Interesting insights from the Washington Post: why Leica decided to leave its popular R series behind. R lenses could be used on almost any SLR camera. In the end, we learn, it was a strategic decision about capabilities, about a method of winning, about a system in markets… BTW, one of the best all-rounder lenses […]
You can turn and twist it as much as you want. In the end physics can’t be cheated and size still matters. The smaller a sensor = the more compromises you burden yourself with (except if you’re a diehard macro photographer because you’ll love the smaller sensors’ greater depth of field). These past years I’ve […]
The Leica X Vario doesn’t sell very well, so Leica puts its hopes into the “Leica T” (codenamed “Taifun”) with interchangeable lenses, to be announced on April 24. Will the T be a serious challenger to mirrorless system cameras? Here is what sources confirm, ahead of the April 24 announcement: APS-C sensor size (1.5x crop […]
Interesting find making the rounds on the Net: Sony officially talking up their curved sensor technology. Forget microlenses, forget flange focal distance issues. A curved sensor has no light loss at corners, no soft corners, no aberration. Light rays would hit the sensor perfectly straight. Well this is no longer science fiction. Photofiles, rejoice. Today, […]
The often ignored histogram can be one of the most useful tools in digital photography to achieve perfect, balanced exposure. It’s also one of the least understood tools. The standard histogram plots the brightness (or luminosity) of every pixel in the picture and is measured on a 256-step scale, that’s the number of permutations available […]
In the world of news everything gets cheaper. The price of information hits new bottom after bottom. Hey everything’s available on the Net, why pay professionals. Same goes for photography. In the latest irrational, self-inflicted wound that has led to the slow demise of the news business, Reuters fires Gary Hershorn, the global sports pictures […]
Short post, big message! Seriously, the little Canon S120 is an absolute stunner. And with “little” I mean: it’s in your jeans pocket and you don’t even notice! For the size it’s quite heavy. Blame it on the outstanding build quality. The lens ring lets me keep my favorite 28mm focal length, but what’s really […]
It’s one of those topics that’s discussed to death. More cliché than truly understood, wise men throw it in casually when talking the essence of street photography. Henri Cartier-Bresson’s “decisive moment”, considered to be the key element of this pioneer of modern photojournalism, influences photographers of all kinds to this day. The world is full […]
By PHAISAL GULADEE Have you ever faced a situation in which your camera can’t possibly cope with the amount of dynamic range in a specific scene and all you can do is exposing for either the shadows or the highlights or average out the exposure but you still do not get the picture you want […]
It’s been quite a ride for the Fujifilm X series so far. Launched in March two years ago with the groundbreaking X-Pro1, the family of X cameras seems to grow faster than any of the competitors’ — despite sales being not that strong. The choice is yours, there’s the X-E2, X-A1, X-M1 and the series’ […]
Grand old Neil Young needs no introduction, but his latest project does: Kickstarter’s PonoMusic campaign that’s all about the mission to provide the best possible listening experience of your favorite digital music. Shortly after kickoff the project already got 1 million dollars pledged, then 2… There’s obviously no shortage of lovers of music who miss […]
Great Adorama promotion! Purchase a new Sony A7, A7 kit or A7R + trade ANY used camera in ANY condition from ANY manufacturer and you will receive: $300 instant trade-in credit $50 Adorama gift card & 4% Adorama rewards The new Sony A7(R) kits include for free: 3-year digital camera service plan 32GB SD card […]
By B. D. COLEN There is practically no Internet photo site on which the term is not thrown around, but oddly enough, I have never seen it defined. Yes, I see various cameras labeled “pro cameras,” either by marketers or by owners who want to be thought of as “pros.” But I have not a […]
It’s one spectacular view. With its 541 meters, it’s the fourth tallest building in the world — and the largest skyscraper in the western hemisphere: the One World Trade Center, built on the land where once the twin towers of the World Trade Center stood. Now the new skyscraper is nearing completion. Even now, we […]
Our regular readers know that we have a pretty good track record as to future Leica products. Now Leica Forum posted Leica’s official invitation for the unveiling of the German boutique camera maker’s latest addition: the long expected mirrorless system camera with interchangeable lenses. This wouldn’t be THEME without giving you a bit more meat […]
