As I happen to be in Bangkok right now, Nikon Thailand’s kind enough to sends me an invitation for the Nikon Df announcement press conference taking place on Tuesday before noon, local time. Was told they’ll have pre-production models on show with the memory card slots sealed. So no, for the moment no full size […]
Not much to add. Competitively priced, say around $2k, Nikon created a new classic. Everything’s solid about this camera. Enjoy the Nikon Df’s Pure Photography pre-announcement teaser #5 with a confident Nikon showing off a beauty of a full-frame camera days before the November 5 launch. This teaser’s byline: “Good things take time. They’re worth […]
Thank you dear whatever for giving us Sony NEX clones dressed up by an “elite Italy-based Design Center.” That’s a quote from a Hasselblad press release announcing the launch of “three new Stellar Special Edition compact camera editions.” The original presser is too beautiful, so here it is in its full length — albeit I […]
Robert Capa, the greatest war photographer of the last century, was also a shrewd storyteller – and not just with the camera. His images of war and crisis areas went around the world, especially his photograph of the Falling Soldier. The image that shows a Spanish freedom fighter at the moment of his death has […]
It’s common practice by now that camera manufacturers announce a camera before they announce it. Be it intentional leaks or a more formal approach — camera companies waste no time in adding fuel to the rumor fire before bringing their gear to the market. Now Nikon takes a slightly more elaborate approach. Some estimated two […]
Tokyo, October 25, 2013 — In light of the competition’s relentless release of advanced revolutionary retro, full-frame and other fancy cameras, Canon, world’s leader in digital imaging solutions, announces it’s going the opposite way. Canon proudly introduces the revolutionary back-to-the-roots ÜberCamera©, a truly retro, as good as new camera based on extensive market research reassuring […]
No surprise here. No even a whisper from Canon, world’s leading camera manufacturer. Everyone moves upscale and announces quality gear. Nothing from Canon. With the result that Canon cuts its annual profit forecast and predicts its first drop in sales of models with an interchangeable lens as consumers switch to smartphones to take photos. First […]
Another most telling afull-frame dug out by Nikon Rumors, and forgive me if the recent full-frame focus on THEME is beginning to bore you. But a press release by Nikon Germany suggests the world’s number two camera maker is to focus on the full-frame FX format. Nikon says its “current” full-frame portfolio consists of the […]
“If your photographs aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” Right, it’s the modern photojournalist’s golden mantra. It’s the leitmotiv of Robert Capa, one of the most influential photographers of all time who marks his 100th birthday on October 22. The late Robert Capa’s photographs of conflict — from the beaches of Normandy and the […]
Some were hinting Nikon’s just opened new factory in Laos isn’t for the proclaimed purpose of assembling yet even more DSLRs. According to Nikon Rumors world’s number two camera maker is about to announce a retro style full-frame “hybrid” camera within the next few weeks. As said again and again on THEME, prices for full-frame […]
“Not even a whisper” from Canon, writes Canon Rumors. No news from the world’s leading camera producer. Other camera makers are churning out progressive gear. “For the moment, there doesn’t seem to be much chatter coming from the Canon camp,” concedes Canon Rumors. Well folks, we’re talking about the world’s biggest camera maker. No news, […]
Sony does it again. Newcomer Sony’s again the camera brand that innovates and thinks ahead. As rumors and industry sources suggested since last year and as Andrea of SonyAlphaRumors promised us over the course of the past few weeks, Sony is about to create a whole new playing field for high-end cameras. This week Sony […]
Leica CEO Alfred Schopf tells THEME in an interview he’s not giving away anything. So don’t expect any breaking news or secret product insights. Nevertheless, we’re assured that Leica’s strategic expansion with the soon-to-be-opened Wetzlar manufacture “will certainly make it easier for us to translate innovations into products.” Next key event Leica is “particularly looking […]
