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Using a 140-Year-Old Lens on a $15,000 RED Camera

How does a 140-year-old lens perform on a modern $15,000 cinema camera? Photographer and filmmaker Mathieu Stern wanted to find out, so he paired his ancient (by photography standards) lens with a 5K RED camera to see what would result.

AFP Kabul chief photographer among journalists killed by suicide bomber

AFP news agency's Kabul Chief Photographer Shah Marai was one of several journalists killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan's capital city, the agency has confirmed. The attack happened approximately 15 minutes after an initial suicide blast and specifically targeted journalists and aid workers who arrived on scene following the first attack.

Official: Nikon’s Mirrorless is On Its Way!

The countdown has started; Nikon’s new mirrorless system will be here by Spring 2019. This news was confirmed by Kimito Uemura, Executive Officer at Nikon Imaging Japan, during an interview at the recent CP+ show in Japan.

Review: HP zBook X2 Tablet for Creative Professionals

When the HP zBook X2 was announced, I was pretty excited and had hopes in me that it would send a message to Apple. And over my month or so of using the HP zBook X2, I grew less and less tolerant of it vs the Apple ecosystem that I've been embedded in for almost 10 years now.

CIPA Global Camera Sales Numbers for March 2018 Released

CIPA has released the camera shipment numbers for March 2018 today and there are some interesting things going on with ILC’s. Canon News has done their usual great breakdown of the numbers, so I don’t really need to do the same thing.

Sony Europe launches new up to €1000 cashback on cameras and lenses

Sony Europe launched a new up to €1000 cashback on cameras and lenses. Full details can be found on these sepcial pages at Amazon Germany, Sony Nederland, Sony Belgium. Sony UK and Ireland cachback actions starts tomorrow (PDF file), Some of the best cashback deals on cameras: €400 on the Sony A7rII (Check: ).

Wedding Photography: What You Need to Capture

As a keen photographer there may come a time where you’re asked to shoot a friend or family member’s wedding. For some people, the idea would fill them with dread and it would be too big a responsibility to take on.

BenQ’s New SW240 Could Be The Post Processing Monitor For You

BenQ is known for their quality monitors for creatives and business people, and today they added to their lineup of PhotoVue SW monitors with the SW240. A monitor designed for photographers and photo processing, with a somewhat unique 16:10 aspect ratio and excellent color reproduction this could be a popular choice for photographers of all kinds.

Here Is What Fujifilm Needs To Do With X-Trans IV; My Wish List

As was widely publicized when Fujifilm launched their new X-H 1 a while back; Their current X-Trans sensor technology dates back all the way to the launch of the X-pro 2. It is a fine sensor, and the X-Processor Pro which accompanies it, is solid as well, but in today's world tech moves fast and three years is a long time.

Landscape Fundamentals: 10 Tips for Better Landscape Composition

Landscape photography is simultaneously one of the easier photography niches to get into, while at the same time being one of the harder disciplines to really master and be known for. But assuming your goal is simply to take better landscape photography images, there are some things that you should really have in mind while you are out in nature looking to capture the beauty of the world around you.

Sony A7III in Stock at BuyDig (new review at Admiringlight)

A limited Stock of A7III bodies is now in Stock at BuyDig (Click here). And Jordan Steele from Admiringlight published his full A7III review: While the A7 III is by no means a flawless camera, it gets so much right that any minor flaws are extremely easy to live with.

Dry Glass Plate Photography is Back

In the era of the “selfie”, of the relentless click-and-publish images on social media, of the mega sensors replete with megapixels, we are witnessing an unpredictable resurgence of many ancient photographic devices and techniques.

Sony A7III in Stock at BHphoto right now!

The Sony A7III is in Stock right now at BHphoto (Click here). Don’t forget to check out the big rebates on BHphoto, Buydig, Adorama, FocusCamera. Reminder: Get a 10% discount on Capture One 11 (Click here) and Capture One 11 for Sony (Click here) by using our coupon code “AMBSAR“.

Nikon manager confirms: New mirrorless system coming by spring 2019

Screen capture: Nikon Eye In an interview with Japanese TV-channel NHK, a Nikon manager has confirmed the company's new mirrorless camera system will be on the market by spring 2019. This is the first time we have given an approximate launch date after Nikon officially confirmed it was developing a new system back in July 2017.

Sample gallery: Pentax K-1 II

$(document). ready(function() { SampleGalleryV2({"containerId":"embeddedSampleGallery_2340689509","galleryId":"2340689509","isEmbeddedWidget":true,"selectedImageIndex":0,"isMobile":false}) }); The Pentax K-1 was one of the most anticipated DSLRs in recent memory - with the K-1 II, Pentax hopes to take image quality and ISO performance to the next level.

