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Understanding and Using MTF Graphs
We hear a lot about lens sharpness; but what does it actually mean? It’s not easy to quantify but for images to appear sharp, both sharpness and contrast are involved. However, you can’t measure either factor objectively and both are inter-related.
Some useful Photo Websites
Is there no end to the Aladdin’s cave of wonderous photographic resources that is the internet? Your editor shares another selection of useful and intriguing websites.
The Print’s The Thing
Leading expert on image preservation, Henry Wilhelm, talks about issues critical to today’s digital photographers.
White Balance
These pictures simulate the effects of common lighting types that can be corrected with the white balance pre-sets in most digital cameras.
Using Lens Adapters
When you’ve made a significant investment in camera bodies and lenses from a particular manufacturer over a long period of time, there’s little incentive to swap to a different brand. Most serious photographers have pondered the pros and cons of swapping when the manufacturer of a different brand from the one they use releases a particularly attractive camera body. In the main, however, inertia kicks in and they stick with their current brand – even at the cost of reduced shooting versatility.