Current sales figures for serious cameras are troubling, to say the least. They nosedive. While we photography enthusiasts are a niche who cares about nice ISO values, good glass, proper processing speeds, form factor and accurate image rendition, most people don’t. Significant inventories of the established camera brands remain unsold, not least because a bloated […]
Who says selfies are selfish and dead. If only Bradley Cooper’s arm were longer. Still, it’s the one spontaneous capture with the probably most ever celebs in one frame. Well Ellen DeGeneres handed her phone to Cooper to do the honors. The selfie got Jennifer Lawrence, Jared Leto, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Brad […]
Inspired Eye needs no introduction. Now here is issue #7 keeping photography things going strong. What to expect? In the words of the the PDF magazine’s makers Don Springer and Olivier Duong: “Running 200 pages (~115 spreads), there are two beautiful photo essays on young Cuban boxers and on Angola. The mobile photographer this time […]
The newly released Panasonic Leica DG Nocticron 42.5mm F1.2 O.I.S. for Micro Four Thirds is now in stock at B&H Photo and Adorama and available for shipping! Pricy at nearly $1.6k, but you’d expect to get what you pay for with such a fast prime glass for Olympus and Panasonic MFT cameras. This 85mm equivalent […]
Don’t get me wrong, am an admirer and fervent user of these compact new system cameras that are technological proof of Moore’s law, the law that says the number of transistors on integrated circuits doubles approximately every two years in a computer. And with cameras becoming, in fact, more and more computerized, one of the […]
It’s purists vs. pragmatists — is it possible to shoot something “correctly” in the camera without post-processing? Not a friend of post-processing, I prefer to rely on the camera’s processing — which in itself is already a form of post-processing. Now here’s a telling Adorama video on the necessity of post-production. The camera, however, can […]
By BENGT NYMAN The long disputed direction of Hasselblad into laughable rebranding exercises of marginally successful Sony camera products may finally be coming to an end. Mr. Ian Rawcliffe replaces Dr. Larry Hansen as CEO and chairman of the board of Hasselblad. Rawcliffe who? Businessweek, February 24, 2014: Mr. Ian Rawcliffe has been the Chief […]
Really. Good manners and etiquette may very well lead to a better photography yield. Here’s the anti-photographer’s code of conduct. Quarter, tar and skin the photographers who: think shooting professional gear already equals conducting themselves in a professional manner, blabber nonstop about technique and gear while others are trying to concentrate on their landscape shot, […]
Photography is so cheap these days (apart from gear…). A terabyte of storage space costs next to nothing and stores 209,715 (!) 5MB photo files, that’s a generous size for quality Web publishing. So why worry? Prints, however, are a whole different story. Be it TIFFs or bloated up JPEGs converted from RAW, one would […]
Canonites and non-Canonites alike may deplore Canon’s lack of innovation. World’s market leader in cameras and imaging technology churns out serious gear at snail’s pace while the likes of Sony, Fujifilm and Olympus keep on innovating to gain new market share. For Canon, it seems, photography is not so much about innovation. It’s more about […]
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If you were waiting like me for an update of Sigma’s outstanding DP Merrill compact cameras with Foveon sensor and fixed focal length equivalents of 28mm, 45mm and 75mm, then the wait is either over. Or you’re unspeakably disappointed. Not because the new dp1, dp2 and dp3 Quattro cameras will disappoint in performance. Used in […]
In case you’ve been waiting for a Canon incarnation of the Nikon Df or something along the lines of Fujifilm’s X series, don’t hold your breath. World’s market leader in cameras has no intention whatsoever of jumping on the bandwagon of the retro hype. While other camera makers such as aforementioned Nikon and Fujifilm as […]
Congrats John Stanmeyer! The American photographer who lives in Hong Kong has won the World Press Photo of the Year 2013 award with a moonlit image of African migrants in Djibouti holding their mobile phones to the sky, seeking a better signal. I had the pleasure to work with John back in East Timor’s bloody […]
Not a week passes without a camera or lens being announced that seems more desirable than what’s already in our bag. Take the just announced Sony A6000 claiming world’s fastest autofocus. A hybrid phase and contrast detect system takes no more than 0.06 seconds to focus. A few days earlier the Fujifilm X-T1 was announced, […]
