[caption id="attachment_4461" align="aligncenter" width="680"] D610 24MP Front View[/caption] The Nikon D610 HD-SLR Delivers FX-Format Quality and Pro-Level Features for Enthusiasts Ready to Take Their Passion to the Next Level MELVILLE, N.Y. – Nikon Inc. today announced the Nikon D610, the latest FX-format HD-SLR to incorporate cutting-edge features and...
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The 1.4/55 Zeiss Otus is claimed by Zeiss in their marketing promotional materials as the perfect lens. Don't believe this. No lens is perfect. But this one may be close....
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Sometimes we like to create more muted colors and softer look in our images. Here is an example: We like the scene with some nice elements: Hay wheels Three trees Tractor with dust Forest as a backdrop We still like to improve the mood of that late summer day in Germany. Here we...
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Leica M Monochrome It's been a long time since I shot in Black and White. In my earlier years, I started with Pan-X, Plus-X, and Tri-X. Tri-X being the least expensive predominated my earliest work. I guess it was sometime in the mid to late 1980's...
Leica M Monochrome It's bee...
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Outback Photo Handbook: Workflow Basics Fake Hipstamatic Photos Essay by Bettina + Uwe Steinmueller "You know, the last time a Photoshop tool made me do a double take and stare in amazement is when I first tried EasyS a few years back. I just tried out EasyDS and...
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RED EPIC DRAGON - IT'S THE REAL DEAL ! from Mark Toia on Vimeo. Mark Tola (the lucky dog ;=) won the lottery to be one of the first to get his hands on one of the new RED Dragon sensor equipped Epic bodies, and has...
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Iridient Digital has released Version 2.2 of its Iridient Developer RAW conversion software (formally known simply as RAW Developer). RAW Developer has been Brian's product since the early first versions those many years ago. Though RAW Developer has evolved over time into today's Iridient Developer,...
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We recently often photograph in small historic towns and capture images that show quite a bit of perspective distortions. Lets have a look how we can improve it in Lightroom 5. Here is a typical image: [caption id="attachment_4094" align="aligncenter" width="680"] Hamlin[/caption] The new Upright tool in Lightroom 5 works...
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Panasonic today announced the New LUMIX DMC-GX7 DSLM (Digital Single Lens Mirrorless) A Premium Flat Body Camera with a Host of Creative Functions for Photo Enthusiasts and Artisans NEWARK, NJ (August 1, 2013) - Panasonic is pleased to announce a new addition of LUMIX G Digital Single Lens...
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FujiFilm has been on a rampage of late, breathing new found fire into what was formerly a "stately" and rather "conservative" organization. Traditionally, the Fuji products have always been good solid professional performers. I've owned several, always first class. Many of these Fuji designed and...
FujiFilm has been on a rampage...
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lomography/the-lomography-petzval-portrait-lens Here is a Kickstarter project some of you may be as interested in as I am. While the cheap seats are already taken at this party, the remaining offering is still a hundred bucks less than the $499 normal retail price. I love using older...
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Bastille Day from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. A day with my Fuji X-E1. My lovely wife and life partner, Suzanne, and I were married on July 14th, Bastille Day. We didn't plan it this way, it was pure coincidence but a very pleasant one. Where ever we happen...
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Platinum Palladium Printing with Leica M Monochrom from Luís Oliveira Santos on Vimeo. Footage, edition and film direction by LUÍS OLIVEIRA SANTOS Manuel Gomes Teixeira, photographer and Platinum Palladium printer, usually uses traditional methods with photographic film in medium and large format cameras. Invited by the exclusive...
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[caption id="attachment_3847" align="aligncenter" width="680"] The First US Public Exhibition of Genesis on the walls at Peter Fetterman Gallery in Santa Monica, CA[/caption] Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado has spent much of the past nine years trekking to the farthest reaches of the globe, to the last wild...
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Last June, FujiFilm issued their lens development "roadmap" (see chart below) for the two XF mount cameras at the time, the XPro-1 and X-E1. I purchased my X-E1 with the highly regarded and most excellent 35mm f/1.4, deciding to place my bet on Fuji evolving this camera...
Last June, FujiFilm issued the...
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Back once again from Calgary Alberta, Chris Nichols joins with studio still portrait photographer Rob Caleffi to test the new Fiilex P360 and P200 lighting setup inside Rob's working studio. Rob normally shoots his still portraits using powerful professional grade flash, so it makes for a...
Back once again from Calgary...
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