Recent content by Jad

I currently use a Gitzo G1348 tripod that I had with my view camera. I now use it for my Canon 5D, but I would like to find a carbon fiber tripod to fit a carry on bag for flying. Gitzo use to make the G1228 that folded down to 21" and had a 16lb. camera weight capacity. They no longer make this...

I didn't think about the fact that the new lenses don't have aperture rings. I can see that this camera if good for those photographers that have a lot of older Nikon lenses. I personally would like some manual dials on a camera that I could access easier than going into the program modes.

Nikon has come out with a retro digital camera that looks and works like the early camera from the 60's and 70's. It has the physical dials on top of the camera like the old film cameras had. It will also accept any lens that Nikon has made in the past. I am a long time Canon user and because of...

I have been a Canon user since 1970. Recently I have been wondering what new technology Canon has been working on because they have been quiet for some time. With the release of their new white camera, now I know. It will go good with my old pink leisure suit. Way to go Canon...

I think the progress will come with new sensor technology much like with film when Kodak came out with T grain technology with their T-max films. I used Tri-x for many years and it was a great film, but T-max was a superior film when comparing the image quality and the reduction of grain. That...

Certainly the high pixel count race is not the real issue, it is the new sensor technology that is being developed by other brands like Sony and the newly released AR7.

I certainly stirred up a lot of passion with my post question. My style of photography is mainly with landscape photography. I use my digital camera like I did my view camera. Setting up a tripod, manual exposure, mirror lockup, ect. I am not fixated just on pixel count but have been waiting...

I have been a Canon user since 1970 starting with the F1. I currently am using the 5D11. I have been waiting years for Canon to come out with a larger mega pixel camera with improved sensor technology. The Nikon D800 has been on the market for over two years and Canon as not answered with a new...

I prefer to photograph alone. I need to concentrate and visualize the scene I hope to make a good photograph of. Distractions from others will tend to take you mind off of what you are doing and it will lead to mistakes and weak photographs. It is nice to have conversations with other...

I work in Black and White with most of my images. I worked in the darkroom only doing B&W for many years and it has become my personal preference. Now working with digital I am forced to see the initial image in color which is a little bit of distraction. I have set my picture style on my camera...

Thanks for the advice. These are the products Hoodman offers. The flip up eye glasses are expensive so maybe I will try the eye piece. My problem is I wear bifocals and it is a pain to look through the view finder with them on. I need the closeup bifocal len to see the LCD screen and the camera...

I have started wearing eye glasses and I am having problems using them while photographing. I have lost or broke two pairs of glasses already by constantly taking them off to look through the view finder. If you have my problem, how do you deal with it in the easiest way? I have seen ads for the...

Most of my 40 years of photography in on negatives and I keep them stored in archival materials but I have no back up to them. If they get damaged or lost that is the end of them. With my new digital files I have two external HD and also burn them to DVD's. I am currently looking into cloud...

For me personally a great photograph has to have an emotional impact that grabs me. We each have our likes and dislikes when viewing the various styles of photography, but we all have come across images that we connect with strongly. I guess you would have to say it has artistic value. But...

It looks like the information I was given is wrong. I now realize you can never add to the original 8 bit jpeg but I was led to believe that duplicating and running the two jpegs through HDR would be better than a jpeg to TIFF conversion in PS. At least the image I was concerned about came out...