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Turn your DSLR Camera into a Wildlife Camera Trap
A Post By: William Burrard-Lucas If you have an old DSLR camera lying around, you could be putting it to work as a camera trap for photographing wildlife. What is a camera trap? A camera trap is simply a camera that fires automatically when an animal is detected. All you need in order to turn your DSLR into a camera trap is a sensor that can detect animals, then trigger your camera. Once set up, a camera trap can be left for days or even weeks at a time. The longer you leave it, the greater your chances of capturing a shot of an elusive...
read more4 Photoshop Tools Every Photographer Should Know
A Post By: Suzi Pratt When it comes to photo-editing programs, one of the most popular among both amateur and professional photographers alike is Adobe Photoshop. While it can appear more complex than Lightroom, and certainly takes more time to learn all of its tricks, Photoshop offers four post-processing tools that come in handy for retouching images. These tools are pretty easy to locate and implement, and in this article I’ll show you how they work, specifically while retouching the image of the Space Needle in Seattle (below). I have...
read moreBetter, buffer: Nikon D7200 First Impressions Review posted
Yeah right. “Real enthusiasts.” Apart from the obvious trolling by assuming you know everyone needs (hence the “yeah right”); a fully professionalized camera is always desirable at any price range (functions should be MAXIMIZED, always, to the budget of the camera; never should any aspect every be crippled despite being in budget — Canon loves crippling, and Nikon is just random about it). A fully professional D7300/D400 is still the dream (its okay slightly smaller size; but controls + grip need to be D810...
read moreA closer look at the Nikon Coolpix P900 megazoom
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read moreHands-on with Nikon D7200
Sounds nice. Get the body with a Sigma 18-35/1.8 ($800 new) and Sigma 50-150/2.8 OS ($600-$800 used). Maybe add a Tokina 11-20/2.8, the Sigma 150-600 Contemporary ($1200 new) or Nikon 300/4 ($2000). An external video recorder should give excellent results; it now has a flat picture style…de rigueur for video (standard video compression crushes the shadows limiting grading in post). It will be interesting to see how this stacks up against the $500 more expensive Canon 7D Mark II. This is a camera that will be used for telephoto work. On...
read moreNikon D7200 boasts low-light AF improvements and increased buffer depth
Nikon’s prosumer line gets an update today in the form of the D7200. With a 24.2MP APS-C CMOS sensor it offers a very slight resolution increase over its 24.1MP D7100 predecessor, and like that model it lacks an optical low-pass filter. This is likely to be the excellent Sony sensor that the D5300 uses, which would mean less banding than was seen one some D7100 units when shadows were drastically lifted. The D7200’s other enhancements include a next-generation 51-point AF module with increased low-light...
read moreNikon introduces Coolpix P900 with whopping 83x optical zoom range
Nikon has extended its superzoom range to include the Coolpix P900, offering a 16MP sensor and a mind-blowing F2.8-6.5 24-2000mm equivalent zoom. It features built-in Wi-Fi with NFC, 7 fps burst shooting, built-in EVF and a fully articulated 3″ 921k-dot LCD. The P900 is capable of 1080/60p video recording and uses a new Dual Detect optical image stabilization system, claiming up to 5 stops of shake compensation. The Nikon Coolpix P900 will be available in April for $599.95. Press release: NIKON’S NEW COOLPIX...
read moreA Brief History of Gear: Here is a Collection of Camera Commercials from the Past 20 Years
Here’s a collection of camera commercials that have appeared over the past 20 years. No matter your age, there’s probably something here that you’ll remember, and I hope it will bring back a bit of nostalgia. I’ve also selected what I consider the best commercial of them all. 1995: Kodak Gold 35mm Film 1996: Tyco Video Cam 1997: Polaroid One Step Talking Camera 1998: Kodak Advantix 1999: Gameboy Camera 2000: Canon Rebel 2000 35mm Film Camera 2001: Canon PowerShot S110 Elph 2002: Minolta Dimage X 2003: Kodak Easy Share CX7000...
read moreThe Impossible Project Launches New Round Frame Color Instant Film
The Impossible Project is continuing to branch out from the standard frame design for instant photos that made the original Polaroid pictures iconic. Last year the company launched a new line of film with colorful frames. This year it’s the shape that’s getting a makeover: the company has unveiled a new color instant film with round frames rather than square ones. The new color films are designed for classic Polaroid 600 and SX-70 cameras and are available in both black and white frame editions. It’s a “unique and intriguing...
