News entries for June, 2013

The Fuji XF1 is the James Bond of enthusiast pocket cameras -- sleek, retro-styled (but somehow still eminently modern) and even a little dangerous looking. Like the classic Walther PPK, it's not a bad little shooter either, providing a bright f/1.8 max aperture at wide angle, overall speedy performance, tons of advanced features and...

At the sprightly age of 196 years, the founder of famed optics manufacturer Carl Zeiss AG has today hung up his hat and stepped into retirement. Not literally, of course -- Mr. Zeiss left this mortal coil almost 125 years ago -- but metaphorically speaking, because the company he brought into being has today announced a change in the way...

You've seen it from the air, and now your chance to tour the legendary, post-apocalyptic Battleship Island on foot has arrived. But wait! Put your suitcase down, because you'll be visiting from the comfort of your own living room, courtesy of the ever-inquisitive folks at Google.

Battleship Island -- also known by the Japanese nickname...

 

 

Now that Hasselblad has launched its controversial (and pricey) Lunar compact system camera, the venerable medium-format camera manufacturer appears to be going ahead with plans to release a digital SLR and, possibly, two compact models this year.

At the Photokina show last year in Germany, Hasselblad Chairman...

 

 

At first glance, the world in Pelle Cass' mesmerizing photo series called "Selected People" seems so familiar. Linger on his street photography-style images for a few seconds more though, and you'll see something a bit more surreal. The apparently random movements of people in the photographer's images reveal what...

 

 

Ahhh, happy Friday folks! After a business trip yesterday (hence no Deals post), I'm back at full steam with a big selection of deals on cameras, lenses and accessories. Also, there's a slew in instant rebates from Nikon, Fujifilm and Sony are set to expire tomorrow, June 29th so see below for all the deals...

 

 

Calling this a tutorial is a bit disingenuous -- most of us aren't probably aren't going to get the chance to photograph exotic, high-powered sports cars on a closed track, with very, very high-end gear. But if you're ever in a situation where you are, this tutorial by car photographer Nigel Harniman might be...

 

 

Earlier this year, the Chicago Sun-Times moved to lay off its entire photography staff, instead aiming to arm journalists with iPhones, and pay freelancers a miserly rate. This naturally earned them a widespread drubbing from the rest of the media. But a comparison of today's front page from the Chicago Sun-Times...

 

 

There are many ways for photographers to back up and organize the boatload of images they have sitting on their hard drives -- and in other locations -- but Everpix thinks it has a better solution. The company, which specializes in cloud-based image storage, has just launched Everpix 2.0 with several design changes...

Last summer, the debut of the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 answered the prayers of enthusiast shooters looking for a capable yet compact second camera, and those who wanted large-sensor iimage quality, but who found interchangeable-lens cameras simply too large. Unlike almost all its large-sensor compact camera competitors, the RX100 sports...

 

 

We didn't think it would be possible to improve upon the Sony RX1, the full-frame compact camera we named our overall 2012 Camera of the Year -- at least not so soon. But that's exactly what Sony has accomplished with the Sony RX1R, a special edition of the award-winning model that removes its almost-identical...

 

 

Photographer Dan Milner learned the hard way that it's best to keep a safe distance from the wild animals you intend to photograph. In the below video from Live Leak, Milner stops by the side of the road to photograph a stag -- which is an adult male deer without a mate -- while crouching just a few feet away from...

Now that high-definition cameras are commonplace, ultra-high def 4K video is the next big thing, and early adopters are already doing great things with it. Over the last few months, we've reported on videographer Ben Silberfarb's EOS-1D C test video, and director Jacob Schwarz' delightful 4K ink drops shot on a Red Epic. Last week,...

 

 

This captivating little film (embedded below) is not an official Leica advertisement for the M Monochrom camera but that didn't stop it from winning five awards at the recent Cannes Lions Festival. Titled Alma ("Soul"), the Brazilian movie was made independently by Sentimental Filme in conjunction with the...

With more manufacturers than ever making action cameras, it's a great time for point-of-view photography. There's one thing uniting the overwhelming majority of action cams on the market, though: by and large, they're clunky and unattractive-looking, especially when wrapped in their waterproof housings. A new entry to the action camera...

 

 

In 1970, James Speed Hensinger was part of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, stationed in Vietnam, and under nightly attacks by a Viet Cong gunman. The gunman would visit the camp at night, and shoot at the soldiers with an AK-47. One night, the Brigade opted to respond with all its military might, and Hensinger took to...

As the Nikon's new flagship APS-C DSLR, the Nikon D7100 occupies a sweet spot in the company's lineup. The D7100 provides a ton of advanced photographic capabilities at a reasonably affordable price point. And it's a perfect model for photographers who are becoming more serious about their craft and want to step up from their...

 

 

Last week, we shared a photo of the International Space Station looking like the Starship Enterprise as it cruised past the moon. Now, here's a shot of the Chinese Space Station (CSS) moving past the sun and it brings to mind another famous science fiction series. Yes, Star Wars nerds, the CSS looks a lot like a...

 

 

We've all done it. Spending hours in Photoshop or Lightroom, making tiny tweaks to the coloring and lighting of our photos. But with all of our playing with sliders, and twiddling the hue and saturation, how well do you actually know color? The color experts at X-Rite have something to test just that, with their ...