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I am a little surprised that then Canon's optical viewfinder "offers a view of the lens when it's at the wide-angle position". My old Ixus70 zoomed in approximate synchrony with the lens. Did the...

I don't use DNG files, mainly because I don't need them. I convert RAW to JPEG (usually with Lr) and then archive and forget about them. However, there are some things about using DNG file one...

My take on the use of "protective" filters:- They provide protection from liquids, dust and sand, not dropping - a hood is better for that. They are easier to clean than the lens itself - flat...

The patent offices are swamped with applications, often in areas where they do not have much expertise. So, they have just given up and patent anything that does not smell bad, and leave it to the...

It is not only the FF that is unsuitable for a small NEX camera. I have both the A580 and the NEX7. Using any A-mount lens larger than the 50mm A-mount on the NEX, hand-held, is impractical. Lenses...

The 1" sensor on the RX100 is, I believe, the absolute minimum for quality images. Used a Minolta A1, which had a fine lens, for quite some time and got good pictures - but only good. Compare the...

As other posters have pointed out, the NEX macro (scene) mode is just there to frustrate photographers. Anyway, macro mode is a lens function, what is called macro on the camera is really close-up...

Also...a curved sensor - which is now feasible - can be made to match the focal length and other optical characteristics of the lens which should eliminate vignetting (without concomitant lens...

Size isn't everything (or so they say). Took a look at my wife's 110 Minolta - a quality constructed camera - and it seems that the big problem with 110 was that the design of the cartridge made...

You noticed! Congratulations. So what?

Multi-shot modes are the future of low light photography - anything else is limited by the laws of physics - not quite there yet, but it will come. With exposure compensation you can trade off one...

While the Linear No Threshold theory is no longer widely held, one still needs to take into account individual difference. That these differences exist has not been in doubt - the premature ageing...

I stand corrected - it was the camera not the film that was 16mm wide.The modern digital version is just not the same (DSC Silver I think they call it). My B&W negatives have deteriorated badly,...

For me "Minox" will always mean the little 16mm film camera that I could - in those days before digital and phone cameras - always carry around with me. Still have it, though it is never used.

Agreed. Also if it is 18 rather than 16 at the wide end, I lose interest.

Firstly, the hybrid mount. The only thing I can think of is that the A-mount unfolds somewhat like collapsible lenses It is the size of the NEX FF that concerns me - not that it might be too big,...

Personally, I hope the changes are minimal so I do not have the agony of deciding whether to upgrade or not, and the expense if I do decide to upgrade.The NEX-7 really is a nice little camera and...

There are many things that affect how we look at photos. Acceptance is one thing, but even on the purely perceptual side there are many variables. The projection of a scene onto the back of the eye...

An interesting idea! To someone completely outside the sensor, and indeed electronic, industries this intrigues because it looks as if it can be achieved in the short term. Ultimately I suppose it...

Or, rather, it was the lens one normally got as a kit with a film SLR.It probably has nothing to do with why the term normal is used, but subjectively I find a 45mm lens gives the tilt distortion...