Ivanpah Solar Power Facility from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. And from the air, DJI was kind enough to fly this same location, and produced this: Legend has it that Archimedes used a "burning glass" to concentrate sunlight on the invading Roman fleet and repel them from Syracuse. In 1973 a Greek...
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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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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...
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Podunk Poets from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. August 8, 2013 - The Podunk Poets: Cindy Jollotta & Kelly Kidd - Vocals, Patrick Generosa - Drums, Suzanne Birrell - Bass, Jake Kelly - Guitar. For several years now the demise of the still photograph has been foretold. It is...
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[caption id="attachment_3407" align="aligncenter" width="598"] The Fiilex P360 LED Light[/caption] One of the harshest mixed lighting environments to shoot in is the lighting department of a professional camera dealer. It is always at least a couple of stops brighter than anyplace else I've ever shot indoors. The...
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Based in Los Angeles, Larry Jordan is an internationally renowned consultant with national broadcast experience as a television producer, director, and editor. He has published eight books on editing and is the winner of multiple awards for his broadcast work, as well as his online training. Learn...
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By Jim Quinn Light modifiers are where you find them. Today I found one in my local Walgreens drug store. My wife, who loves the idea of packing away small umbrellas “just in case,” spotted a display of Totes Skinni Mini umbrellas in a variety of colors....
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Bhutan Panasonic GH3 October 2012 from Ira Block on Vimeo. My friend Ira Block is an internationally renowned photojournalist, teacher and workshop leader who has to date produced more than 30 major stories for the National Geographic magazine and its affiliates, N.G. Traveler and Adventure. Ira tells the...
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[caption id="attachment_2343" align="aligncenter" width="680"] Fuji X-E1 - 1/5th Second 35mm f/1.4 @ f/1.4, ISO 6400[/caption] Back in August, thanks to a kind loan from Will Crockett over at DiscoverMirrorless.Com, I got to try the Fuji XPro-1 for a couple of days. That story is here:http://thecameraforum.com/xpro-1/ I liked it...
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Here's Chris Niccolls from TheCameraStore in Calgary, Alberta, & Nick Devlin, renowned landscape photographer and columnist on Luminous Landscape, testing the Sigma DP1 and DP2 Merrill edition cameras. While certainly not for everyone, these horrible little cameras produce absolutely stunning landscape photographs. I particularly like Nick...
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Shootout of the Mini Shotguns! from Chad Johnson on Vimeo. Each new camera release seems to bring an ever growing list of new features. Some of these are well worth having while to my mind some of them are little more than fluff. One of...
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Looking For Lenses from TheCameraForum on Vimeo. There is something to be said for the hand feel of a good pro grade DSLR. Strong. Heavy. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound and still pull off ten frames a second without breaking a sweat....
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It isn't every day that something new comes along in the way of a photography "gadget" that is much more than a novelty; a cute toy we all buy from time to time, normally on impulse . I know I have a drawer full of...
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The new Olympus 17mm f/1.8 has been officially released for sale! It will cost you. Estimated Street Price: $499.99 And it's worth it, from our first look. With a total length of just 1.4 inches, the M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 17mm f1.8 is light as a feather and incredibly compact. The autofocus performance of...
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