Rod Lawton
Contributor at Digital Camera World
Independent Photography Journalist and Editor at Freelance
Author at fotoPRO.world
Journalist, photographer and Head of Testing for Future Publishing's photography magazines Digital Camera, Photo Plus, N-Photo, Camera Shopper, Photography Week
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1 week ago |
digitalcameraworld.com | Rod Lawton
I think there are four camera brands that are offering ways to shoot better black and white, though I think it’s still not like shooting black and white film and sometimes you have to do some tinkering with the camera settings. Top of my list is Olympus/OM System, both for its black and white mono profiles, via the Creative Dial on the OM-3 and on the E-P7 and PEN-F before that, and for its black and white Art Filters, which can be as wildly contrasty, grainy and ‘sooty’ as you like.
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1 week ago |
digitalcameraworld.com | Rod Lawton
I was writing a story about the new Canon RF 24mm F1.4L VCM hybrid lens and I scrolled all the way down to the small print and saw this:“The Voice Coil Motor in the lens emits a low-level magnetic field.
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2 weeks ago |
digitalcameraworld.com | Rod Lawton
I first noticed this with my Olympus M.Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro. I’d knocked it off a table and, although it didn’t fall very far, I gave it a little shake to check nothing had come loose and there was a noticeable ‘clonk’ from inside. Not good!I didn’t have another lens with me so I had to put it back on the camera to check it out and hope for the best. The shots were fine, which seemed weird, but then I noticed that with the lens on the camera and the camera powered up, the clonk was gone.
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2 weeks ago |
digitalcameraworld.com | Rod Lawton
Struggling to decide between the Panasonic Lumix S1R II vs Lumix S5 IIX? It’s tempting to imagine that newer and more expensive cameras are simply better than what went before. This is not quite how things are in the world of digital cameras, though, because a more expensive camera may not be better at what you want to do, or even necessary. So that’s the big dilemma for anyone choosing between the Lumix S1R II and the Lumix S5 IIX.
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3 weeks ago |
digitalcameraworld.com | Rod Lawton
Over the years I’ve reviewed no end of camera backpacks, shoulder bags, slings and messenger bags. And despite the huge diversity in size, weight, design and configuration, they almost all share the same flaw – they’re designed for chunky zoom lenses. Which is fine if that’s what you travel with, but frustrating if you prefer smaller zooms and primes. Which, a lot of the time, I do. Now, the best camera backpacks are terrific for full-size mirrorless or DSLR bodies and all types of zoom lenses.
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The Replace Color filter is a new feature in ON1 Photo RAW 2021, though it will be a familiar option to many users of Photoshop and other programs. It does exactly what it says, allowing you to select a color in the image and replace it with another. https://t.co/vD2DB6dnhK
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The new Dehaze slider in Capture One 21 shares the same name as the tool in Lightroom, and the same aim – to reduce atmospheric haze in outdoor shots and restore contrast and depth. The results, however, are quite different. https://t.co/bIheRMk3LB