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I remember a Leica guy once said about Leica lenses on Panasonic cameras, that the Leica brand lenses were made on Leica machines and Panasonic lenses were made on Panasonic machines, but ...

This site has a lot of free tools for the astrophotographer.  There may be something there you can use. Jan

I like how the SFD process brings out the detail in the highlights, but I find the shadows too washed out.  The shadows in the OOC jpeg look more natural. Jan

With the Dp series you get the sensor plus a great lens.  For about that same price the SD1 only gets you the sensor.  You will end up paying the same price again for a lens that is as good as the ...

Hi, In this review Alan Dyer uses the Laowa Venus Optics 15mm f/2 lens for his nightscapes. Jan

You can set the shutter speed to 1/4 second so your iso should be somewhat reasonable, according to Alan Dyer and his review of the Sony A7III. Quote: "But when shooting aurora videos I found, to ...

The world is awash in amazing and beautiful landscape photographs.  Trying to sell pictures into that headwind is very difficult.  You need the highest technical quality along with exceptional ...

Should the 18-200 be considered as an option?  It is the only lens I use and I am so happy with it I sold my Sigma primes and my 55-210. Jan

Hi Mods. Could you delete this thread?  I accidentally posted this to the Samsung forum and they must have moved it over. Jan

Sorry.  I posted this to the wrong thread. Jan

Bear Glacier on the road to Stewart, BC. We saw it 35 years ago, when the front of the glacier was almost up to the road. The Ripley Creek Inn is a hotel created from buildings salvaged from the ...

You might get more wind and rain when it swings by and the backside hits.  Get out the candles, pull out the board games and stay safe. Jan

Bear Glacier on the road to Stewart, BC. We saw it 35 years ago, when the front of the glacier was almost up to the road. The Ripley Creek Inn is a hotel created from buildings salvaged from the ...

Yep.  British Columbia.  Hmm, it wasn't meant to look miserable.  It was actually very warm and beautiful, but it does rain a lot. Jan

Haida Gwaii is an archipelago off the north coast of BC, sparsely populated with three small towns but it is the ancestral home of the Haida First Nation and signs of the proud Haida culture, both ...

I'm in Vancouver and the haze seems to have thinned slightly today but it is forecast to get worse tomorrow with more outflow winds. https://weather.gc.ca/firework/firework_anim_e.html?type=em&utc=12 ...

Stunning pictures.  Congratulations. Jan

What a moment!  Fantastic. Jan

I wonder if it would be possible to increase the dynamic range of a sensor by taking slices of the exposure.  Now, you take an exposure, 1/500 of a second say, and then count the photons in each ...

We were there for a week in July. We loved it but unfortunately our boat trip to the ancient beach villages with the standing totem poles in the National Park was cancelled because of high winds. I ...