Questions tagged [digital]
Digital photography clearly is the bulk of picture-taking today; this tag doesn't need to be on everything that is digital, but can be used when the question is specifically about the technology involved.
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Lateral blur in digital images
I would like to know if is there any term or concept to refer to the effect of lateral blur of the objects which reflected rays enter the optic surface tangencially.
Is there any specific term for the ...
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Do all digital camera manufacturers (from smartphones to DSLR to Mirrorless) denoise and sharpen RAW images?
I have read recently about how even RAW images can have DNR and sharpening applied and I'm wondering, is this something some particular camera manufacturers are known to do or it's a universal thing ??...
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How to achieve this effect (small/medium object photography)? [closed]
I need to take photos of a bunch of bullets for a project, and I want to attempt to reproduce how this photo looks. I've taken photography classes in college so I'm not a total rube, but that was a ...
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Do Electronic Viewfinders Record Data?
I saw this post:
How does an electronic viewfinder work?
But I am more interested if the electronic viewfinder on a digital camera or smartphone saves image data before it is captured and written to ...
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How to read a dynamic range chart?
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In short, I know what dynamic range is, how to expose properly, etc: don't clip highlights or crush shadows, higher ISO generally = more noise (though not always), etc.
I recently bought a ...
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Old film developed and very bitty... can this be fixed?
I found a film from my wedding 12 yrs ago after having a clear out, I got it developed as was desperate to see what was on it as I only lost my husband a month ago... Some photos aren't too bad, ones ...
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As a photographer, how do you make money? [duplicate]
I am a software engineer and would like to get into digital photography. As such, I wanted to know how fellow photographers make money to support themselves?
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Why do my photos look less punchy in Laptop than camera when both are set to sRGB color space? Why is there a change in photos at all?
I use canon m50 set to RAW to click pictures, they look good on the LCD of the camera but when imported to laptop (Predator Helios 300), it looks bland and less punchy. Even though the reality was ...
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What causes my Nikon D40 to shoot darker photos when shot sideways?
I have a Nikon D40 that functions impeccably, the only issue that I found was that it shoots darker pictures when shot sideways. Doesn’t matter what mode, ISO, focal length, etc. They all come out ...
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How to transfer from Fujifilm FinePix?
I have a Fujifilm FinePix AX550
How do I transfer the pictures to my computer ? The computer is a Linux laptop desktop running Debian. When I connect the camera to the computer, the camera ...
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What is the relationship between hot shoe output synchronization speed and shutter speed?
The problem is:
We have a mapping camera which a hot shoe output synchronization speed of 1/250 and during data acquisition its shutter speed is 1/1000, which is very fast compared to the ...
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Digitally retouching over exposed areas of a photograph that are almost entirely white?
I have a series of close up photographs (distances of 6-8") that were taken as RAW (DNG) files using a mobile phone, they were taken by someone with minimal experience and have areas that are ...
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Weird colour artifacts with Sony a7 III. What's the cause and how can I fix it?
I took some photos with my a7 iii and a Tamron 28-75 lens yesterday and one of the subjects was wearing a shirt made with pink and white fibers. I'm seeing some weird artifacts in the colors that I've ...
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Is Evaluative metering exposing the scene to 18% gray?
An article I saw mentioned that evaluation metering calculates the average to decide how much light received would be considered as properly exposed.
Only considering digital cameras, what is this ...
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Weeding out duplicate Photos in a submission based photo contest [duplicate]
Scenario: Burger business holds an online photo contest that gives $1 off on a hamburger meal, to anyone submitting a photo of themselves, wearing printed t-shirt with a burger on it.
Is there a way ...
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How can I create a #21 orange filter in PS 2022?
I would like to set up a standard #21 orange filter in PS 2022's black & white widget. It's inscrutably not included in the list, though it's a popular and useful B&W filter. I've found the ...
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Does this metadata prove this photo has been edited?
I was displaying a parking pass face up in my windscreen whilst visiting my friend. When I arrived back there was no ticket on my car which meant I could not take my own photos as proof. A few weeks ...
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How to sell my photo shoots online? [closed]
What are suitable apps or websites to sell online different photos I take at Egypt by mobile or Ipad ? I have tried EyeEm but it doesn’t support sell market at Egypt.
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What happen to the digital image if I capture it without using any color filter arrays?
I understand Bayer filter is a type of color filter array used in digital cameras
to create a color image. What happen to the digital image if I capture it without using any color filter arrays?
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How bright should a 18% gray card be in my image when exposed correctly?
Let's say I have a 18% gray card in my scene and I want to set the exposure manually.
When I take a picture of the gray card what should the RGB values be when exposed correctly?
What is important is ...
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How do I post a photo to instagram from the computer?
I took a photo with my Nikon, edited in Gimp but I can't upload the .jpg to instagram from the computer. I get an error "Something went wrong. Please try again.".
I read square photos should ...
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Hasselblad cameras used in Space Shuttle, analog or digital?
Hasselblad cameras were used not only for the Apollo mission but also for the Shuttle. I found two images of Marsha Ivins taken 1992 and 1994 using multiple Hasselblad cameras.
STS-46 Mission ...
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Is jpeg or png the standard for fine art photography?
Is jpeg the predominant file format for fine art digital photographs, or what advantages would png have quality-wise that jpeg doesn't for photography, given that it takes up much more hard drive ...
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In digikam, when finding duplicates, how to decide which is the "reference image"? I.e. how to decide which duplicates to eliminate?
I am using digiKam, and I have loaded all my photos.
I have several duplicates, sitting in different disks/folders.
I discovered the "find duplicates" function, and the "remove ...
