Archive for February, 2010
The Beginner’s Guide to Photojournalism
Photojournalism is the process of documenting the happenings of life on camera through photography. These days, it tends to extend into videography but the main elements of the practice still hold their roots in still image capture. Photojournalism can still be a tough job as far as getting work and images that are different than other photojournalists but that is still a story that would hold an audience captive.
RAW Photo Capabilities Come to Cellphones Via OmniVision
Just when cameras like the S90 and others were making a strive forward, OmniVision has announced today at Mobile World Congress the introduction of a 1/4 inch 5MP sensor that will shoot RAW photos and will be available for cell phones. The sensor is also complete with backside illumination. If that wasn’t enough, it can also shoot 1080p HD video at 30p and 720p at 60p. Let’s also keep in mind that this is a much smaller sensor.
Showing ultimate megapixel restraint, it will allow photographers and users that always have a phone in their pocket to take better pictures and have more flexibility in the editing process. Next to the new sensor in the photo above is a Micro Four Thirds sensor.
While technology like this is great news, let’s keep in mind that most of America also doesn’t know that much about photography so something like this may hopefully encourage them to do more with their photos. It will also boost citizen journalism. Hopefully photo editing apps will be able to keep up, like those on Android. Let’s also keep in mind that processors need to keep up as well. More is available on the press release and technical specs are after the jump.
Tablets For Photographers: The Round Up
Throughout all of last week I have discussed The HP Slate, The JooJoo, The Dell Mini 5, Archos 9, and The Apple iPad as to find out which tablet would serve a photographer best. Now all these tablets have a usefulness to them, none of them is without any worth, however from a photographer’s point of view some of them do not stand up to what we need from a Tablet PC. Here are my final thoughts. Read the rest of this entry »
Recommended Lenses for DSLR Videography
I’ve written a bit about DSLR Videography here, and with the rumors of the new Noktor lens (50mm F0.95) for Micro Four Thirds coming, it may be of interest to you which lenses to get for shooting video with DSLRs. Here’s a couple to consider.
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The Beginner's Guide to Photography Terminology
So you want to get into photography? Great! There are a couple of terms that everyone really needs to learn first before they get into this and beforehand. They are the most basic of terminology that is essential to photography. I will be using these terms throughout my pieces and this is a good reference guide for students that are taking a photography class as well.
Micro Four Thirds Noktor Lens Rumored to Be From Senko
I reported earlier on the Noktor Micro Four Thirds lens that is blowing my mind, but now we’ve got rumored evidence that it may be from Senko. However, I found this image on a forum page and it also seems similar to the images found in my Google Translation made earlier in the previous posting. What it means is that this Noktor Lens may actually be from Senko. Senko is a company that makes CCTV products and so this lens may really be targeted towards people looking to do video work with Micro Four Thirds cameras. That will mean that the Panasonic GH-1 will be able to fully step up to the legendary status that their camcorders established.
Please keep in mind that this is a rumor and nothing has been confirmed yet.
