HumanTarget

Diffusers work by spreading the light all over, hopefully to bounce off a nearby white surface. They're pretty much a waste outside, just using up batteries (it pains me to see so many people ...

No, that's quite the opposite of it.

Who's to say they only know what they've read here?

Okay. So why say "I see nothing wrong with setting the ISO number first and then adjusting your lighting (if in the studio), shutter time and aperture to give good results with that ISO setting" then?

Why would I want to initially set higher than "base" ISO if I don't need to? I'd rather not. I'd rather think of ISO as relating exposure to output lightness. It's a simple enough concept by itself.

I've had plenty of discussions with people on these forums who explain that's exactly how they shoot (some who've talked about being teachers). Sure, any "qualified photography teacher, ...

I think part of the problem is the "exposure triangle" often leads to ISO-first shooting. It's like recording audio and setting the gain first, then adjusting the signal prior to the input to get ...

Jim Kasson worked as a color scientist in the 1990s. Eric Fossum is not a color scientist, but he founded and ran a sensor company. I would expect him to know a thing or two about CFA selection....

@fPrime:
1. I did not say Dr. Fossum was a retired color scientist. I was referring to Jim Kassen (who, granted, was an electrical engineer, though he did work in color science for IBM).

2: You...

I think fPrime's still got a little animosity towards Dr. Fossum from when he called his "weak CFA" theory dumb (in a thread where a retired color scientist was unsuccessfully trying to get fPrime...

As usual, fPrime, you're cherry-picking anything you think supports your view and ignoring all other evidence.

The author states in his final thoughts:
"For me, and I imagine for many others who...

Did you bother looking at the link I posted? CMOS was not initially cheaper than CCD, and required special manufacturing, too, despite expectations to the contrary. The OP mentioned the Pentax ...

So you're talking more about noise floor and dynamic range and the state of the technologies at the time, rather than a simple CCD vs CMOS? Okay, I see what you're getting at now. But I would ...

All right, I'm not saying you're wrong, but do you have any examples of the differences needed in processing color due to CCD vs. CMOS imaging? I've always thought that silicon is silicon.

The difference between CCD and CMOS is how the data is read out and has nothing to do with color. Neither detects color, which is why a color filter is needed over the sensor. Any differences are ...

entoman, how is it any better than using a camera with a Bayer filter sensor at ISO 100? In other words, how does reducing the amount of light reaching the pixels not negate the advantage of having...

Not to mention that using color filters reduces the additional light a monochrome sensor receives, negating one of its main advantages.

I've no suggestion for a name, but it produces a lovely effect. Very nicely done!

It's not the lens doing it, it's the distance. A lens cannot change the relative size of things. His language was perhaps a little sloppy there, but it was implied that the distance was changed to ...

I'd just like to add a couple things: 1. Heavy cropping is not ideal (and often impractical, particularly for video), which is obviously why choosing a proper focal length for framing is important. ...