It seems so long ago, but it has only been about eighteen months since Panasonic announced the GH3. The GH3 has proved to be an able follow-on to the GH2, and an improvement in every regard. Panasonic saw the light with the wide acceptance of...
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A Man Ain't A Man from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. We are now setup and operational with the latest Mavericks OSX and the latest Final Cut Pro X. One of the exciting things Apple has evolved in Final Cut Pro X is multi camera editing. What is...
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In addition to improvements in just about every area, Fujifilm has also brought some interesting new features to the X-E2. What's the coolest? To me, one has to be the new Digital Split Image™ for interchangeable lens cameras. Split image focusing was originally used in manual...
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While most of the country chilled out inside avoiding the "Arctic Vortex," thousands of brave souls battled the crowded isles for the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week in Las Vegas, NV. Show attendance was reportedly brisk again this year, where the features were focused...
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Fujifilm has announced another lens for their X series mirrorless digital cameras. The Fujinon XF 56mm f/1.2 R lens is the twelfth lens made for the X-mount cameras and is an impressive portrait-length lens with a very fast maximum aperture, ideal for shallow depth-of-field control and excellent...
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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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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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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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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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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...
The rumors are true. Sony ha...
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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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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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