Foundations

Photography, from the ground up

Short, plain-language explainers on the concepts behind the cameras in your shelf. Written for someone who knows their way around a camera but wants the modern features explained without the marketing fog.

Topics

Computational Photography

12 min read

What modern camera bodies can do that film never could — pixel-shift high-res, in-camera ND, focus stacking, pre-capture buffers, and more. With examples, videos, and a feature matrix across the bodies in your shelf.

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What this is

These pages aren't reviews and aren't comparisons of brands — those are everywhere. They're the kind of plain explainers you wish existed when you were figuring out what a feature actually does and whether the bodies on your shelf can do it. Examples link out to manufacturer galleries, photographer blogs, and YouTube demos so you can see the result, not just read about it.