If you know anything about photography from before the digital age, then chances are that you have seen or at least heard of Yashica. The legendary camera brand has not been around for some time, but if a recent tease and website launch is any indication – that will soon be changing.
All images by Maximilian Motel. Used with Creative Commons Permission. Photo manipulations and composites can be sensitive topics for some photographers, yet it’s a common method used by many to realize their creative vision. Once in a while, we also come across projects of this nature that are simply praiseworthy works of art. The Traveller, a …
If you’re a film photographer or an avid collector of decades-old photography gear, chances are, you’ve run into some or heard about radioactive lenses. Or, you could be actively shooting with them right now and are completely unaware of it. Puzzled? Afraid? Curious? Let’s get to the truth of the matter.
When you work with a film like Kodak Portra 160, you get a pretty fine detailed film designed to be used more or less with controlled lighting. Though interestingly enough, I’ve personally had much better results working with many other films using controlled lighting and instead found that this film is one of the best to be used with natural light. Designed for skin tones in portraiture, Kodak Portra 160 has a very muted color palette but not as pastel as Fujifilm’s Pro 160 NS–its closest competitor which is now discontinued. Like many other films, it is available in both 120 and 35mm. But if you’re reading this website, then you’re probably only using it in 120.
Running out of ideas for shooting portraits? Sometimes, all you need is a prop that you can use as a major part of your portrait’s story. If you’ve been working in the studio for a while, you might want to bring your session outdoors to give your photos a scenic or even moody look. Case in point is the lovely session by Irene Rudnyk where she took portraits in natural light outdoors with her model holding a cello.
Analog is in and everything that was old in new again! Today, in celebration of the 80th anniversary of Polaroid, the Impossible Project launched a new brand called Polaroid Originals that includes a new camera and film flavor .
The BenQ SW320 PRO is one of the monitors on the market currently drooled over and dreamt about by many a photographer. It offers a whole lot for photographers who need to edit often in addition to printing, managing tasks like email, blogging, etc, and for general designing needs. If you aren’t aware of why this 32 inch monitor that has a whole lot of resolution can do such a great job, then consider the fact that BenQ claims that it can cover over 99% of the Adobe RGB spectrum. Then add in facts like its ease of calibration with tools like those from Datacolor, the ability to switch between AdobeRGB, sRGB and Black and white, and an SD card reader built right in alongside 3 USB ports and an HDMI out cable.
We’re currently on a press trip with Nikon trying out the new Nikon D850 in Bend, Oregon–and during the trip we did something with a flash that would probably make most photographers cringe. The image above shows off the Nikon SB5000 flash. Now, if you look at most flashes out there, what seems to be dominating the scenes are those cheap Chinese flashes from Yongnuo, Godox, etc. So with that mentality present, if something like what happened to this Nikon SB5000 flash happened to one of those, you’d probably just replace it. But you see, Nikon’s flash is significantly more expensive–but it easily survived being ground into the dirt and mud.
If film is your chosen medium and flash photography is something you’re yet to try, we have something that may be of interest to you. Sure, you could be shooting with your camera’s built-in flash. But it’s worth watching what it’s like to shoot film with an impressive-looking handle mount flash. George Muncey of UK-based film photography website Negative Feedback gives us a demonstration of shooting his favorite flash, the Metz 45-CL4 Flash.
We have been following reports for months now that Nikon is at work on a full frame mirrorless system to take on Sony in the full frame mirrorless segment. These reports have been based, at least in part, on Nikon confirmations of a ‘pro’ mirrorless system that they have in development. However, to this point, no official confirmation has been made in regards to the system being full frame or not. But we have been given yet another clue pointing to a full frame mirrorless system.