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  • Give it Your Best Shot • Re: When ignorance is bliss.... October 29, 2020
    JT,Thank you. And it did. I know I have some dust on the sensor. The local shop I usually take it to is not open yet.A little LR tweak took care of it. SuryStatistics: Posted by sury — Thu Oct 29, 2020 4:55 am
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  • Give it Your Best Shot • Re: When ignorance is bliss.... October 29, 2020
    Nicely done. It's a fine piece of gear.Good thing you had a black background. That kind of f stop will show any dust on the sensor.Statistics: Posted by jbtaylor — Thu Oct 29, 2020 4:32 am
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  • Give it Your Best Shot • When ignorance is bliss.... October 29, 2020
    I have a 60mmf2 Tamron macro lens and has been wanting one with longer focal length. I have been chasing a Sigma 180f2.8 for few years and could not find one cheap enough for me to buy. I have been using other means to get the magnification (CUL set, tubes, reverse mount etc) but never […]
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  • Give it Your Best Shot • It's Fall October 28, 2020
    which is just an excuse to shoot narrow with the 135mm.Join in if you like.Statistics: Posted by jbtaylor — Thu Oct 29, 2020 12:09 am
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  • Alpha A-mount System • Re: So I got a Pixel phone, yes the camera makers are in trouble October 28, 2020
    Well, here's a comparison of the phone with a good camera appeared. I hope now it becomes clearer why I started thinking about purchasing a phone with a very good camera. Even if we consider that Pixel 3 has far from the best camera, (I have on Xiaomi two cameras - 20 megapixels), the photos […]
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Using the 10-18mm OSS zoom on full frame

By David Kilpatrick, on December 3rd, 2013

The Sony E-mount (not FE) 10-18mm f/5 OSS lens can be used effectively on full frame for creative work and within limits for technically more demanding shots. Below, an uncropped A7R shot of the concourse at Abu Dhabi Airport, taken at 13mm setting, f/6.3 with my lens profile as provided below. Check the straight lines . . . → Read More: Using the 10-18mm OSS zoom on full frame

3 comments - (Comments are closed)   DK's ramblings, Lenses - E mount, NEX System, Photo Techniques, Sony Digital Cameras, Sony Digital Csmeras, Uncategorized   , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Free software and a cut-price lens

By David Kilpatrick, on October 31st, 2013

You have until November 3rd to grab a free download of a truly excellent utility for Mac OSX, created by DxO Optics Pro software team – DxO Perspective. It normally costs $19.95 (or local equivalent) as an Apple App store download, but they have made it free for a few days. It’s a fully working, . . . → Read More: Free software and a cut-price lens

One comment - (Comments are closed)   Lenses - Alpha Mount, NEX System, Offers, Software Reviews   , , , , , , , , , ,  

NEX, A33, A55 support – new ACR 6.2/LR3.2 final

By David Kilpatrick, on August 31st, 2010

The final release of Adobe Camera Raw 6.2, DNG Converter 6.2 and Lightroom 3.2 includes raw conversion support for the Alpha 33 and 55 models as well as the NEX-5 and NEX-3, Alpha 290 and 390 which were included in the Release Candidate versions. These August 30th releases are final version, RC versions are a . . . → Read More: NEX, A33, A55 support – new ACR 6.2/LR3.2 final

4 comments - (Comments are closed)   Cameras (DSLR), NEX System, Software Reviews   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Adobe Lens Profile for 16mm f/2.8 NEX

By David Kilpatrick, on August 16th, 2010

I have made a simple (f/2.8 and f/8 chart set) Adobe Lens Profile for the 16mm f/2.8 NEX E-series pancake lens. It seems to work well for closer distances, because that’s how it had to be made; CA is reasonably well corrected, vignetting is eliminated, and distortion of closer lines – maybe if you are . . . → Read More: Adobe Lens Profile for 16mm f/2.8 NEX

3 comments - (Comments are closed)   Lenses - Alpha Mount, NEX System, Software Reviews   , , , , , , , , ,