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Are you in search of the Holy Grail of Photography? \u00a0Above all else, its Image Quality! \u00a0I know when you come here you expect to see a lot about my love for the Fuji X-System, but this article is not so much about that as it is about technique. \u00a0In the days of film a camera was a light tight box with a shutter that opened long enough to let you expose the film,. \u00a0It was the film that determined how images “looked”! \u00a0In the age of digital, the sensor and it’s magical firmware replaces film as the arbiter of what you produce. It is more important that you \u00a0know how to get the most out of your camera than anything else. \u00a0Nikon, Canon, Fuji? \u00a0It does not matter as much as knowing your camera.<\/p>\n
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Digital photography really insists that you experiment! \u00a0In the days of film, to try something new meant a lot of film and processing, (money), and waiting, (time), to find out if your adjustments worked. \u00a0With the modern digital cameras, we enjoy today, tailoring your camera to give you the results you want are easier than ever before! \u00a0It doesn’t matter what brand you shoot, all cameras offer some level of adjusting color, contrast, sharpness, and other parameters. \u00a0You can choose film simulations, in the case of Fuji they are actually named like the films they produce, or did produce!<\/p>\n
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It is truly worth the time and effort to “EXPERIMENT” with the setting available on your camera! \u00a0With built in filtration you an even produce spectacular looking monochrome images that once required a separate kind of film, special filters and special processing! \u00a0Well it still does, but it can allow be done in the camera!<\/p>\n
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The other major factor to image quality is the quality of the glass you put on your camera. There is probably more great glass today than ever before, but sadly there is some pretty poor glass out there too! \u00a0One of the reasons I review lenses is to confirm for myself their quality and to share what I’ve learned with you. \u00a0I’ve found that lenses fall into several categories; Legendary, professional quality, good (??? how good depends on your standards), unacceptable. \u00a0Get a relationship with a good dealer that will let you run a quick test and return a lens if it does not meet your standard!<\/p>\n
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So adjust your camera, use good glass, keep things sharp with a good solid tripod. \u00a0 …..and join the the rest of us in a search for the Holy Grail!<\/p>\n
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Blessings,<\/p>\n
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the pilgrim<\/p>\n
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Photo Note: \u00a0Image above with the Fuji X-T1 and Fujinon 60mm Macro lens at f 5.6 \u00a0ISO 1600.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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