10 Facts Every Photographer Should Know About Light

You are receiving this message because you signed up for the Popular Photography e-newsletter. Click here if you wish to unsubscribe. 10 Facts Every Photographer Should Know About Light No images? View the online version. January 31, 2013 Breaking news from America's top photo magazines The Top 10 Photography Lighting Facts You Should Know And tips on how you can apply them to your photography The right light can make or break an image. Whether it's window light, an on-camera flash, or strobes, knowing the properties of light is one of the keys to great photography. READ MORE >> What Is It Like To Photograph The Super Bowl For Getty Images? Veteran shooter, Elsa Garrison walks us through a dream assignment The Modern Masters Of Black and White Landscape Photography Three talented photographers share the secrets of a dramatic monotone landscape February Photo Challenge: Monochrome Landscapes Enter your best work for a chance to be published in the magazine Photo of the Day See the whole gallery here.  Be the first to hear about new stuff on PopPhoto.com by subscribing to our revamped RSS feed! TECH SUPPORT Exclusionary Optics Q. What happens if a digital-only lens is used on a film camera? A. It will explode. (Just kidding.) Digital-only is a confusing term that, happily, is falling into disuse. Digital SLRs with smaller- than-full-frame (e.g., APS-C) sensors can use lenses that project a smaller image circle than those designed for use on full-frame cameras. Early on, they were dubbed digital-only to set them apart. Today we call them APS-C lenses after the sensors they’re made for. An APS-C lens on a full-frame camera, film or digital, tends to produce serious vignetting because its image circle can’t cover the entire frame. Canon prevents this by making its APS-C lensmount (designated EF-S) incompatible with its full-frame DSLRs. With Nikon APS-C lenses (designated DX) on a full- frame Nikon DSLR, you can switch the camera to DX mode to crop out the vignetting. Going the other way, full-frame lenses work fine on both APS-C and full-frame bodies. Do you have Tech Support Question? Post it on our Facebook Page.   More from PopPhoto.com:   Change your preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy | Forward this email Add newsletter@email.popphoto.com to your address book to ensure our emails reach your inbox. Copyright © Bonnier Corporation, 460 N. Orlando Ave., Suite 200, Winter Park, FL 32789 Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are those of the sponsors and are not an endorsement nor do they reflect the opinions of Bonnier Corporation or any of its publications.