This image works well on a range of papers – I especially like Canson Infinity Platine and Aquarelle In this second part of the printing and paper series, we’ll take a look at nine papers that are competing for a share of your printing work. Five are from Canson Infinity, beautiful papers suitable for a wide range of images. Of the Canson Infinity papers, three are … [Read more...]
Cameras and lenses that were supposed to be for CP+ (even though there’s no CP+)
Taken with a camera you wouldn’t think of for wildlife, and an adapted lens. It’s camera and lens release season again, due to the recently cancelled CP+ show – while the show fell victim to the coronavirus, many of the cameras and lenses scheduled for the show are already announced and more are coming soon. Hopefully, the epidemic eases soon, with no further disruption to … [Read more...]
A Tale of Two Fujis Part II – The X-Pro 3
The X-Pro 3 is a classic street-shooter’s camera – Boston on New Year’s Eve… But it can do landscape, too – a snowy Utah day. The X-Pro 3 is the most “Fujifilm” in philosophy of any camera I have ever used, and it is a camera that makes you want to go out and shoot with it. It’s not perfect, nor will it probably serve as anyone’s only camera – but it is a wonderful … [Read more...]
A Profusion of Options – Computing for Serious Photography.
Serious photo editing is now possible on a laptop – lousy iPhone shot of the 16” MacBook Pro editing an image in DxO while managing the catalog in Lightroom (it was also running Word, Safari, Mail and Acrobat at the time.). At the beginning of 2019, there was very serious concern about Apple’s continued commitment to photographers’ needs, and Intel was doing their … [Read more...]
An iMac Pro in a backpack! Two weeks with the 16” MacBook Pro
What fits in a small backpack, yet edits photos like a desktop workstation? A 16” MacBook Pro. Introduction: An Apple beauty shot of the new MacBook Pro The long-term review MacBook Pro has been here for two weeks now, and I have enough experience with it, both in heavy photographic workloads and in general use (e-mail, Safari and a lot of writing) to form some … [Read more...]
