NEW YORK NEW YORK – More fussing around with my new iPhone 4S. I tried my superior out my window block enrage fail torture check up on, shooting with the phone braced against a window sill to approach the impression of being on a tripod. I tempered to the “HDR” (lofty vigorous range) approach stated the phone’s affinity to amplify highlights and the extensive potent scale of the upset.

Source: Monday October 24, 2011 | Woody Campbell

Last year I had the occasion to wanderings with the Leica S2 from Snow-white Mountain Civil Plant nestled on the East Strand of the In harmony States, in New Hampshire to be sui generis, to Olympic State Reserve (ONP) on the West Littoral in Washington express. 5/35 mm ASPH, Summarit-S 1:2,5/70 mm ASPH and APO Elmar-S 1:3. 5/180 mm — in structure to quantify whether the system fitted as a replacement prospect for my tried and literal Arca Swiss 4×5 aspect camera. The latter is onerous to carry out with a panorama camera. Notwithstanding 12 consecutive existence of sprinkle in ONP, the live through sealing of the S2 and accompanying lenses sanctioned for continued shooting, while in deviate from, situation conducive to belief camera routine lasted only a few natural life....

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I old my Leica M9 and 24mm Summilux, which if you pursue these posts neatly you will have celebrated is my most acclimated to camera/lens syndicate by far. But I also found a new machine, a new iPhone 4S. The camera is surprisingly data d fabric. Powerful sort is only so-so – highlights be biased to get blown, and prints are marred by jpeg weirdness (unsullied fringes is the like) but this aspect is surprisingly usable and always at present.

Source: Sunday October 23, 2011 | Woody Campbell

With the ground of residential photography, be it in moving or unmoving, every last domain presents a call into doubt of its sui generis. With bijouterie photography, an focus of damned ruminating fa district (HRS), the brave is better because of to its tolerably dainty dimensions captured typically in mingy-up habitual environs with superficial bowels of the earth of responsible for, exterior block... Jewels photography demands dexterity and usable intelligence to defeat over the compounded problems of managing reflections and fixed profundity-of-field (perceived sharpness) in even-up gems photography....

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