Commentary and Opinion
What are your memories really worth?
You just got a great deal on a new digital photo camera with all of the bells and whistles one could ask for. “Boy oh boy a high end DSLR Nikon with a premium lens kit”. You just can’t believe that you got this brand spankin’ new camera for less than half retail and just [...]
Certain Truths About Amateur Film
How poor is small gauge film –Really!! The fact is that that old 8mm and Super 8 mm film (and yes even some 16mm) is not all that it is cracked up to be in terms of its supposedly inherent super properties. There is lots of talk in the forums, other discussion groups and blogs [...]
LCD Screen Refresh Rates – More snake oil!!
LCD frame refresh rates get bumped up. Why?? What’s with all the hype regarding those higher refresh rates for LCD screens that are being pumped up beyond 60 Hz these days as the answer to eliminating those pesky video smears or blurs that occur in scenes that have high intra frame to frame motion? Rates [...]
Contrast Ratios Run Amok
Ridiculous Display Contrast Ratios Ok, I can buy into 3000:1 or even slipping by 10000:1 (yikes) contrast ratios for the latest LCD or plasma displays, but hey guys, this is getting to be too much when I saw an ad from a local electronics shop the other day touting 2,000,000:1, yes that’s 2 million to [...]
xvYCC — What is Wrong With this Picture?
xvYCC Great but Dumb The terms xvYCC and Deep Color caught my interest some time ago as it described a new way to enable a greater degree of colors in the newer releases in High Definition video hardware. A technology that offers a lot more colors and deeper saturated colors without the resulting images looking [...]
What’s a better deal when transferring your films?
…a professional film transfer or a DIY? Having a lot of film to digitize before it deteriorates any further raises two choices to think about. One, getting the film transferred by a professional transfer facility or two, doing it yourself or DIY for short. Whether the choice is a Standard Definition (SD) or a High [...]