News entries for June, 2016

 

 

As we inch ever closer to the centennial of the National Parks Service, punishment has finally been handed down to self-proclaimed artist Casey Nocket. If you don't know who this is, she defaced seven national parks in 2014 through the use of acrylic paint. You can read a bit about her crimes here.

Her vandalism...

 

 

For many of us, shooting wet plate collodion photography is something we'll likely never get to experience, either for a lack of tools, training or time. Photographer Nède can help you experience the process, however, with a video of his work as it happens.

He attached a GoPro camera to his chest and went out in...

 

 

California-based photographer and teacher Nick Carver loves printing his work. As someone who uses both digital and film cameras, his printing process can vary quite a bit. In the video below, he shows his process of scanning a 6 x 17 negative and framing his work.

He opted to make a large six-foot wide print of...

 

 

Pentaxians: Do you have a lust for full-frame? If so, we've got good news for you! As we work to wrap our review of Ricoh's first 35mm full-frame camera, the Pentax K-1, we've just added several new sections including our real-world field test, image quality analysis, and print quality analysis.

If you're...

 

 

Curtis Judd focuses on creating content to help people become better videographers, but he's also a photographer (he considers photography a "specialized variation on filmmaking"). His latest video is about lighting for product shots.

The tutorial is aimed at shooting a video of a product on a white background,...

 

 

Say hello to the biggest, baddest supertelephoto lens for Micro Four Thirds! Ok, well, "biggest" isn't really the correct term, as the new Panasonic 100-400mm f/4-6.3 Leica zoom lens is shockingly compact and lightweight when you consider its impressive 200-800mm equivalent focal length range. With Leica-approved...

 

 

Following up on 2014's G7X, the Canon G7X Mark II includes many improvements both to the camera body itself and to its performance specs. The sensor and built-in lens are unchanged, but the camera includes a new DIGIC 7 processor and a variety of small adjustments to the body design.

The G7X II proves to be a fun...

 

 

Portrait photographer Damien Lovegrove has made a successful career taking beautiful and flattering portraits. He's a Fuji X-Photographer and has been working extensively with Fujifilm to create a number of helpful portrait tutorials.

In the videos below, Lovegrove uses a Fuji X-Pro2 as well as an X-T1 with a...

 

 

Bill Cunningham, a fasion and street photographer perhaps known best for his work for the New York Times, passed away Saturday in Manhattan at the age of 87 following a recent stroke.

Cunningham worked for The Times for nearly 40 years, capturing an extensive library of images that when viewed together create a...

 

 

While we work on Part II of our Canon 1D X Mark II field test (see Part I here), a potential image corruption issue has been announced by Canon.

The issue is apparently isolated to SanDisk-brand CFast memory cards. When recording a RAW file, the bottom right portion of your image can be corrupted. JPEG files, on...

 

 

Ansel Adams' "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico" is one of his most well-known photographs with Adams making over 1,300 prints of it during his career. A print was auctioned by Sotheby's in 2006 for over $600,000.

Part of what makes the photo particularly interesting is how it was created. Adams, his son Michael...

 

 

On Friday, Sony Japan released an update on the impact the Kumamoto earthquakes are having on their camera production. Sony is far from the only company impacted as Ricoh, Nikon and others have been affected by the devastating earthquakes.

In their statement, which includes an apology to all of the people...

 

 

With a seemingly steady stream of news about more and more companies ceasing production of different films, it might surprise you to hear that there's a store in England that is not only holding onto film, but eschewing digital altogether.

West Yorkshire Cameras is located in Leeds Corn Exchange and they buy,...

 

 

Studio lights don't come cheap. Kino Flo LED lights in particular come in at some very high prices that are sure to scare away most portrait photographers. But what if you could create your own set of LED lights, perfect for headshots and portraits for under $300?

Photographer Joe Edelman has done just that and...

 

 

Long exposure photography is a lot of fun, but purpose-built neutral density filters can sometimes get quite pricey. Mathieu Stern, who you may remember for his "weird lens challenge," has a much more affordable alternative: welding glass.

In the video below, Mathieu used shade 11 welding glass, which you can...

 

 

Smartphone pictures don't need to be confined to the digital realm, certainly not when you have a Fujifilm Instax Share printer. Fujifilm has just announced the Share SP-2 printer, which features a completely new design, more features and better reported performance.

Bring your smartphone photos to life on...

 

 

The distinctly-shaped Sigma sd Quattro was announced back in February yet without any pricing or availability information provided. Sigma has finally given us the details on their new mirrorless camera body and you won't have to wait much longer to get your hands on the Foven X3 Quattro camera.

Releasing in July,...

 

 

Since we first announced the existence of the Panasonic GX85 back in early April, the camera has been climbing the charts on our site. Taking a look at our homepage today shows the GX85 as #2 in overall popularity for all cameras we have pages for, second only to the uber-popular Canon G7X II and yet besting models...

 

 

German-based WhiteWall has been producing high-quality prints on a wide variety of substrates from their Frechen, Germany photo lab since 2003. Their online service, WhiteWall.com, has been operational since 2007, and earned an enviable reputation for quality in that time.

Many high-end photographers around the...