The contenders SanDisk Extreme Pro 95 MB/s 32 GiB SanDisk Extreme Plus 80 MB/s 32 GiB SanDisk Extreme 45 MB/s 16 GiB SanDisk Ultra 30 MB/s 16 GiB Lexar Professional 600x 128 GiB Maxell MaxData 16 GiB SanDisk Ultra MicroSD 64 GiB Samsung MicroSD 32 GiB Note that the last two are MicroSD cards, not regular SD… Read more
I wish I were surprised even a little. I look forward to seeing how comically under-powered “Photos” is in comparison. I hope Adobe actually fix Lightroom enough to be usable, and add support for importing Aperture libraries. Though I’m not holding my breath. I’d prefer that someone actually develop a good professional photo management and… Read more
I’m still working on my opinion of the Sigma 18-35/1.8. And still tackling AF accuracy and reliability problems. I think (in part thanks to my AF tuning) I’ve got the accuracy issues mostly worked out… it’s not hard to demonstrate really bad AF consistency in synthetic settings, but whenever I actually go out and shoot for… Read more
Just thought I’d share what my AF calibration settings are, at least initially, for the Sigma 18-35/1.8 on a Nikon D5200. And some comments on the process. As you can see, on my particular D5200 it has an overall tendency to back-focus (negative adjustment values mean “the subject was closer than AF thought”). It took a… Read more
Grrr. You get a shiny new lens and find out that it’s back-focusing horribly. Luckily it’s an awesome new Sigma lens which lets you adjust the autofocus system, via the handy Sigma USB Dock. Unfortunately, you use USB Overdrive. So when you connect the dock up, attach the lens, and launch Sigma’s “Sigma Optimisation Pro”… Read more
I like circular polarising filters. I hate glare, and I like strong – but natural – contrast. So until recently I used them a lot. The only downside, I figured, was the loss of light. Sometimes my photos using the filter seemed a bit soft, but I assumed that was because of the slower shutter… Read more
Officially, Apple claims that you can store your last 30 days of photos in iCloud via Photo Streams. This is true only if you don’t have very many. If you actually take a lot of photos, iCloud boots your arse out and doesn’t let you use Photo Streams anymore. At all. 24/09/13 6:54:08.457 PM PhotoStreamAgent[305]:… Read more