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Pros and cons of cheap studio strobes vs. hotshoe/speedlight flash for portraits?

equipment-recommendation portrait studio-setup hotshoe-flash strobes
Jun 16 '18 at 4:01 Community♦ 1
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What does it mean when something is “distracting”?

composition
Aug 11 '17 at 19:29 Community♦ 1
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Do rounded edges on aperture blades improve image sharpness, and how?

lens aperture optics lens-construction aperture-blades
Apr 16 '12 at 23:15 Community♦ 1
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How are the red focus point indicators displayed on a DSLR's focusing screen?

dslr viewfinder camera-design focus-point-selection focus-point-indicators
Feb 15 '19 at 20:13 mattdm 138k
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What is the difference between perspective distortion and barrel or pincushion distortion?

lens terminology optics distortion
Jan 2 '19 at 11:57 Community♦ 1
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How do lens lineups vary across Mirrorless camera systems?

lens mirrorless camera-systems
Mar 14 '14 at 14:24 Community♦ 1
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What are the differences between different types of cloth backdrops?

studio backdrops cloth
May 13 at 7:55 Community♦ 1
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How does an apodization filter improve bokeh?

lens optics lens-design bokeh
Apr 14 '17 at 7:59 G-lemx 1
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What should I look for when shopping for my first mirrorless camera?

equipment-recommendation camera-recommendation mirrorless features
Jun 2 '16 at 22:40 Community♦ 1
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How do zoom, magnification, and focal length relate?

lens macro focal-length zoom magnification
Apr 15 '19 at 5:28 xiota 23.2k
 
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Does image stabilization make things worse if it doesn't have time to “settle”?

image-stabilization
Apr 10 '12 at 20:28 mattdm 138k
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How can I get good pictures of a fast-moving child without high FPS?

children baby-photos action framerate
Jan 26 '14 at 13:13 Community♦ 1
 
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Removing rust from a lens's mount?

equipment-protection cleaning lens-mount rust
Jan 4 '14 at 5:46 mattdm 138k
 
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What was the “New York School” of photography?

history street-photography art fine-art
Jul 24 '12 at 21:34 Community♦ 1
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How does demosaicing work in Fujifilm's new sensor for the X Pro-1?

fujifilm fujifilm-xpro1 algorithms demosaicing
Apr 28 '12 at 21:56 Community♦ 1
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How do quirks of the human vision system affect photography?

composition human-vision-system perception
Sep 25 '11 at 14:24 Community♦ 1
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If I assign a profile to my monitor in Gnome Color Manager, should I also enable that profile in Gimp?

color-management gimp linux
Mar 27 '19 at 20:45 Glorfindel 849
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How do I use the manual exposure setting in the new Google Camera app?

exposure camera-settings manual-mode android apps
May 14 '15 at 14:52 mattdm 138k
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Does Gimp have a Match Color function similar to that in Adobe Photoshop?

software color white-balance gimp color-correction
May 1 '14 at 12:08 Community♦ 1
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How do I compare a continuous light panel's brightness vs. flash through a softbox?

lighting softbox continuous-lighting
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Is there a simple flash bracket which holds a flash securely?

equipment-recommendation off-camera-flash flash-bracket
May 28 '19 at 14:57 mattdm 138k
 
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What does “R” mean in Fujifilm's XF Fujinon lens names?

lens terminology fujifilm
May 14 '18 at 19:17 mattdm 138k
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How can an electronic shutter reduce dynamic range?

shutter noise dynamic-range electronic-shutter
Jul 8 '15 at 18:09 Community♦ 1
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How can I take portraits which seem to capture the essence of a subject I've just met?

portrait
Dec 12 '14 at 20:08 Community♦ 1
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Is it possible for a lens to produce too much contrast?

lens image-quality optics contrast
May 20 '12 at 14:49 Community♦ 1
 
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What's the small white plastic dome on old Pentax lenses?

lens pentax old-lenses
Nov 16 '11 at 20:08 asalamon74 4,413
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What characteristics make a digital sensor good?

image-quality sensor body camera-design
Jul 1 '19 at 6:39 juhist 5,052
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Who were the Bauhaus photographers and what was their impact on commercial and artistic photography today?

history art
May 5 '19 at 16:40 moorej 430
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How does a short flange back distance improve image quality?

optics lens-mount fujifilm vignetting
Sep 8 '18 at 4:50 Jaspreet Singh 1
 
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This semicircular white plastic clip came with a lightstand: what is it?

lightstands
Jun 12 '18 at 9:07 Michael C 158k
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