Quite a beauty, the Olympus flagship OM-D E-M1 in silver. Available as body only for $1,399 (Amazon / B&H Photo / Adorama / Olympus U.S.) and $1,499 for the new 40-150mm F2.8 Pro lens (Amazon / B&H Photo / Adorama). That’s a serious price for some seriously fast long-range zoom with constant F2.8 aperture. I’d […]
Still too early to write off the DSLR world, isn’t it, especially the DSLR full-frame or FX world or whatever you want to call the digital equivalent to film’s 35mm standard. Who would have thought a few years ago, when smaller mirrorless Micro Four Thirds and APS-C formats were making serious inroads, who would have […]
This is not only a videographer’s dream come true. Aside from its rather daunting price — $729 for the new SanDisk 512GB Extreme PRO® SDHC/SDXC™ UHS-I — this new highest capacity card offers 90MB/s write speeds for ultimate boost-mode performance, it also has near infinite capacity for uninterrupted video capture at super fast UHS Speed […]
Am in the market for an upgrade to my trusty old iPhone 3GS — right, not the latest piece of hardware, but still does what it’s expected to do. Android and Microsoft smartphone hardware is pretty amazing these days, just to mention the PureView technology the latter got from Nokia and the more innovative Google […]
Currently traveling. Bear with me, apologies for not updating THEME too often these days. Vienna next, slowly filling up storage space… and, well, the occasional bottle of red…
Good glass, even better prices — a new Canon promotion drops the prices on nearly two dozen select L lenses:
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 […]
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 — […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Deal of the day only, limited supply only: HP DreamColor LP2480zx Professional LED Backlit 24″ IPS LCD Monitor (Carbonite) Regular price: $2,299 Savings: $1,670 Final price: $629 Details here.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Hot Olympus deals: $200 Off Olympus OM-D E-M5 $50 Off Olympus OM-D E-M10 + Free Case $200 Off Olympus PEN E-P5 Plus: Up to $100 off Olympus OM-D and PEN lenses. Details here. For more visit Olympus.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Normal 50mm F1.4 EX DG Lens for Canon and Nikon: List price: $499 Special Price: $349 From B&H Photo.
