Comment by egorFiNE on Is it possible to adapt lens from one brand into...
Oh that hugely depends on what are you shooting. Street? Forget the adapters. Macro flowers in the studio? Perfect.
View ArticleComment by egorFiNE on What are M42 prime lenses?
There were two aperture control mechanisms used on various M42 lenses: automatic and half-manual. The automatic mode had a little pin on the lens and a corresponding pusher on the body. The aperture...
View ArticleAnswer by egorFiNE for Uses for cross-processing
The reason is to achieve this special "cross-processed" look with colder shadows, warmer highlights and more color contrast. In film photography results are repeatable only for the given exact...
View ArticleAnswer by egorFiNE for How can I remove the background of a photo using GIMP?
Removing backgrounds in a photo that wasn't specifically shot for the isolation is usually a very complex process. There are many completely different techniques to isolate details, all depending on...
View ArticleAnswer by egorFiNE for What does a black reflector do?
Black is a "dark reflector". Think of it as of "anti fill light". It really works that way, just like the white reflector, but subtly adding shadow instead of fill light. It takes time to learn how to...
View ArticleAnswer by egorFiNE for Why do hotshoe flashes use fresnel lens, but studio...
Fresnel lens are rarely used in studio strobes because in studio we mostly need soft light, not the hard one. And if we need hard light, we can always use standard reflector. And if we need spot light,...
View ArticleAnswer by egorFiNE for How do I get proper focus when photographing lightning...
Do not try to autofocus. Switch to manual, set to hyperfocal and close the aperture to, say, 5.6 - this will give you a really huge depth of field for most lenses you would use for lightning short. My...
View ArticleAnswer by egorFiNE for How do I get proper focus when photographing lightning...
This image looks to me BOTH shaken (although very slightly) and out of focus. To verify it, this is what I suggest you do. In a bright sunny day, switch your lens to MF, set at hyperfocal and shot a...
View ArticleAnswer by egorFiNE for When is manual focus better than autofocus?
Macro shooting. The depth of field is so shallow that there is no way for a camera to know what exactly would you like to show to the world. Studio shot. You know where exactly the things are and...
View ArticleAnswer by egorFiNE for How useful is the top LCD screen on a DSLR?
Extremely useful. In face, you only look pictures and navigate thru menus on the main LCD. Everything else you do on the top LCD and these are the crucial tasks: exposition, sensitivity, aperture, etc.
View ArticleBest airbrushing plugin?
What is the best airbrushing plugin besides Kodak Digital GEM Airbrush Pro and Portraiture? I the kodak plugin to cleanup skin and textures, but they're apparently not going to upgrade for...
View ArticleAnswer by egorFiNE for Best airbrushing plugin?
So it turns out there is Topaz Clean by Topaz Labs. Cheaper, supports CS5 64bit and it can also add texture. The airbrushing, however is not as good as the Kodak's, but since it's used only with a...
View ArticleAnswer by egorFiNE for Fixing the brightness level in a panoramic photo
Luminance blending is much better done with the appropriate panorama stitching tools. They read exposure values from the picture's EXIF data and do corrections. The best ones even read lens data and...
View ArticleAnswer by egorFiNE for How do I use spot metering?
For many scenes you cannot take a picture that will successfully capture details both in shadows and in highlights. Consider a man standing behind the sun. Either a man will be fine and the sky will be...
View ArticleAnswer by egorFiNE for How to fix the artifacts in the hair of the subject of...
Find a stock image of a red lady over the white background and use parts of her hair to patch the image you are trying to fix. You will need to grade color a little bit and it will take like 10-15...
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Answer by egorFiNE for How much "noise" is acceptable in a photograph?
There are two different kinds of noise, and they should be discussed separately: luminance noise and color noise. The color noise is disturbing, unwanted and should always be avoided. Here's how it...
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