Comments for Phil's Photos http://luckhurst.wordpress.com Just another photo blog but it's mine! Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:21:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Zenfolio export plugin for Lightroom 1.3 by free palm pre http://luckhurst.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/zenfolio-export-plugin-for-lightroom-13/#comment-3440 free palm pre Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:21:41 +0000 http://luckhurst.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/zenfolio-export-plugin-for-lightroom-13/#comment-3440 Excellent article, bookmarked for future referrence Excellent article, bookmarked for future referrence

]]> Comment on Picture #35 – Crocodile smile by allyssa http://luckhurst.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/picture-35-crocodile-smile/#comment-3438 allyssa Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:01:48 +0000 http://luckhurst.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/picture-35-crocodile-smile/#comment-3438 huhuhuhuhuuhuuhh aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhahahahahahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! huhuhuhuhuuhuuhh aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhahahahahahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

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]]> Comment on Picture #49 – Hungarian Vizsla by The Hungarian Vizsla | Naked Hungary http://luckhurst.wordpress.com/2007/05/04/picture-49-hungarian-vizsla/#comment-3435 The Hungarian Vizsla | Naked Hungary Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:04:54 +0000 http://luckhurst.wordpress.com/2007/05/04/picture-49-hungarian-vizsla/#comment-3435 [...] Photo Credit [...] [...] Photo Credit [...]

]]> Comment on Lightroom with an external hard drive by BerndR http://luckhurst.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/lightroom-with-an-external-hard-drive/#comment-3434 BerndR Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:06:22 +0000 http://luckhurst.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/lightroom-with-an-external-hard-drive/#comment-3434 Firewire 400 (400 Mbit/s) is still faster than USB 2 (which is rated at 480Mbit/s) because the USB overhead is much higher than Firewire's. And there's FW800, too. Thanks for the good article! Firewire 400 (400 Mbit/s) is still faster than USB 2 (which is rated at 480Mbit/s) because the USB overhead is much higher than Firewire’s. And there’s FW800, too.

Thanks for the good article!

]]> Comment on Finepix S5600 – RAW converters for Fuji RAF format by KT http://luckhurst.wordpress.com/2006/10/04/finepix-s5600-raw-converters-for-fuji-raf-format/#comment-3432 KT Sun, 31 May 2009 14:37:10 +0000 http://luckhurst.wordpress.com/2006/10/04/finepix-s5600-raw-converters-for-fuji-raf-format/#comment-3432 problem with some developers for it is that the octa shaped diagonal arranged photo sites mean none standard demosaic algorithms produce higher iq or resolution. Ie. fuji software as terrible as it is produces 10mp images instead of 5mp. I notice from experimenting with 100% crops from various developers that resolution wise you can get a better result using none standard demosaic algorithms (when compared to regular and doubling up resolution through regular resizing by interpolation). The latest acr (5.2 I believe at this time) does an ok job but it doesn't translate the colour values correctly and blue channel is oversaturated and inaccurate EVEN WITH adobe camera profiles installed and suffers from saturation issues "out the box" so I doubt the demosaic algorithm is as perfectly matched as fuji's. Shame since the fuji raw software is terrible for the s5600 (my camera) and is either muddy and too soft degrading iq drastically or horrendous sharpening halos blah blah. If only fuji would either make decent software or alternately release their precious "secrets" concerning their demosaic algorithms and super ccd details since they still hold a lot of info back (including from adobe who have asked). What good is such features if they won't give details to 3rd party devs and can't write inhouse sw to take advantage of it? problem with some developers for it is that the octa shaped diagonal arranged photo sites mean none standard demosaic algorithms produce higher iq or resolution. Ie. fuji software as terrible as it is produces 10mp images instead of 5mp.

I notice from experimenting with 100% crops from various developers that resolution wise you can get a better result using none standard demosaic algorithms (when compared to regular and doubling up resolution through regular resizing by interpolation).