read moreHere’s How to Say ‘Selfie,’ ‘Photobomb,’ and ‘Duckface’ in Sign Language
New Internet culture slang words such as “selfie,†“photobomb,†and “duckface†are being added to respected English dictionaries, so it makes sense that there should also be new signs added for them in American Sign Language. Here’s a look at what those signs are.Hopes&Fears has published an interesting article about how the deaf community is collaboratively working on signs for new slang terms over the Internet until dominant signs emerge and become accepted and agreed upon. The site invited Douglas Ridloff, the...
read morePOP BOOK: Fujifilm UK Launches Cheap and Easy-to-Make Photo Books for Smartphone Pics
Services such as Mosaic already let you make photo books in 5 minutes for $25, but if that’s still too taxing on your time and rich for your blood, Fujifilm UK has a new service for you. Called POP BOOK, it’s designed to help you make small, casual photo books in a few taps for just £5. No, your book and your photos may not have build or print quality offered by pricier services, but that’s not the point. Fujifilm wants to make it easy and affordable for anyone to enjoy and save their smartphone snaps in book form. Each POP BOOK...
read moreMTF Testing the Canon 11-24mm f/4L, the World’s Widest Full Frame Rectilinear Lens
Editor’s note: If you’re unfamiliar with how to interpret MTF charts, you can find primers here and here. I’ll be honest. I’m pretty excited about the Canon 11-24mm f/4 L lens. I love shooting ultra-wide and the chance to shoot this wide with a rectilinear lens on a full-frame camera has me pretty excited. But I’m also very aware of how near-impossibly difficult designing a lens this wide would be, so my expectations were tempered a bit. There’s a reason I’ll often stitch together a couple of 24mm shots for a landscape...
read moreTwo Sexy Actors/Models Wanted for Music Video
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read moreSet Construction, Flat Builders, Set Builders Needed For Upcoming Shoot
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read moreSound Operator Wanted For Short Film
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read moreSeeking Director, Sound/Lighting Technician & Producer
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read moreCrew Members Wanted – Job Opportunites on Feature Films
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read moreDirector For Possible Feature Length Low Budget Indie Flim In Sheffield
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read moreFreelance & Amateur Photographers Wanted
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read moreThe Best Way to Delete Photos From Your Memory Card
A Post By: Meredith Clark When it comes to photography, we spend most of our time thinking about taking photos – lighting, composition, exposure, and posing. Then, once the photo is taken, we may start to think about post-processing, gently nudging the photo along until it becomes exactly what we’ve pictured in our mind’s eye. Once that’s accomplished, we do it all over again. Back in high school and college, I shot film. I can vividly remember running out of film, and sometimes having to wait weeks until I was able to buy more. Our...
read more4 Mistakes New Photographers Make and How to Avoid Them
A Post By: Neil Creek Cameras are complex machines and to get the most out of them you need to know how they work. When you’re a new photographer shooting with a sophisticated camera for the first time, the complexity can be overwhelming. There’s just so much to learn! Now that I’ve been shooting for more than ten years, it’s interesting to go back to my early days and see the mistakes I made. In this article we’ll have a look at four of my first DSLR photos and I’ll share what I know now that I wish I knew then, so hopefully...
read moreTips for Using Tilt-Shift Lenses for Correction and Creativity
A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt If you’ve ever wondered about the effects of using a tilt-shift lens this video with host Vincent Laforet will show you some of uses such as: Correcting distortion caused by wide lenses and converging lines Create stitched images without distortion Creating miniature looking scenes by shifting the focus plane Achieving maximum focus on your subject using shift Here are some of the Tilt-shift lenses mentioned in the video. Obviously these are specialty lenses and not everyone has a need for, or can afford...
read moreCP+ 2015: Fujifilm interview – ‘our lenses are waiting for higher-resolution sensors’
We recently returned from the CP+ show in Yokohama, Japan. When we were there we sat down with executives from most of the major camera and lens manufacturers to get their insights and opinions on the challenges facing their companies and the market as a whole. One of them was Toshihisa Iida, Senior Manager Sales & Marketing at Fujifilm’s Optical Device & Electronic Imaging products division. Toshihisa Iida, Senior Manager Sales & Marketing, Optical Device & Electronic Imaging products division,...
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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.