Light pollution is a problem on night-photography, especially close to urban areas. Usually on locations where horizon is clearly visible; on seashores, open fields, etc. lights reflects to clouds, water and even on thin fog. That creates blooming effect of different kinds of color casts ruining the contrast and over all tonality. To solve this problem and ease the pain […]
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Review: Haida Nanopro filter kit for DJI Mavic Air 2
DJI released another version of buzzing flying thing with a camera this April. DJI Mavic Air 2 is a clear step up from previous version – Mavic Air. Camera has changed a lot; new improved features such as 4k 60fps and 4k 30fps HDR-video. For stills drone uses 1/2 inch CMOS-sensor either 12Mpix or 48Mpix with fixed aperture of […]
HP zBook X2 G4 – Professional hybrid workstation
Professional laptop market has evolved. Since Microsoft launced their Microsoft Surface many mobile device manufacturers have released their vision of how the professional mobile workstation should look in future. Late on spring I was asked if I was interested to test out and review HP`s latest version of ZBook X2 G4. Quick look at the specs got me interested ! […]
Current gear – Switchover to Sony!
From time to time I got inquiries about my photogear. Just to sum up, here is a short list of my main gear. I do not carry all of these with me everytime; for different scenarios I just pick up suitable lenssets for different scenarios. Nightphotography-set contains couple of fixed lenses with body and ballhead with larger knobs. Second set […]
Review: Haida M10 Filterholder
In january Haida released totally renewed filterholder, M10. New product is packed with full of new features. Adapter ring All new design includes new adapters rings bringing the whole system closer to lens thus eliminating vignetting and provding sturdy mountpoint for filter holder. Filter holder M10 Filter holder itself has been redesigned from scratch. New construction is lightweight but still […]
Review: HP z32 display
4k-displays are becoming a common, mainstream display on a larger size. I have been using 27″ displays for years but they were all QHD (2560×1440). My opinion was that 27 inch is too small for 4k. You can always scale fonts up but then you loose the extra resolution and space. Pickup a 32″ model and you dont need font- […]
Review: Prograde Digital memorycards & workflow-reader
Prograde Digital is a 2017 founded company for ex-Lexar employees. Some of you might remember the story from last year when Micron decided to dump Lexar-brand for some reason. After that, Lexar was bought by chinese storage-company. At the moment Prograde Digital focuses on high-end, super-fast memorycards and card readers. Earlier this year they launched first products, CFAST 2.0- , […]
Using the circular polarizer on nature photography
Circular polarizer helps photographer to reduce the reflections and limit glare. Especially on nature photography; the circular polarizer is useful. For example, its possible to remove or control the amount of reflection on water or shiny surfaces, Darken the sky and bring out details on clouds bright, sunny days. This is done by rotating the filter itself. These two photos […]
Calculate your long exposure – Haida App
Haida released today their mobile app to setup easily your long exposure. Just select the filter, set the exposure without filter (given by the camera) and app will tell you the correct exposure value. Official press-release: “Haida App is not only ND exposure calculator for photographers when they take photo outdoors, you can also review famous photographers’works and photography’tips and […]
Photography gear in action: Haida 100-Pro Series filter holder
Filters are the one key element for my style to photograph landscapes and nature. You can easily manage high dynamic ranges by limiting the amount of light with gradients and/or manage reflections on surfaces with polarizer or stop the motion with nd-filters. For years I have been using Haida 2500-series filter holder with 100mm filterplates. It has served well, though […]