Posted by Constantin Chirila on Dec 11, 2008 in
Camera Gear,
Photography,
Tips & Tricks 
Taking sharp photographs is the dream of every photographer. However taking crisp, clean images can be quite challenging. I would like to share with you guys some tips on how to get razor sharp photographs, but before that let’s see what are the common causes for lack of sharpness:
Wrong focusing. The most common cause for blurry photos is not focusing right. Often happens to focus on the wrong part of the image, or using a very narrow depth of field, or taking the photo quick without checking if it is in focus, and all of this helps in throwing your subject out of focus and obtaining blurry photographs.
Low value of the shutter speed. This causes 2 sets pf problems: Camera shake and Subject movement. This two makes blurry photos because your shutter speed is too low to freeze the action.
Noise. Sometimes using high ISO values might get you results with lack of sharpness. Although since cameras evolve so quickly these days, higher ISO values might still get you very sharp images.
Here are 9 ways of improving your photographs sharpness:
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Tags: Camera Gear, Canon, DSLR, Editing, Lenses, Nikon, Photo Test, Photography, Photoshop, Tips & Tricks
Posted by Constantin Chirila on Dec 1, 2008 in
Camera Gear,
Tips & Tricks If you own a DSLR you have probably spent a lot of money on the camera, lenses and other accessories. That is why protecting your gear must be a mission for you. Here are some tips on how to do that.
- Invest in cleaning tools. Investing in proper and good quality cleaning tools it’s the first step into be more careful with your camera. It is a relatively cheap investment compared to the price of your gear. You can get rid off with paying just 15 to 40$. Don’t risk ruining your gear by cleaning it with the wrong set of tools. There are 2 set of tools: one for you camera exterior interior and lenses and one for you image sensor.
- Cover your lenses. Covering you lenses with an UV filter it’s another way o protecting it from scratches, dust, smudgy hands, and even dropping, since you don’t damage your front element of the lens but you will damage your UV filter which it’s way less expensive than your lens. An UV filter it’s about 10 to 100$ depending on your lens diameter and of the quality of the UV filter. But be aware that buying a cheap filter might change the way your photographs come out that being in a negative way Read more…
Tags: Camera Gear, DSLR, Photography, Tips & Tricks
Posted by Constantin Chirila on Dec 1, 2008 in
Camera Gear 
A few days after they leaked by mistake the new D3x, Nikon released the brochure of the camera. It contains some test shots and the full specifications list of the camera.
You can check it out here.
Tags: Camera Gear, DSLR, Nikon, Photography, Release
Posted by Constantin Chirila on Nov 29, 2008 in
Camera Gear,
Photography 
Nikon has leaked their own announcements themselves by mistake. How did this happened? Well, it appears that they released their magazine named “Nikon Pro Magazine” in Europe to early, before they could launch the “official announcement”.
The new Nikon D3x is a full-frame DSLR camera with a 24.5 megapixel 16-bit EXPEED image processor. Here are some more specifications:
- 24.5 megapixel the highest resolution seen in a Nikon DSLR to date
- 16 bit EXPEED image processor (35.9 x 24mm)
- 51 point autofocus system
- 5fps continuous shooting (or 7fps at 10 megapixel)
- ISO range 50-6200
- Extra High Active D-Lighting
- Live preview shooting mode
- 3 inch LCD screen with 922000 dots
- Extremely durable magnesium construction with economically optimized and weather-sealed
- Dual CF slots
According to cameraworld.co.uk the price of the D3X camera is expected to be around £5500 (they even take pre-order deposits of £20). And it is said that will be released in December.
I wonder if it’s worth buying it. Beside the high megapixel number there is not much improvement compared to D3. I guess that this D3X it will be a relief for fashion/portrait/product/etc. photographer , but a disappointment for wedding and sports photographers photographers where they need speed and god image quality at very high ISO. But we will wait and see how it will present itself.
You can read more here or here.
Tags: DSLR, Gear, Nikon, Photography
Posted by Constantin Chirila on Nov 27, 2008 in
Photography 
As a photographer you always try to learn new things and try to find different and better results for the same problem or want to improve you skill in photography area. So, you have a day off and you want to practice a little at home or in you studio. You set your camera and your lights, but you need a subject to take a photograph of. Sometimes is hard to find a subject wiling to loose time just to be you guinea pig, so the best subject which is always willing to be photographed “in the name of evolution” is you. But all the time you find yourself running to you camera to see results or change settings.
That’s why developer Scott Forman started the creation of ShutterVoice software and was originally created to ease the process of shooting lighting tests with himself as the subject, This enables you to control the Canon EOS Utility software ( that comes with your DSLR camera ) with spoken commands. This is programmed to be out on the market by the end of the next month.
Without touching the keyboard, ShutterVoice allows for broad control of EOS Utility, it’s possible to use command phrases that adjust aperture, shutter speed, ISO, set focus distance (autofocus in Live View is possible too, though with the EOS 50D and EOS 5D Mark II only), rotate pictures and enable the control of EV compensation, color temperature, white balance and more, shown in the screenshot and video bellow:
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Tags: 50D, 5D Mark II, Camera Gear, Canon, DSLR, News, Photography, Software
