I occasionally like to do some light painting with strobes. To make that easier, I ripped off the legs of an old light stand so that it is just a handheld pole with a light.
I also wanted to be able to control my camera with a remote when holding the light so that I can operate my camera on a tripod and do everything without an assistant.
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Light meters are designed to measure the amount of light available in a scene. In photography, they are used to determine the appropriate aperture and shutter speed values required to properly expose an image. thephoblographer.com »
2020-08-04 01:00
In 2015 a start-up called Light announced a product that appeared have the potential to revolutionize photography. The Light L16 was a portable camera that, according to the company, provided 'excellent low-light performance and DSLR-like image quality'. dpreview.com »
2020-06-15 16:12
Chinese smartphone manufacturers Xiaomi and Oppo first showcased new technology that allows for the front camera in smartphones to be installed under, and capture images through the display in the middle of last year. dpreview.com »
2020-06-08 21:15
Editor's note: This is the second article in a three-part series by guest contributor Vasily Zubarev. The first and third parts can be found here: Part I: What is computational photography? Part III: Computational lighting, 3D scene and augmented reality (coming soon) You can visit Vasily's website where he also demystifies other complex subjects. dpreview.com »
2020-06-07 16:00
According to Sony Alpha Rumors, Sony has filed a patent for an interchangeable E-mount lens that will allow users to adjust focus after the shot has been recorded. The lens appears to contain a number of lenses arranged next to each other to record multiple individual images on the camera’s sensor that can be combined later presumably to control focus and depth-of-field. dpreview.com »
2020-04-23 17:49
Over the last year or so we have seen some smartphone manufacturers, including Xiaomi and Oppo, experimenting with under-display front cameras. The technology could allow for the design of displays without a 'notch' or front camera 'punch hole' but also means that incoming light has to first travel through the display before it hits the camera lens. dpreview.com »
2020-01-29 19:38
Researchers with Harvard University's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have published a study detailing the creation of a tiny camera that presents the world as it is seen by some insects and shrimp—polarized. dpreview.com »
2019-07-12 21:02
In this illustration (a) shows the distance between the camera and the target on a map of Shanghai, and (b) shows what the target building actually looks like. Image (c) is the view of the target through the smog of the city, while (d), (e) and (f) show earlier technologies attempting to record the target. dpreview.com »
2019-05-15 14:33
Want to see how cameras automatically adjust shutter speed to compensate for changing light conditions? A simple experiment with a ruler can help you visualize it in an interesting and unusual way. Here’s a short GIF that has been going wildly viral online after being shared on the subreddit /r/blackmagicf**kery yesterday. It shows what a […] petapixel.com »
2019-04-15 19:34
Fujifilm has announced the new X-T30, the successor to the X-T20 mirrorless camera and the “little sibling” to the X-T3 (with which it shares many common features and specs). Inside the X-T30 is a 26. petapixel.com »
2019-02-14 08:29
Nikon Europe have released a teaser video for their widely rumoured new full frame mirrorless camera. photographyblog.com »
2018-07-23 13:00
Travelling brings you closer to great locations and photo opportunities that you may otherwise not be able to capture. There’s no greater feeling than ticking a famous view off your bucket list and coming home with a memory card full of new images to edit. digitalrev.com »
2018-06-28 03:00
Travelling brings you closer to great locations and photo opportunities that you may otherwise not be able to capture. There’s no greater feeling than ticking a famous view off your bucket list and coming home with a memory card full of new images to edit. digitalrev.com »
2018-06-28 03:00
The wide-angle camera on the Samsung S9+, along with its smaller S9 sibling, comes with an adjustable aperture, offering either F1. 5 or F2. 4. In a never-ending quest for better image quality, smartphone manufacturers are turning to all sorts of tricks to eke better performance out of very small image sensors. dpreview.com »
2018-05-08 16:00
Goodbye, Lytro. The pioneering light field camera company has officially announced that it’s winding down operations. This comes just one week after it was reported that Google would be acquiring the company for somewhere between $25 million and $40 million. petapixel.com »
2018-03-28 17:54
The Manfrotto Pro Light FastTrack 2-in-1 is the first sling camera bag in the market to feature an integrated camera strap. photographyblog.com »
2018-03-28 17:30
The 52-megapixel Light L16 camera has just launched in the UK. photographyblog.com »
2018-03-22 14:30
"I built the curved plane paper negative camera as I liked the idea of creating images in a cinematic style. " is what John Potter tells us about his camera after a conversation about curved film planes. thephoblographer.com »
2018-03-05 08:00
Light, the company behind the innovative (if still in its infancy) Light L16 camera, has announced a new initiative called Depth Collective that aims to support photojournalists in their efforts at "pursuing the truth. dpreview.com »
2018-03-02 20:17
