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A picture profile for the BlackMagic Cinema Camera (just a bunch of very specific settings for importing the RAW DNG files) A detailed look into several options for working with footage from the BlackMagic Cinema Camera Taking pictures with the sensor from my Sony NEX-5N and some very old bellows cameras (from 1910 and 1917) Given my lens set, will my images be sharper if I move from APS-C to full frame? I try to find out, empirically A new set of tests, this time with a full frame camera (a Canon 5D2) A new set of tests, this time with a full frame camera (a Canon 5D2) A set of links to some truly awesome posts by my color guru, Stu Maschwitz A torture test for the Canon 550D (T2i), the Sony NEX-5N, the Panasonic GH2, and the Nikon D800 A quick review of this nice little camera, which packs a great image into its nearly-pocketable size This camera can't load custom-built picture styles, but I managed to get a nice image using some not-very-common settings Rated by the number of stops of DR that they get, with one set based on Portrait and one based on Neutral, and tested on the 5D3 High ISO shots from the 5D3 are amazingly clean: there's nearly no noise. That's in part thanks to noise reduction algorithms, and has a price: detail Fellow Spaniard DSLR shooter and deep lensaholic Ignacio Sánchez lent me a bunch of interesting vintage lenses today, and I added them to my sharpness and bokeh tests If we're going to end up subsampling our color information anyway, we might as well do it directly in the sensor, and get better DR out of it ISO values don't mean the same on all cameras - here I show, using footage from Philip Bloom's Christmas 2011 shotout, how it varies on different models Unhappy with all the previous options (like Technicolor CineStyle and Marvels Cine), I have created the Similaar suite of picture styles: Flaat 1 through 4 I just added a small section about macro photography A basic foto tutorial, which presents the fundamental aspects but avoids getting into more detail than strictly necessary Also in Spanish (también en español) My equipment recommendations to photographers and videographers: cameras, lenses, lighting equipment, audio equipment, accessories... A simple chart that tells you which lenses work on which cameras (specially useful for vintage glass) How sensor size and crop factor affect depth of field and field of view: some theory, and a quick test Some sharpness and bokeh tests that show the kind of issues you'll find on a badly assembled vintage lens (it's a very common problem: check your lenses!!) Testing sharpness on all my lenses (Canon, Tamron, Tokina, vintage Carl Zeiss Jena, vintage Leitz for Leica) with The One Dollar Resolution Chart Summary - by aperture - in video mode Some sharpness and color shift tests with my ND filters (Tiffen screw-in, LCW Fader ND, resin filters for the Cokin P system) Bokeh tests, with all my lenses (Canon, Tamron, Tokina, vintage Carl Zeiss Jena, vintage Leitz for Leica) A very relaxed day with a couple of friends - I think it's my best-looking flick so far With only a handful of lenses, I run some additional tests to understand the relation between focal length, bokeh quality and bokeh quantity. Some sharpness tests with my diffuser and polarizer filters (what they do, and how they affect image quality) (my ND filtersh have a specific section here) Thoughts and tests on my journey to find the best picture style for my Canon DSLR - Initially I liked Technicolor CineStyle, but I'm using Flaat now A collection of custom cropmarks that I created for Magic Lantern on my 550D (T2i), with different aspect ratios, markings and color schemes A simple tool to help me setup my monitor at work: I want it to look nice, but I can't take my calibrator there, only play with brightness and contrast An empirical test to check whether my eyes can see any detail beyond 1080p (2 megapixels). Download the video file and test your eyes too! Some thoughts and empirical tests to try to shed some light on the neverending dispute of whether more megapixels means more noise Quick and simple tool that calculates depth of field and field of view of a camera as a function of lens and camera settings - great for smartphones Some interesting stuff about Depth of Field and Field of View that I learned after programming my DoF/FoV calculator |
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