From Photography Life: Longitudinal Chromatic Aberration Longitudinal Chromatic Aberration, also known as “LoCA” or “bokeh fringing”, occurs when different wavelengths of color do not converge at the same point after passing through a lens, as illustrated below: Lenses with Longitudinal Chromatic Aberration problems can show fringing around objects...
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Hot off the truck and right into my welcoming hands, my pre-ordered new Sony A7R came in today. I had to run right down to Samy's Camera and pick it up. Of course, immediate still and video clips were required. First impression is - this...
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Dia de los Muertos from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. I've photographed Dia de los Muertos in Mexico for seven of the past eleven years. It is one of those long term photography projects that just snuck up on me. I didn't even realize it was a long...
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Understand Music from finally. on Vimeo. Music is a good thing. Without it, few of our film projects would work. Music is one of those absolutely foundational elements in good cinema. Music can be, and often is, fitted neatly into the background of a film as...
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It's all about the Jaw from Peter Hurley on Vimeo. Peter Hurley explains how he accentuates the jawline of his clients with a few simple tips that you may want to add to your bag of tricks whenever you have a subject in front of your...
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The rumors are true. Sony has started shipping the A7 & A7R in Europe and here are the first Sony A7R image samples from a production camera. No doubt, these will become only the first few of the upcoming 1,000,000 or so Sony A7R Image Samples that...
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Psssst… want to buy a Larger Format? Astounding as the news may be to some, the world of high-end cameras just got a little smaller, with Leica Camera AG purchasing Swiss large format camera maker Sinar. Details are still very sketchy, as neither company is willing...
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e-volo Crowdfunding bei Seedmatch from Volocopter on Vimeo. Der Volocopter von e-volo ist eine Luftfahrt-Revolution made in Germany. Sicherer, einfacher und sauberer als je zuvor ändert er die Art, sich fortzubewegen. Sie wollen Teil dieser Innovation werden? Investieren Sie bei unserem Crowdfunding: The Volocopter of e-volo is an...
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The A7 is near. Very near. We are about a week from the release of the initial shipments of the new Sony A7/A7R cameras. With only a few days left until the release, I need to decide the hard decision - will I be an early...
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When it comes to testing a DSLR video camera, there are few whose judgement I trust as much as Johnnie Behiri, one of the owners of Cinema5D.com. Johnnie has consistently great insights on the entire world of video and video production. He is a master of...
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Squinching. To Squinch, or not to Squinch, is never the question. Not in photography anyway. Squinching is a technique long used by professional portrait photographers, professional models, actors, and most every vacuum cleaner salesman on the plane. But like one of those magician tricks, it...
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To many, including some close photographer friends, Black-and-White is the very definition of photography. Kim Weston is an iconic master of the Black-and-White photography art. Kim has been a fine art nude photographer for over 30 years. He is a third-generation member of one of the most...
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I know the opening "Tissue" line is an old West Virginia play on words, but it is an accurate description of this story. This is one of the best time lapse animations I have seen put together, a monumental execution task for a masterpiece outcome....
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In the above, an obvious sales piece for the new Zeiss OTUS 1.4/55 published on Oct 7, 2013, Zeiss makes some strong claims about this new lens. Statements like "Experience a new dimension. The Otus 1.4/55 is the pinnacle of over 120 years of expertise and experience...
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Most of us as photographers have heard the term "Specular Reflection." Certainly all of us have seen examples of it. But just what does "specular reflection" mean in a technical sense, and how does it impact our photographs? Reflections on still water, as in the...
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Once a generation maybe, pressures for change combine with forces for a better, fresher future, and a generational musical event like "The Fox" happens. That vision satisfies better than an image of a stodgy, smoke filled back room of cigar aficionados deciding who the next...
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