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  1. Exposure Times with the Canon R5

    2022-08-23 05:49:44 UTC
    In my recent post on diffraction blur and lens sharpness, I started to take a closer look at factors to be considered when wanting to make full use of a high resolution sensor such as the one in my new Canon R5 with 45 megapixels. In this post I would…

  2. Lens Sharpness and Diffraction Blur with the Canon R5

    2022-08-13 08:28:00 UTC
    I recently upgraded from my 5D Mark III DSLR to a Canon R5 mirror-less camera, jumping from a 23 megapixel sensor to a 45 megapixel sensor. With the new camera I quickly realized that to make full use of its additional resolution,  it is necessary to adapt my shooting technique…

  3. Firefox and its Color Management Quirks

    2022-06-24 07:19:05 UTC
    When it comes to color management, Firefox has a quirk, which will affect users who use Firefox with a monitor that has any kind of ICC profile other than sRGB applied. This is typically the case for wide gamut monitors and any monitor that is calibrated and profiled using color…

  4. Scanner Profiling on a Budget

    2022-06-21 09:19:00 UTC
    For some of my recent printing and paper tests, I have been using my office scanner to scan and evaluate results. To achieve neutral scans, in my recent test of the PRO-1000’s black and white mode I have been using a grey card as reference for color temperature corrections. However…

  5. Large Panoramic Prints with the PRO-1000

    2022-06-10 08:03:34 UTC
    So far I have limited my prints to maximum size of A2 (42x59,4cm or 16.53x23.39”, with a printable area of 41.32x58.60cm or 16.27x23.07”). Only in some rare instances I felt limited by that, since I was not able to produce true 40x60cm prints, a common size for framing, and only…