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Around The Horn
3 March 2022
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Oye Diran, the camera market, interesting times, color filter array tests, a junk store find, managing multiple cameras and Tamara Lackey's AMA.
- Grace Ebert features the Conceptual Portraits of Oye Diran which center on "singular figures set against calm, scenic backdrops or surrounded by flowers and fruits."
- In The Camera Market, Generally, Thom Hogan looks at the broader picture of the hardware game.
- Kirk Tuck reflects on these Interesting Times in the world of photography as manufacturers push "full frame sensor cameras with excessive amounts of megapixels for a market in which nearly 100 percent of camera users just want to post photos and video to the Web."
- Jim Kasson tests Optimal CFA Spectral Response of CCD and CMOS sensors to see which color filter array is more accurate.
- In The Box From the Junk Store, Ernest Zarate remembers finding 100 4x5 glass plates at a second-hand store in Santa Paula, Calif. in the 1070s. He's still got some of them.
- Derrick Story has a few Tips for Managing More Than One Camera. Including your smartphone.
- Photographer and Nikon ambassador Tamara Lackey did an Ask Me Anything on Reddit yesterday. She offered to discuss travel photography, animal/wildlife/pet photography as well as the non-profit organizations Beautiful Together and Beautiful Together Animal Sanctuary.
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