Category: Use your D-SLR

  • Crows in a field

    Crows in a field

  • Nikon Pro Service

    Nikon Pro Service

    After Canon, here is the pro web site of Nikon: Nikon Pro Service. As usual, this site is targetting real pros, but it could be useful for dedicated Nikon-loving amateurs.

  • Canon Professional Service

    The web site for photo professionals using Canon photo cameras: Canon Professional Service. It may also contain information interesting people using other cameras, but really serious Canon-loving photographers should check this out.

  • Digital Artifacts – removing digital noise the easy way

    The Luminous Landscape is a great web site with a lot of information on digital photography, excellent photos and nice reviews of related hardware and software. I singled out a nice little article about what they call “the colour gremlins” (More commonly, this is known as digital sensor noise). What is interesting is that they…

  • Only f/5.6 for auto-focus

    People keep asking a simple question: “why do my expensive camera fail to auto-focus when I plug my tele-lens into a 2x converter?”. Unfortunately, the answer is pretty simple. Most auto-focus cameras (digital or not) have a AF sensor limited to f/5.6 detection. If your lens is not opening more than that, the AF is…

  • RawDrop – optimal configuration for nice photos

    RawDrop – optimal configuration for nice photos

    It’s bit quite a bit of time that I repeat I use RawDrop as my prefered tool to convert RAW images produced by my Dynax 7D into TIF files. But some wondered what configuration I use. There are not a zillion options in RawDrop, but to obtain a clean result, it’s easier not to fool…