Franglais91

Modern DSLR's do at least 1000 pictures on a full battery. I always carry a fully charged spare battery. That makes 2000 pictures carried around with me. I usually do 50-100 pictures a day when I'm ...

I never take my best camera on Holiday. I need to be able to take risks, feel free to wander about, do pictures that are "good enough". If I find an exceptional subject then I try to come back one ...

First thing that I noticed was how quiet it was compared with my D800. If you want Something really quiet then you can use the electronic shutter but that's in Live View only.

I've seen it suggested (somewhere on DPReview) that Sony wanted to keep the weight of the sensor as low as possible to make IBIS more effective with a big sensor. Olympus  have IBIS and SWWF but ...

Yes I was appalled when I came across it last week. The Sony-Minolta system of giving the sensor a strong jerk is less efficient than an ultrasonic vibration. It also makes cleaning the sensor ...

It's explained here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_reduction_system With the Olympus SWWF system there is a (very) thin layer of glass over the sensor that is vibrated "ultrasonically" by a ...

I have the D800 and the 28-70 f2.8 and the 80-200 f2.8 AF-S lenses. I don't use these lenses very much any more - too big, heavy and no VR. 1. Your image appears to be sharpest at about the level ...

The D850 is what I was hoping for - a system that is an improvement on my D800 in every way and that fits seamlessly into my way of working. I follow mirrorless. I shall look at the Nikon + Canon ...

Pictures OOC are what the camera thinks is good but it's not what I saw with my eyes. It's not "my" picture. Depending on the picture I straighten, crop, change light balance, change tonal curve, ...

The three events that I mentioned were all in Paris - but spread over a 40 year period. Thinking about it the only place where I have been physically agressed for taking pictures is - the park ...

Sorry that's maybe not the English term. This is more or less what I have. Very useful as mostly you just trail it along behind you. Roller (spinner?) suitcase Thinking back there have been three ...

Nowadays I usually travel with two photo bags plus a roller suitcase: 1. My regular photo backpack. This is large enough to carry all my photo gear plus computer plus smartphone but is small enough ...

In a wedding you have to produce nice pictures of people whatever the light. A cobra flash with a head that you can direct is the way to take control of the light and get the images you need. When ...

I'm English. I live in Paris France. I'm currently in Budapest Hungary. My approach is the same everywhere, all the time: - Keep my camera in an inconspicuous bag unless I'm actually using it - Act ...

I went to evening classes in London given by Gerry Badger who ran the Art Critic part of the British Journal of Photography. Every week we would take a famous photographer (artistic not commercial) ...

Could this be why Nikon haven't used on-sensor PDAF in their products except for the Nikon 1 series? My understanding:

1. Aprina patented the On-sensor PDAF idea
2. Nikon used it in the Nikon 1...

Sony bought the Toshiba sensor factory a few years ago. I remember seeing a reference to an Aptina patent for on sensor PDAF here on DPReview a few months ago, which prompted my remark. A lot of ...

The Nikon 1 series is based on a 1 inch sensor: - All the N1 series (except possibly the J5) used sensors made by Aptina who have now withdrawn from the sensor business. I believe that the ...

I just wrote this in another thread. I've had a J5 and a Sony RX100 Mk3 and I can't see any difference between them. I suspect there is a Sony sensor in the J5. What you mean is that Nikon should ...

The J5 has a bsi 20Mpix sensor. The Sony RX100 Mk3 has a bsi illuminated 20MPix sensor. I've had both. They have very similar performance. I always imagined that the J5 sensor was made by Sony ...