Yay! 100,000 hits!
Thanks to you all – I have passed 100,000 page views on this blog recently!
Information overload!
This past week has been too much for me to handle in terms of new product announcements (Photokina, Upcoming Photoplus etc) With the economy going south, it makes me wonder – who is buying these things and how are they able to afford it anymore? Do amateur photographers need backup SLR cameras and powerful P&S as a backup to the backup cameras? Did we need CS4 right now? Whats up with all the Video integration with DSLRs? I understand the need to carry less gear and the effort to cram more features (iPhone) – but the practical reality is that we now carry more gear than ever before! Read more
Lessons from Mistakes…
Like everyone else – i make my share of mistakes. By capturing them – and possibly re-visiting them later, i hope to learn from not making the same ones. So, this would be more like the “Thoughts of the week” series – where i will document my mistakes as i make them…or as i remember them…
- Sharpen at 100%. Often times, i only produce images for consumption on the web. So, on occasions when i print them – i notice these sharpening artifacts and things i usually don’t notice or care to notice when sized/sharpened for the web (1000 pixels max dimensions, JPEG and sharpened for web).
- On the D300, which i use – if you have programmed the DOF button to do something else (I have it set for auto bracketing) – i mistakenly touch the button sometimes – and this plays a havoc esp. when trying to shoot in Manual mode. If you touch this button, it changes the settings! make sure you develop the habit of re-checking the exposures if shooting in manual mode (I use this mode *only* in studio lighting setups). Read more
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