A 3-Minute Explanation of Bit Depth in Digital Photography
Don’t know what it means when one camera shoots 8-bit photos while another one shoots 10-bit? Here’s a helpful primer by ZY Productions that will bring you up to speed on the basics of bit depth in...
View ArticleUnderstanding Flash Guide Number (and Common Misconceptions)
Mystified by talk of “guide number” and “flash power”? Gerald Undone made this helpful 10-minute video that explains everything you need to know about the light from strobes and speedlights, from...
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How to Take a Picture of a Black Hole
The first-ever picture of a black hole was unveiled yesterday, generating a huge amount of interest and excitement across the world. But how exactly was this picture captured? Well, it definitely...
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How Google’s Handheld Multi-Frame Super-Resolution Tech Works
Since there are physical limits to how large sensors can be in smartphones, companies like Google have been pushing heavily into computational photography, the use of digital rather than optical...
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Here’s an Explanation of PPA’s New Pro Photographer Certification Process
Hello, everyone. I’m Audrey Wancket, President of Professional Photographers of America (PPA), and this article is a response to recent reaction to PPA’s new “Certified Professional Photographer”...
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This is Why Macs Are Slower Than PCs
If you’re in the market for a desktop computer or laptop to do some serious photography work on, you might want to watch this 10-minute video first. Tech presenter Linus Sebastian of Linus Tech Tips...
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Canon: Here’s Why RF Lenses Can Be Better Than EF Lenses
Canon made this 4.5-minute video explaining the technology of its new RF lens mount for full-frame mirrorless cameras and its strengths over conventional (e.g. EF) lens mounts. “[W]hat makes these...
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What Does an Unprocessed RAW File Look Like?
What does it mean to look at a “straight from camera” RAW photo file? How do RAW processors like Lightroom change the files after they’re loaded, and are RAW files actually images? Those are some...
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A (Very) Technical Look at Creating an AI to Restore and Colorize Photos
In this article, I’m going to tell a story of how we’ve created AI-based restoration project for old military photos. Editor’s note: This article is highly technical and will not be easy reading for...
View ArticleWhat Are Aspherical Lens Elements?
When camera lens makers announce new lenses, one of the specs they always tout is how many aspherical elements the lens designs have. If you’re not sure what those elements are and what they do,...
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‘Can We Have All the Photos from the Shoot?’ No, And Here’s Why…
Sooner or later, every professional photographer runs into similar situations. Situations that are uncomfortable for the photographer and the client. One is the topic of post-production and...
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How Canon’s New Defocus Smoothing Gets You Ultra-Creamy Bokeh
Canon announced the new RF 85mm f/1.2L DS IS lens for its full-frame mirrorless cameras today, and the $3,000 lens is the very first Canon lens to feature a new technology called Defocus Smoothing...
View ArticleAll 50+ Adobe Apps Explained in Just 10 Minutes
After launching with the PostScript printing language back in 1982, Adobe’s product offerings have ballooned to comprise over 50 apps used across a wide range of industries. If you often hear Adobe...
View ArticleSock Puppet Teaches You How to Use Your Camera’s Manual Settings
If you’ve been looking for a fresh, entertaining take on the standard beginner’s guide to getting out of Auto Mode, look no further. The YouTube channel TheCrafsMan SteadyCraftin has released the...
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What Camera Sensor Size Equivalence is All About
Today we are taking a look at equivalency. Not equivalent exposure, equivalency. What the heck is that? Equivalency is a very, very complicated subject matter, but one people have been screaming about...
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Understanding Apple ProRAW
My name is Ben Sandofsky, and I’m the co-founder and developer of Lux Optics. We make Halide, the most popular RAW camera for iPhone, so when Apple revealed their new ProRAW image format, we were...
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What is Hyperfocal Distance and How Do You Find It?
One of the more complex technical topics in photography is something called hyperfocal distance. At first glance, the basic definition of hyperfocal distance seems pretty straightforward: It’s the...
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Imaging Resource Founder Shares the Tale of His Site’s Untimely Demise
After wondering why the Imaging Resource (IR) was seeing so few updates recently, a number of people noticed that it seemed to have vanished from the internet as of sometime last Friday, May 5. Had...
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