With the announcement of 2 new zooms – it is now a reality to have a lens that covers every single millimeter in the range of 14 through 400 mm with no overlaps (14-24, 24-70, 70-200, 200-400) all at f2.8 (or f4 for 200-400)! However, my question really is – is it really that required? …
I am not sure if this is just plain old marketing at work, or the news is really is this exciting. I feel like a small kid getting excited about a new toy – the announcement of the new D300 (and D3 as well – but its far beyond my reach) is far reaching and …
While being a happy and satisfied Nikon user, i occasionally look at the Canon offerings and twitch. Canon has a much better lens lineup as compared to Nikon – They have zooms, primes and tele ranges that satisfy every requirement. Oh well, the grass is always greener on the other side. “Art” is a solitary …
The most common interpretation/meaning when one says the above word is “beginner” or “new to the game”. It also sometimes means that you are someone who does it for the fun of it, and therefore (a) not good at it and/or (b) still learning the craft.
After sitting through several (4) workshops and several (6) seminars in the past few years – here is my 2 cents on the subject: Of course, “Success” is defined as recognition by peers in the community and published in various magazines and/or books. Note that this has nothing to do with financial aspects of the …
LR v1.1 has several options that aid composition. When in Develop/Crop mode, you can use the keyboard shortcut O to cycle through the various grid overlays, H to toggle show/hide and Shift+O to change orientation. There are several articles on composition on the Internet, therefore i will not go into details explaining them here again. …
A while ago, i wrote a bit about my thoughts on the subject. What triggered me to re-write about this topic was the fact that i recently got some of my old films (that had been dying in my closet for a while now) finally developed and printed. Luckily, they were the Kodak BW 400 …