Photographer Unknown NOTE: Cross Posted at ScottCritiques.com . I’ll critique two images today that suffer from the same problem; lens flare. Digital cameras are very prone to diffraction artifacts. With the sun shining on an unprotected lens, a group of small rainbows appears. This artifact is formed by internal diffraction on the image sensor, which acts like a diffraction grating. This sort of flare may not visible in the eyepiece of a digital SLR camera. Whether or not these picture
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Imaging Resource has published a review of the Nikon Coolpix P80. Exposure and color are generally good, but with low detail and sharpening artifacts mixed in with overaggressive noise suppression, even at the lowest ISOs. Not a SmugMug member? Upload UNLIMITED photos to gorgeous galleries! Free Trial. ShareThis
