 6 digital back. Image quality is outstanding and the DL28 should definitely be considered by anyone looking into medium format..
Examples and comparison from the various lenses.
Extreme wide angle with ultra high performance..
All-arounder zoom for Leica S.
The classic 100/2 Makro-Planar improved..
Start here to best utilize this guide..
Ultra high performance in an extreme wild wide angle lens..
Brilliant imaging, even wide open, but with a few quirks. (Review in progress) .
Ultra high performance with a fast aperture..
An artist’s drawing tool..
Versatility in a “normal” lens and macro too!.
Ultra high performance apochromatic normal lens, first in the Otus line..
Rendering style, bokeh and 'transparency' without peer..
King of bokeh! Corner-to-corner sharpness, world class..
Beautiful bokeh, razor sharp, superb color correction..
[ARCHIVE, see Making Sharp Images]. Exploring depth of field..
Focus accuracy and focus shift..
[ARCHIVE] Software and related for photographers..
Beyond deep red, seeing the invisible..
Vintage 2006 comparative review of Nikon D200 vs Nikon D2x..
Fast standard zoom lens..
Setup, IBIS performance, focusing..
Setup, IBIS performance, focusing..
Ultra wide compact zoom for Nikon Z cameras..
Mid-range zoom expressly designed for Nikon Z cameras..
Fast portrait telephoto for Nikon Z..
5th Generation standard-setting camera..
Technological tour de force..
4th Generation standard-setting camera..
Attention to details: a solid upgrade over the A7R II..
Attention to details: a big upgrade over the A7R..
Full frame compact mirrorless with interchangeable lenses..
High performance, high speed..
Top-grade medium telephoto..
Native-mount macro length designed by Zeiss..
Native-mount ultra wide angle high performance zoom for mirrorless..
Compact native-mount wide angle..
Ultra high performance medium telephoto..
Anything wider would be a fisheye..
Ultra high grade macro all-arounder..
Fast extreme wide angle zoom..
Extreme wide angle zoom..
Pro-grade f/2.8 wide angle zoom..
Premiere mid-range zoom for Sony full frame mirrorless.
Wide angle to telephoto zoom with optical stabilization..
Extreme wide angle with 'zero distortion'..
Use Leica M lenses on a digital back designed for them..
The best compact big-sensor digital camera yet?.
Fixed 28mm lens with APS-C sensor free of anti-aliasing blur with wonderful color..
Razor sharp 28mm lens on APS-C sensor and outstanding usability and features..
Diminutive full-frame camera with 35mm f/2 fixed lens..
Full frame camera in an ultra-compact body with or without anti-aliasing filter..
Stunningly high image quality in a 20MP point and shoot tiny camera..
Stunningly high image quality in a 20MP point and wide range zoom..
Beautiful bokeh, long reach fast speed, compact lens..
Super telephoto with superb bokeh and color correction..
A worthy upddate to the E-M5 with pro-grade build quality..
Superb ergonomic design in a compact camera..
Updated model with HighRes sensor shift mode..
Can smaller sensor cameras compete with larger ones on any basis?.
Great image quality, but....
Compact sibling of the Fujifilm X-Pro1.
Interchangeable lenses on a 16MP APS-C sensor.
Fujifilm's 24MP APS-C offering..
Wide angle zoom equivalent to 15-36mm.
Fujifilm’s kit zoom for the X-E1.
Short telephoto macro lens..
Outstanding ultra wide angle performer..
Manual focus moderate wide angle for full-frame mirrorless..
Autofocus extreme wide angle for Sony full-frame mirrorless..
Ultra wide angle lens for Sony NEX or Fujifilm X..
Normal lens for Sony NEX or Fujifilm X..
Moderate telephoto macro lens for Sony NEX or Fujifilm X. Useful on full frame too!.
Leica’s 28-70mm APS-C compact camera..
Shooting + post processing tips with high-res examples..
Leica’s large-sensor 'affordable' compact camera..
Foveon X3 true-color sensor for outstanding resolution..
21mm f/5.6 equivalent FOV lens..
45mm f/2.8 equivalent lens on APS-C sensor..
75mm f/2.8 equivalent lens on APS-C sensor..
Leica M 60-megapixel monochrome sensor..
Relative sharpness and performance across cameras..
24-megapixel CMOS monochrome sensor..
24-megapixel fixed lens compact full-frame..
Leica’s widest prime lens..
Leica’s best-performing 24mm, and with a flat field..
High performance but flawed 50mm normal lens..
Leica’s compact low-distortion normal lens..
Leica’s medium tele for Leica M..
Diminutive telephoto and macro lens..
Compact lens for portraiture or similar..
Fast and ultra high performance moderate wide angle rangefinder lens..
Fast high performance wide angle..
World-class performer for Leica M..
World-class performer for Leica M..
ARCHIVAL MATERIAL. Terrific backup bodies or even primary body for M-mount lenses..
