This is a follow-up to my previous Raw converter comparison – you can see that post for info on things like my motivation, basic processing methods, etc. The goal in this case is just to test how well each raw editor – Aperture 3.6, Capture One 9 Pro, DxO Optics 10, and Lightroom CC 2015.3… Read more
Prelude For better or worse, Aperture is dying. Abandoned by Apple many years ago now, it’s frankly amazing it hasn’t completely broken already, given the steady stream of system updates and such changes since then. Regardless, it has always had rough edges, and on top of all that I’ve grown increasingly disappointed with its image… Read more
It has some outright bugs around handling of SD cards. For example, it will not record high quality video to a SanDisk Extreme Pro card. It falsely claims that the card is not UHS-I compliant, nor fast enough – both utter garbage. “Silent” mode (electronic front & rear curtain shutters) makes a significant difference to… Read more
The ‘Silent Shutter’ mode is (electronic front & rear shutters) is very useful as it really does reduce a lot of sensor vibration (not that the a7R’s mechanical shutters are very heavy – certainly nothing like the shutters let alone mirror on an e.g. D7100). However, despite Sony’s claims about the amazing speed of the electronic… Read more
I’ve been reading through the back catalog of Digital Camera magazine, from the first issues available for the iPad back in 2009 or so. There’s been a few things which have been amusing: Teleconverters back then were apparently a great way to get extra reach basically for free. Just avoid those 3x teleconverters – those… Read more
I acquired the Nikon AF-S Teleconverter TC-14E III (1.4x) primarily for use on the new Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4E PF ED VR, but it is also officially supported on the Nikon AF-S 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR, and extra reach is always good, so, the key question is: what effect does it have on image… Read more
Here’s what I want from the mythical D400 (or D7300 – I’m not picky about model names). Because obviously Nikon reads this blog and uses it to drive all their product decisions. ≥ 50 image buffer. In 14-bit RAW. ≥ 10 FPS. I’ll even accept complete viewfinder blackout if it means getting beyond 10 FPS.… Read more