Chains
Originally uploaded by
Michael Nilsson

• Firstly, Phil at DPreview sets out to objectively test the widely held belief that noise in high resolution images is mitigated by downsampling, and further highlights the disappointing trend of marketing over content which causes manufacturers of compacts to push megapixel counts ever higher at the expense of image quality.
• Here’s a great blast from the past courtesy of Ken Rockwell’s fantastic photography satire website. This is sure to make you “LOL” (and possibly even “ROFLMAO”), look out for the following phrases: “pick up your tool in your own bare hands”, and “Tripods are no longer required, and actually often degrade sharpness”. Classic stuff.
• As all serious photographers know, Apple products are intrinsically better for any creative task than PCs (even when running exactly the same software). You will then be pleased to hear that Apple has once again revolutionised the computer market with it’s revolutionary new keyboardless laptop. I can’t wait to try Photoshop on it!
• Finally, is this the worst photograph ever taken? Whilst you decide, this followup post goes onto to shed some light on what probably went wrong and demonstrates that money does not always buy quality (and that branding distorts markets).

MG