A Fujifilm X-Pro 3 in gleaming titanium. PhotoPlus 2019 was the smallest it has been in the decade or more I’ve been attending regularly. Sony didn’t attend, preferring to host their own event nearby, which was both inconvenient for those of us who knew about it, and I talked to several photographers who said “where was Sony”, not knowing about the separate event. Apart … [Read more...]
The camera as a tool for exploring the world.
An ordinary-sized human being (Apple’s Phil Schiller) with an enormous iPhone looming over him. A Phase One XT – a camera for contemplation and exploration. There was exciting new tool for photographic art released on September 10, 2019. It is perhaps the most contemplative digital camera I have yet seen – manual focus only, uncompromising resolution, shift as an … [Read more...]
Of Phones, Pixels and Photons – why a 100 mp cell phone is not a GFX 100
Samsung has just released a 108 MP phone sensor – a wild headline number that may mean little in practice. Is 108 MP in a phone valuable? Is it anything like 100+ MP in a larger camera? 50 MP? Even a good 24 MP APS-C or full-frame sensor? Or is it just sheer numerical hype? We won’t really know until we see raw files not just from this sensor, but from the sensor, lens and … [Read more...]
On The Rocks – Episode Two
What The Format - Sensor Sizes Thank you, everyone, for the favorable comments on our first episode of On The Rocks. We wanted to make a video series that was fun and talked about photography. For me, photography is my life. Let’s face it: Life is short and we should have as much fun as we can while we have both feet on the ground. For many of us, photography is a … [Read more...]
How Emerging Technology Advances Creativity Part III
The previous article highlighted three characteristics of new sensor technology that greatly improve image quality, and which in turn enabled creation of images that I would not have attempted in earlier years. I imagine that thousands of other photographers are finding this to be true. That’s the good news. Even better news is that, beyond sensor design, other new improvements … [Read more...]