Google didn’t invent the smartphone, that was actually Palm (R.I.P.), but Google does everything to give market leader Apple a really tough time with the ascent of Android. Google likes to take on competitors on many fronts — maybe, or hopefully, even Adobe. The Mountain View company announced that they’re improving their RAW conversion services. […]
The jury is out on the newest Olympus. The innovative camera maker, pioneering the Four Thirds and then Micro Four Thirds standards, angers trolls and pleases loyal users with its bold OM-D E-M1. Working photographers and pros alike, here’s an as matured as compact camera that “only the most neurotic pixel peeper will find anything […]
Real life, politics and foreign affairs should matter to every photographer, even if you’re into macro and landscape. Understanding and capturing the human mind is the basis of every good photography. That’s why THEME brings you a topic like this, of the day exactly 40 years ago, on September 11, 1973, when a military coup […]
Wish I had a grip on coding… Say bye to proprietary chains. Great hardware, but you either just get along with Sony’s software because you have to. Or you hate it. Now Sony kinda goes the Samsung open source way. Sony is opening up its camera API to anyone that wants to write a remote […]
Extrem highlights, extreme shadows, extreme situations: Goran Tomasevic is a veteran war photographer, covering conflict for over 20 years in countries including Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Egypt and Syria. The following film was commissioned to accompany an exhibition of Tomasevic’s images from Syria that appear the Visa Pour L’Image international photojournalism 2013. It’s a moving documentary. […]
Amazing, isn’t it, how reliable the rumor mill has become. Thanks to dedicated camera rumor sites — that can be read in real time on our Live Feed — we know many weeks if not months in advance when what cameras will hit the market. Common marketing strategy would suggest rumors undermine sales of existing […]
Photojournalism legend and Magnum photographer Thomas Höpker, 77, romances over the good old times when a magazine employed a dozen photographers and didn’t ask any questions about travel expenses. Photographers flew business class back then, enjoyed big paychecks and enough time to do a proper job — sometimes they even flew back on location for […]
Over at Leica forums the article is named and shamed — mainly because Ken Rockwell (who at least has made a name for himself) is interviewed as a Leica authority. But leaving personal grudges aside, the New York Times article Leica Cameras Have Eye-Popping Prices, With Photos to Match is a good read — and […]
Shuttered Italian company Ferrania makes any film aficionado’s heart beat faster. “The future of analog film starts again from Italy,” says their motto. The Italians are going to revive a professional color reversal film derived from Scotch Chrome 100. The new film is a re-engineered version of the Scotch Chrome 100 previously produced by Imation. […]
Toronto war doc Under Fire: Journalists in Combat is a documentary about the psychological cost of journalists and photographers covering war. We all think to understand what’s going on around the world, but who really understands what war really means. It’s mainly thanks to war journalists and photographers that the outside world has at least […]
This has been rumored for years, that Apple will reinvent photography — which in part the company has already succeeded in. Look how the iPhone changed photography and the way we take and use pictures. Every day, more photos are taken with an iPhone than any other camera. But iPhoneography is still one big compromise. […]
Here’s one for the budding and seasoned photographers among you. A new online photo service has just been launched called LightRocket. The service is the brainchild of photographers Peter Charlesworth and Yvan Cohen, the co-founders of OnAsia Images, an online photo agency created over a decade ago representing a select group of professional photographers covering […]
Pultizer Prize winner Liu Heung-Shing tells the Wall Street Journal how a fellow Associated Press photographer captured the iconic “tank man” image during the Tiananmen Square crackdown in June 1989 — and how the AP snuck it past plainclothes police who were on the lookout for protestors and the media. PetaPixel: When the Chinese military […]
Who didn’t wonder why that Leica X Vario, to be announced on June 11, 2013, has this big and slow of a lens. Maybe, but only maybe good news. The latest Leica teaser suggests a smaller, lighter and — as I would assume — faster lens. Based on my source I stick to my guns […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
