Posted in Opinion, Photo Gear, Photographers on Sep 21st, 2008 11 Comments »
Something very interesting is coming…
For me, the key quote came in the discussion thread:
I shot one still with a 400mm 2.8 of a silhouette of a woman…. a beautiful woman - a model - and you could literally count the hairs on her face in a full head profile… at 3200 ASA -with close to [...]
Posted in Photo Gear on Sep 17th, 2008 14 Comments »
Canon has announced the much anticipated EOS 5D Mark II. This is the successor to the successful Canon EOS 5D (that I have and love) that has been long in the making. It will be out in November.
I’ve not had time to read much about the new camera yet but here’s what it looks like:
21.1 [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Tech Stuff on Sep 15th, 2008 8 Comments »
Carl Zeiss lenses for Canon SLRs
Now Canon has another third party lens maker building lenses that will work on its EF lens mount.
Until now if a Canon user wanted to use infamous Zeiss lenses he had to use an adapter to get the lens to communicate with the camera through the EF lens mount. Adapters [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Tech Stuff on Sep 10th, 2008 4 Comments »
Red Confirms DSLR, Says It’s Bigger “Revolution” Than Red One
This is great. The DSLR world needs a real kick in the ass in my opinion Red One is just the one to do it.
[via Jon Moss]
Posted in Photo Gear, Photographers, Video on Sep 8th, 2008 5 Comments »
This is a Canon promo video but it still may prove useful for those considering this new camera.
Posted in Opinion, Photo Gear on Sep 1st, 2008 4 Comments »
Johnathan Harrell on How much is enough resolution on a DSLR sensor: The Race Continues…
Frankly, I like his writing better than his linked to Digital Photo Pro article: Megapixels: How Much Is Enough? which, while supporting his conclusion that more isn’t always better, isn’t well written and is hard to read.
His post is made in [...]
Posted in Opinion, Photo Gear on Aug 28th, 2008 8 Comments »
New Nikon Holds a Secret
But don’t knock Live View. It, after all, is the key to the breakthrough feature of the D90, the secret that turns it into a completely new kind of recording instrument. Ready?
The D90 is the first S.L.R. in the world that can record video.
High-definition video, at that. Stunning, vivid, 720p, widescreen, [...]
Posted in Ideas, Photo Gear, Photographers on Aug 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
TED: Prototype: Scope, a camera for kids.
Inspired by James Nachtwey’s TED Prize wish, designer Bas Groenendaal shares this prototype camera with TED.
I want one of these. Fantastic.
Posted in Photo Gear on Aug 26th, 2008 18 Comments »
Canon announced a new DSLR: Canon EOS 50D.
Those of us waiting for a new 5D can probably read the fine print of what’s new in the 50D for a hint on what might be coming in the new 5D. Some of it looks great, some of it looks scary to me, specifically packing too many [...]
Posted in Opinion, Photo Gear on Jul 24th, 2008 No Comments »
State of the Art: Big Sensor a Small Step for Cameras
So kudos to Sigma. It has done what was once considered impossible: it has built a big sensor into a tiny camera.
But did it have to be such a lame camera? No zoom, no stabilizer, no focus lamp, no optical viewfinder, no live histogram; weak [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Social Software on Jul 22nd, 2008 12 Comments »
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
This is just an experiment. I just built a slide show of my photographs up on flickr with the tag “Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM” with flickrSLiDR. It took all of 30 seconds.
Wow.
Posted in Photo Gear, Photographers on Jul 21st, 2008 4 Comments »
Kai Yamada Photography
Fantasic work.
Check out dianacamera.com (fun with plastic), his camera blog. Wow, this is great stuff.
[via Coudal Partners Blended Feed]
Posted in Opinion, Photo Gear on Jul 12th, 2008 4 Comments »
I’ve been using both Hoya 77mm Ultraviolet UV(0) Super Multi-Coated (S-HMC) Glass Haze Filters and B+W 77mm UV Haze 010 Glass Filters on two of my lenses and the 72mm versions of the B+W filters on my others. I also have two B+W 77 mm Kaeseman Circular Polarizer filters, one in 77mm and one in [...]
Posted in Photo Gear on Jul 8th, 2008 5 Comments »
Canon press release on new EOS Rebel XS DSLR
I think, although I don’t know for sure, that this might be a good solution for a low end DSLR. Couple it with a Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens and you have a $600 camera that will do everything a Canon G9 will do and a lot more.
Posted in Opinion, Photo Gear on Jul 8th, 2008 6 Comments »
Duncan Davidson on The Nikon D3, D700, and Canon.
Here is my comment on Duncan’s well written piece and on the comments that follow which are worth reading:
I love the 5D. It is by far the best camera I’ve ever had and used and while its AF isn’t perfect, I work around that the best I [...]
Posted in Opinion, Photo Gear on Jul 6th, 2008 6 Comments »
Canon EOS XSi (450D) Field Report
…if you’re someone that is either partial to Canon cameras, or already have a higher end model, a set of lenses, and are seeking another camera body that’s small and light weight, yet without serious feature limitations, then the Canon XSi may well be the camera that you’ve been looking [...]
Posted in Opinion, Photo Gear on Jul 2nd, 2008 5 Comments »
Michael Reichmann at Luminous Landscape has Some Initial Thoughts on The Nikon D700 and the entire DSLR landscape. Interesting reading for Canon 5D users as well as any Canon DSLR users.
The one piece of the equation Michael leaves out is lenses. It is argued that Canon has a wider range of high end lenses than [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Photo Resources, Places on Jul 1st, 2008 No Comments »
WIRED took a trip to Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin to see their Gallery of Sawn-In-Half Cameras.
[via Steve Splonskowski]
Posted in Opinion, Photo Gear, Photo Printing, Photo Resources on Jun 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Save Polaroid
On February 8, 2008, Polaroid Corporation announced that it will discontinue production of all instant film. This site will document the aftermath of this announcement and will serve as a home-base for the effort to convince another company to begin producing the cherished technology that Polaroid has so carelessly abandoned.
This site is not about [...]
Posted in Ideas, Photo Gear, Tech Stuff on Jun 26th, 2008 No Comments »
State of the Art: When Your Camera Knows Where You Are
When I first read about this wifi card I thought it was a gimmick but the last part of this article, on geotragging is brilliant. Wireless transfer is not for DSLRs that make huge RAW files but the geotagging does sound like it would be [...]
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