Archive for ‘John’

Nikon D5 Adds Automatic Focus Fine Tuning

June 06, 2016 06:51 PM
by / Topics: Equipment, Gear, John, Technique

by John Shaw Yes, I bought a D5 to use as my action/fast AF/high ISO camera.  My D810 bodies will continue as my landscape/lower ISO cameras.  I’ve had the new D5 all of two days now, but I’m already getting emails about one feature: how to use the automatic AF fine-tune.  OK, so here goes…and […]

“Hidden” Auto-Exposure

December 12, 2015 08:55 PM
by / Topics: John, Technique

  By John Shaw Many current cameras have a “hidden” autoexposure feature, an option I use quite often when working wildlife.  If your camera has ”auto ISO” buried someplace in the menus, you probably can use this feature. Three choices control exposure:  shutter speed, aperture, and ISO.  We generally lock in two of these, and vary the third.  […]

LIGHTROOM AND TRAVEL

July 07, 2015 12:39 PM
by / Topics: Essay, John, Resources, Technique, Travel

by John Shaw How does one coordinate Lightroom used on a laptop when traveling, with a master Lightroom catalog back in the office?  I’ve written about this before, but the topic keeps coming up at workshops and on tours, so…. I have one main master Lightroom catalog for all my images, which resides on my desktop […]