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Image Stabilization

By Jeff Kontur on Thursday, November 24th, 2011 | No Comments

Does your camera have image stabilization (sometimes abbreviated as “IS”)? It’s becoming more common, even among compact point-and-shoot models. It may sometimes be called something like anti-shake, anti-blur or vibration reduction (look for “VR” on your lens.) But do you know when and how to use it? Do you know what it does? Do you [...]

What Kind of Camera Should I Buy?

By Jeff Kontur on Friday, October 7th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Perhaps the question I am asked more than any other is some variation on “What kind of camera should I buy?” The question below, found on one of the message boards I participate in, is one such question. I am an amateur photographer based in the US. I need to make a decision between the Nikon [...]

Mailbag – July 2011

By Jeff Kontur on Friday, July 29th, 2011 | No Comments

This is the first installment of what may or may not become a semi-regular thing. I’ve collected a handful of questions over the last couple of months so I’d like to address them as best I can now. (If you have a question you’d like answered specifically, contact us here.) 1. Why is it so [...]

Progress… In Reverse

By Jeff Kontur on Friday, July 15th, 2011 | No Comments

A very good friend of mine told me yesterday that she’s selling her DSLR. (If anyone is in the market for a very nice Sony A100 with a couple of good lenses a flash and some other accessories, I can put you in touch.) There’s nothing at all wrong with the camera. In fact, I’ve [...]

Weird Plants

By Jeff Kontur on Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 | 1 Comment

I love unusual plants. Rarely do I know the actual names of the unusual plants I see. (And even if you told me, it’s not important enough to me that I’m likely to remember.) I actually love making up my own names and descriptions for these weird citizens of the plant world. (Hover your mouse [...]

Is there any way to “fix” a blurry picture?

By Jeff Kontur on Wednesday, January 26th, 2011 | 34 Comments

This question comes to us in an email from valued reader L. Jackson, “Is there any way to fix a blurry picture“? The short answer is… not really. Once a picture’s been taken, there are only a handful of things that can reasonably be done to it to fix minor imperfections. Correcting blurriness would involve [...]