DxO Labs confirms bankruptcy, but promises updates to Nik Collection and DxO PhotoLab

DxO Labs has released an official update on its financial situation in the form of a blog post on its website, and it’s not as doom-and-gloom as it seems. . . or sounds. While the statement confirms DxO Labs has chosen "to file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection and is now in the process of restructuring the business," it also says the restructuring "will not affect our customers in any way.

Fuji готовит стильную Insta Square SQ6

Fujifilm скоро выпустит новую камеру мгновенной печати изображения Insta Square SQ 6. Снимок внешнего вида камеры оказался в сети. Все данные о камере доступны на английском языке в руководстве пользователя, которое можно просмотреть по ссылке. Следите за новостями: Facebook, Вконтакте и Telegram

Nik Software Collection Update Coming in June

It looks like the Nik Software Collection will be coming to us very soon. DXO has confirmed that the update to the popular suite will be coming in June of this year. Press Release: On March 7, 2018, DxO Labs chose to file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection and is now in the process of Read more...

Архитектура женского тела

Фотопроект Эрика Марриана «Белый квадрат» выглядит так, как будто автор выстраивал композиции при помощи чертёжных и измерительных инструментов. Французский фотограф Eric Marrian учился на архитектора.

Волшебство микроскопического мира

Уил Мийер (Wil Mijer) из Нидерландов увлекается макрофотографией. Она очень тонко чувствует маленький мир и может передать его атмосферу и очарование. Ещё больше вдохновения: Facebook, Вконтакте и Telegram

Объективы Nikon для предметной съёмки и не только

Все представленные объективы по уровню качества относятся к высокому классу и пригодны для профессиональной работы. Результаты подтвердили теорию: все они подходят для профессиональной предметной съёмки, но у каждого есть свои особенности.

Nokia 7 Plus. Обзор смартфона

Nokia 7 Plus — это очень красивый и яркий смартфон. Если бы подобное устройство вышло несколько лет назад (конечно, без двойной камеры и дисплея с соотношением сторон 18:9), оно наверняка имело бы успех, и судьба бренда сложилась бы иначе.

Портреты среди тысяч цветов

В работах Алексии Синклер (Alexia Sinclair) прослеживается страсть к Франции 18 века. Мода и стиль жизни того времени очень тонко переданы в ярких и иногда откровенных портретах. Серия изображений Алексии Синклер называется «Рококо».

Benq’s New SW240 Could Be the Post Processing Monitor for You

BenQ is known for their quality monitors for creatives and business people, and today they added to their lineup of PhotoVue SW monitors with the SW240. A monitor designed for photographers and photo processing, with a somewhat unique 16:10 aspect ratio and excellent color reproduction this could be a popular choice for photographers of all kinds.

Nikon рассказала, когда выпустит беззеркалку

В интервью представитель Nikon заявил, что компания выпустит беззеркальную камеру к весне 2019 года. «Развитие идет полным ходом, и мы ожидаем, что выпустим беззеркальную камеру на рынок весной следующего года».

LowePro PhotoStream SP 200 Travel 360

Lowepro has today announced the availability of a range of new photography / camera bags and cases - the PhotoStream SP 200 Travel 360°, m-Trekker HP 120, m-Trekker BP 150 and m-Trekker SH 150.

First Tamron 28-75mm FE autofocus test!

In the US at BHphoto, BuyDig and Adorama for $799. in the EU at WexUK, Fotokoch for 829 Euro or 699 pounds. I have little doubt the new Tamron 28-75mm FE lens will deliver high image quality. But the big unknown until today was…how good (or bad) will be its autofocus performance compared to the Sony […] The post First Tamron 28-75mm FE autofocus test! appeared first on sonyalpharumors.

Adobe is now making 'Lightroom Coffee Break' videos for Lightroom CC

For a while now, the official Adobe Photoshop Lightroom YouTube channel has produced a series titled ‘Lightroom Coffee Break. ’ The collection of videos provides quick (~60 seconds) tips on how to make the most of Lightroom, and after 56 episodes, the creators have finally started to include tips specifically for Adobe’s cloud-centric Lightroom CC.

DxO Confirms Bankruptcy, Says Nik Collection Update Still on Track

DxO Labs today announced that it has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection, confirming reports of the move that emerged last week. The French company says that the purpose of the bankruptcy filing is to “restructure the business” and that it “will not affect our customers in any way.” Everything should also be completed and […]

Sony E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS (SEL18135). Тест объектива

В лице объектива SEL18135 компания Sony предложила любителям фотографии универсальный зум для камер с матрицами формата APS-C, который явно выходит за рамки своего класса. Высокое качество изображения и небольшой крепкий корпус — основные отличительные черты Sony E 18-135mm F3.

