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Film Friday: An introduction to stereoscopy (‘3D’) film photography
For this week’s installment of Film Friday, we’re featuring an article from The Stereoscopy Blog, as shared on 35mmc, that serves as an introduction to stereoscopic photography — oftentimes referred to as as 3D photography. Stereoscopic still life taken with a 120 Sputnik stereo camera After a brief introduction to what The Stereoscopy Blog is about, Rebecca (from The Stereoscopy Blog) breaks down the basics of analog stereoscopic photography: what it is, where it came from, what its use-cases are and, arguably most importantly, how to get...
read moreSlideshow: These are the winners of the 2021 Annual Photography Awards
The Annual Photography Awards (APA) has announced the Overall and category winners for its 2021 competition. A total of 1,564 photographers from 54 countries entered their work in a collection of categories, including abstract, architecture, landscape, photojournalism, portrait, street and fine art, as well as an overall ‘Photographer of the Year.’ Martin Stranka won the title of Photographer of the Year 2021 for his series ‘Boyhood,’ which came with a $1,000 cash prize. Eight other category winners received a $500...
read moreCT scans reveal that iconic, affordable instant cameras are more complicated than they appear
Over at Scan of the Month, the team uses computed tomography scanning, an imaging technique often reserved for medical settings, to photograph the internal components of well-known consumer products, including LEGO, Apple AirPods and a Nintendo handheld video game systems, such as the original Game Boy, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo Switch. The featured product in February was instant cameras. Scan of the Month looked at three iconic instant cameras, the Polaroid 600 AF, Polaroid Go and Fujifilm Instax. Instant film cameras have a long...
read moreHands-on with the OM System 12-40mm F2.8 PRO II and 40-150mm F4 PRO
Introduction The 12-40mm F2.8 II Pro and 40-150mm F4 Pro aren’t the first lenses to appear with ‘OM System’ branding, but they give a bit of an insight into OM Digital Solutions’ thinking about the system, its strengths, and where it’s going. We’ve had a chance to handle and use the lenses a little bit and are going to take a look at what they are and what they offer. Gear in this story We are retrieving offers for your location, please refresh the page to see the prices. The Panasonic GH6 is the latest in...
read moreSamsung PRO Plus SD Card Review
Samsung continues to push for newer and faster storage for photographers. Its most recent release in the form of the Samsung PRO Plus SD cards is specifically designed for professional photographers seeking weather-proof, fast and reliable storage over the older UHS-I interface. This “Pro Approved” product is supposed to deliver maximum sequential read and write speeds of 160 MB/sec and 120 MB/sec, while being able to support 4K video recording, making it an ideal solution for both photo and videography needs. We decided to test this card out...
read moreApple confirms product launch event for March 8
Apple has confirmed it will be holding a product launch event six days from now, on March 8, 2022. Apple doesn’t tease, let alone specify, what product lines will be updated, but if recent rumors from trusted insiders are anything to go by we can expect to see a new entry-level iPhone, an updated iPad Air and at least one new Mac computer. Peek performance. March 8th. See you there. #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/cEKMq7BuBh — Greg Joswiak (@gregjoz) March 2, 2022 Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who is known for his usually-reliable insights on what...
read moreVideo: DIY project managed to shrink Apple’s M1 Mac Mini by 72% through some clever tinkering
[embedded content] Apple’s Mac Mini is one of the smaller all-in-one computers you’ll find on the market. But, if this latest video from YouTuber Quinn Nelson from Snazzy Labs is anything to go by, Apple could manage to shrink the device even further. Since the M1 Mac Mini was released, Nelson said he’s wanted to tear one down to see what’s inside and determine whether or not it’s possible to further shrink the compact desktop computer. While it’s taken a while to achieve what he set out to do, the ‘Mac Mini Mini’ is alive and well, showing...
read moreVideo: Slow Mo Guys record exploding capacitors at 187,500 frames per second
Gavin and Dan of The Slow Mo Guys are back to their typical slow mo fun. This time, the crew overloaded capacitors and recorded the results at a blisteringly fast 187,500 frames per second. When slowed down for presentation, that’s about 7500 times slower than you can see with your naked eye. The camera of choice is the Phantom TMX 7510. The crew used the same camera last summer to record glass shattering at 800,000 fps. To achieve 187,500 fps speed, the Phantom TMX 7510 must record at 1280 x 320 resolution. You can shoot even faster as...
