Camera Survey
Just over a month ago we asked our readers to tell us what cameras they used for their landscape photography and we had a great response. We’ve spent a bit of time analysing the results (my programming skills come in [ read ]
Plustek Opticfilm 120
In the world of scanning there are three categories: the flatbed, the dedicted film scanner and the drum scanner. In recent years the only ‘pro’ scanner that you could buy new at a reasonable cost was the Epson V750: a [ read ]
Chamonix 045F1
Intro For many years a couple of Ebony models ruled the roost when it came to the top level of luxury in 5×4 field cameras. The two Ebony models bearing the magic designation of “U”, the 45SU and SV45U, were [ read ]
Schneider PC-TS Makro-Symmar 4.5/90 HM
With the rise in camera megapixels we inevitably begin to see the effects of diffraction as our prints get bigger and bigger. Many photographers have started to use techniques such as focus stacking to get the sorts of depth of [ read ]
H3D39 vs D800 Quality
The world of medium format digital cameras systems is one that is typically associated with either very hard working professionals or well heeled amateurs (or well heeled lazy professionals I suppose). However as the the earlier generations of these cameras [ read ]
H3D39 System Possibilities
OK so we’ve looked at the Hasselblad from just an image viewpoint but what else should we be thinking? Well in my opinion there are a few extra aspects of the Hasselblad system that are worth bearing in mind. The [ read ]
H3D39 vs D800 Usability
It is interesting to point out that if you visit out the ‘Medium Format digital’ section on Getdpi.com you will see it is subtitled with the Dante quote “Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here.” The words ‘crippling depreciation’ are [ read ]
Fuji GSW690III
Over the 25 years or so that I’ve been interested in landscape photography, I’ve used and experimented with many different types and formats of cameras. In the ‘film only days’ I used 35mm,120 medium format in 6×4.5, 6×6, 6×7 and [ read ]
CamRanger – Live View Tested
Last issue we made a quick preview of the CamRanger device which I have to say I was quite enamoured of. We mentioned at the time that the CamRanger was showing differing resolutions in live view for the Nikon and [ read ]
CamRanger Preview
Ever since the retina iPhone and especially the iPad came out people have wondered about (lusted after!) the ability to tie them directly to the preview, or preferably the live view, of their cameras. This is particularly true for landscape [ read ]
Camera Colour – First Tests
I’ve written about sensor colour in a previous issue of On Landscape under the title “The Myth of Universal Colour”. In that article I looked at the quite common preconception that if different cameras create pictures with different colours then [ read ]
The Sony RX100
I bought two digital cameras in 2012, a Nikon D800 and a Sony RX100. Both cameras are class-leading and ground-breaking in upping the pixel count for their respective formats. With the D800, Nikon leapfrogged a logically preceding 24mp model and [ read ]
D800 vs D800E
There has been a lot of talk in the press recently about the new Nikon wunderkind and people have pondered on whether the D800 or the D800E should be purchased for different types of photography – the latter (E) having [ read ]
Lens Cast Calibration
Last issue we visited Chris Ireland’s “Universal Lens Calibration” tool that allows one to take a ‘white wall’ shot and then use this to remove dust, fix vignetting and also remove any colour shifts caused by wide angle lenses and [ read ]
iPhone as a Viewfinder?
Whether you’re a fan of large format photography or not (I am, many think I’m nuts for it) one of the things that most large format photographers do that could arguably be beneficial to any photographer is the use of a [ read ]
on Distant Horizons
It must have been rather fab to research this, and it's terrific to encounter artists involved in the genre.
- milouvision, 11:20 16th Junon Camera Survey
It might be interesting to see how the votes would stack if you asked in three months to repeat the survey, I for one missed the original request. It's a very interesting survey and nice to see that Pentax still have such a large following, likewise the medium and large format categories, [...]
- Douglas Salteri, 08:54 16th Jun
on Is Adobe Creative Cloud Bad For Photographers?
Great article Paul! I hope Adobe will continue to develop Photoshop with new features for photographers. I would love some new adjustment layers, how about midtone contrast (a.k.a clarity)?
- Magnus Lindbom, 07:32 16th Jun