Circles
Yesterday's discussion of sensor aspect ratios had several people mentioning circular sensors. It's my understanding that sensor fabrication technology doesn't permit non-rectangular shapes, but I'm far from an expert. However, a couple of people mentioned that very early Kodak cameras—the...
Why Not Square Sensors?
Old fashioned square-sensor camera. Taken with old fashioned rectangular-sensor camera. Somebody said the other day that there is "no reason" why the big pro cameras (D4, 1Dx) have to be so big. Actually there is at least one: pros like...
Open Mike: Smiling About the Weather
From all appearances so far, winter is not going to come to Wisconsin this year. If it does, it's going to be very late indeed, because it already is. We've had one minor snow and a few cold days so...
Kirk’s Take (Kirk Tuck #3)
The Synergy of one system from two companies. We're talking about Micro Four Thirds. By Kirk Tuck My friends thought I was nuts when I went out and bought another compact mirrorless camera to add to the growing collection in...
Ansel Adams at the LCDM
If you noticed things were a little quiet around here yesterday, it's because Michael McCaskey enticed me to unchain my ankle from the leg of the desk and venture out into the north prairie sunlight to the Ansel Adams exhibit...
Mystery Man
Who is this? (No fair doing a Tin Eye or Google Images search. Just guess.) Mike Send this post to a friend Please help support TOP by patronizing our sponsors B&H Photo and Amazon Note: Links in this post may...
Penn Camera Bankrupcy and Kodak Death Watch Update
Click on image to open larger version I went to the Corcoran School of Art for "college" (it was called the Corcoran School in those days, and for a century prior, and I think of it that way despite the...
How to ‘Scan’ Film with a CameraWell (Part 1)
By Ctein Two weeks back I wrote about the gradual demise of dedicated film scanners and how, in the future, that is going to make it increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to conveniently scan film positives and negatives for digital...
Flak Photo’s ‘Beautiful New Machine’
Jörg Brüggemann's Vashisht, Kullu Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India, August 2007, on Flak Photo Three years in coming, the new Flak Photo has just launched. Editor / Producer / Publisher Andy Adams writes, "Since launching the site in 2006, my mission...
Nikon D800 Coming
...It's just that nobody's sure when. Nikon Rumors thinks it has a handle on the upcoming D700 replacement...it's to have 36 megapixels and will be smaller and lighter than the D700. Note the name of the site, however ("rumors"). I...
Filming Mountain Climber Alex Honnold
I think we've covered this subject (or this same guy) before—my brain must be blocking the memory—but here's an interesting "60 Minutes" behind-the-scenes video in which producer Jeff Newton explains how to videograph a guy who is famous for solo...
Sometimes the Latest IS the Greatest
By Roger Overall Here's a question for you. If someone offered you a 6-MP DSLR for free, seven or eight years old but never been out of the box, would you accept it, and, importantly, would you use it? You...
