Entrepreneur.com has an interesting entry on innovative photographers. Over the past decade, many photographers have witnessed a blurring of the line between amateur and professional. A digital SLR camera and some editing software are often all people need to break into the photography business. Some professional photographers saw the changes coming early on and successfully […]
Leica again. Somehow I missed this story by Deutsche Welle published last October. The German newswire spoke to Leica Camera CEO Alfred Schopf about the company’s comeback. You learn about some of its unbelievable management mistakes in the 70s, its first digital camera and the move back to Wetzler. An interesting short read on the […]
This is the shortest post ever on THEME, but a great many of you are eagerly awaiting the first true real official Leica M (M240) JPEG and DNG sample images. Still too early and the few maverick samples available on the Net are of rather poor quality — which probably has more to do with […]
The man needs no introduction. Says the Magnum photographer about himself, “Most of my photography career has been spent in the documentary genre, working for magazines photographing areas of conflict. In my photography most of the time I am just simply walking around with the camera, shooting life as it unfolds.” What does this Steve […]
Photography is, in many ways, like a sport. Many photographers feel themselves judged by their gear. Photographers are not generally known as the most socially engaged people who are also concerned about environmental issues. They’re rather busy with themselves, and if one witnesses an accident or crisis, one is rather not there to help, but […]
The old argument that I have to spend heavily on good fast prime glass because I love to shoot in low light is dead. That’s a reasoning that dates back to film and early digital photography when you had to push that Ilford and early imaging sensors too achieve the best possible compromise between detail, […]
What was already very good is only getting better. Same body, but new sensor, better manual focusing controls, faster autofocus… You can preorder the just-announced Fujifilm X100S from Amazon for $1,299. Why order now? No need to worry with Amazon’s excellent return policy. And you know that Amazon only charges you once the camera ships. […]
These Sony RX100 bundles go quickly. No wonder, even at full price the little Sony offers great value. The bundles change now and then, check for their availability. Here are some current Amazon deals: Sony RX100 20.2MP Exmor CMOS Sensor Digital Camera with 3.6x Zoom + 32GB SDHC Class 10 Memory Card + Rapid External […]
Am observing the widely overlooked Samsung NX lineup since quite some time. Somehow NX is just the best kept secret of mirrorless photography. Samsung cameras are underdogs. You don’t hear much about serious photographers shooting Samsung, but this latest NX offspring deserves a good look. Not only does Samsung know how to build great compact […]
Photography has seen many focusing methods. Now guess what, we’re heading back to the basics! First there were fixed lenses with fixed focus, soon the rangefinder-type of focusing where you’re basically given a second (smaller) image of the scene, and your goal is turn the focus ring until the two images match up for the […]
This is, in part, a continuation of the pain expressed in the recent article On Gear Lust — Isn’t It a Perfect Digital Imaging World Already? Point is, quite some dedicated readers confessed they’re suffering GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) by waisting countless hours in front of the computer screen reading through photography sites instead of […]
Sure, good photography is mostly about the photographer and less about what camera and what lens. Truth seems to be, however, that good photography is more and more about the gear one doesn’t have, isn’t it? Thanks to today’s post-processing options with CS, Aperture, Lightroom and so forth you can even make a decade-old digital […]
