mike earussi

Exactly. I've just learned to live with it.

My PG-21 for my SD15 has a similar flaw so it's probably just a design flaw Sigma never bothered correcting. Besides it's lighter just putting one battery in the grip at a time.

Why not? Just press the button, come back in an hour and it will be done. :)

They're his kids, that makes the photo stunning.

You have made a very good case as to why Nikon and Canon (and Leica?) should enter the smartphone market just so they can stay in business.

You're right. dpreview isn't focused on computers, but I'll bet there's already been an article somewhere lamenting the death of the "entry level" laptop due to smartphones.

You push the button and the smartphone does the rest. With the average smartphone user rarely (if ever) making prints and seldom posting photos larger than Facebook size it's hardly surprising that...

The point of the article is not that smartphones are equal to entry level cameras but that they are "good enough" to satisfy an uncritical mass audience.

This is something you need to farm out. The only printers I know that can print gold are solvent printers that cost in the $5,000+ range.

Good luck. Even with the mirror up the vibration of the focal plane shutter might cause some shake at that magnification. If you still find you have a blurry image even with mirror up  then a ...

Correct. In fact the R800 was the first and the last.

Any of the major brands are good, RC or fiber. But for specifics check here: http://www.aardenburg-imaging.com/ http://www.wilhelm-research.com/ Also Hahnemuhle spray will add around an extra 25% life.

First of all, never mount anything directly to foamcore because it always warps, even the 1/2" stuff, use Gatorboard instead. The simplest thing to do, if you want the print to be perfectly flat, ...

Short of buying a pigment printer there are two things you can do: 1. use a higher quality paper like Epson: https://www.amazon.com/Epson-Premium-GLOSSY-8-5x11-S041667/dp/B00006IRUC/ref=sr_1_2?s=of ...

The advantages to home printing are  many, the primary is control. Printing services are limited in what papers they offer due to economics. But there are hundreds of different papers available ...

Dave, if I remember correctly you print just B&W. If so you might want to go this direction: http://shop.inkjetmall.com/Shop-By-Ink/Piezography/ the quality of your B&W prints will be much higher ...

This case exemplifies why so many professional photographers I know refuse to do weddings (except for friends and for free). The potential headaches aren't worth it.

You're correct, I am talking about inkjet prints, primarily because I was unaware that any company still used the RA-4 process for anything larger than 8x12s. Since it is the RA-4 process then you ...

What this actually means is that anyone is free to steal your work and use it anyway they want, and unless you pay $35/image and wait up to 13 months it's a waste of your time to sue because you...

There's no such thing as a free lunch, if something is cheap it's cheap for a reason. A cheap poster house is only cheap if it can keep its costs down and the best way to do that is by cutting ...