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Carl Zeiss Now Offers Filters and Camera Straps
by : Zoltan Arva-Toth
Carl Zeiss now offers photographers special accessories including UV filters and polarisers tailored to the high-quality Zeiss SLR lenses and a special camera strap with air cell padding for SLR cameras. Available in sizes ranging from 58mm to 82mm, the filters feature Zeiss’ T* multi-coating which minimises light reflections on the glass-air surfaces and improves transmission. [...]
Filed in: Camera Accessories, Choosing Lens
Hands On: Canon EOS 60D DSLR
Spend some quality time with Canon’s new HD-video-shooting prosumer camera.
By Phil Ryan
Hands On: Canon EOS 60D
You don’t have to search far to find an overriding theme for Canon in 2010: high-definition video. Every new DSLR introduced by the company this year has included it, and the new EOS 60D ($1099, body only) is no exception.
While the new camera has the same video capabilities [...]
Filed in: Canon, Latest Digital Camera
How-to: Photographing the Perseid Meteor Shower
Head for the country and point your camera toward the sky.
Image credit: Sam Wolfe
Every August, the night sky gets bombarded by the Perseid meteors, which are perfect for photographing (here’s a NASA video explaining the phenomenon). But, before you point your camera upward, here are a few simple tips to make sure you get the most out of your night of shooting.
Find the darkest spot available
If [...]
Filed in: Night Photography
Hama Katoomba Photo Backpacks
by: Zoltan Arva-Toth
Hama has announced a new range of “Katoomba” photo backpacks / sling bags. There are four models in the line-up,.ranging in price from €89 to €129. All of them feature a single shoulder strap and can be quickly pulled forward in front of your body using a handle. This means everything is ready at hand in an instant without having to take off the bag. The smallest [...]
Filed in: Camera Accessories
Newborn Photography Tips for Beginners
by Natalie Johnson
It can be exciting photographing a newborn so compose a list of shots you want to take before you pick up the camera. Grab these ‘safe shots’ first and once you have this selection in the bag, start to get creative with new angles and ideas.
The best lens to use when photographing any type of portrait is a fast 50/85mm prime lens. Operating at wide apertures (small [...]
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DIY Photography Project: How to Make Custom Bokeh Shapes
by Darren Rowse
One effect that many our readers experiment is creating custom Bokeh shapes. It’s a fun diy little project for a rainy day – this video tells you how to do it.
The video is by Lucas Ridley.
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LizardQ
By: Zoltan Arva-Toth
The LizardQ panoramic camera rig allows you to take 360°x180° HDR panoramic images quickly and effortlessly. Comprising a robotic camera mount, a precision aligned fish-eye lens, an on-board GPS receiver and an optional Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR camera, the LizardQ device can capture highly detailed panoramas in less than a minute. Processing of the source images [...]
Filed in: News & Reviews
Four Rules of Photographic Composition
By: Elizabeth Halford
Before I dove head first into the world of photography (there was no toe-in-the water transition period for me), I hadn’t ever considered or learned about composition. I thought it only had something to do with painting. If I was going to take pictures of real life, I didn’t imagine that I would be saying to the man running for the bus, “excuse me, could you please [...]
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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 16-35mm f/4G ED VR Review
By: Zoltan Arva-Toth
When the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 16-35mm f/4G ED VR lens was announced earlier this year, we hailed it as an important milestone for Nikon, for at least two reasons.
Firstly because it’s the company’s first professional AF zoom with a constant f/4 maximum aperture, putting aside the £4500+ AF-S 200-400mm f/4G IF-ED VR.
Secondly, it’s Nikon’s first pro-grade FX wide zoom [...]
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Testing the Goods: Vicon Revue, a Wearable Lifeblogging Camera
By: Victor Zapana
Vicon Revue Corinne Iozzio
Any sentimentalist knows why we carry cameras: to capture memories. And a memory captured is one you don’t need to remember yourself. That’s more or less the idea behind the new Vicon Revue. The device, which is based on a Microsoft Research project, is a three-ounce camera that automatically snaps away all day long, remembering events [...]
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Liveblogging Life With the Wearable Vicon Revue Camera
By: Corinne Iozzio
Vicon Revue Dimensions:2.8 x 2.6 x 0.7 in. Weight: 3.3 oz. Memory: 2 GB (30,000 images) Price: $730 (est.; import) More Info: viconrevue.com Satoshi; Digital Imaging: Eric Heintz
Put the Vicon Revue around your neck, and you’ll never have to remember anything again. It sees what you do and automatically records it all. A wide-angle fisheye lens gives the camera a [...]
Filed in: News & Reviews
How to Photograph a Hindu Wedding
By: Chenthil Mohan.
Shrouded by the plethora of ceremonies and rituals that mark an Indian Wedding, the work of a Wedding photographer becomes much more challenging and unpredictable. The diversity in customs and conventions from one wedding to another paves way for a need to get acquainted with commonalities of Indian Weddings, so as to not miss the crucial events.
