Podcasts by Ask Bill

#9 - iPad As Second Screen & Mac vs Windows for Adobe Premiere from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Computer heavy episode this week. Tom in Brooklyn wants to know the best way to use his iPad as a second screen for Photoshop on set. Maybe there's even a way to use it as a poor man's Wacom Cintiq...

#17 - Buyer's Remorse&Automated Import from 2016-08-16T19:56:25

Allan recently bought a Sony A7RII, but is feeling that it might not be quite the right camera for a guy with some Canon glass who shoots video on a Canon C100. The boys help him tease out wheth...

#16 - iPhone Clip-on Lenses&Flying with Batteries from 2016-08-10T01:49:45

After a long absence, the boys are back with another two great photography questions.

First up, Greg wants to do some street photography with this iPhone but feels limited by the focal len...

#15 - Vintage Lenses&Lightroom Computer Upgrade from 2016-06-03T20:24:57

Brad in Brooklyn wants to know if we worry too much about specs when it comes to modern lenses and whether using more vintage glass on our modern cameras might give us the looks we crave.
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#14 - New Lens Sharpness&Video Tap Story from 2016-05-17T00:15:03

Tim isn't happy with the sharpness of his new wide-angle Sigma zoom wide open at f/2.8. Is it a problem with the specific lens, his technique, or a flawed design?

For the second half of th...

#13 - Standout Cameras&Travel Lens Worry from 2016-05-04T17:22:17

Dave in Michigan wants to know what makes his OG Canon 5D and similarly remembered camera bodies so special. This leads Bill & Dan to reminisce.

And Chris in NJ is back, worried that t...

#12 - Resolution Requirements&Strobes for Wet Plate from 2016-04-20T22:59:26

Dave in New Jersey wants to know if he can print a billboard from his D800, which leads to a discussion about resolution requirements and when all pixels are not created equal.

Next Bruce ...

#11 - High Aperture Lenses&Macro Extension Tubes from 2016-04-01T03:01:09

Maarten in Amsterdam is looking to get more depth of field out of his Canon 6D, but his lens only stops down to f/22. Will lenses with even smaller apertures help? Where might he find some?

#10 - Organizing and Viewing Negatives&High-Speed Sync from 2016-03-18T14:47:53

A monster show for our tenth episode. Rachel has 40,000 black and white negatives from her late grandfather that she'd like to go through and pull selects from for possible sale as silver gelati...

#8 - Nikon D610 Upgrade&File Recovery Mess from 2016-03-04T19:11:31

Stuart in sunny Miami is not getting what he wants out of his Nikon D610 for fashion photography and wants to know which direction he should go for the upgrade. Pro speed or straight megapixels?...

#7 - Monolight Buying Advice&Shutter Actuation Count from 2016-02-25T13:58:12

Freddy wants to know if he's going to get rainbows and unicorns if he spends five times as much on his next monolight flash. There are reasons to hand over the platinum card, but they may not be...

#6 - Lens Mount Adapters&SSDs for NAS Backup from 2016-02-18T23:02:24

Is it a good idea to build a camera system based on the plan to use adapters with your next body purchase or should you try to stay native when possible? Are we at the point where we're lens mou...

#5 - Target Display Mode&Photo Monitor Advice from 2016-02-12T14:46:34

It's a display question bonanza. We've got questions from two guys named Nick today from opposite sides of the world. Nick in Australia has a old semi-...

#4 - Photoshop/Lightroom Plugins & Sensor Resolution from 2016-02-06T18:17:35

First up is a discussion about Plug-ins - what's out there, what we've used, what we like, and some general theory. Then we get into another talk about sensor size and resolution. A little bit of ...

#3 - Tethering & Photo-Video Lighting Kit from 2016-01-29T16:11:36

Our first question this week is about the double-edged sword of tethering your camera to a computer during a shoot and how it might create as many problems as it solves. Then we tackle what kind o...

#2 - Headshot Lighting Kit & Selling A Leica from 2016-01-20T17:30:17

Our first question is about putting together a lighting kit to take yearbook-like headshots for your office, but to do so with just a little something extra. Then we help listener Ellen navigate t...

#1 - Third Party Lenses & Online Backup from 2016-01-15T16:08:40

First up is a question about third party lenses. Is it really worth spending all that money on the name brand? What should you be thinking about before making a decision? Next up is a question abo...