Blog posts, reverse chronological
2024
2024-04-13 Organizing Digital Camera Files for the Long Term
2024-02-21 Sony A7R V: Strictly Avoid The Lossless Comp (M) and Lossless Comp (S) Formats
2024-02-20 Mash the Colors with ETTR or Stay True with ESTR? RawDigger Isn’t Making It Obvious
2024-02-20 How do you get an ideal exposure for RAW capture? ETTR
2024-02-20 ETTR Too Much of a Good Thing? HARD to Get it Right
2024-02-20 “Baseline Exposure” Boost in RAW Converters can Whack Color
2024-02-16 Nikon Z8: Camera Profile Renditions in Adobe Camera Raw
2024-01-18 All Screencast Videos Now Integrated 📹
2023
2023-12-09 In Praise of Digital vs Film (v4) + Reader Comments (updated late 2023-12-10 15:12)
2023-01-19 Sony A7R V: Pixel Shift Capture and Workflow and Post Processing Steps
2021
2021-12-13 In Praise of Digital vs Film (UPDATED, v3)
2020
2020-06-16 Hooray! Adobe Camera Raw Now Has Option to Always Use Sidecar XMP files with DNG
2019
2019-12-30 Too-High Pixel Density on 5K, 8K, Retina Displays Impedes Image Sharpness Assessment
2019-11-28 Need Advice/Help with Phase One Capture One Pro Sharpening Tools (UPDATE with reader comments)
2019-09-21 Exploring Frame Averaging for Sony A7R IV (Updated with reader comments)
2019-04-07 Panasonic S1R: How Much to Sharpen During Raw Conversion in Adobe Camera Raw + Adobe Camera Raw Enhance Details
2018
2018-12-26 Workflow Tip: Locking DNG Files to Prevent Modification by Lightroom/Photoshop, Greatly Reduces Backup Time
2018-10-06 Nikon Z7: RAW vs JPEG
2018-07-25 Hasselblad PR: “Real World” Comparison: Nikon D850 with Decrepit Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8 Zoom Compared Without Format Equivalence or Validation of Basics
2018-01-24 Sony A7R III: Pixel Shift vs Single Frame on Finely Detailed Subject
2017
2017-12-26 Sony A7R III: the Noise Behavior that Has Been Troublesome to Me
2017-05-23 Too-High Pixel Density on 5K and 8K Displays Impedes Image Assessment
2017-03-07 Fujifilm GFX 50s + 120mm f/4 Macro Plus Diffraction and Sharpening Evaluations
2017-01-07 Too-High Pixel Density on 5K and 8K Displays Impedes Image Assessment
2016
2016-07-07 iPhone Panoramas In Depth: Shooting & Post Processing Tips, Numerous Examples up to 11K Resolution
2016-04-02 REVIEWED: Fujifilm XF 10-24mm f/4 OIS: Examples and More (Carrizo Plain, X-Pro2)
2016-03-17 Fujifilm X-Pro2: How Much to Sharpen in Adobe Camera Raw?
2015
2015-08-07 Sony A7R II: Raw Files Are Still 'Cooked'
2014
2014-05-13 My Most Important Publication: Making Sharp Images
2014-04-07 Reader Comment: 14.75MP True-Color Sigma DP Merrill vs 36MP Sony A7R
2014-01-13 Mitigating A7R Micro Contrast Diffraction Losses with Sharpening
2014-01-12 Sharpening Sony A7R Raw Files
2014-01-07 Olympus OM-D E-M1: Noise, Color Space for Raw Conversion, Sharpening
2013
2013-05-10 Iridient Developer Updated to Version 2.1 with Support for Fuji XTrans Sensor
2013-05-02 Nikon D800E vs Canon 5D Mark III: Sharpness
2013-04-21 Mitigating Contrast Loss From Diffraction aka How to Make f/16 Look Crisp
2013-04-02 Mitigating Contrast Loss From Diffraction aka How to Make f/16 Look Crisp
2013-03-21 Nikon D7100 Initial Impressions
2012
2012-08-04 Nikon D800E vs Nikon D800 — Which to Choose?
2012-07-31 Olympus OM-D E-M5: How Much To Sharpen in Adobe Camera RAW
2012-07-27 Canon EOS 1D X: How Much To Sharpen in Adobe Camera RAW
2012-07-22 A Few Thoughts on the Nikon D800E
2012-05-25 Portrait Photographer Asks: D800 or D800E or D3s or D4?
2012-05-21 Reader Comments on Nikon D800E vs Nikon D800 Definitive Comparison
2012-05-21 Nikon D800E vs Nikon D800 Sharpening Noise Evaluation
2012-05-19 Nikon D800E vs Nikon D800 Definitive Comparison with Leica 100/2.8 APO
2012-05-08 Reader Comment on Nikon D800: Aliasing
2012-05-03 Nikon D800E vs Nikon D800 — How Sharpening Affects Results
2012-05-03 Nikon D800E vs Nikon D800 Sharpness and Sharpening
2012-05-02 Nikon D800E vs Nikon D800
2012-04-22 Fujifilm X-Pro1 Review
2012-04-19 Nikon D800E
2012-04-01 Canon 5D Mark III ISO Series versus Sharpening
2012-02-07 Nikon D800E — Nikon’s Sample Photos
2011
2011-12-26 Reader Comments on Settings for RAW files from Fuji X10 with ACR
2011-12-13 Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) Now Supports the Fuji X10, But Sharpening Problematic
2011-03-15 Sharpening for f/1.4 with the Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 Distagon
2011-01-06 Reader comment and question on Making Sharp Images
2010
2010-07-23 Deconvolution sharpening vs sharpening in Adobe Camera RAW
2010-07-22 Deconvolution sharpening to counteract the anti-aliasing (blur) filter on the Nikon D3x (or Canon) — comparison revisited with the Leica S2
2008
2008-02-21 Nikon fixes Capture NX sharpening bug
2007
2007-12-13 Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III vs Nikon D3—resolution
2007-12-05 Nikon D3 with 24-70 and 14-24 and more
2007-12-04 Nikon D3 —California Buckeye nuts
2007-12-04 Nikon Capture NX sharpening bug!