Just as how cars can fail after a certain number of miles, camera shutters can go belly up after a certain number of actuations (i.e. flapping open and closed for an exposure). If you’ve ever wondered what a heavily used DSLR shutter can look like after it bites the dust, today’s your lucky day. A […]
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I think there was only ever one time in digital camera history that we've seen a camera manufacturer lower the megapixels on a camera sensor -- and that was Canon. But now, that's happened again. Make no mistake, I really liked something about the Panasonic S1R despite how large it was.
To take a photograph is to encapsulate a singular moment in time and space in the form of an image. In order to do that, no matter what kind of equipment we are using, we need a sort of tool to divide the past and future from the singular present, the precise moment that we wish to capture – no matter how long or how fleeting it might be. [Read More]
Nikon has been known to try crazy and brave things every now and again. Years ago, they made the Nikon 1 series and used Ashton Kutcher to propel it forward. It was in baseball stadiums all around, and it was beating Sony's NEX lineup in many ways.
Speaking personally as an owner of one, you'll take my Leica M6 from my cold, dead hands. And even then, you'll need to have a boss fight with my ghost for it. The Leica M6 is a fantastic camera that lots of photographers love.
While I'm not necessarily sad about the loss of film photography in many ways, I'm more heartbroken about the lack of romance. Let's think about this. Lots of major hobbies have some sort of perfect combination of senses.