read moreDPReview TV: Micro Four Thirds Q&A – We answer your OM-1 and GH6 questions
[embedded content] It’s been an exciting time for Micro Four Thirds, and we’re seeing a lot of questions about the new OM Systems OM-1 and Panasonic GH6. Chris and Jordan take a few minutes to answer some of them in front of a (lit, for a change) fireplace. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. Gear in this story Panasonic LUMIX GH6, 25.2MP Mirrorless Micro Four Thirds Camera with Unlimited C4K/4K 4:2:2 10-bit Video Recording, 7.5-Stop 5-Axis Dual Image Stabilizer – DC-GH6BODY $2,199.99...
read moreHands-on with the Panasonic GH6
The GH6 is the most recent in Panasonic’s video-centric line of cameras for the Micro Four Thirds system, dating back to the original GH1 in 2009. Since then, the GH series has come a long way, evolving into a very mature, widely used system. According to Panasonic, its goal with the GH6 was to combine the best attributes of its two predecessors, the GH5 and GH5S, into a single camera. In particular, this meant a camera with a higher resolution sensor, like the GH5, but which could still deliver greater dynamic range, like the GH5S. The...
read morePhotojournalist Doug Mills discusses his nearly 40 years photographing the last 7 presidents
[embedded content] Photographer Doug Mills has photographed the last seven presidents, including the current president, Joe Biden. During that time, dating back to Ronald Reagan’s presidency in the 1980s, Mills has photographed many key moments during his four decades on the job. Mills currently works for The New York Times, where he’s been since 2002. Before that, Mills served as chief photographer for The Associated Press in Washington for 15 years. He’s also earned a pair of Pulitzer prizes for his photojournalism,...
read moreVenus Optics rehouses Laowa MFT lenses for cine and adds ultra-wide 6mm Cine Zero-D
Chinese lens manufacturer Venus Optics has introduced a new range of four cinema lenses for the Micro Four Thirds system. Three of the lenses are rehoused versions of existing focal lengths, while the new 6mm T2.1 becomes the widest rectilinear focal length for the mount. The range comprises: Laowa 6mm T2.1 Zero-D MFT Cine Laowa 10mm T2.1 Zero-D MFT Cine Laowa 17mm T1.9 MFT Cine Laowa 50mm T2.9 Macro APO MFT Cine The two wider lenses use the company’s Zero-D label which in the past has indicated that curvilinear distortion will be very...
read moreJames Webb Space Telescope reaches another milestone as mirror alignment continues
The James Webb Space Telescope has reached another milestone on its path to becoming a fully-operational observatory. NASA has announced that the Webb team has ‘successfully worked through the second and third out of seven total phases of mirror alignment.’ The team will now commence making smaller adjustments to the positions of Webb’s 18 primary mirror segments. The news comes only a few weeks after NASA announced that the James Webb Space Telescope saw its first star using all of its primary mirror segments. That...
read morePOCO announces (relatively) affordable X4 Pro 5G and M4 Pro smartphones with 108MP, 64MP cameras
POCO, an independent sub-brand of Xiaomi, has announced the global launch of the competitively-priced POCO X4 Pro 5G and POCO M4 Pro smartphones during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022. The displays are a key difference between the X4 Pro 5G and the M4 Pro smartphones. The X4 Pro 5G includes a 6.67″ AMOLED DotDisplay screen with a 120Hz refresh rate. The M4 Pro has a smaller 6.43″ AMOLED DotDisplay screen with a 90Hz refresh rate. The X4 Pro 5G has a 360Hz sampling rate, up from 240Hz on its predecessor, while the M4 Pro has a...
read moreKamLan unveils its first full-frame lens, a 55mm F1.4 lens for Canon RF, Nikon Z and Sony E mount cameras
Chinese Optics manufacture Kamlan has announced, at CP+ 2022, the details of its first lens designed for full-frame sensors, a new 55mm F1.4 lens that will be available for Canon RF, Nikon Z and Sony E mount camera systems. The manual focus lens is constructed of eight elements in six groups, uses a 13-blade aperture diaphragm, has an aperture range of F1.4 through F16 and has a minimum focusing distance of 30cm (11.8”). Based on the sole image KamLan has shared, it appears as thoguht he lens will have knurled focus and aperture rings. A...
read moreAP cancels sale of NFT depicting migrants on a boat amid criticism of profiting from suffering
The Associated Press (AP), which sells non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of its photojournalism, recently canceled the sale of a video clip depicting migrants crowded together on a raft. This move comes after the independent global news organization received criticism for profiting from human suffering. The AP has an NFT marketplace, powered by blockchain provider Xooa, that launched this year. An NFT is a digital asset stored on a blockchain, on an encrypted ledger, making it unique to its owner. The marketplace offers images, including some...
