This website started as a hobby to explain photography (posts listed here), but over time expanded to provide (hopefully) useful information about Japan and the Japanese language. I also run edonoyu.com with a friend—a site that covers onsen in the Tokyo region.
An outdoor collection of over 100 works of art by famous sculptors from around the world which includes a Picasso Museum, viewing tower, and 20-meter foot-bath.
Understanding Gamma in Photography
Gamma—or more precisely, gamma-correction—simply refers to the operation to encode the linear values the camera records into a…
Polarization: Linear & Circular Polarizers
Light that enters the lens is, in certain cases, partially polarized. The correct use of polarizing filters allow…
Noise in Digital Photography
In digital photography noise is typically associated with the mottled image we get when taking shots in the…
MTF Curves Explained
Modulation Transfer Function curves are helpful indicators of the performance of a lens. Seen for the first time…
