Dear students and visitors,
Welcome to the May article. If you have been considering but still indecisive whether to buy a full frame DSLR then this article will be for you. I decided to write this after sending my roll of film for developing and printing. I am still using a EOS 3 film body.
What is a full frame DSLR?
During the old days when we are still using 35mm film. The film had a frame of 36mm x 24mm that was used to capture the picture. When we talk about a …

Have you ever wonder how come those Apple LCD display always look so good? I have been wondering a long time until i finally confirmed the fear: the mass market has been selling cheap 6-bits LCD monitors. I checked my local very popular computer shopping mall. Over 99% are selling the low quality LCD monitor for imaging purpose i.e. Photography.
The low quality LCD monitor uses the TN (Twisted Nematic) panel technology.It is the most widely used panel type in the manufacture of LCD monitors.
Pros:
They are cheap and offer excellent …

I have the opportunity to try to shoot the Formula 1 this year.
Some of the settings you will need:
1. Manual focus
Unless you are paying a lot of money for your ticket and it entitles you to go down to see those Formula 1 car on the track, then the chance is you will be shooting behind a fence. Photographers do not like fence. We know we need to get around it. Depending on your luck, you may or may not be able to find such spot. The fence will trick …

Today, most of the people are jumping into digital photography. I have acquired a Datacolor Spyder3Print device for the SG Photo School. There was a chart in the user guide that i want to share with all the students. It provides a visual representation of the color workflow for digital photography with a simple flow and an advance flow.
Let me know if you have any question.

Are you viewing accurate color?
Have you ever wondered why the colors you see on your monitor don’t match the scene you photographed or the image you printed? That’s because what you see on-screen is only as accurate as your display. Displays all vary just in their “out-of-box” settings. And, over time, the color performance of monitors change – phosphors and LCD filters begin to fade, so your display starts to drift into unknown colors.
Fortunately, there’s an easy way to fix this. Calibrating and profiling will optimize your monitor’s settings for …

You will get to hear people asking what compact camera to buy. I have been looking around for a suitable replacement for my Fujifilm F31FD as well. Here are my takes for 2010:
1. Sensor size – the bigger the better. There will be more depth and bokeh in your pics. Trade off will be the physical size of the compact. Are you looking for something that you can put inside your pocket etc? There are a few big sensor compacts. They are Sigma DP2 series, micro 4/3 Olympus PEN E-P1/P2/PL1 …

Have you discovered that no matter how much you did, you just could not print the same colors from the screen to the printer. Either the printout is too dark or the colors became strange?
I have been toying around the idea to buy a printer calibration device. I need to print something close to what i see from my screen. My screen has been calibrated. I have purchased the Eye-one display 2 a few years back.
I have searched the vendors who produces such a device and shortlisted 2 products: The …