Astrophotography is a discipline dedicated to photographing the night sky in all its splendor. For this exercise to be successful, there are a series of environmental conditions, equipment demands and photographic operational- plus post-production techniques that we will explore in broad lines in in this arti more »

This is pretty big news. Like the kind you get every ten years or so… When the new Nikon NX-D software got out of beta, I was skeptical, to say the least. But the release of Capture NX-D could not be more opportune. Although I have only reviewed Nikon NX-D briefly, the program is awesome, sofar!   This is pretty big news. Like the kind you get every ten years or so… When the new Nikon NX-D software got out of beta, I was skeptical, to say the least. From where I am standing, Nikon has not given us any productive RAW processing so… more »

It's been already more than five years since I wrote this article (in Spanish) on autofocus and although in many areas the innovation of DSLR’s has slowed down some, autofocus systems are still making unimagined jumps. In this article we review the 51-point system, which was introduced in late 2007 in the Nikon D3, D300 and the evolved version of which is used in the D7100, D810 and D4S (Advanced Multi-CAM 3500). more »

One of the first things I did upon the arrival of my D7100, was to check if it would properly work with my GPS, because the one thing that I have been missing dearly during my recent travels was the ability to properly geo-locate my shots. Here’s what I have found. One of the first things I did on the arrival of my D7100, was checking if it would properly work with my GPS, because the one thing I have been missing during my recent travels was the ability to properly geo-locate my shots.   Co… more »

From the Nikon press release: Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that total production of Nikkor lenses for Nikon interchangeable lens cameras reached eighty million in mid June 2013.   From the Nikon press release: Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that total production of Nikkor lenses for Nikon interchangeable lens cameras reached eighty million in mid June 2013. This year, the Nikkor camera lens also celebra… more »

The latest release of Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) adds - preliminary - support for the Nikon D600 and a host of other cameras, plus lens profiles for 43 lenses. Apart of the D600, ACR v.7.2 also adds support for the Coolpix P7700 and Nikon 1 J2 plus the fol… more »

Adobe recently posted the first update for the Adobe Camera Raw plug-in - v.7.1 - and a new version of the stand-alone DNG Converter 7.1. Apart of support for the new Nikon D3200, it adds support for the following cameras from canon, fuji, leaf, leica, olympus, panasonic, pentax, samsung and sony more »