Using a manual aperture lens to avoid flicker

Note that we strongly recommend using a manual aperture lens (such as a Nikon lens) with a Canon body. With a digital lens, the aperture will close down to slightly different positions for each shot. This is not a problem for still photography, but for stop motion or time-lapse it creates “flicker”. For Canon cameras, … Read more

What lens do you recommend?

This is where a basic photography class could be helpful. There are all sorts of considerations for lenses, angles of view etc. Here is a simple rule to help you out: if you are shooting miniatures—imagine there is a tiny crew of people shooting your film. Where would they put their little camera? If you … Read more

Why don’t Olympus cameras work with macOS 10.11 (El Capitan)?

Well, it’s kind of technical… Basically Apple decided to use some of the same PTP event codes as Olympus, and so Apple does not pass the events on to the end application. They fixed it in macOS Sierra, but chose to leave it unresolved in El Capitan.