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Micro Four Thirds and background blur

Micro Four Thirds and background blur

The APS-C sensor size has some advantage over Micro Four Thirds for background blur.  But that does not mean M4/3 is incapable of blur!  For this trial I will use a Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens on an APS-C Canon 50D, vs an Olympus 45mm f/1.8 prime on a M4/3 Olympus …

Kelly Cook January 12, 2019 January 12, 2019 Camera basics / Camera studies  background blur / lens choices
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Canon 77D landscape JPG defaults

Canon 77D landscape JPG defaults

Trying out various shooting modes for the Canon 77D against my old Olympus E-M5. Lens for the Canon is a Tamron 17-50 f/2.8, for the Oly I tried the Panasonic 12-35 f/2.8.  ISO is Auto in all cases. Auto mode The Auto modes for both cameras are the auto scene …

Kelly Cook November 3, 2018 November 3, 2018 Camera studies  Auto mode / Canon 77D / Program mode
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Canon 77D 45-point AF

Canon 77D 45-point AF

After years of getting by with the 9 point AF in my Canon 50D, I was curious to see what shooting with the new 45 point system would be like. Results were not exactly what I expected. Click below to see examples – The three shots at the end with …

Kelly Cook September 16, 2018 September 16, 2018 Camera studies  Canon 77D
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Books for Beginners

Books for Beginners

Notice – titles and author names on this page are reserved by their companies. There have always been lots of books on learning photography at the basic level for beginners.  Here is my survey of 10 current (or fairly recent) books.  We will start off with the description for each …

Kelly Cook July 10, 2018 August 4, 2018 Camera basics  beginners' topics / books on photography / exposure control
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Shadow lifting with Fujifilm and Olympus RAW files

There have been some issues for working with Fujifilm RAW files (*.RAF) with some RAW developers/editors. This photo essay will try to look into how different developers work with a RAF file, plus whether the differences in shadow quality are significant.

staff June 18, 2018 June 25, 2018 Camera studies / Photo editing  Fujifilm X-T20 / image processing / Olympus E-M5
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