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How I Recovered Three Months Worth of Images After Multiple Card Formats

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Imagine being on a very big shoot (like a wedding) and accidentally formatting your memory card. Though most of us are more careful than that, it could accidentally happen. Or, you could erase images that you didn’t want to but did without pay attention. So how would you be able to recover them?

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Written by Chris Gampat

October 20th, 2011 at 12:54 am

Can You Figure This Out? Sigma 85mm f1.4 vs Canon 85mm f1.8 Lens Comparison

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Photo A

Photo B

One of these images was shot with the Canon 85mm f1.8 and the other one was shot with the Sigma 85mm f1.4. Both were shot on the Canon 5D Mk II and only had profile corrections applied. Can you tell which image is from which lens? Let us know in the comments below!

Full comparison review is coming tomorrow. The EXIF Data for each image has been left in tact, but no peeking! Click each image to view them at full size.

Written by Chris Gampat

October 6th, 2011 at 12:25 am

Are TIFFs and RAWs Really the Same Thing?

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Talk to any old school photographer or those with lots of experience from the film days. They would most likely tell you that scanning their film negatives gives you TIFFs that are essentially the same things as a RAW file. But is it really? I interviewed the legendary Chuck Westfall from Canon USA about this. Here’s what he had to say.

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Written by Chris Gampat

September 26th, 2011 at 12:23 am

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The Answers To The Most Common Photography Questions I Hear

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I’ve been a photographer/teacher/tech journalist for a while, so I’m used to hearing a multitude of questions. There are some questions that I hear and read all the time that many of you probably don’t want to answer. Take a look at this list and see if your question is here.

We’ve got a huge forum going on this Canon camera posting if you’re interested as well.

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Written by Chris Gampat

January 28th, 2011 at 12:12 am

The Phoblographer’s Guide to The Histogram (Part 2)

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In this exciting second installment of my 3-part series on the histogram, we’ll go a step beyond the basics by examining three specific ways to use this interesting tool. Take a look at part one here.

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Written by Matt Beardsley

January 25th, 2011 at 12:44 am

Field Review: Olympus E-5 (Day 4)

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So far in the review we’ve found out that the Olympus E-5 is a tough cookie from Day 3, that the raw image files are very versatile, and we’re beyond the first impressions. But the E-5 has a much sexier side to it. There are art filters built into the camera. The chart above can be clicked on (and shared) to show off the effects on one image. This will literally be nothing else but a huge image dump with other samples from each filter.

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Written by Chris Gampat

January 18th, 2011 at 12:59 am