Film Vs Digital:About Sensors & Cameras. Kodak Ilford & Fuji

Even though this is an older article, I think the video linked on the bottom of the page by Rob Hummel was quite interesting.  I learned that one of the reasons why film has such broad dynamic range is because there are many layers of emulsion with different sensitivity.  That’s cool! Film Vs Digital: Learn about Sensors & Cameras from 35mm film, 120 220 film, plait 4/5 and full frame to medium format film for Pro to Amatuer photographers Source:Read more

Travel Horror—What Happened When My Film Was X-ray Scanned 11 Times – DigitalRev

While I was waiting for my transit flight, I felt an itch to go for a totally non-scientific experiment – let the films (without the lead bag) in my carry-on baggage go through x-ray machines Source: Travel Horror—What Happened When My Film Was X-ray Scanned 11 Times – DigitalRev I’m about to head out to photograph some cool rock formations in NW New Mexico and am thinking about what cameras to bring and which films.   Refreshing myself about howRead more

The battle between Pictorialism vs Straight Photography or rather Ansel Adams vs William Mortensen

William Mortensen could perhaps have been one of the most talented but little known photographers in the entire history of photography. Not only did he have incredible imagination and creativity, but he also had insane technical skills.   Even if you’ve been living under a rock, you would know who Ansel Adams was and be able to list off a few of his most famous photos. Both were some of Photography’s greats,   but why isn’t Mortensen as well known?Read more

Excitement! Another new film offering – Bergger’s New Pancro400 Offers A New Look For Black and White

These days when something is announced that has to do with film, its usually the discontinuation of an emulsion or beloved type of film.  Today is different:  Bergger has announced a new type of film and its even going to be available in sheets too!  Large format Yeah!  I see you can order 4×5, 5×7 and 8×10 sheets which are in stock now. Their site shows a cost of 25 sheets of 8×10 at $176 which works out to about $7Read more

Ihagee Exakta VXIIa Experiences

Maybe about a year ago Matt at Glass Key Photo took a really nice looking camera off the shelf to show me something.  He said he really loved all the things that designers used to build into cameras.  The Ihagee Exakta he showed me had interchangeable finders for example – his had a waist level finder fitted and he marveled at how it had even a pop up magnifier. Build quality was another thing he was impressed with and he went onRead more

133MP 60fps 8k Sensor for cinema broadcasting – wow!

Recently I found a white paper on a very large CMOS sensor for use with broadcast cinema which was developed by Forza Silicon in California…. You can download or ready their paper on their site here : 133Mpixel 60fps CMOS Image Sensor with 32-Column Shared High-Speed Column-Parallel SAR ADCs Here’s and extract of the intro:  “…In this paper, a 133Mpixel sensor that can be operated at 60fps to realize a full-resolution 8K single-chip camera is described. To achieve both high speed and suitableRead more

New rules on small drones: What you need to know – LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-drone-rules-20160829-snap-htmlstory.html I don’t actually own a drone and I have mixed feelings about getting one.  Sometimes I think it would be really great to have the overhead perspective available.  But it seems nearly every week I read about some person doing something selfish and reckless with their drones and I don’t want to follow the siren’s call and get seduced by that tech and do something silly or dangerous with it.  But no doubt about it, they are very coolRead more