Posted in photography on Dec 12th, 2008 No Comments »
How does a 5D MKII stack up against the 2.5x more expensive Nikon D3x that was just announced? Here, because the Nikon uses a Sony sensor that has very similar parameters to the one inside the Alpha A900, the technical comparisons will be based on the Sony sensor data available when it comes to the [...]
Posted in photography on Mar 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Adobe just announced an online version of their photoshop software today. It features some of the basic functionalities of Photoshop CS3, you can sign up for free HERE. Looks like its geared toward basic touchups for the consumer market rather than professional photographers. By signing up, you also get 2GB of free storage space online. [...]
Posted in photography on Feb 13th, 2008 No Comments »
With the possible acquisition of Yahoo by Microsoft increasingly likely as the institutional investors presses on. I am looking to move my photos elsewhere. There are a few requirements: good community features, support for full res photos, easy uploading, no network blocking (flickr is blocked by china and some other countries), reasonably priced storage cost. [...]
Posted in photography on Feb 7th, 2008 No Comments »
I currently own the Canon SD870 IS, my previous P&S was a Fuji F30 and I have had extensive play time with the F50. The following is a summery of my own evaluation results before purchasing the Canon SD870. Noise performance per ISO: Fuji F50 wins. The F50 seem to have about a 1 f-stop [...]
Posted in photography on Jan 23rd, 2008 1 Comment »
This is a bit funny on the eve of PMA 2008. Sony has today announced 4 new models in its W-series of digital compact cameras, all of which are featuring Sony’s ‘smile shutter’ mode. It will release the shutter when the subject smiles. BUT, what if the subject is unaware of his/her required smile or [...]
Posted in photography on Apr 15th, 2007 No Comments »
Herb Ritts. In his photos, forms and shapes all melts together and are used like a painter’s strokes. When looking at his photos, rather than a reaction such as “the model is beutiful” or “the location is amazing,” the models and the props are tools to express an artistic vision in his mind. He transcents [...]
Posted in photography on Apr 11th, 2007 1 Comment »
I have been shooting with a Canon dSLR for a few years. During a cherry blossom trip back to DC this past month, perhaps out of nostalgia, I dusted off my old Canon A2E film camera. An advantage of picking up a camera again after so long is the acute awareness of the differences to [...]
Posted in Rants, photography on Mar 25th, 2007 No Comments »
In the summers of 2001-2, I played tennis with this ph.d candidate from CMU, Aki, while he interned for IBM Research Austin. Besides our shared interest in Tennis, we were both interested in Photography. But that is where our path diverged. While he took a leave of absence from CMU to attend RIT’s Masters of [...]
Posted in photography on Jul 15th, 2006 1 Comment »
So I finally bite the bug and purchased a fujifilm F30 before my trip to china. I was deciding between the Canon SD600/630/700IS and the Fuji F30. From a variety of online sample comparisons to my friends’ personal experiences with both cameras, it seems clear that the fuji sensor have a 2fstop advantage over the [...]
Posted in photography on Jul 13th, 2006 No Comments »
Ever wonder why the 24-70mm f2.8 lense with the pretty red ring at the tip costs an arm and leg while the 28-300mm covers 6x as much for a quarter the price? There are alot of differentiating factors to the quality of a lense, the build quality, the distortion, the sharpness, the internal reflection, etc. [...]