How different is an Indian [...]
Filed in: Photography Tips, Wedding Photography
Sony 24mm F2, 35mm F1.8 and 85mm F2.8 Lenses
By: Mark Goldstein
Sony has introduced three new Alpha A-Mount lenses – the Distagon T* 24mm F2, DT 35mm F1.8 and 85mm F2.8 SAM. The Distagon T* 24mm F2 ZA SSM (SAL24F20Z) is a wide-angle lens for full-frame cameras, or offers a focal range of 36mm on APS-C bodies. The DT 35mm F1.8 SAM (SAL35F18) and the 85mm F2.8 SAM (SAL85F28) are new affordable ‘Easy Choice’ lenses, with the 85mm [...]
Filed in: Camera Accessories, Sony
Five Photo Ideas for Shooting Close to Home
By: Wayne Turner from http://www.21steps2perfectphotos.com
1. In the Kitchen
Don’t laugh or discard this idea before trying it. I was standing in front of the sink the other day and realised a great photo opportunity was staring me in the face. There in two large jars was a variety of kitchen utensils just waiting to have their photo taken. Full of holes, texture, pattern and all shiny and bright [...]
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Sinar p-slr
By: Zoltan Arva-Toth
The Sinar p-slr adapter lets DSLR users attach their camera bodies to Sinar view cameras, and use them as digital backs. This allows superior perspective control, selective focus and focal plane tilting and gives DSLR users an opportunity to use high-resolution digital Rodenstock lenses. The Sinar p-slr can be used with all Canon and Nikon single lens reflex cameras currently [...]
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Panasonic prepping 3D lens for Lumix G-series cameras
by:Permalink
While the war over the long-term viability of 3D technology rages on in electronics stores and website comment sections, Panasonic seems to be determined to lead the charge of three-dimensional entertainment. Part of that strategy, which we will see by the end of 2010, includes a 3D lens designed for use with the Lumix G series. The announcement comes as a companion piece for the [...]
Filed in: Panasonic
Prevent dSLR Camera Shake With These 3 Techniques
by: Jeff Bartlett.
Let’s face the facts; lugging a tripod isn’t always a fun way to take pictures. Ignoring the obvious complaints, which include their size and weight, tripods are actually becoming banned in a number great shooting locations. Unfortunately, hand holding a camera in low light can be extremely difficult and many honest attempts result in soft images.
Thankfully, any of these [...]
Filed in: Photo Editing Tools & Techniques, Photography Tips
What makes a photographer a ‘professional’?
By: Elizabeth Halford
I get emails regularly from people asking the same question. What makes you a ‘professional’ photographer and how can I be one? Although the definition of being a professional anything is pretty straightforward, for the one searching for where they fit into the photography world, it can actually feel a pretty abstract concept. As I can see from those many emails, there [...]
Filed in: Photography Tips
Litepanels MicroPro Hybrid
By: Zoltan Arva-Toth
Litepanels has introduced the MicroPro Hybrid, billed as the first professional LED light to combine continuous output and a “Flash” feature in a single fixture. The Hybrid’s “Continuous Mode” provides luminous, wrap-around soft output that beautifully complements any motion-enabled DSLR camera’s video capability. The “Flash” feature produces a 400% brighter burst, [...]
Filed in: Canon, News & Reviews
Samsung ST600 and ST100
By: Mark Goldstein
The Samsung ST600 and ST100 are two new 14.2 megapixel DualView compact cameras. Featuring Samsung’s revolutionary dual LCD technology, the ST600 and ST100 are the new flagship models of the Samsung DualView camera family. Both models feature a larger 1.8” front LCD screen, Smart Auto (Still & Movie) scene recognition technology and Smart Gesture User Interface. The Samsung [...]
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What is the Bokeh effect in the Photography?
By: Amy Renfrey
If you are new to photography you have probably only recently learned about the concept known as “bokeh”. It is Japanese in origin and refers to blur or a blurry quality, and in photography it is a very recognizable technique.
Let’s first understand the fundamental differences between soft focus and bokeh. In soft focus photography there is an intentional blurriness added to the [...]
Filed in: Photo Editing Tools & Techniques
Whiten Teeth In A Few Easy Steps
You can whiten teeth on almost any subject in your photos and it will be an improvement (unless they just completed a 14-day regimen with whitening strips). I think the trick is to not go too far or it looks unnatural.
Photoshop Elements makes it easy to do and you can control exactly how much whitening to apply as you get feedback on your monitor..
Carl has good dental hygiene habits and as you can [...]
Filed in: Photo Editing Tools & Techniques
Applying the Rule of Thirds in Your Photography
by Frank Lucer
New photographers are taught the ‘rule of thirds’ as one of the first guidelines toward making exciting pictures. This is a technique in which a hypothetical grid (similar to a noughts and crosses board) is utilized to frame subjects. The grid separates an image into nine equal portions with four junction points and four lines.
These points of intersection – and the lines which [...]
Filed in: Photography Tips
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