Author: David@DavidBergman.net

“I have a Nikon 18-55mm DX lens that has 3.5-5.6 inscribed on it. The max aperture seems to be 3.5 at 18mm and 5.6 at 55mm. Why is that and how does this work? Thank you!” Continue Reading →

“I was looking through the Canon R series lineup and to my surprise the specs on the R3 and the R6 Mark II are very similar except for the price. If the specs are so close, why would anyone buy the more expensive R3? Am I missing something?” Continue Reading →

“David, first let me say thank you for your years of education. I’ve been a fan for a long time. My question is about color grading in relation to photography. Is it important? Why do I need it?” Continue Reading →

“I edit all of my photos in Photoshop and save them as PSD files. Because the files are so big, I flatten each image after processing which results in a smaller file size. Since the images are flattened, is there any harm in just converting them to JPGs?” Continue Reading →

“I know it’s been debated to death, but I’d like to know your thoughts on how many megapixels do we need? I am about to upgrade to a new camera body and am torn.” Continue Reading →

“I will be traveling for a once in a lifetime trip later this year and want to back up my images while away from my home computer. What type of external hard drives and ingesting methods from memory cards do you recommend to make sure all the images end up working when I get home?” Continue Reading →

“I shoot a lot of high school and small college sports. I am wondering how much editing you do, or recommend, on in-game images. I know some sports photographers do very little and some do a lot. Would love to hear your thoughts.” Continue Reading →

“Is there any difference between a ‘normal’ Speedlite and one with a round head? The round ones seem to be popular now, so I want to know if I’m missing anything.” Continue Reading →

“I shoot high school sports and have my Canon R3 cameras set up almost exactly like yours. What is a normal number of ‘keepers’ after, say a 750 shot effort? For me it is somewhere around 70 images where I’ve captured face, number, and action. I don’t know whether this is good or bad. How many do you keep in a typical shoot?” Continue Reading →