DxO подтверждает банкротство, но плагины Nik будут обновлены

DxO Labs объявила о том, что компания подала документы для проведения процедуры банкротства. Французская компания говорит, что цель процедуры банкротства заключается в «реструктуризации бизнеса» и что это не повлияет на обслуживание клиентов.

Новый стабилизатор от Olympus

Ранее появлялась информация о том, что Olympus достиг физических пределов стабилизации изображения, предоставляя 6 стопов компенсации дрожания в недавно анонсированной камере Olympus E-M1 Mark II. Несмотря на это, продолжают появляться новые патенты, описывающие улучшенные технологии стабилизации на основе сдвига датчика изображения.

Tutorial: The best way to sharpen portraits in Photoshop

Sharpening plays an important role in influencing how the human eye interprets a photo and it is the only way to create the illusion of higher definition and detail. Also, much like we use light, color, and composition, it is an extremely effective way to guide the eyes of the viewer to wherever you want them to focus.

Girl Shoots Selfie Every Day from Ages 14 To 22 for 8-Year Timelapse

A 22-year-old woman has created a viral timelapse video of herself aging 8 years in 3.5 minutes. She has been faithfully shooting a selfie a day since age 14 for the frames in the video. Design student Eadington says that she was inspired after seeing all the other “selfie-a-day” projects (popularized by Noah Kalina’s “everyday”) […]

Does Our Street Photography Have Meaning?

I have been practising Street Photography for some time now. As the years have gone by I have been happy with the progress that I have made, both aesthetically and in obtaining knowledge. A few days ago I was reviewing my portfolio, trying to understand exactly what direction I want to go with my body of work.

Ретушь портрета. Видеоурок

Иногда даже мейкап и правильно выставленный свет не помогают избавиться от некоторых недостатков лица и, просмотрев картинку на хорошем мониторе, вы сразу же увидите огрехи съемки. Разберем на примере, как решать задачу корректировка лица: убрать усталость, почистить кожу и другое, по мелочи.

Лучшее новости

SiOnyx Aurora action cam with color night vision blasts past Kickstarter funding goal

Kickstarter's latest major funding success is a campaign for SiOnyx's Aurora, an action cam said to be the first ever day/night camera of its kind offering "true night vision. " SiOnyx packed a 1-inch sensor into Aurora for low-light capabilities, using it to offer both night vision and color night vision recording options for twilight and night time settings.

Фотофорум-2018: новые аксессуары

На выставке Фотофорум-2018 в Москве были представлены интересные аксессуары для фото и видео, которые мы рассмотрели в нашем блиц-репортаже. Мы обсудили новые решения от компании Seagate/LaCie, которые позволят хранить все ваши файлы под надежной защитой с огромным удобством и большой вместительностью.

Magic Of Everyday Things

Take any mundane thing. Take a coffee cup you see every day. Or a compass you bought on a vacation, but obviously, never used.

BenQ releases SW240 PhotoVue monitor for photographers on a budget

BenQ has added a new entry-level monitor to its SW PhotoVue line of photo editing monitors. The new SW240 is a 24-inch 1080p 10-bit IPS display that will sit below the 27-inch QHD SW2700PT, the 27-inch UHD SW271, and the 32-inch UHD SW320, and like the rest of the lineup, it was designed with photo editors in mind.

GIMP 2.10.0 released: Features 32-bit support, new UI and more

Open-source image editor GIMP has been updated to version 2. 10. 0, its first major update in six years. In this new version, GIMP has been "nearly" fully ported to the GEGL image processing engine, which brings support for up to 32-bit images, multi-threaded processing, and optional GPU-side processing for systems with stable OpenCL drivers.

Crystal clear: Inside Nikon's Hikari Glass factory

Inside Nikon's Hikari Glass factory Located about 375 miles north of Tokyo in the Akita Prefecture, the Hikari Glass factory is a special place. Opened back in the 1970s, Hikari Glass has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Nikon since 2004.

The Beauty Of The Redhead Italian Women

Hi everyone! My name is Ernesto Parisi, My stronger passion is the photography it’s my personal way to read the world and during all my free time I have always my camera on my right hand. If somebody would ever ask me why do I love photography so much, I will answer that in photography, reality is so subtle that becomes truer than reality itself.

Rafael Mantesso и его бультерьер

Rafael Mantesso – художник из Бразилии. Но получил известность он благодаря фотографиям в инстаграм, где он показывает своего бультерьера, дорисовывая разные сюжеты и миры...

