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 8 hours 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 1 week, 6 days 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 1 month 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 1 month, 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 1 month, 3 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 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Macro Photography

Episode 191

Macro Photography

Don’t know what to photograph? No vacation plans? With macro photography, you can get great results literally in your back yard. What was once a style of photography that required s…

Published on 3 months ago

Fuji X-Half, AI Scaling, and Lightroom Changes

Episode 190

Fujifilm’s new X-Half camera is a curious hybrid: a digital camera with analog feel but a modern price. We also discuss news of OM Systems possibly using AI upscaling in future cameras to boost resol…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Traveling with a Camera

Episode 189

It’s the night before you leave for vacation and you need to choose which camera gear goes and stays. Do you reach for the 300mm telephoto, knowing it can get great photos but is large and bulky? Or …

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

WWDC 2025

Episode 188

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is always the first glimpse at what we can look forward to with new Apple software, including a peek at the photo capabilities of the next iPhones. And with iO…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago