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What historic reasons are there for common aspect ratios?
The most common width to height ratio rates in the "old good" paper photography seems to be 3:2, which was adopted by today's DSLRs. Early (non-professional) digital cameras adopted 4:3 aspect ratio, ...
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Where does the ¹/shutter speed = focal length rule for hand shake come from?
The generally accepted rule of thumb is that the shutter speed must be the same or larger than the inverse of the focal length.
As is, it seems that it makes no sense as is:
On a 24 Mpixels ...
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What makes this Eggleston picture great?
What makes this Eggleston picture great? I'm being a little provocative here, I actually like the picture, but...
It is just a rusty toy; you can find one like it almost everywhere. Ok, the ...
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Why are Canon and Nikon the biggest camera manufacturers?
Coming in new to the whole SLR world, I am yet to find a conclusive answer to a question that's been bothering me: why are Canon and Nikon the big two? My wife has gone down the Sony route because ...
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Who is the (contemporary) photographer using an old bellow camera?
I have read about a photographer (possibly working for/collaborating with the National Geographic society) who was using (not uniquely, of course) an old style bellow camera for his shoots. He went on ...
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Which is “the most memorable, mind-changing photograph of all time” that Galen Rowell talks about?
Galen Rowell in one of his books talks about the "The most memorable, mind-changing photograph of all time. A color landscape shot taken without a tripod by an amateur". Does anyone have a link to a ...