Instagram currently testing slow-motion video and mute features

Credit: Luke van Zyl Instagram may be getting a few new features in the near future. As originally reported by The Verge, Twitter user Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) managed to dig up a few interface changes that suggest new functionality is on the way.

I Made A Harry Potter Movie Come To Life!

I have been a fan of fairy tales and magic since the time I was a little girl. So when I had the chance to create this "Harry Potter" themed session I jumped at the opportunity. Channeling "Hermione" we captured all the magic of the movies into this awesome series!

Apple Faces Patent Lawsuits Over the iPhone’s Dual Cameras

Apple is being sued in two separate patent infringement cases by an Israeli company that’s one of the pioneers of dual camera technology in smartphones. Corephotonics accuses Apple of violating its patents in the dual camera systems found in the latest generations of iPhones.

Facebook Can Reconstruct a 3D World from Your Photos and Videos

What if you could relive your photos and videos by stepping back into those locations in virtual reality? Facebook is about to make that possible. The company just showed off a mind-blowing new feature that creates 3D spaces from your 2D photos and videos.

X-Ray Photos Reveal the Evolution of Cameras

Fossils can tell us a lot about the history of living things. Photographer Kent Krugh is creating a “fossil record” of sorts for cameras. His project Speciation is a series of X-ray photos of cameras that provides a brief history of photography, as told through the evolution of the camera. “This work uses x-rays to […]

Instagram gets third-party Story support and video chat

Instagram has announced a number of new features during parent company Facebook's F8 developer conference. Firstly, you can now share to the Stories functions directly from third-party apps, without actually switching to the Instagram app.

Актуальное новости

Phase One’s New Drone Camera is First to Pack 100MP Sony BSI Sensor

Phase One has announced the iXM 100MP, a 100-megapixel medium format camera for drones that’s the first camera to feature Sony’s 100MP backside-illuminated (BSI) 44x33mm sensor. It’s “a breakthrough aerial camera platform driven by the world’s fastest medium-format imaging sensor,” Phase One says.

This is a $10,000 Canadian Selfie Stick

After watching the spread of the selfie stick over the past several years, photographer Peter McKinnon recently decided to try one himself for the first time. But then he decided he wanted something better… so he built himself a $10,000 ultra-Canadian selfie stick.

Style Me Pretty Saved From Shutdown After Founders Buy It Back

The popular blog Style Me Pretty announced earlier this month that it would be shutting down after inspiring wedding photographers for over a decade. That closure has now been averted after the site’s original founders worked out a deal to buy it back from Oath, the company Verizon folded Yahoo and AOL into. Style Me […]

Halide update adds Apple Watch support, self-timer and more

The makers of Halide today released an update to version 1. 8 of the iPhone camera app, introducing a number of major new features. A new Apple Watch companion app gives you access to framing tools, lets you set the timer and trigger the camera remotely, all from your wrist.

I Found This Magnifying Glass At A Flea Market, And Decided To Capture The Beauty Of Spring

I've been walking around this week with a big old magnifying glass that we bought from a flea market. I used it to take pictures of flowers and trees blossoming. I know, I'm a bit weird, but I just thought they would look a bit more unique this way! I loved doing this, it was just so great to visit these beautiful places and of course, Alfie (my dog) was always with me and he enjoyed it too.

Nikon Confirms New Mirrorless System to Arrive by Spring 2019

Here it is, straight from the horse’s mouth: Nikon has a new mirrorless camera system brewing, and the company is aiming to have it land in photographers’ hands by the spring of 2019. NikonEye caught the confirmation in an interview conducted by the Japanese TV network NHK with a Nikon manager. “[D]evelopment is underway, and […]

Olloclip launches Connect X lens system for Apple iPhone X

Smartphone accessory lens maker Olloclip has launched a new mobile lens system that is designed specifically for use with the Apple iPhone X. With a number of interchangeable lenses and a "lens mount" that clips onto your device, Connect X works in a very similar way to previous Olloclip systems.

I Photographed An Abandoned Mining Village In Namibia

A few years ago, I had the chance to explore and photograph Kolmanskop, a ghost town invaded by sand and lost in the middle of the Namibian desert. But its history stays as short as surprising: Founded after the discovery of diamonds by German settlers in 1908, Kolmanskop went through a real diamond rush and became very fast the nerve center of the area due to its rich deposit of diamond.

I Transformed Fishing Rod Into A Light Brush

Fishing rod, some lighting wires from the china and 12V drill battery were used to create custom drawing tool in order to get ready for this experiment. The second goal was to create three dimensional abstract drawings in the space raising a question what is it? Is it a 30 seconds light sculpture documented in one frame, illusion of an object as it vanished as soon as it was created, or something else? You can see the results below.