It’s 60 years to the day that mankind conquered Mount Everest for the first time. THEME marks this auspicious occasion with some high-tech conquest of the planet’s highest mountain. It’s now possible to access Everest from the comfort zone of your own couch. To celebrate the event, Microsoft has teamed up with GlacierWorks in order […]
The cat’s out of the bag and Leica really must put on a very special show on June 11, 2013, if they want their latest baby to succeed, the Mini M a.k.a Leica X Vario Typ 107. They better make it a low-key event. If you scroll through the various online sites and orums the […]
There’s a great new book out on fashion photography: Coming Into Fashion — A Century of Photography at Condé Nast. Well written, showing beautiful and artistic fashion photography, this book is much more than just a walk down memory lane. It’s an inspiration, tutorial and how-to at the same time, providing insights into the trade […]
Interesting little comparison for the eyes that can see, kindly provided by Dr. Ulrich Rohde. Looks like you get what you pay for and the APO Summicron takes the trophy. The more gently rendering Zeiss second, maybe? No surprises about the regular Summicron.
Well I have been partially, maybe wishfully and intentionally wrong about the slightly underwhelming, upcoming, miniaturized Leica M. No full-frame, no M mount, but instead you’ll get a CMOS 1.5 crop APS-C sensor with a relatively slow, not really compact Leica Elmar F3.5-6.4 with an 28-70mm equivalence for a rumored price of €2,450 (more than […]
For decades Arthur Fellig a.k.a. “Weegee” supplied the New York press with bloody shocking photos. Today he is considered the first photojournalist, even Hollywood pays its respects. Trashy photos were Weegee’s trademark. He bribed police to get access. “Weegee the Famous,” as the Austrian-American soon called himself, photographed gangsters who bled to death, exploited working […]
Can’t blame the big boys for slowly getting paranoid. Canon’s latest anti-cellphone shooter ad points into exactly this direction. Claiming that only a real camera is a real camera. The point-and-shoot market is in tailspin and Canon’s mirrorless M sells way below expectations, so all the hopes rest on the aging DSLR dominance. Canon’s not […]
By LORENZO MOSCIA It’s a Saturday morning in Rome, Italy, and along with a group of people I’m running to document the occupation of an empty building. You heard it right: running. There are children and many women who, once they busted the locks, run to their new home. It’s always chaotic. Someone falls, other […]
Must confess, am probably the biggest fan of Inspired Eye, a mind-blowing, mind-altering and mind-opening feast for the discerning photographer. It’s been called “The Leica of Magazines,” and as its curators, photographers Don Springer and Olivier Duong, say themselves, “For the price of a latte, you get a magazine that helps you develop your photography.” […]
By BRIAN SWEENEY The revival of rangefinder photography in the 21st century has been guaranteed by the availability of the new generation of Leica digital cameras. The Epson RD-1 and Leica M8 opened the digital world to rangefinder enthusiasts. The M9 allowed use of 80 years of rangefinder lenses in the mode that they were […]
It sure doesn’t get boring in the photography gear world. We’re expecting a full-frame Sony NEX sometime in 2014, are just told that Panasonic will revive the legendary DMC-L1 with a “dream camera” successor, and now Leica does what I expected them to do back in March when I wrote on The Future of Camera […]
Doesn’t happen every day, the Micro Four Thirds Panasonic GX1 16MP for 72% off list price, that’s $199 for this powerful little performer. The GX1’s a straightforward, solid photographic tool that does a very fine job at what it sets out to accomplish. An ideal little pocketable backup camera — just add the super tiny […]
Sorry for recently pulling the post dedicated to Taslima Ashkter’s A Final Embrace. Error of judgment. It’s one thing to post a photography of dead people on the front page — and another thing, as someone commented, to exploit such victims. Looks like the couple, embracing in death, have been partially dusted off to suit […]
I thought long and hard whether to post this photo on the front page. It’s not the average welcoming screen on the Web. Thing is, am currently on assignment in Bangladesh. Maybe I’ll post a few images later on. But what’s there to post when one sees a photo like the one by Bangladeshi activist […]
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By ALICAIR PELTONEN B.D. Colen was walking his dachshunds in his Brookline, MA, neighborhood when he decided to return a phone call from his best friend from college, Bill Potter. Colen says he babbled for a bit with small talk before Potter finally got a chance to speak. “So Colen, I just got out of […]
