In Depth

Shooting in the tunnel of memories: Using the Sony A7 for Video

30/06/2014 By Mathieu

These days when we mention the words video and Sony in the same sentence, we immediately think of the brand new Sony A7s and its amazing low-light capabilities. While we wait to receive a unit to review (and this should happen very soon), I thought it could be interesting to write about a film I shot in February with the Sony A7, when there still wasn’t a single rumour about an “s” version.

Mirrorless Cameras for Professional Work | Where they prevail & where they fail

24/06/2014 By Mathieu

While DSLRs remain the best-selling cameras and the main choice of professional photographers, general interest in mirrorless cameras is growing little by little. Many articles can be found online about photographers who have switched from their DSLR to a MILC system or are starting to use a mirrorless camera as a second body. As with any system, there are positive aspects but also limits that must be considered.

Behind the Photograph – Blues on the Beach with the Olympus Pen E-P5

12/06/2014 By Heather

As many of you already know, one of my favourite subjects to photograph is the butterfly. Cliché as my preference may be, I find a certain kind of quietude I simply cannot find elsewhere when it is just me, my camera and the “flying flowers” that colour my photographs. My passion first took form a few years ago thanks to my dear dad (you can see his Flickr collection of butterfly photos here) who is an avid amateur lepidopterist, and has expanded beyond the simple photography of these gorgeous insects to the careful documentation of their names and the various locations where they were seen. One photograph in particular that left an impression on me is the one you see below of a Common Blue feeding off of a holly plant on the coast of mid-Wales.

Let’s shoot some action! – An in-depth look at the Fuji X-T1 autofocus capabilities

05/06/2014 By Mathieu

Note: in June 2015, Fujifilm released the firmware version 4.00 that adds several new features concerning the autofocus. You can read my in-depth review about it here.

In my opinion, there are two ways to evaluate the autofocus of a camera. The first is to leave everything to the camera. You point and shoot and see how the camera software/hardware behaves. The second way is to understand how the camera works to get the most out of it. This requires not only more patience and time, but also the presence of various, and sometimes difficult, conditions to truly understand what the camera’s limits are.

A first look at the Adobe Lightroom mobile app: a “fake” RAW developer for the iPad

10/04/2014 By Mathieu

With the release of the latest Lightroom update, Adobe also introduced its long awaited mobile version, now available for the iPad and coming soon for the iPhone. An Android version is also in development.