A Canon patent from October, 2017 resurfaced on the Canon rumor mill today, and it describes something pretty innovative from the Japanese camera giant. The patent shows a lens adapter—ostensibly designed for a mirrorless camera—that features a built-in variable-voltage ND filter. dpreview.com »
2018-01-27 00:17
Insta360 has unveiled an eight-lens professional VR camera and a new prototype for a light field camera at CES 2018. The eight-lens professional VR camera will be capable of shooting fully spherical, stereoscopic (3D) video at upwards of 10K resolution, with 4/3” image sensors giving the camera a high dynamic range. photographyblog.com »
2018-01-09 17:00
The brand new OnePlus 5T is the Chinese manufacturer's latest flagship model. Like its predecessors, offers high-end specifications, materials and design at a price point that is noticeably lower than the more established competition. dpreview.com »
2017-11-28 17:00
The Mi Max 2 is the latest incarnation of Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi's large-format 'phablet. ' It combines a very large 6. 44" Full-HD screen that allows for split-screen applications with Qualcomm's upper mid-range chipset Snapdragon 625, 4GB of RAM and storage options up to 128GB. dpreview.com »
2017-08-12 13:00
The Light L16 camera has been in the works for years now. A 16-module camera that looks like a smartphone, it uses up to 10 camera modules at once to capture 52-megapixel (minimum) photographs, and promises to "DSLR quality in the palm of your hand. dpreview.com »
2017-08-02 18:20
How would like a camera that is smaller than your current D-SLR and yet can shoot in low-light conditions, producing images that are sharper than you're used to? That’s the promise of curved sensor technology, and it’s about to hit commercial cameras. digitalrev.com »
2017-07-28 03:00
The monocentric lens (fore), Lytro Illum (center), and a conventional lens with similar FOV and resolution (back). Photo courtesy of Stanford Computational Imaging Lab Stanford University has unveiled a new 4D camera created by postdoctoral fellow Donald Dansereau and assistant professor of electrical engineering Gordon Wetzstein alongside a team from the University of California, San Diego. dpreview.com »
2017-07-25 19:51
The Light L16 boasts a crazy 16 total camera modules, creating images by blending photos taken with all 16 simultaneously. Photo: Light. co It took four years, but Light. co's L16 computational photography camera is officially shipping to pre-order customers. dpreview.com »
2017-07-15 00:44
Manfrotto have unveiled Pro Light Bumblebee camera bag family.
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photographyblog.com »2017-06-16 17:00
If you have a camera and a long lens, then you're halfway toward a Schlieren photography setup. YouTube channel Veritasium demonstrates the effect in the video above, essentially revealing gasses and airflow normally invisible to the human eye. dpreview.com »
2017-06-16 02:38
$(document). ready(function() { SampleGalleryV2({"containerId":"embeddedSampleGallery_3689211902","galleryId":"3689211902","isEmbeddedWidget":true,"standalone":false,"selectedImageIndex":0,"startInCommentsView":false,"isMobile":false}) }); Light has been teasing images of its first prototype L16 cameras for a while now. dpreview.com »
2017-04-15 11:00
Light Rumors has published production product images of the upcoming Light L16 camera. The 4 images show what the 52-megapixel, 16-camera camera will look like when it start shipping. Just for comparison, here’s what the prototype camera looked like when it was first announced back in October 2015: As you can see, there were some […] petapixel.com »
2017-04-14 22:26
When an object breaks the sound barrier—accelerates to the point where it’s moving faster than the speed of sound—it creates pressure waves that result in what is called a “sonic boom” and Mach cone. petapixel.com »
2017-01-23 22:28
Underwater camera maker SeaLife has launched the DC2000, a 1" 20MP compact with a waterproof housing rated to 60m / 200ft. The DC2000 is available for pre-order and comes alone or as part of three different sets with lighting equipment bundled. dpreview.com »
2016-11-23 22:54
Manny Ortiz recently did an excellent video which effectively demonstrates the difference between the results he can get from shooting a portrait using only available light in comparison to s simple setup of a wireless flash. thephoblographer.com »
2016-11-01 22:21
Manfrotto have annouced the new Pro Light 3N1 Camera Backpack.
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photographyblog.com »2016-10-15 17:16
Photographer Gregor Sailer travels to remote, hidden areas at the ends of the Earth so he can document them on large format cameras. [Read More]
It's fairly rare that we hear announcements from Paul C Buff, but the new Paul C Buff Cybersense remote is designed to be an affordable way to control a number of flashes, receivers and lights from the manufacturer.
Arsenal is a new attachment for your DSLR or mirrorless camera that suggests the best settings for your shot using artificial intelligence, while also enabling you to fully control your camera using a smart phone.
It's been really long overdue, but high end Olympus camera users will finally be getting Profoto AirTTL radio strobe support. Years ago, Olympus announced their initiative to create a professional style of mirrorless camera with the original OMD EM5.
Today, Canon is introducing a few new products that have apparently been terribly kept secrets but also have been making some scratch their heads. To start, the new Canon 77D is supposed to live above the Canon T6s but below the Canon 80D.