Oddities

Do you use your lens hood... backwards?

A lens hood can block light entering at an angle, reducing the chance of flares or haze in your photos. It also offers protection. But you need to use the lens hood properly. Otherwise, just leave it at home.

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The best affordable computer for photo editing is an Apple

Apple computers are known for being expensive. Surprisingly, I think the best affordable computer for editing your photos right now is an Apple Mac Mini. You can get one for just over 600 euros.

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The Earth's Rotation and Image Stabilisation

Image stabilisation compensates for the movements you make. This lets you keep the camera steady even with slower shutter speeds. But there is a limit. The Earth's rotation plays a part in it.

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A skin wrap or armour for your camera

The camera you buy is almost always black. Or you get a partly or fully silver-coloured one. Sometimes you have a few fashionable colours to choose from. You can also choose a skin wrap or armour. What do you think of them?

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Photographer builds 3.2-gigapixel camera

German photographer Yannick Richter has built his own medium format camera that can take photos with a resolution of 3.2 gigapixels (80,000 by 40,000 pixels). The camera was built using existing parts and uses a CCD sensor from a scanner to capture the image.

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Large-format analogue photography

I regularly hear that a photographer has gone back to using an analogue camera. Sometimes 35mm, sometimes medium format. Every now and then, you come across a photographer who shoots large format. I met one at my last masterclass in the French department of Tarn.

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Is the photographer still needed? ChatGPT gets a major update

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The Escura InstaSnap toy camera

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