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The two guys who run this thing positively invite massive fakery (oops, I mean ‘post processing’):

“We’re constantly amazed at the lengths photographers go to, whether physically in the landscape...

I dislike these ‘paid for’ competitions. And any publicity that’s given to them. They’re little more than vanity projects. Do the sums: “ we received 3813 entries ”, “ The entry fee remains...

Autres pays, autres moeurs

I was brought up in a strictly teetotal Methodist family; now, looking at my wine racks, I wonder how I got from then to now without a DPR Christmas drinking video?

It’s supposed to. It’s not something I use much but I think the only way the aperture will change according to the zoom focal length on a constant aperture zoom lens (which is what the Tamron is) ...

I’ve ling been sceptical of people who say ‘I’m switching from A to Z’ and particularly those who post videos about it. All is often not what it seems. I’ve just spotted one. A Youtuber giving up ...

See https://youtu.be/_IXJTYx7iGI about 24mins in. There’s a pic (actually video, not a still, and complete with a free not-very-good joke, but it works the same way) of a peacock and a human in the ...

gSo you should be. Even Canon users seem to gave finally given up on the R1. Anyway, Nikon’s got so many other numbers to choose from apart from 8:  Z10, 20, 4, 3, 2. ..1

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It’ll no doubt ‘stabilise’ your camera and lens a bit. . .as long as you don’t breathe. (When I was a kid, and my first 35mm camera had a max shutter speed of 1/125, I was just shown how to hold my ...

I’m afraid I was being sarcastic. But Cartier Bresson himself actually usually snapped more than one (though not the current Youtubers’ average going rate of around a hundred) ‘decisive moment’ to ...

“ If the subject is moving quickly, and the depth of field is shallow, then the subject may move out of the depth of field. . .” Ah: DoF, the elephant in the lens no-one mentions any more.

Of course, it is absolutely essential to be able to capture that ‘decisive moment’ in the moments before it decides to become decisive. :-D

Don’t know if it counts as ‘wildlife’, but last summer I totally failed to frighten a squirrel just a metre from my camera as it fired off a ten-shot burst. (I’d just set it to do that to snap a ...

Point taken; Duade Paton did a good video on that kind of problem. But I think we were really objecting to all those reviewers who ‘demonstrate’ it waving the camera back and forth like a demented ...

https://youtu.be/67tJ1-yJhQo

I like those who complain the AF focuses on an eyelash, not the eyeball, when they really should be worrying about how out of focus their model’s nose is.

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You shouldn’t really be trying to record audio at 0dB or -1dB. -3dB is the usual safe maximum to avoid clipping (especially when the recording device is gain riding.)

Well, DSLR’s are a dying breed. CIPA numbers show both Canon and Nikon gradually diminishing their production. I suspect the proportions in use by professionals probably has much to do with the ...