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What’s Real
Episode 201
Is your phone not accurately capturing the world around you? An article in the Guardian questions whether image processing in smartphones is making photos that aren’t genuine. Also, Leica released a …
Published on 2 days, 3 hours ago
All Our Cameras
Episode 200
Two Hundred episodes! To celebrate roughly seven and a half years of the PhotoActive podcast, Kirk and Jeff picked some favorite photos from the digital cameras they’ve owned.
Hosts:
Jeff Carlson: w…Published on 1 week, 6 days ago
Vroom Vroom
Episode 199
We get views into two very different types of photography in this episode. Jeff travels to Nevada for the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix where the cars’ speed is a challenge to photograph... but not …
Published on 4 weeks ago
I’m Not an Animal
Episode 198
We’ve got several things to discuss in this episode, from little-known settings in the iPhone Camera app, to shooting panoramas, to the Leica M EV1 and to Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.
Hosts:
J…Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Overenthusiastic in Your Opinion
Episode 197
What started with a couple of new settings related to the iPhone Camera app quickly devolves into a discussion of Apple’s Liquid Glass effect in iOS 26, changes and consistency in the Camera app’s in…
Published on 2 months ago
Has Camera Tech Hit a Plateau?
Episode 196
Has camera technology plateaued? We’re seeing technical advancements in image processing and autofocus, but what about the core parts like sensors? Also, we spend three hours talking about the Apple …
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Hands On with the iPhone 17 Pro
Episode 195
Fifty percent of the PhotoActive podcast got a new iPhone 17 Pro, which means one of us has been testing the new cameras and can report back with first impressions. Who could it be? However, fifty pe…
Published on 3 months ago
iPhone 17 and Apple’s Fall Event
Episode 194
The new iPhone models are here, a yearly event that we look forward to mostly to see what Apple has done with the iPhone cameras. Does a 48 megapixel telephoto camera capable of 8x zoom appeal to you…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Photography Police and Google Pro Res Zoom
Episode 193
Are you following the proper rules of photography, or are you at risk of being busted by the photography police? Maybe you’re shooting photos out of focus, or introducing light leaks, or using direct…
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Process, Product, and Problem Solving
Episode 192
Are you taking photos for yourself, or are you feeding the social media algorithms for brief dopamine hits when someone praises your images? In this episode, Kirk and Jeff ruminate on how the endless…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago