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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

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Zone System and Digital Sensitometery

  • Guide ~ Simulated Step Wedge
  • Guide ~ System Characterization
  • Guide ~ Zone System curve creation
  • Guide ~ Image Processing Pipeline
  • Guide ~ Tonal Separation
  • Zone System Resoureces and Inspiration
  • Preamble
  • Baseline
  • Film Emulation (RAW)
  • Finding Linear Slopes (RAW)
  • High ISO Effects (RAW)
  • Details and Observations (RAW)
  • Automation (RAW + in-camera jpg)

Sony in-camera "Film Emulation"

  • "Natural Colors" Creative Style
  • "BW Print Quality" Creative Style
  • "High Key Warm" Creative Style
  • "Natural Colors" Picture Profile
  • "Classic Negative" Picture Profile
  • "Classic Chrome" Picture Profile
  • "Professional Negative" Picture Profile
  • "High Key" Picture Profile
  • "Canon Portrait" Picture Profile
  • "BW Print" Picture Profile
  • "BW Print Orange Filter" Picture Profile
  • "WetPlate Collodion" Picture Profile
  • 6 Picture Profile recipes
  • Found in CyberSpace Picture Profile recipes

Digital Black and White Photography

  • Making Digital look like Film ~ an overview
  • Concise Instructions ~ digital color to B&W
  • Black and White ~ less concise version
  • Human Perception in Black and White
  • Filtering ~ separating colors
  • Highlight "creaminess"
  • Tone as Light
  • Comparing Film and Digital
  • Tri-X "like" Film Grain
  • Applying Filters
  • Examples ~ Bordeaux Churches
  • Examples ~ Bordeaux Details
  • Examples ~ le Mans Classic
  • Examples ~ Mont Saint Michel
  • Examples ~ Old Cars
  • Examples ~ Portraiture

Sites of Interest

  • Alex Timmermans
  • Beth Moon
  • Christopher Burkett
  • Christopher Perez (me!) - Flickr Pages
  • Dr Scott Jones
  • Gallery of Soft Focus
  • Jim Galli
  • John Wimberley
  • Kenneth Lee
  • Lenswork Magazine
  • Lois Conner
  • LS King
  • OnLine Photographer Blog
  • Pat David
  • Ray Bidegain
  • Sandy King

Resolution in Photography

  • Comparison - 16, 19, 18-55mm lenses
  • Comparison - 19 to 58mm lenses
  • Comparison - 16mm Sony vs 19mm Sigma
  • Comparison - Sony APS-C mirrorless kit lenses
  • Comparison - 28mm PC, 35mm PC, and 3 50mm-ish lenses
  • Comparison - 30mm to 85mm, w/wo Zhongyi Lens Turbo II
  • Comparison - 6 50mm lenses Sony, Nikon, Zeiss, Meyer-Optik
  • Comparison - Micro-Nikkor 55mm f2.8, f3.5
  • Comparison - Out of Focus Rendition in 6 50mm lenses
  • Comparison - 50mm Nikon, 58mm Helios
  • Comparison - 50mm Nikon and Sony, 30mm Sigma
  • Comparison - 50, 60, 85mm Sigma, Sony, Nikon
  • Comparison - 50, 58, 85mm lenses
  • Comparison - Nikon Nikkor 85mm f/1.8, f/2
  • Comparison - Nikon Micro-Nikkor and Nikkor 105mm lenses
  • Comparison - Sigma, Nikon, Sony 55 to 210mm
  • Comparison ~ 135mm Schneider, Nikon, Sony
  • Comparison - 75-150mm, 80-200mm Nikon zoom
  • Comparison - Asahi, Sony, Nikkor 200mm
  • Comparison - Nikon Nikkor 80-200mm f/4.5 N
  • Comparison - 300, 135, 105mm Nikkor
  • Comparison - 60mm Sigma to 300mm Nikkor pre-Ai
  • Comparison - 300mm Nikkor, 100-400L Canon, 150-600mm Tamron
  • Comparison - 300, 100-400mm lenses
  • Lenses and Senor Resolution Limits
  • That Megapixel Race
  • A lens test - Canon, Sigma, Jupiter optics
  • Print Resolution Limits
  • Large Format Lens Tests
  • Medium Format Lens Tests
  • Which Lens is Which Test
  • Physics, Resolution and Wishful Thinking
  • Cost of a Line per MM - Large Format Film
  • Canon EOS 100-400L f4.5-5.6
  • Canon EOS 70-200L f4
  • Canon EOS 28mm f2.8
  • Canon EOS 50mm f1.8

Tools of the Trade

  • Optics and their physical properties
  • Some Interesting Properties of Digital Sensors
  • Resolution and the Real World
  • On Considering an Important Truth
  • On Making Big Prints [part 2]
  • On Making Big Prints
  • On a Very Inexpensive Means of Making Very High Resolution Images
  • On Super-Resolution [part 2]
  • On Super-Resolution [part 1]
  • Creating high dynamic range Images using Luminance HDR
  • Interview and Portfolio of Images (my work) ~ Gimp Magazine ~ Issue 4
  • Master Tutorial (my work) ~ Gimp Magazine ~ Issue 5

Portraiture ~ HowTo

  • Equipment considerations
  • Lighting considerations
  • Artistic considerations
  • Equipment ~ recommendations logic
  • Lighting ~ logic
  • Art ~ Logic

Soft Focus Imaging Studies

  • Part One - Sharp, Soft Filters, Soft Focus Lens
  • Part Two ~ A Sharp Soft Focus Lens?
  • Part Three ~ Soft Focus Lens Sweet Spot
  • Part Four ~ Soft Lens and Image Processing
  • Part Five ~ Soft Lens and Filters in Processing
  • Part Six ~ Soft Lens plus TeleConverter for Landscapes
  • Part Seven ~ Soft Lens plus TeleConverter for Portraits
  • Part Eight ~ Soft Filter plus Image Processing for Portraits
  • Part Nine ~ APS-C Soft Lens plus TeleConverter for Still Life
  • Part Ten ~ Orton Effect image processing
  • Pentax 85mm f/2.2 Soft ~ Instruction Manual

Out of Focus Rendition Studies

  • Summary of Thoughts
  • Nikkor 28mm to 105mm comparison
  • Nikkor 24, 28, 35mm lenses
  • Nikkor 28mm lenses
  • Nikkor 50mm, 55mm lenses
  • Micro-Nikkor 55mm lenses
  • Nikkor 85mm lenses (early and late)
  • Nikon 85mm K, Pentax 85mm Soft
  • Micro-Nikkor, Nikkor 105mm lenses
  • Nikkor 105mm f/2.5 P and Ai
  • Nikkor, Schneider 135mm lenses
  • Nikkor 35-105mm AiS zoom
  • Nikon 75-150mm AiS E-series zoom
  • Nikon 80-200mm f/4.5 N Ai zoom
  • Nikkor 100-300mm f/5.6 zoom
  • Sigma 19mm, 30mm, Sony 50mm lenses

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