Canon hails groundbreaking 1-megapixel SPAD image sensor as the “eye of the future” – DIY Photography

Canon has developed what was everybody thought to be impossible. And while it might not be the highest resolution camera sensor out there, Canon’s new 1-megapixel Single Photon Avalanche Detection (SPAD) sensor offers some huge benefits over more traditional CMOS or CCD sensors. The biggest being that it all but eliminates noise from your images. […] Source: Canon hails groundbreaking 1-megapixel SPAD image sensor as the “eye of the future” – DIY PhotographyRead more

8×10 film vs IQ4 150mp | On Landscape

8 years ago I was fascinated by Tim Parkin’s article comparing film to the then best digital medium format backs – and one of the reasons I began to explore film in a more serious way.  I’m excited to see that he’s recently updated this with a new comparison of 8×10 film to the 150mp digital backs.  For me this is a re-confirmation of what I’ve already found myself while shooting 6×6 mf, 4×5 and 8×10 LF film.  Besides theRead more

Pixar in a box Tutorials on Kahn Academy

I spent part of the day reviewing color science and other really excellent tutorials put together by Pixar staff for the Khan Academy.  These were really well done and even though I know color science fairly well, I still felt that there were one or two things to pick up.  Perhaps this is because these tutorials are taught from the perspective of making movies which involve of course the science behind it, but also desired emotive effects as well asRead more

Photoshop Face Aware Liquify Tool

Is anyone else horrified by the new Photoshop Face Aware Liquify Tool?   I mean it’s absolutely totally freaking amazing! And it works even in video too, but now you’ll never know whose face is real or fake. Here’s how it works: Photoshop identifies all the prominent faces in a photo and gives them a number.  Once you select the face you want to change you just click each slider and move left or right to make the eyes bigger,Read more