Been a while it seems. Well, better late than never.
Since I last posted, I've moved more in a photography direction with a lot of my work. As you may expect, this comes with its own challenges, but so far has been rather enjoyable. The biggest thing I've learnt with this is that no amount of megapixels will make up for an image that's out of focus or way too sharp. What is annoying is that certain software packages over-sharpen by default, which can result in images which are out of focus appearing as if they are not. Adjusting the sharpening level down in the software is an easy fix to this though.
Another big thing which you don't realise until you don't have it, is live view imaging. With the advances in mirrorless cameras this is much easier to achieve and is not as problematic as it can be on DSLR's. The aforementioned cameras have gotten so good as well that most manufacturers aren't developing DSLR technology anymore. Whilst it is a shame to see this area fade away, I can understand why.
However, the live view is something which eliminates so much guess work surrounding placement of documents. Gone are the days of assuming that your document is in the same orientation, only to find it wasn't and your map stitch is off. Please don't mention stitching... it's one of the bane's of my work.
Despite all these changes though, the essence of photography has not gone away. Imaging still requires skill and technique to be able to achieve good results. The days of trusting AI and smartphone images are not upon us yet. Nor do I hope they will be anytime soon...
