"Understanding image histograms is probably the single most important concept to become familiar with when working with pictures from a digital camera. A histogram ca ...

"The ‘Focal Length Multiplier’ is one of the most easily misunderstood characteristics of the some of the new breeds of DSLR and so I would like to offer a brief look at this aspect of digital imaging and attempt to lay to rest some ...

Point your camera at a subject, check the meter, and press the shutter release button. The camera clicks. Later, you review your shots on the camera's LCD display and take a look at the histogram. Both the meter and histogram show you version ...

You know those numbers on the side of that lens you just bought for your digital SLR? 70-200mm … 50mm … etc? Those numbers are a lot less absolute then they used to be? The reason? Not all image sensors on digital SLRs are built the same, ...

"The RAW file format is digital photography's equivalent of a negative in film photography: it contains untouched, "raw" pixel information straight from the digital camera's sensor. The RAW file format has yet to undergo demosaicing, and so it ...

Even if you’re shooting RAW, the histogram on your camera’s LCD is still derived from JPEG data (think “close but not perfect info”). If you’re exposing so that the histogram is as far as you can to the right without clipping highlights, the ...

Contrary to the urban myths that propagate like viruses on computer discussion boards, no digital camera with interchangeable lenses has a exposed imaging sensor. All either have a glass anti-aliasing filter or an optical glass cover. With th ...

"Understanding camera lenses can help add more creative control to digital photography. Choosing the right lens for the task can become a complex trade-off between cost, size, weight, lens speed and image quality. " "This tutorial aims to ...

"Every photographer wants both maximum resolution and maximum depth of field. But unfortunately these two demands can be mutually exclusive. As you stop down the aperture on a lens the light passing through tends to diffract, reducin ...

I started to shoot with the good old D30, now I shoot with a 1ds II.Do I see differences? Yes. Would I be able to shoot the same images with the D30 ? Some, sure, my book still has prints coming from that camera.Other images, surely not.Would ...

How to Use The Histogram in Digital Photography

"White balance (WB) is the process of removing unrealistic color casts, so that objects which appear white in person are rendered white in your photo. Proper camera white balance has to take into account the "color temperature" o ...

In brief, it is a full-frame (FX) camera using the same 12 MP sensor and image processing electronics as in the Nikon D3, except in a body closer in size and weight to the Nikon D300. Remarkably, the D700 has as much as 95% of the goodn ...

As most photographers know, the Hasselblad range of digital cameras produces some of the sharpest, most detailed, and highest resolution images currently available. In order to get the most from these incredible files, we have developed a pow ...

Canon is aware that some owners of the EOS-1D Mark III and EOS-1Ds Mark III digital SLR cameras have been experiencing problems with their cameras concerning the accuracy of the Auto focusing and display of the error code Err99. Canon has inv ...