I just reported on Sony’s first annual profit in five years. It reached that milestone largely thanks to the weakening yen and some belt-tightening, including the consolidation of businesses and the sale of its American headquarters. Now Sony’s back in the headlines: An American hedge fund billionaire known for starting big fights has called for […]
By BRAD MORRIS Allow me to introduce myself. I am an Australian-born photographer based in Hong Kong, having lived most of the last 30 years in Asia. I tend to specialize in portraits, live music with some commercial studio work, travel and street photography thrown in to the mix. I shoot Nikon SLRs, the Fujifilm […]
Sony’s corporate makeover starts to pay off. Despite weak demand for its digital cameras, video cameras and televisions, Sony books the first annual net profit in five years. While Sony’s jump back into the black was largely due to the depreciation of the yen inflating the value of foreign income and a string of asset […]
Interesting Forbes interview with Stephan Schulz, head of professional photo at Leica, about how the camera maker is reinventing the medium format market on its own terms. Remember Leica’s S-System, launched in December 2009, is a newcomer in this market that requires a different type of camera than photojournalists do who use the 35mm Leica […]
Well the title should rather ask, “What’s the Perfect Camera Bag?” The choice of a camera bag is as personal as gear a photographer is working with. Some need no bag at all. For others, purists, even a strap is an overkill. Yet others again depend on several lenses, flash, spare battery and charger to […]
Sad when photography becomes a quasi-political topic. Is Photoshop installed on your computer? Well those days are soon gone. Adobe will no longer be developing its Creative Suite range of software, leaving its subscription and cloud-based Creative Cloud as the only way of accessing the latest version of Photoshop. Epic #fail, Adobe. Quite understandably, photographers […]
By BENGT NYMAN If some of you recognize part of what follows it’s because it has appeared on one of the Nikonian Forums, where it received mostly boos and oh-nos. I have had an idea for some time which was recently confirmed by a statement by Panasonic: “Blame the Bayer filter for your camera’s poor […]
This just in, you can now preorder the beautiful fast Carl Zeiss glass for APS-C Sony E and Fujifilm X mounts: Zeiss Touit F2.8/12mm Sony E Mount for $1,250 (B&H, Adorama, Amazon) Zeiss Touit F2.8/12mm Fujifilm X Mount for $1,250 (B&H, Adorama, Amazon) Zeiss Touit F1.8/32mm Sony E Mount for $900 (B&H, Adorama, Amazon) Zeiss […]
Want your photography to be shown everywhere? This one here spreads like wildfire — because Photoshop is able to create about every visual composition that is imaginable. But everyone does Photoshop, so we end up with many lookalike masterpieces… What about producing really outstanding photography by means of sheer old mastery, patience and technique? That’s […]
This is essential viewing for everyone. His photography is above and beyond most of today’s well-known photographers. The name Sebastião Salgado stands for utterly condense compositions, the redefinition of space and time, a unique film-like black-and-white rendition and the eye for moments most of us will never be able to see. Take his latest project […]
By ALINA RUDYA “Prypyat Mon Amour” (2011-2012) is a project that documents photographer Alina Rudya’s journey back to her hometown of Prypyat, Ukraine, which she and her family evacuated in 1986 following the nuclear power plant catastrophe at Chernobyl. At the time, Prypyat was a young and small town built three kilometes away from Chernobyl […]
Do you mind if I record you reading this article? Chances are, if you’re reading this on screen, there’s a webcam in your PC or laptop or mobile phone that could be hacked and track what you’re doing. Hackers do this all the time. Digital etiquette, however, makes such invasive technology impossible. Or so you […]
Either from eBay or Adorama: A Top Rated Plus eBay seller has the full-frame 6D body only for $1,669, that’s 20% off list price. Comes with memory card, battery, charger and case. Adorama‘s 6D bundle includes EF 70-300mm F4-5.6 IS USM lens, 32GB 200x SDHC memory card plus camera carrying case. Including $400 instant rebate […]
You think you own your own photographs? Dreaming. Think again. The U.K. government has decided that others should be able to confiscate and exploit your property without your knowledge, permission or payment to you. This despite the fact that many a professional photographer’s income comes from licensing if images. For many, it’s their livelihood. Now […]
