The custom white balance function on the Konica Minolta Dynax 5D could not be quicker to use; turn the left hand top dial to the custom symbol, press the button in the centre of the dial, press the shutter after aiming the camera at your white or grey target. Custom WB is now set until . . . → Read More: Expodisc white balance with the KM Dynax 5D
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 3 comments - (Comments are closed)  Accessories - 3rd party, Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews, Photo Techniques, Troubleshooting AWARD winning event photographer Keith Trainor – winner of the first ever UK Event Photographer of the Year title in the annual British Professional Photography Awards – hits the road with Sony shortly in the UK to bring a profitable, high energy new line of business to established photo studios and new business entrants. . . . → Read More: Sony workshops with A900 & dye-sub – UK Share this: Comments are closed Cameras (DSLR), News, Photo Techniques  dye-sub, events, Keith Trainor, professional, Sony, UK, workshop The Alpha 900 – and indeed the Alpha 700 with new firmware v4 – offer a three-bracket sequence at a 2 stop interval to enable HDR blending, usually from static tripod-mounted views. At the Edinburgh Alpha 900 launch, I braced myself firmly against an open window, leaning out over the street, and tried an example . . . → Read More: Alpha 900 HDR bracketing Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, News, Photo Techniques, Software Reviews Alpha 900, bracketing, HDR, JPE, noise, processor, raw, sample, sharpness, Sony Here, for some light relief, is an Alpha 700 + 24-105mm Minolta D documentary on the press dinner thrown for journalists from all the countries of the European region when they gathered in Edinburgh for the Alpha 900 launch! . . . → Read More: Alpha 900 launch: gala dinner Edinburgh Share this:It’s not going to be long before we see the Alpha 900, and some cameras are known to be out there on trial in the hands of Sony staff and pre-release testers. I am not one, so rest assured, this is not a leak! What can you expect from the Alpha 900’s full-frame prism finder? . . . → Read More: Alpha 900 – finder and frames Share this: 20 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Photo Techniques, Uncategorized A700, A900, Alpha 700, Alpha 900, Canon, CMOS, framing, full frame, IMX021, Nikon D3, Nikon D3X, Nikon D700, prism, readout, screen, sensor, shutter, Sony, SSS, stabilisation, viewfinder, windowed MANY photographers habitually use layers from everything. I don’t! In fact, I try to minimise my time spent on post-processing shots for stock library sale, and work very quickly. If it needs complex setup or demands working using layers to be able to go back and change things, I’ve probably already wasted too much time. . . . → Read More: Repairing an image by cloning from another Share this: 4 comments - (Comments are closed) DK's ramblings, Photo Techniques 700, agency, Alpha, clone, digital, editorial, enhancement, image, library, manipulation, Photoshop, post-production, retouching, Sony, stock One of the problems with the Alpha 350/300 is that the Live View is linked to the settings when you use Manual exposure. It provides a form of metering, a relatively accurate preview of under or over exposure. This makes it impossible to use Manual with studio flash (AC mains strobe) setups. Currently, there is . . . → Read More: Alpha Live View in the studio – solved! Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), Flash units, Photo Techniques, Studio, Troubleshooting 300, 350, adaptor, Alpha, brightness, flash, Live View, mains, strobe, Studio, sync, viewing Here’s a question which came in to my email just now: “Could I process a RAW file in Photoshop to achieve a similar effect as if I had used a Polaroid lens filter? Or would I be better just using the Polaroid filter?” The answer is that you can never imitate the effect of polarizing . . . → Read More: Faking a polarizer using RAW Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Photo Techniques .ARW2, ACR, ACR 4.4, Adobe Camera Raw, Alpha raw, ARW, blue, convert, CS3, deepen, DSLR, effect, extract, file, polarizer, process, raw, sky, Sony camera raw Daniel Oi – who provided our most popular external link in recent weeks with his Glasgow Merchant City surround-vision stitched VR panorama – has created a superb view of the Kibble Palace glasshouse at Glasgow’s Botanical Gardens: . . . → Read More: 360° panorama (QuickTime VR) from A700 Share this: One comment - (Comments are closed) Photo Techniques 700, Alpha, Hugin, image, pan, panorama, QuickTime VR, Sony, stitch, surround, virtual reality, VR Daniel Oi is a dedicated and experienced Alpha system user currently staying in Glasgow. He’s created a particularly impressive 360 degree panorama of a tiny area of the city centre which has unexpected magic in its Christmas lighting garb. Go down Buchanan Street, turn towards George Square, and you will walk through this Georgian enclave . . . → Read More: An amazing 360 degree panorama Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Photo Techniques 360, 360 degree, 360°, Alpha, assemble, centre, city, Glasgow, immersion, multi, panorama, QuickTime, Scotland, Sony, stitch, surround, virtual reality, walkthrough, walkthru |
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