The latest acr (5.2 I believe at this time) does an ok job but it doesn’t translate the colour values correctly and blue channel is oversaturated and inaccurate EVEN WITH adobe camera profiles installed and suffers from saturation issues “out the box” so I doubt the demosaic algorithm is as perfectly matched as fuji’s.

Shame since the fuji raw software is terrible for the s5600 (my camera) and is either muddy and too soft degrading iq drastically or horrendous sharpening halos blah blah. If only fuji would either make decent software or alternately release their precious “secrets” concerning their demosaic algorithms and super ccd details since they still hold a lot of info back (including from adobe who have asked). What good is such features if they won’t give details to 3rd party devs and can’t write inhouse sw to take advantage of it?

]]> Comment on Picture #49 – Hungarian Vizsla by Marcus http://luckhurst.wordpress.com/2007/05/04/picture-49-hungarian-vizsla/#comment-3425 Marcus Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:25:42 +0000 http://luckhurst.wordpress.com/2007/05/04/picture-49-hungarian-vizsla/#comment-3425 I have a Vizsla mix and her face looks shockingly similar to this dog. I almost thought it was her when i first saw this photo. Very nice photo tho. I have a Vizsla mix and her face looks shockingly similar to this dog. I almost thought it was her when i first saw this photo. Very nice photo tho.

]]> Comment on Picture #49 – Hungarian Vizsla by emily http://luckhurst.wordpress.com/2007/05/04/picture-49-hungarian-vizsla/#comment-3424 emily Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:08:59 +0000 http://luckhurst.wordpress.com/2007/05/04/picture-49-hungarian-vizsla/#comment-3424 i am lucs daughter and i love them to and i want a vizsla like this one ! i am lucs daughter and i love them to and i want a vizsla like this one !

]]> Comment on Picture #49 – Hungarian Vizsla by luc http://luckhurst.wordpress.com/2007/05/04/picture-49-hungarian-vizsla/#comment-3423 luc Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:04:54 +0000 http://luckhurst.wordpress.com/2007/05/04/picture-49-hungarian-vizsla/#comment-3423 this picture is fantastic i cant stop looking at it.i want a vizslar now. this picture is fantastic i cant stop looking at it.i want a vizslar now.

]]> Comment on Finepix S5600 – RAW converters for Fuji RAF format by Marcos F http://luckhurst.wordpress.com/2006/10/04/finepix-s5600-raw-converters-for-fuji-raf-format/#comment-3421 Marcos F Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:35:36 +0000 http://luckhurst.wordpress.com/2006/10/04/finepix-s5600-raw-converters-for-fuji-raf-format/#comment-3421 Boys, never discard Fuji RAW format. It is just perfect. I use ACDSee Pro 2.5, which has a powerful RAW editor (try S7 also) that preserves all the data captured, and saves external processing settings (you can create many different, also). First of all, it does a good deal of auto pre-processing, seamless. I have an S5100, old one, but with RAW, few people can beat me. Even focus, I see that I don't need to turn on Macro for very near shooting. I get very little noise everywhere. There is no comparing with the cheap JPG. With a 2Gb XD card I get 244 shots (I have two). As said by ACDSee, you can process your RAW picture exactly like in a negative film, so you get lots of shadow and highlight detail, just by operating your "equalizer". Color temperature, sharpness, noise ... at your fingers. Boys, never discard Fuji RAW format. It is just perfect.
I use ACDSee Pro 2.5, which has a powerful RAW editor (try S7 also) that preserves all the data captured, and saves external processing settings (you can create many different, also). First of all, it does a good deal of auto pre-processing, seamless.
I have an S5100, old one, but with RAW, few people can beat me. Even focus, I see that I don’t need to turn on Macro for very near shooting. I get very little noise everywhere. There is no comparing with the cheap JPG. With a 2Gb XD card I get 244 shots (I have two).
As said by ACDSee, you can process your RAW picture exactly like in a negative film, so you get lots of shadow and highlight detail, just by operating your “equalizer”.
Color temperature, sharpness, noise … at your fingers.

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