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In digiKam, how can I compute the total number of photos in my database?
I am new in using digiKam, and I just started to import and organize my big collection of photos.
Is there a way to know the total number of pictures in my database?
I have digiKam version 7.4.0, in ...
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Is there a way to verify that photos taken with a digital camera doesn't have any identifying invisible watermark?
Is there a way to verify that photos taken with a digital camera doesn't have any identifying invisible watermark?
Digital cameras these days are capable of recording millions of colors, out of this ...
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Wrong label on battery info section
I have canon 200D II camera and battery is LP-E17.
When I plugged battery in the camera and checked the battery info section of settings, it shows DR-E18 instead of LP-E17.
And no section of "...
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Are there any budget alternative for digital cameras that don't have an LCD/Display?
I've been testing out digital minimalism and part of me started to think about having a camera without constantly looking at the display. I have known about a bunch of the Leica digital cameras ...
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What is the highest spatial frequency that can occur in an image? And the smallest one?
I searched the information and couldn't find the answer.
I don't understand about this and I don't know how to respond.
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How can I take a photo like this of a necklace?
I want to take a photo just like this photo. The necklace doesn't look like it has put on a flat surface. How can I achieve this? Thank you.
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Concealing brush strokes when using a light box to photograph minatures?
I'm using a medium sized light box with LED bars and a gauze diffuser to photograph hand crafted models against a white background.
I have a fixed light from above and a movable light from the front. ...
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Remove Vignetting from thousands of images
I am doing historical research for which the only document source is microfilm typically created in the 1950s by technicians who did not understand the characteristics of this then new technology. ...
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Why is JPEG the only compressed image choice in most digital cameras? [duplicate]
I've been viewing, editing, and storing digital images since before digital cameras were common -- I've used GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, and a few other now-obsolete formats.
GIF has been mainly relegated ...
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Why does an iPhone need software for Portrait Mode? [duplicate]
I have an iPhone X, with a camera specs of:
Wide-angle: ƒ/1.8 aperture
Telephoto: ƒ/2.4 aperture
Why does the phone need software to produce Portrait Mode image (image with background blur / bokeh)? ...
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How to create a more natural look using Strobe lights for watch photography?
I am fairly new to product photography and recently ditched my lightbox for strobe lights to create a more natural and true to the eye look on my watches. The lightbox lighting gave more a dark ...
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Does advertising your photography services mean all photos on your portfolio are classed as commercial?
TL;DR - Would photographs that I've captured and displayed on my personal photography website be considered commercial if I'm not selling them? I would purely be selling my general photography ...
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Family Photos System Strategies
I'm sure folks here have a good approach to photo storage/processing and backup. I'm a dad with 4 kids and lots of family photos. I had my first digital camera in 1996 and have pictures stretching ...
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Affordable camera for a macro photography
Which cheap camera fits better for taking a macro photos of static objects: PCB boards, electronic chips, various small hardware? Basically, the camera will be fixed on a copy stand. I'm considering ...
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A camera that takes real photos without manipulation like old analog cameras
In modern digital cameras there are many settings which are applied automatically to the photos. And it does not always result in good ways. Recently I saw two photos of the same face one from a old ...
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How does shooting on dedicated monochrome digital cameras compare to shooting in monochrome mode on full-colour digital cameras?
For an example of a dedicated monochrome camera, see Leica's M10 Monochrom.
To the best of my understanding, the major optical difference here is that the use of a monochrome sensor means you don't ...
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What does number after apostrophe mean on a photo?
Sometime I see photos on the Internet where some number inscripted, like on the image below.
I would say that it's a day/month/year, but I doubt, particularly about the last one, because photos I saw ...
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Horizontal "Lines" affecting image quality
This is a picture from my computer camera (0.9 MP) of me covering the camera with a black tissue with not much light in the room. I hope you can appreciate the tiny horizontal "lines". I ...
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Unable to click pictures with nikon D3500 [duplicate]
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1s_xLLeXyCNRJmyem2vkqLd-g9XnU3DZm?usp=sharing
here is the link of pictures and videos to my problems.
To describe it in words, my camera nikon d3500 is going ...
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I want to take image of a dried droplet 12 mm x12 mm
How do I take the image of a 12 mm x 12 mm area without using expensive lenses and camera? I read a lot on using combination of lenses to get images but was unable to understand properly how it works.
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What are these lines in photos when viewed zoomed in on iPhone?
I take photos on my Canon (It happens on both my Canon EOS Rebel t1i and my Canon EOS R) camera then download them onto my iPhone. Then when I zoom in close enough, there are these invisible lines on ...
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Why does my phone intermittently add Title and Subject attributes?
I have taken a lot of photos, over the past couple of days, using the default 'Camera' App that came with my Huawei Mobile phone. I have since uploaded these Photos to my Computer, via Google Photos.
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Slides in the digital era
I did use colour slides decades ago: Agfachrome, mostly.
How can I achieve a similar effect in the digital era?
An idea: have a 4k camera and a 4k projector - I am not sure whether this is viable and ...
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Are there any digital photo frames that hang in portrait orientation?
I looked on amazon and all the digital photo frames that have a hole for wall mounting only let you mount in landscape. I'm wondering if anyone knows of any product that lets you hang in portrait?
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How to get files off a 23 year old Polaroid PDC-3000
I off loaded some .PDN files off an old digital camera, but can't seem to find any apps that read them. This is not to be confused with Paint.NET PDN files. This is polaroid old digital file type.
I ...
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Remote photography, across continents
I want to make photos in real-time ( i.e. select settings, position camera, trigger shutter ) with a camera that is miles or continents away from me.
I cannot find any system that would allow me to ...
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