There’s a brand new entry into the weather sealed camera world today in the form of the Sony RX0–the company is finally listening to the public and putting a large sensor into a weather sealed body. The new camera, which is being announced today at IFA, seems to be a bit like a GoPro but also seems to be tackling larger premium point and shoot offerings. Besides weather sealing, the camera is waterproof, shockproof and creshproof. At the heart of it is a 1 inch 15.3MP Exmor CMOS image sensor with a 24mm f4 Zeiss lens. The camera can shoot at up to 1/32,000 and 16fps.
To understand the Olympus OMD E-M10 Mk III, you should first sort of understand how mirrorless cameras and their role in consumer based photography has evolved. You see, for years mirrorless cameras were really just valued amongst those that wanted DSLR quality in a smaller package. And then they evolved to become more serious–but at the same time they’ve sort of been made simpler to go after that very large consumer based market. With the Olympus OMD E-M10 Mk III, you pretty much have the equivalent of what you’d liken to a Canon Rebel; something that is really meant to be very consumer oriented and still allows a photographer room to grow without NEEDING to upgrade. Indeed, the Olympus OMD E-M10 Mk III is bound to deliver image quality comparable to many other options out there. It shares the same sensor as many of the company’s other cameras; but the big thing is the interface and the looks.
On a more technical note, cyanotype is a UV light-sensitive photographic process, which means you’ll have to do your exposures in full sunlight or with the help of a UV light box. You also need to prepare your materials in a darkroom or a dimly lit room. Making the exposure is actually as simple as putting an object over a taking medium coated with the UV-sensitive cyanotype chemicals. How long you should expose it depends on the intensity of the sunlight you’re working with.
When you think about instant film cameras, folks often say Polaroids, Instax, etc. But the truth is that not a whole lot of people truthfully know the difference between all the various options from manufacturers. Why? There unfortunately isn’t a whole lot of it coming from the mainstream press. Many people just don’t understand Instant film–for years folks used it for fun and just to see what the images would look like when they got back to shooting their negative films.
Gitzo is a name that may not be a well-known now by newer photographers with such a saturated accessory market. But for the old timers, this is a brand that holds prestige and commands respect. Many companies can come and go in an industry over the course of 100 years, few if any, last that long. Gitzo has managed to hit that mark, and for their centennial celebration, the company is launching their Century Camera Bag Collection.
If you have ever used a Fujifilm camera over the last several years, you will know how integral the d-pad has been to the control layout of the camera. Not only was this how you would navigate the menus, but this was also a whole array of function buttons that you could set in the menu. Which makes the revelation in some recent reports that the upcoming Fujifilm X-E3 will not have a d-pad at all.
Fujifilm may be getting ready to launch their X-E3 at some point later this fall, but that aside, the X-E2s is the most recent X-Series camera to feature that killer 16MP X-Trans II sensor. Right now the X-E2s is available for a stupid good deal at just under $500. This may not have been our favorite X-Trans II based camera at its original pricing, but for under $500, this is a hell of a lot of camera you are getting for less than a Canon EOS-M kit… yeah, and this would blow those out of the water.
One of the reasons why you use telephoto lenses in landscape photography not only has to do with capturing an entire scene, but also being more artistic about the format in one way or another. What some of the more advanced landscape photographers do beyond looking for layers of sky and land is look for shapes in a scene to focus in on and play with. So how do you do this?
While it’s now frowned upon to just dive headfirst into “documenting” stories of homeless people, it can still be puzzling to some as to what exactly makes it distasteful. Former homeless photographer Robert Shults has recently shared his perspectives about this matter in an insightful interview with Photo District News (PDN). Despite its popularity and relevance, street photography has seen its own share of controversies, particularly when it comes to the ethics of photographing people without their consent. The rules against it aren’t definite, but the common stance is that anyone out in the streets is fair game, and it’s the photographer’s goal to not get caught. This becomes extra tricky when you put homeless people into the picture, so to speak.
Yes, we obviously know that lots of photographers everywhere across the country and the world shoot film. But arguably, some of the most film development labs per capita are in NYC. So if you’re in the tri-state area or want a lab that will develop your film, check out these offerings.