Recent content by Korbel

The effect you are talking about is called soft focus, and no - putting the lens hood on will not compensate the imperfections in the optics which cause it, you might just avoid flares. Also soft focus doesn't need to come from such a fast lens as f1.4 (but it comes with some soviet lenses for...

I like the picture, but I might have approached it little bit different. Im not sure if it was mentioned already, because I didnt read through all the comments. - I would either pick a long lens to correct the verticals, or shot it wide and then crop it. Or make the verticals fall significantly...

Combination of all the available tools will most likely get the job done, agree. My judgment of the tool is affected by my love hate relationship with adobe and AI in general I guess, but thats for another thread

What I mean is, that when shooting I don't rely on "AI will fix it" because I am getting inconsistent and unpredictable results from it. I'm not really sure what is your method for avoiding it. What I did there, was selecting the fence with a laso tool, then clicked generate. Is there something...

I have current version of photoshop, so I can contribute a little from my part. Camera raw has an early access AI feature called "dust" under removal panel, it is supposed to find and clean it in one click, but it doesn't detect my dust at all. I have a suspicion it is trained on a dust from...

I have rollei C5i, in my country currently available for ~80€ Arca-swiss, ball head, its possible to detach one leg and use it as a monopod. I even got video shots on it and people asked me what fluid head I have. With my 6+kg setup it has a little slack, but you could avoid it if you center...

A tiny hot shoe umbrella

First time I see his work, it is stunning

I dont think there will be that many games for linux. The selection will be very limited and you should check first. Havent seen the whole video though. Also remember with downloaded games, like from steam, you dont own anything, only the right to play it. You cant sell it once you dont want...

With the windows privacy concerns.. you can make your own bootable disk drive, where you delete the stuff you dont want. Also if you get some 3rd party firewall you can isolate the system from internet. But it has been a long time since I have done it, I dont remember the details now, I have...

Get some 16mm camera instead. Bigger depth of field for the same apeture, so you dont need to use tripod when you want the photo to be sharp. Bokeh is lazy. Also the setup will be much lighter, so your back will thank you every day. The film will be cheaper, so your wife will thank you...

The only issue on Linux is the limited available software, other than that it is a superior system. Just be aware you might run into problems of getting 100% compatible drivers for gpu and cpu. I run both windows and linux on my pc, both are on separate drives and I switch between them via boot...

Thanks for the tip, my cable should arrive any time now, so I will try :)

@Alan Edward Klein For me it was nearly impossible to do composition when left is right :D yes I have seen the magnifier, I might get it, but so far the focusing is easy because the viewfinder has ridicolously large image. I have problem with focusing on the Chinon CE2, maybe I could mount the...

@cliveh I like sudek too, though I am drawn to Tichý's work for the look of the photography, the imperfections, not for the subjects. But yes, he was a voyer and what he did is wierd