The International CES is the annual gathering place for all whose business is a part of the $203 Billion a year business of consumer electronics. Held in Las Vegas every year, it has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for more...
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This is a helpful LAB color tip by our good friend and master photographer Charles Cramer. Lightroom 5 now allows for the eyedropper readout to show Lab color values! Lab is a color model that separates the color information from the luminosity. Let me explain why I...
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Creativity is not a destination. Contrary to what many believe, it is also not something that you are just born with or that develops over the years in some magical, unseen, uninterrupted series of creative events. Creativity is not an elusive creature that stalks you...
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AeroDrome from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. Some may think me a dinosaur when I express a preference for working with a manually focused lens. When I started in photography there weren't any autofocus cameras, so everybody either learned to use manual focus or learned to live with...
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A7R Shutter Vibration May Be Too Great For Some Uses [caption id="attachment_5665" align="aligncenter" width="518"] Mike's Bronze Weight.A prototype for testing a 24-ounce deadweight attached to camera via the tripod screw thread.[/caption] Unfortunately, Sony has a problem with the A7R which is serious for a significant segment of...
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Sony A7R from Simon Hammond on Vimeo. The versatility of the A7/A7R allows a professional photographer many different options for lens choices. Some lens adapters though can be challenging to mount. How a pro changes a lens can be the difference between success and abject failure...
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Once in a great while, there’s a revolutionary product that changes the conventional expectations for an entire class of cameras. After twenty days of use, I've decided that among all of the mirrorless cameras I've tried, the Sony A7R is one of those rare...
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[caption id="attachment_5551" align="aligncenter" width="692"] The New Nikon Df[/caption] The Nikon Df is as important for what it is as for what it is not. What it is is an excellent still photographers camera, if you're one who likes to twiddle knobs. What it is not is...
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This story of love is the journey a Cincinnati, Ohio, family is making through life. A complete cycle; from start to finish and everything in between. It is a short story of love but already an epic journey, rapidly unfolding over just four and a...
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[caption id="attachment_5534" align="aligncenter" width="562"] Tim Cook's Apple Pro Announcement[/caption] Exciting times! Apple have announced the following prices: [caption id="attachment_5536" align="aligncenter" width="930"] Apple.Com Store Pricing For The Two Base Models Of The New Mac Pro.[/caption] Not cheap, but no information on what the upgrades will cost until the store...
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Russian photographer Alexey Kljatov certainly knows a lot about snow. Most Russian photographers likely do, as the brutal winter months of their homeland provides plenty of first hand experience. But how many of them have taken the time to learn how to photograph an individual snowflake?...
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Modern photography is incredibly complex. We like to pretend that our mastery of cameras and digital technology has made photography easier or better, but in reality it has never been harder to simply create photographs. Above all else, cameras and digital technology give us choices, and more choice...
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Dream from Vaya on Vimeo. Master CG Architects at Vaya Studio in Sofia, Bulgaria, all got together one cold winter's day and decided to have some fun with dream animation. Above is the short dream animation movie result done at Vaya Studio. When the dream animation gets...
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ConFound 'Em from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. With "Con Found 'Em," Performing Artist Suzanne Birrell teaches us the dramatic reality of our modern times. I love you babe! PLEASE RATE THIS STORY! [ratings]...
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Chuck A7R Report from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. The Sony A7R Day Three Report I am primarily a portrait, music, and event photographer. Since I have never considered myself much of a landscape photographer, I asked Pham Minh Son to join me in testing the A7R for a detailed...
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Day Two: I begin testing lenses and learning the camera setting options for the new Sony A7R. The A7R with its high megapixel count should be capable of producing professional level advertising imagery. Does it? Short answer: With the right lens choices, yes it does....
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