Big Price Reductions on Canon L Lenses
Good glass, even better prices — a new Canon promotion drops the prices on nearly two dozen select L lenses:
The Glamorous Life of a National Geographic Photographer…
The not so glamorous life, it should say, of a National Geographic photographer. Looking closely at things most people don’t see can be a hazardous job. Being deeply passionate about photography can be a dangerous thing. You might know from own experience what it took to get that shot you’ll always remember. Maybe you had […]
The Camera Depends on the Photographer
Don’t want to turn into a moralizer, but here we go. To paraphrase a famous quote, “Ask not what your camera can do for you, but what you can do with your camera.” The difference at stake is whether you use your camera like a photographer, more like a scientist or — worst case — […]
The Best Camera Can Be the One You Leave at Home
Much has been said and written about photography’s probably most quoted quote, “The best camera is the one that’s with you.” Or is it? This quote is a great equalizer. The image doesn’t matter. The quality of the image doesn’t matter. What matters is that a picture is taken at all cost. Shaky, blurry, highlights, […]
Will Apple’s iWatch Have a Camera?
You heard it, after long months of rumors Apple is poised to launch its high-tech iWatch. We don’t know when, expected release date is Q3. But it will come. And as in the past, before the launch of the iPhone, when then smartphone leader Palm ridiculed Apple’s phone advances, the watch industry doesn’t consider Apple […]
“With a Camera, You’re 50% There, Right?” — Kate Bush Wants to Perform for People, Not iPhones, iPads or Cameras
Ever had the feeling that being busy capturing life’s most beautiful moments one is doing the opposite, namely missing life’s most beautiful moments? Right, a photograph keeps a moment for eternity. Or so my wife always says when snapping every bit of food in a restaurant. Just don’t tag me again! Too late… Obviously camera-shy […]
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Leica’s Sensor Quagmire
Who doesn’t want to own a Leica. Their optics are unmatched, yet the technology, well, you can’t shoot ISO 25,800 with a Leica, can you. They just don’t have the sensors for that. Now here’s an anecdote I got from a reliable source; an anecdote that makes complete sense without knowing whether it’s true or […]
Mythbuster: Professionals Use Large Sensors
Could as well write: professionals never use Micro Four Thirds. There’s a lot of misinformation wandering around the business of technology. Fact is, as we all know, Micro Four Thirds, the pioneer of a truly digital imaging system, has grown into a formidable contender. Be it stills or video, only the practiced eye can tell […]
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Save up to $200 on versatile, high-performance Sony lenses. Click here and navigate to >> Digital Cameras >> Lenses. BTW, the lenses page has a pretty nifty tool, allowing a marker position to change focal length and aperture. The tool will highlight which of Sony’s lenses can achieve that focal length and aperture.
Virtual Extreme Climbing — Street View in the Eiger North Face
Street View, that’s so yesterday. Next in line thanks to ever better technology and courageous people: mountain view a.k.a. #Project360, a 360° virtual ascent of Mount Eiger. Two Swiss climbers and a support team follow the original 1938 Heckmair route on the “Nordwand” (north face) of the famous mountain that since 1935 has claimed the […]
Prelude to an Obituary? Nikon’s Latest Financial Results
Can it get any worse? Another huge loss and forecast drop for Nikon, the camera industry’s number two whose authority no one would have questioned only a few years ago. From the latest financial report for Q1, 2014: Net sales for the three months ended June 30, 2014, decreased by 61,536 million yen (25.7%) year-on-year […]
The New World Atlas of Street Photography
Photography, like life itself, changed radically over the past few decades. The photography of city life especially — these days simply called “street photography” — has developed into an own new genre like the new urban scenery itself. Now a book titled The World Atlas of Street Photography showcases the work of 100 contemporary photographers, […]
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Crash Course in Philosophy — Photographs Are Neither True Nor False
Filmmaker Errol Morris caused quite a stir. We photographers supposedly understand what we’re doing, yet there comes a guy like Morris telling us that, in the end, all photographs are posed. Doesn’t mean, he says, all photographs are manipulated. But they are neither true nor false. “False beliefs,” he says, “adhere to photographs like flies […]
Hurry, Canon 5D Mark III $2,559 Only
Don’t know how long this deal lasts, but this camera for this price, wow! Top Rated Plus eBay seller has the Canon 5D Mark III for $2,559, that’s 25% off list price, including U.S. warranty. Details here. It’s an eBay Daily Deal, can disappear any time.
