News entries for October, 2015

 

 

We couldn't wait to get the Sigma 20mm f/1.4 into our lab, now among the fastest primes to venture that wide an angle, but it never made it to the lab. It did though make it into my camera bag, along with a "gone-missing" Canon 5DS body. (I figured nobody would notice at least for a few days!)

I've heard the...

 

 

By IR Reader Steve Vit

I've picked this sequence of images because it shows that shooting motorsport is not a case of just screwing up the shutter speed as fast as you can get and then shooting away.  When I shoot motocross, I try to capture movement, either in the attitude of the rider or in movement blur.  It...

 

 

Calling all photographers!

We're pleased to introduce a new column on IR called Reader Stories. We have so many great photographers who regularly read our site and participate in our Photo of the Day contest that we felt it was time you had the chance to share in the voice of our community.

Have you captured an...

 

 

Rejoice, photography fans: The weekend is just about here, and with it, a good chance to get out and shoot some great images! But before you head out the door, you might want to check if your camera's firmware is up to date.

If you're shooting with the Nikon D810 or Leica T, you'll want to roll your sleeves...

 

 

According to a recent survey by Photoion Photography School, 68% of adults said that they edit their photos before sharing them. And it seems that more people are not only editing their photos before sharing them, but also turning to apps on their mobile devices rather than editing their photos on full-fledged...

Pinhole cameras are, in essence, the most basic tool you can use to capture an image. You have the medium being exposed, a hole to let in light and your own timing (along with the knowledge of the size of the aperture) to create a proper exposure.

Considering the simplicity of pinhole cameras, it’s easy to make them out of almost anything....

Even if you don’t know what a stroboscopic photograph is, it’s likely you’ve seen one before. Stroboscopic photography is the process of using a single exposure and multiple flashes to light up the subject matter, usually with motion involved to invoke a sense of movement and energy.

Ilko Allexandroff, a photographer based in Kobe, Japan,...

If you keep up with DigitalRev, you’ll know Kai has an ongoing series of videos titled ‘Pro Photographer, Cheap Camera’, wherein he gives a professional photographer a joke of a camera to challenge them to capture as great of an image as possible with it.

While these videos might be fun, they also provide wonderful tips for becoming a better...

As careful as we are with gear, accidents happen. Thankfully, a new promotion from Canon will help ensure that no matter what the accident is, you’re covered.

Starting October 11th, 2015, Canon is offering complimentary CarePAK protection coverage for select gear when purchased through authorized retailers.

With CarePAK, you will receive...

Earlier this week, we shared what we believed to be the third quarter (Q3) numbers from Canon. Today, we realized that we, alongside a handful of other photography publications (eight from our findings), referenced the wrong year’s numbers. Specifically, we reported on a Rueters article displaying Canon’s Q3 numbers from 2014, not 2015. We...

Have you ever attempted to take a group photo just to realize that no matter how many shots you take at least one person wasn’t smiling? If so, a new app called SmileSnap might be just what you need.

Created by Rate of Climb, SmileSnap uses facial recognition to automatically snap a photo when every person in the frame has a smile on their...

Fujifilm released its third quarter (Q3) financials this week. Inside, the numbers told an interesting story of the photography industry, which seems to be more of an enigma with each passing year.

From April to September of this year, Fujifilm recorded (PDF) an overall profit of 46.9 billion yen (US$387 million), an impressive increase of...

 

 

Some photographs just "rise" to the occassion, and that's certainly the case with our Photo of the Day award winner for September. If the image looks familiar to you, it's because it also won the top spot in the joint Imaging Resource/Olympus/Jay Dickman photography contest this past month!

As it turned out, it...

 

 

In Fresno, California in 2010, a collector named Randy Guijarro paid US$2 at a junk shop for a 4 x 5 tintype photograph of people playing croquet in 1878. The photograph has only recently been verified as an authentic piece of history by photography and facial recognition experts, and that authentication...

Earlier this week we shared an eBay listing of an incredibly fast and extremely rare Canon 50mm f/.75 lens. It appears though that Canon isn’t the only lens manufacturer getting some f/.75 love from eBay.

While it’s been sold, a Leica Elcan 65mm f/.75 F-mount lens briefly appeared on eBay Denmark for a short period of time.

According to...

On September 8th, Canon announced it is developing a 120-megapixel sensor destined for future DSLRs, displaying a working sample at their recent Canon Expo 2015 in New York City. While this may seem like a resurgence of the megapixel wars, we may be looking at something other than conventional RGBG or Bayer-striped sensor technology here. (The...

 

 

With GoPro set to release their first-ever quadcopter drone in the first half of 2016, the company has shared the first video footage captured by their new drone to their official YouTube channel. The footage was captured using a GoPro Hero 4 camera, which is available now in multiple editions, attached to a...

 

 

We've all seen stunning wedding, fashion, or portrait shots like the one shown here, but we rarely if ever get to hear just what goes into creating them. Here's the story of this one.

Wedding photographer and Sony Artisan Scott Robert Lim created this captivating image by posing his subject inside a tunnel near...

Chase Jarvis has released episode seven of his ongoing #CJRAW video series that we’ve been sharing weekly. In this episode, Jarvis drops six steps you can place in your morning routine to all but ensure you have an efficient and productive day.

It’s no secret that many of the most wealthy and successful people in the world wake up early and...