If you live in New York City metro area, the Adorama workshops appear to be the great learning opportunities that you should not miss. Check out the extensive 2007 Fall workshop listing.
Posted in Miscellaneous on August 9th, 2007. No Comments.
Do you love photography? I do. Are you passionate enough to give up your car and fiancée for photography? Umm… DailySun has a thought-provoking interview of a Nigerian photographer George Osodi.
Posted in Inspiration on August 8th, 2007. No Comments.
Nikon released a new update to its Capture NX raw workflow software. It has a long list of bug fixes. Some also reported significant performance improvements. It can finally remember the “Save as” settings! Get the US version here.
Posted in Software on August 8th, 2007. No Comments.
Focus and recompose is a very commonly used photography technique. Photographer focuses on the subject that needs to be in sharp focus then recomposes the photo in order to achieve a more pleasant composition by adhere to photography rules such as the rule of the third and golden section. Modern cameras have multiple focus sensors, which appears to have made this technique not as useful as it once was. Some even claim that it causes focus errors due to the optical characteristics of modern camera lenses. However there are still occasions that you find the focus and recompose technique useful and without focus errors. Read on to find out some tips of focus and recompose technique. Read More…
Posted in Tips and techniques on August 7th, 2007. No Comments.
Welcome to DPTnT - Digital photography tips and tricks. I wish you a great Monday.
Posted in Photo of the Day on August 6th, 2007. No Comments.
Are you getting blurry shots with long lens at shutter speed ~ 1/40s to 1s even with a tripod? The odds are good that they are caused by the vibrations. One of the good ways of avoiding vibrations is to use mirror lock-up (MLU). Here is an interesting discussion on DPReview. Mirror lock-up made a significant difference in the sharpness of the images. If you are not familiar with the the terminology, there is a very good article on Luminous Landscape you can read.
Not all DSLRs have MLU that can be used for shooting. Many DSLR models can lock up the mirror for sensor cleaning purpose only. Often they offer an alternative called “exposure delay”, which delays the shutter release after mirror going up by a short period of time to avoid the mirror vibration caused blurs. However this may not be as effective as true MLU because the separation of the mirror up and shutter open are too close for the vibrations to complete dissipate.
In addition, I found the following articles about proper long lens techniques:
- Proper long lens techniques by Moose Peterson
- Tripod techniques on Nikonians.org
Added on 8/6/2007: Also check out this test. It convincingly showed the effectiveness of MLU at slow shutter speed.
Posted in Digital SLR Cameras on August 5th, 2007. No Comments.
The Economic Times has an article about the future of digital cameras. According to the author of the article, Shelley Singh, future cameras will have a lot more than just higher pixel counts: better storage, picture management, better sensors, all weather protection, built-in GPS and so on. The author predicts that GPS will be a standard feature in DSLR, allowing the function of GeoTagging. These seem to make sense. However what is stated afterwards makes me wondering if the author knows what she is talking about. Read More…
If you are not happy with the available digital photo frames on the market, or simply enjoy DIY stuff, how about build your own? Here is a great looking DIY photo frame. Hint: not for faint-hearted. 
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