John McMillin

My experience tells me this: - Better lens means sharper detail - Bigger sensor means better tonality and DR. That is all.

This new Nikon really takes me back to the '70s. Just like my old FM- which reminds me why I didn't like that camera, either. It was small, and that was good. But the angular body was hard to hold....

Pollution isn't comparative- it's additive. Two wrongs don't make a right.

Hey, I'd like to get some new prints made on Cibachrome again, but I realize why that's a bad idea. I shudder to think at what I dumped into the drain during darkroom years. (Those of you who...

For many years I worked with a company called Circlepix, which specialized in cylindrical panos. We stitched together 16 overlapping 28mm vertical format to make a continuous scroll. Perspectives...

If you say that, you've never photographed a small home.

People now are more visually literate, and are quite familiar with interpreting ultrawide perspectives in various media. Most objections...

Interior HDRs are very tricky. The top practitioners use blended layers very selectively and avoid automated batch HDR methods. A popular term is "flambient," for ambient light plus a judicious,...

If you look at high-end architectural and decor magazines, you won't see ultrawides. I know a real estate colleague who won't go below 24mm, but I know that he's only shooting large luxury homes....

Having done this kind of work for over a decade, I've photographed thousands of listings. Not once did I wish I had an F1.8 lens. These scenes have a lot of depth, so depth of field is essential....

I'm not sure, but I suppose Pentax wants you to use the hole that best balances the combined camera and lens. This will vary depending on whether you use this lens with a K-70 or a K-1.

What's the use of the 1.3x crop mode? faster operation with JPEGs? If the camera had a 1:1 crop like the K-1, or better yet, a 4:3 crop, I'd own one by now!

I have the DA*300, but have never used the 150-450. I would suppose that adding the 1.4 teleconverter would be a better choice to get the 450mm reach. It weighs little and costs about one-third ...

This a Panasonic GX 8 was a demo from my local camera store. It has less than 40 exposures on the clock! It's in perfect condition, and complete with battery, strap, manuals and charger. It has ...

Here's the GX8, a 20 megapixel breakthrough camera and the first in the line to have in-body stabilization. It features the biggest and most flexible RVF around. That's why it's become my favorite ...

The Olympus 300/4 is 8.9" x 3.6" and it weighs 3.25 lbs. It costs $2750. The Pentax DA* 300/4 is 7.2" x 3.3", weighing 2.35 lbs. It sells for $997. Smaller, lighter, cheaper. Yes, this lens only ...

My curiosity about this lens is if it overcomes the original's tendency towards purple fringing, so I'd appreciate some extreme lighting conditions, like specular highlights, and sun reflections.

That’s very impressive. Good work from you and Pentax.

Single exposure? Filters? What adjustments?

"Great news! My $1000 drone crashed n a heap, but my $50 filter survived!"

Here's what Henri Cartier-Bresson had to say about that: "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept."

What are you trying to do with your photography? Surveillance? Maximum data capture? Then don't print...