Recent content by XEyedBear

I greatly appreciate the depth and breadth of advice and opinions that have been offered up in response to my original post about 16 bits. Right now I am thinking that I should look for better glass first, invest in a more capable (and, ideally, A3) printer (which can be used in any system)...

Yes, I accept the biological facts (mainly that the range of colours available with 12 bits (possibly 10) or greater of quantisation levels is beyond the capability of the human eye). But I am also strongly presuaded by the arguments for the advantages of the extra levels when trying to correct...

Thanks for the few kind words and spotting my typing error. I under-designated my paper size 33.3% based on name and over designated it by 50% based on content. Still, life is full of imperfections isn't it? Sorry, no cut and paste in what I wrote - anyway, it would be 'copy and paste'...

That's a good idea. I shoot in RAW + Jpeg all the time now and process in Capture NX2 under Windows/XP. I'm not sure what the Hasselblad equivalent is, but I guess that ACR/Photoshop CS3 or 4 on MAC can handle 16 bit images.

Of course I actually want one, but do I need one? An old friend showed me his Hasselblad with a 31 Mp digital back the other day. More importantly he showed me some true 16 bit images taken with that camera and displayed on a high quality calibrated monitor and printed on an Epson 3800 A2...

I'm currently reading 'Camera RAW for Digital Photographers Only' by Rob Sheppard - a book which I can with all sincerity thoroughly recommend that you ignore (that's another forum, I guess). He talks (God, does he talk..) about Histograms. If you have a copy of this book, look at page 26. Three...

Thanks for all this advice. I think my original post must have been read by a collection of lucky fellows who have been on the right end of the Hedge Fund business. All the lenses that are mentioned are typically in the range of 250 to 350 pounds. I guess if I stood on a tall pile of currently...

Come on, no need to be reticent; tell us what you REALLY think....

I have found that two photographic subjects give me more pleasure than others - architecture and flowers. My current set up (Nikon D80 and 18-200 VR lens) seems to be adequate (and nearly affordable!) for architecture work, but I would like a lens that would allow me to get very much closer to...

What it says is that I need the designers of the Red Snapper tripod to come and do some cooking for me! And, conversely, they defintely do NOT need me to come and do some designing for them.

I'm far too old to be employable; I've been retarded (I think that's what they said; or is that retired?) since 1994. I've had a rethink this morning, having played with it again (remember, at my age I'm talking about the tripod): I think I've undersold it. This piece of kit is going to last...

I've watched with interest the comments in this forum on the RedSnapper products and the service offered by the UK agency. After weighing up the pros and cons of this I have decided to post now with a more realistic and hopefully objective and helpful assessment; here it is: WOW! If I limit...