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 […]
By OLIVIER DUONG In this tutorial I am presupposing that you are using Adobe Lightroom for your street photography. But every program that allows you to mess with your curves will able to reproduce the results. Step 1: Load Your Picture Load your photo in Lightroom and clean it up if need be (spots, dust, […]
This is a rather short review of the second incarnation of the Nikon 1 system’s fancier V lineup, currently headed by the Nikon V2. You’re not buying this camera for its ergonomics or external beauty. The aesthetics are — pardon my French — boxy, clumsy, an ugly duckling. The predecessor’s look was more refined. However […]
By DAVID HOLLIDAY Cambodia is a very interesting place to be a photographer at present. It slowly climbs out of the period in history so full of horror and darkness into a vibrant and happening place that is quickly developing. People say it is booming now. It certainly has changed in the three years I […]
Never rest on your laurels. Look at Apple. They kept on relying for too long on their cash cow, the iPhone. Now all indices are pointing southwards. Stock is worth nearly half of its high in 2011. Not that the share price reflects reality, but despite revolutionary innovations they failed to stay ahead of the […]
For a limited time only, Adorama is running a promotion on a great selection of Sony, Canon and Nikon products. They raised the rewards from 2% to 6%, that means for instance 6% off the Sony RX100. The promo will run through May 1, 2013. On some products an additional $200 instant rebate applies. Each […]
Nah, you never feel restless, are always in perfect harmony with people and your surroundings and your body can take it all. Seriously, being on an shooting assignment can be one of the most exhausting tasks. Depending on the climate you’re soon covered in sweat, full of dust and tired — or you have to […]
I actually wanted to write an article about George R. Lawrence, the extreme photographer with the giant camera: around 1900 Lawrence built the world’s largest camera after he got an order from the Chicago & Alton Railroad company to show their new and long trains on one single photograph. Well Lawrence built a camera heavier […]
By CHRIS KOVACS Adore Noir is a fine art PDF black-and-white photography magazine which was conceived in February 2011 by husband and wife team Chris and Sandra Kovacs. In just over two years they have produced thirteen issues and have featured emerging, established and world renowned photographers. It is this eclectic mix along with Adore […]
It’s all over the news, one of the terrorists’s already dead and chances are that by the time you read these lines his fugitive brother identified as 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has already met his maker as well — or is at least in custody. But there’s a part of the story that might be of […]
This post should actually keep you busy for a while. Without being presumptuous, it offers a treasure trove of photography and retouching knowledge that can change your photography altogether. Seriously. Heard of Phlearn? It’s a Photoshop and photography tutorial site with the mission to “achieve the impossible” and “provide the skills, confidence and encouragement for […]
Adorama now carries a full line of the SLR Magic lenses, including: SLR Magic Noktor 50mm F0.95 HyperPrime Lens for Fuji X Mount Cameras SLR Magic Noktor 50mm F0.95 HyperPrime Lens for Sony E Mount NEX Series Cameras SLR Magic 35mm F1.7 MC lens for Sony E Mount NEX Series Cameras SLR Magic 35mm T […]
It’s the Canon standard zoom, pairs greatly with APS-C and especially full-frame sensors, an ideal one-lens solution for travel, photojournalism, etc. eBay has it for $739.99, that’s 36% off $1,149 list price. Specs: Filter Size: 77mm F-Stop Range: 4-22 Minimum Focus Distance: 1.48′ (0.45m) Magnification: 1:4.3 Zoom/Focus Control: Two Touch Angle of View: 84-23° (with […]
How many photographs can you look at more than once? Not many, not many. Henri Cartier-Bresson (The following is a free interpretation of Forbes’ excellent Leica M Monochrom review by David Foster.) Although the technical brilliance of modern digital cameras is undeniable, there’s also something about the ease with which pictures can be taken that […]
Not only do we have the official announcement of the first X series native telephoto lens: the Fujinon XF 55-200mm F3-5.4 R LM OIS finally gives the X-Pro1 and X-E1 the longer reach that has been missing in the original lineup. This new lens, available in May (preorder from B&H or Adorama), starts off exactly […]
You can already preorder the Ricoh GR Digital V, world’s smallest, lightest and cheapest APS-C fixed lens compact camera, from B&H and Adorama. Cheapest has nothing to, however, with cheap quality. Read our Ricoh GR compendium covering all the camera’s ins and outs. As said, preorderable from B&H and Adorama.
If I’d had to be on that proverbial island, with only one single lens, the choice is easy: to me the 28mm focal length offers the perfect photographic vision closest to the human eye, ideal for documentary style, photojournalism and street photography. Now I was never really a friend of Ricoh’s relatively cumbersome GXR modular […]
