Canon G12 HDR

January 27, 2011

Canon G12 HDR quick take. This image was taken using the “HDR” SCN dial mode available in the G12.  It excels in daylight conditions.  Amazing in fact.  But other situations are not as favorable. I was asked by a real estate agent to take a dozen or so “view” shots and due to the low [...]

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Canon G12 HDR Settings

January 5, 2011

I just deleted what I posted last night about the Canon G12. I’m writing this one off to the “RTFM” category.  As in… I didn’t find some of the HDR settings in the manual and made assumptions.  I’ve since found the extra key to press to adjust the steps between each shot and the SCN [...]

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Nikon D7000 HDR

January 2, 2011

The Nikon D7000 HDR inquiry comes to me weekly so I’m going to address it right here and a work around to get past its limitations. The D7000 only does 3aeb in camera with a max jump of 2EV between each frame.  For creating commercial quality work, that is insufficient for many scenes.  Many landscapes [...]

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Canon 60D musings and AEB discussion

December 14, 2010

Random comments in the YouTube video about my new Canon 60D and using the Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM.  Also discussions about 3aeb vs 9aeb and Canon’s 1D/1Ds 7aeb custom functions. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma7TUysv7l8[/youtube] Topics discussed: Canon 60D Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM Nikon D3 Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G Promote Control 1D / 1Ds AEB functions 3aeb sucks

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Toning vs Tonemapping

December 8, 2010

Less than a month ago Christian Bloch of HDRLabs.com communicated something to me I’d like to share with all of  you (us HDR nuts).  The nutshell of what he is proposing is that we all start using the term “Toning” vs “Tonemapping” when referring to finessing high dynamic range files (images). I’ve always viewed all [...]

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HDR Express quick take

December 6, 2010

Today Unified Color released HDR Express. http://www.unifiedcolor.com/hdr-express It might seem like a watered down version of HDR Expose / 32 Float… and that would be true in terms of the tools to use in the user interface, but the underlying code is revolutionary in HDR Express (in terms of Unified Color’s family of HDR apps). [...]

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Last Call for HDR Training

November 28, 2010

Last call for HDR Training for Real Estate and Architectural Photography. This offer expires December 1st! Shooting and editing for real estate and architectural interiors is a whole different beast than landscapes and non-commercial work.  The list of gotchas is long, here’s the short one. You know the culprits… mixed lighting, massive dynamic range scenes [...]

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Dynamic Range of Sensor

November 15, 2010

Curious about where your DSLR ranks in ability to capture a wide dynamic range? Here’s the chart to show you where yours ranks against its peers (updated 11-15-2010). If you shoot timelapse and you are trying to squeeze every ounce out of shadows and pull in as much highlight detail as possible, then pay close [...]

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DXO Optics Pro v6.5

November 9, 2010

DXO Optics Pro v6.5 was released today. The HDR  effect they hyped and apparently added to v6.5 is a complete joke. I can’t believe a company so committed to RAW processing would reduce themselves to a gimic filter like single shot HDR and then have the balls to attach “HDR” to it. Tell me how [...]

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Unified Color HDR Express

October 28, 2010

Unified Color announced their entry level HDR application today which is HDR Express.  I am covered up creating training for my soon to launch HDR Training for Architectural Photography so I’ll simply link over to where I co-blog at HDRlabs.com for you to find other news Christian has linked up such as his review of Dolby’s [...]

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