Paul De Bra

I also use noise reduction software (Topaz Denoise AI) but no noise reduction software can "recover" data that has not been recorded by the sensor. What the best noise reduction programs try to do ...

That's not actually true. As you zoom the front element moves. The lens extends towards the 7mm mark and shrinks towards the 14mm mark. The movement is such however that the front element still ...

You can compare specs. I was surprised to see in a side by side photo dat the 8-25 f/4 is not much smaller than the 7-14 f/2.8. For me that was enough to realize that it doesn't make much sense to ...

Some software is written badly enough to require this. But you wouldn't want to use it. Alas, there is also the trend to introduce completely new programming environments and then some companies' ...

Small flaw: you switch the role of student versus teacher. The belief should have read: that teachers should get paid once for every new student , when they start (or maybe when they finish) ...

Hardware wears out. Your shoes after one year of use are no longer in the same shape as they were on day one. Neither is your car. Software does not wear out. It is still in the same shape after ...

I do know that software is costly to develop. But I also know that development cost is the only cost. Unlike when making cameras where every camera costs money to produce, there is no such ...

At Topaz they sure know how to not make customers into "friends"... A shame really because their product is great!

This is a common misconception. When you buy an Olympus camera you are *paying* for the camera and the software. You do not get Olympus Workspace for free. It is simply a part of the package, so ...

I do understand that you cannot expect free updates forever. I have paid for updates for several other software products and continue to do so. But in all cases except for Topaz the updates came ...

I bought Denoise AI on January 27, 2020 for $50,99 it is at version 2.4.2 now. To renew now and get the update to version 3.1.1 they now want $59,99. That's more than what I paid initially. That's ...

I did buy Topaz Denoise AI not long ago (Jan. 2020) and now there is an update and they want me to pay again? I don't think so. I will continue to use what I have as long as possible, but I'm not ...

Not sure what it is but the color/brightness in the sky of the cityscapes does not vary as smoothly as I would have hoped. Could it be that the shots were not processed from raw? The compact also ...

That makes for 24-120 equivalent. There is a relatively cheap 12-60 f/3.5-5.6 and a more expensive Panasonic-Leica 12-60 f/2.8-4. So no problem substituting your compact here.

Mine is smooth throughout the range and has been like this since the day I bought it, which was just after this lens came out many years ago.

I only have the 1.4x and heard good and not so good things about the 2x, regarding sharpness. The 1.4x makes the lens an f/4 lens and I would not want to go any slower than that. Sure the 2.x makes ...

I tend to travel light and just for a few days, and unless it's specifically a "photo trip" I just take my E-M5 II, 12-40 f/2.8 and Metz-58 flash. This all fits is a small (Hama) bag if it's just ...

The way EU warranty works is that the warranty is from the store where you buy the item. Typically the manufacturer will also honor the warranty, but if they don't the store still has to offer you ...

In the EU a 2 year limited warranty is standard, but how that is interpreted differs from country to country. (It's a sad situation...) But since Brexit, a camera bought from London no longer falls ...

The old lens was not an Olympus. It was some cheap no-name probably Chinese lens. I bought the camera in 1987 in a store in Manhattan. It was pretty typical at the time to create a package of a ...