Pentax K-50 Deals Are Back
Exclusively Adorama, while supplies last: The Pentax K-50 is a great all-rounder and workhorse. Compact and solid, it’s hard to beat the performance for these prices: Pentax K-50 Digial Body $396.95 Pentax K-50 Digial with DA L 18-55mm WR Lens $496 Pentax K-50 Digial with DA L 18-55mm WR & 50-200mm WR Lenses $596 These […]
Don’t Just Shoot 50mm Because Henri Cartier-Bresson Did So
It is no coincidence that Henri Cartier-Bresson preferred a 50mm lens on his Leica 35mm rangefinder camera. His special ability was to use a 50mm lens but allow the photo to “breathe” almost as if shot with a 35mm. HCB just seemed to know how to frame so that it looks wider than it should. […]
Stefan Forster, Living the Landscape Photographer’s Dream
Sometimes he wishes to work in an office and be back home at 5 p.m. But you want to work National Geographic and the likes or not? Then that’s what it takes to be a landscape photographer. Don’t fear the elements, tough environments and exhausting schedules. True landscape photography is tough and exhausting. Otherwise you […]
Meet Hyperlapse, Time-Lapse With a Smoothly Moving Camera
GoPro seems unbeatable these days. Since their IPO the company’s share value has increased dramatically. No surprise. No outdoor adventure without the small box camera. Yet, camera shake destroys many a happy adventure souvenir. Now mighty Microsoft solves this problem with a new technology. Not only is the PC vs. Apple battle back. Microsoft’s on […]
The Story of Lena
By IHTISHAM KABIR I had spent many hours looking at Lena: her eyes, her hair and her hat. But then, so had dozens of other researchers working in a new field called digital image processing. It was the early 1980s, and while studying for my degree in electrical engineering in the U.S., I was smitten […]
Ready to Make Money in Photography?
All a photographer needs are a camera and a lens. Take Henri Cartier-Bresson, he was a one lens shooter. On rare occasions he used a 35mm, otherwise all the way through the trusted 50mm. Times have changed, everyone’s a photographer today, but success in photography still doesn’t depend on bags full of gear and stuff. […]
Gregory Heisler — A Little Speech on Photography That Might Just Change Your Life
Photography, a meritocracy? Wrong, says Gregory Heisler, known for his evocative portrait work often found on magazine covers. Photography is about relationships, Heisler says. Ultimately people are curious and want to meet and know you, the photographer. And photography today, he says, is vision based. People don’t want a particular style, but a vision, a […]
$150 Saving on Sigma 50mm F1.4 EX DG
Normal 50mm F1.4 EX DG Lens for Canon and Nikon: List price: $499 Special Price: $349 From B&H Photo.
What Photographers Actually Mean When They Say…
For once, let’s not be too serious…: Check this camera’s dynamic range. (Technology will compensate for my inability to get an accurate exposure on my own.) I’m a street photographer. (Tried portraits, landscape, sports, still life, but it’s so much easier to just shoot strangers and stuff.) Honey, where are my umbrellas? (Bounce and shoot-through, […]
Selfieology: When a Monkey Owns the Copyright
What would we do without the Web. It teaches us many helpful things, such as how to not clean your camera. Now, this being planet earth with various forms of life that have no say in how the human species treat them, it is about time to set a fundamental universal law straight: don’t you […]
In Defense of Flash — A Homage to Harsh Lighting
Like it or hate it — few photographers are indifferent to flash or speedlites, how camera companies nowadays call these awkward units producing artificial lights. Especially in this day and age of sheer unlimited ISO reach the importance of the flash is no longer what it once was. But who wants to refute the benefits […]
Paper Shoot — Design Your Own Digital Paper Camera
If someone crowdfunds tens of thousands of dollars for a potato salad, why not for a digital paper camera. That’s exactly what Taiwanese entrepreneur George Lin did. He founded Paper Shoot. Now everyone can create an own personalized digital camera. With customized paper casings. Paper Shoot, which cost round $50 each, targets creative customers that […]
Painting With Light — A Special and Simple Technique to Illuminate Your Stills
By DIERK TOPP Painting with light, what’s this? It’s illuminating an object with a pocket or any other lamp moved around the object during exposure. “Painting” the light on the object is not a well-known technique. Many years ago I happened to discover the work of photographer Emil Schildt. Schildt, a true master of “light […]