Adobe may be on to something with their Super Resolution (pixel doubling) software update in Adobe Camera Raw – especially for wildlife photography which often involves heavy cropping or for those shooting with lower resolution cameras (lets say less than 40 meg pixel) such as the A9. The following two images originate from the same Sony raw ARW file of 6000 x 4000 pixels, shot hand held on a 24 megapixel Sony A9 II at 600 mm, 1/2000 sec at […]
Here are the images of the garden as it was prior to the 2021 update that is planned. Any areas of brown grass are recent pictures, green grass is how it was in 2019. There is trellis planned for under the deck for installation in the spring. […]
Based on the results of test 3 – I tried AF Tracking Large. When shooting the ducks in the harbour I found this to be slow to acquire focus and went back to Expand Flexible Spot as the alternate focus mode. The default focus mode remained Zone. As well AF Tracking Sensitivity was set to 4. It looks like the settings are pretty well stabilizing for the harbour – I suspect Florida and small birds in trees will have variations […]
As Lightroom is too slow to import 1000’s of Bird in Flight images – I use FastRawViewer(FRV) to preview the images right from the card prior to import. Only images flagged (by using Stars or colours) in FRV and then selected in FRV are imported. FRV flags are imported into LR along with the images as per normal. Insert Card – right click image and Open FastRawViewer. Preview potential images for input into LR then flag them using ‘1’ […]
Sony A9II AF setup test video – Take 3 The following video demonstrates what AF tracking is like. Settings are recorded in the beginning of the video. Green boxes indicate use of Zone with Red marker indicating actual focus point. Red only indicates use of Flexible spot expand only. The duration of the owl flight was 18 seconds, thus my tracking ability was tested beyond the limits. Better keep practicing. Video: Owl 2021-02-09
After working on the kitchen reno for almost four months I finally got around to posting a few pictures taken Dec 22 2020. The last image is the “before”.
Lightroom Classic- Apply Develop Adjustments automatically at Import (last updated Sept 4, 2022) Having Lightroom Classic apply standard develop presets is an enormous time saver. For those that would prefer not to apply develop adjustments to each image, or if your like me and prefer the final cull to have adjustments applied before making a final selection applying a develop preset at import time is a great time saver. Lightroom CC can automatically set standard (default) adjustments (basic tone, colour, […]
June 21 2019 March 2019 I decided to give up on the Epson 7900 as the print head once again was clogged beyond any method of cleaning it including manual methods with windex etc. As this was its 3rd time it needed a new head at $3000 I decided to just give up on it. I selected the Canon P-1000 because of its print resolution, wide range of ink gamut (colours) and that the printer seems to flush its heads […]
SD Cards speeds measured using Blackmagicdesigns disk speed test using the iMac Pro SDXC UHS‑II card slot conveniently located on the back of the monitor: Lexar 128GB U3 2000x 300MB/s SD card II has a write speed of 175.2 MB/s and read speed of 254.1 MB/s. Sony 128GB SDXC UHS-II has a write speed of 182.4 MB/s and read speed of 256.5 MB/s. 64GB SanDisk Extreme I U3 – W:55.4 R:43.3 When using thePro Grade USB-C card the speed drops […]
The A7RIII does not natively tether within LR so the Sony Remote App must be running. Shut down Dropbox as the Remote app does not work with it. Place the files in the Auto Import Directory of LR and import that way. The remote app has a link from the Viewer App which is in my App Alis folder.