“This lens is soft,” and other myths

by Roger Cicala, LensRentals.com (used with permission) One of the most common examples of Anti-logic we see at Lensrentals is the statement The lens is soft/frontfocuses/backfocuses. Now don’t get me wrong, there are bad copies of lenses out there, as best we can tell ranging from 3% to 7% of lenses. And we know, despite our [...]

Written on December 30, 2008 | Posted in Features | Leave a comment

How Do I Use My Camera?

Maybe you received a new camera for Christmas. Maybe you invested in one thinking this would be your next hobby. But all those manual controls are too confusing, or perhaps you just haven’t gotten to the point where you are happy with your photos, and you don’t know why. This is a workshop where we [...]

Written on December 22, 2008 | Posted in Events | Leave a comment

Image Copy Protection Enabled

“Right-click downloads” of images from the CMPG web site have been disabled, including images displayed “full size” or in slide shows. This should discourage casual copying of member images. Of course, there are still ways to defeat any copy protection scheme, this action should deter most casual image grabbers. In addition, the ability to copy [...]

Written on December 1, 2008 | Posted in News | Leave a comment

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