read moreIrix 30mm F1.4 Dragonfly Sample Gallery
Over the past week, DPReview news editor Gannon Burgett has captured a collection of images with Irix’s 30mm F1.4 Dragonfly lens mounted to his Canon EOS R (via Canon’s EF-RF mount adapter). This gallery is a subset of those images. Irix’s 30mm F1.4 lens is available for Canon EF, Nikon F and Pentax K mounts for $675, but can be adapted to various mirrorless mounts via adapters. The lens is manual focus, but does feature electrical contacts that allows you to control the lens’ aperture via your camera and transfers EXIF information from the...
read moreBehind the Composition – The Catalyst
As I began better exploring the woodlands of Eastern Pennsylvania, I came to realize that photographing grand vistas which would stop people in their tracks, in the same manner as is found in the western states, would not be possible. The grandest vistas in Pennsylvania are hilly overlooks, often speckled throughout with a small town or two, along with trails made up by highways. There are no giant mountains to train your eye on, nor are there any great sand dunes to find abstract formations within. At best, we have waterfalls, which are...
read moreLandscape Composition – Part 4: Subject direction and lead room
So far in this series, I’ve talked about compositional elements, their weights and how to use their properties to balance the composition by imagining a balance of torques around the middle axis of an image. I also discussed balancing of negative space. But even all this doesn’t give us a full picture of the factors that should affect compositional arrangement. This time, I intend to talk about another placement consideration which has a lot of impact on my own compositions: lead room. Is this iceberg ‘facing’ any...
read moreDPReview TV: Panasonic GH6 vs. S1H
[embedded content] The Panasonic GH6 is clearly the best Micro Four Thirds camera for video shooters, but how does it compare to the full frame S1H? Does Jordan Drake have a new favorite camera? Is it too cold to go outside in Canada? All these questions will be answered. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week. Gear in this story The Lumix DC-GH6 is the latest video-centric hybrid Micro Four Thirds camera from Panasonic that brings a slew of new and improved features and specifications over its...
read moreCosina announces three new Voigtlander lenses for Nikon Z, one for Fujifilm X and an E-mount close-focus adapter
Cosina has announced four new manual focus, metal barrel Voigtlander prime lenses for Nikon Z and Fujifilm X mounts, plus a new lens adapter. The Voigtlander APO-Lanthar 50mm F2 Aspherical lens is a full-frame standard prime lens for Nikon Z mount. The APO in the name refers to the lens’s apochromatic design, which promises to eliminate aberrations and deliver clean, high-resolution images, even when shooting with the lens wide open at F2. The lens includes 10 lens elements across 8 groups and incorporates a 12-bladed aperture...
read moreThe Panasonic GH6: What I wanted, what I got, and what I didn’t expect
Five years is a long time. I asked my six year old and he agreed. That’s how long it’s been since Panasonic released the GH5, which I would argue is one of the most important digital cameras ever released. It brought 10-bit video recording to the masses and, for me, it was the first mirrorless camera that truly felt like a replacement for a professional cinema camera. Unlimited recording in most modes, waveforms, vector scopes, shutter angles… These were the conveniences many professional videographers and cinematographers would pay a huge...
read moreFilm Friday: Chroma Cameras shares details of its new Six6, Six12 modular medium format cameras
The new camera system covers formats from 6×6 to 6×12 | Photo by Chroma Cameras Steve Lloyd, founder of Chroma Cameras, has unveiled a pair of modular medium format film cameras designed to shoot 6×9 and 6×12 format film photographs. As exclusively detailed on Kosmo Foto, the 6×9 camera, called the Six9, can also shoot 6×6 images, while the 6×12 camera, called the Six12, can capture 6×9 and 6×6 through the use of swappable film holders. ‘There are two models of my new camera. One is a native 6×9 format (with...
read moreReply to [OT] Quo vadis camera industry ?
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Especially in these interesting times. Olympus transferred its imaging business to financial investor Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) on January 1, 2021. November 2021 Sony stops production of APS-C models of the A series, the favorable legacy model A7 II and the A7c. January 2022 Canon communicates plans to close its only manufacturing facility in China. In late January 2022, Canon communicates a price increase of up to USD 200 for a variety of lenses. The global sales decline has now reached dimensions that will further accelerate a market...
read moreSlideshow: Finalists for the World Photography Organisation’s Sony World Photography Awards 2022
The World Photography Organisation has announced the Professional Finalists and Shortlisted photographs for its Sony World Photography Awards 2022 photo competition. The competition is now in its 15th year and, in World Photography Organisation’s own words, ‘rewards remarkable series of works both for technical skill and an original approach to contemporary subjects.’ This year, more than 340,000 images from 211 countries and territories were submitted, with over 156,000 of those being entered into the Professional competition—the most ever...
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Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.