I stumbled across this graph plotting noise vs ISO on the 5DMkII. I was perusing the cinema5D forums when this popped up. Here’s the link to the cinema5D thread which also has some brilliant Highlight Tone Priority tests, thanks to AdamJ for the orginial post on canonphotogroup.com. Extemely interesting that ISO 1250 seems to have less noise [...]

Now I’ve had a play with my MkII, I’ve found the need to get into some proper focal distance calculation’s to make life easier when shooting video. Since it’s all manual exposure and focusing, it’s a change from going all auto. I’ve been practicing holding focus on my two daughters at play with my 50mm [...]

Finally got my hands on one of these! The Canon 5D MkII. I’ve set myself up with a Canon 50mm f/1.2L USM lense (my first real lense) and am really stoked to be able to take some serious photos with this puppy. The DOF on this 1.2 is stunning and it just rocks in low [...]

Someone at work sent this link around. It has some really nice technical papers on photography and specifically on digital photography. Definitely worth  a look.

http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/tech/index.html

I just stumbled across this site which had some good examples of studio lighting.

http://www.shotaddict.com/tips/ …

Here’s a collection of photography sites I frequent, more for inspiration than anything else.

Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/
Flak Photo: http://www.featureshoot.com/
The Big Picture: http://boston.com/bigpicture/
Tim Barber: http://tinyvices.com/Tim_Barber_portfolio_TV08_1
Aperture Foundation: http://www.aperture.org/
Tiny Vices - A must see smorgasbord: http://tinyvices.com/
Vincent Laforet: http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/
Lost and taken: http://lostandtaken.com/

Here are some techy sites on digital photography, film making and technology.

Cineform Insider: http://cineform.blogspot.com/
Prolost: http://prolost.com/

I’ve been wanting to start a collection of bokeh’s to use for different projects at work, replicating the characteristics of the circles-of-confusion for different lens and apertures. Once I get a decent collection together I’ll post them with tutorials. Meanwhile here’s a crazy looking one I’ve combined in Photoshop by shooting straight at an [...]