Newest blog posts
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 📹
Techniques for monochrome..
How does video quality compare with crop of mid-2012 DSLRs?.
A helmet-mountable HD video camera for sports or action or underwater..
Getting pro results in Photoshop..
Assembling and shooting panoramas..
Assembling and shooting panoramas..
Focus stacking, start to finish..
Making image captures look sharp..
An introduction to digital workflow and best practices. .
Working with Photoshop for raw conversion and more. .
Maximizing dynamic range and image quality by minimizing noise via multiple exposures..
Maximizing image quality, dynamic range, minimizing digital noise. .
Using your camera’s mirror lockup, self timer, and Live View features..
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.
Elusive sharpness, depending on aperture.
Focus shift with a variety of lenses..
How to verify a good sample and assess all aspects of lens performance..
Stability of tripods and ballheads, controlling camera vibration, selecting equipment..
100 megapixels in a portable package!.
Updated everything-better after 5 years..
100 megapixels in a body the size of a 35mm DSLR!.
Experience, reader insights, etc..
Beautiful bokeh, razor sharp, superb color correction..
Articles written for Lenspire.ZEISS.com..
How to stay comfortable and safe in the outdoor..
5th Generation standard-setting camera..
Beautiful bokeh, long reach fast speed, compact lens..
Superb ergonomic design in a compact camera..
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 📹