Last night, we were out with Olympus at Chelsea Piers in NYC getting some personal hands on time with the new Olympus OMD EM1 Mk II. We got to play with it in Iceland, and at Photokina, and last night we got to do something really crazy with the camera. Olympus claims up to 6.5 stops of image stabilization. So last night, we put that to the test and were quite surprised.
If you had happened to have sign up for emails from B&H regarding the new Fujifilm Instax Monochrome film then you likely got a disturbing email from the retailer earlier this week. According to one user (Thanks, Da Ping!) who forwarded us the email, B&H notified potential customers that the Instax Monochrome Black and White has been discontinued.
Lens flare is one of those things that many photographers are told to avoid, or that is ‘bad’ when they are first getting started. But as many great photographers can attest to, knowing how to use a flare can really add some great interest to your work and take your imagery to another level (when used correctly and sparingly).
“It’s about pushing away distractions and peeling away the noise so that I can share that moment through an image.”
The Pentax K-1 is probably the greatest thing to happen to many Pentax users in a while; and when you consider some fantastic lenses like the company’s Pentax 15-30mm f2.8, you start to see more and more how someone could almost want to switch systems. The Pentax 15-30mm f2.8 is a weather sealed beast of a lens that works very well with the Pentax K-1 and is designed for landscape, architecture and Real Estate photographers. But it’s also a generally great walkaround lens if you’re the type that enjoys shooting wide. Like all wides, it can also be used to deliver a very unique perspective when shooting portraits.
If you were to tell me years ago that Leica was going to launch an instant film camera, I would’ve laughed pretty hard. But as Instax started to become more and more serious (and expensive) it started to make more sense. And so, we have the Leica Sofort–Leica’s first entry into the Instax film market. Shooting the same Instax Mini film that is so popular amongst many photographers, the Sofort is a colorful, cute looking addition to the assortment of cameras that are already out there. Sure, it’s pricy. But it’s also probably one of the more stylish cameras out there.
Ok, so Apple pissed a lot of people off with their announcement of the 2016 Macbook Pro, be it the lack of a touch screen, the new keyboard, no SD card slot, or any non-thunderbolt3 ports. So it stands to reason that many of you are possibly taking another look at Windows based machines. Windows 10 has been getting raves reviews and Microsoft has really been stepping up their game overall, so today we have a listing for you of some killer 2016 Macbook Pro alternatives over in PC land.
One thing is clear for those who have bought or are looking to buy the new 2016 Macbook Pro, adapters and hubs are going to be your new best friend – at least until manufacturers catch up and start releasing more USC-C/Thunderbolt-3 compatible products. One such hub that will likely be most interesting to potential Macbook Pro owners is the newly announced HyperDrive USB-C Hub.
One of the biggest points that photographers noticed regarding the latest line of Macbook Pro’s that Apple announced last week was the exclusion of an SD card slot. For most people this is a negative because it means no easily expandable storage for the Macbook Pro, but for Photographers, this is incredibly irritating because it means more fuss to get images from your camera to your computer.
In photography, lighting is crucial to either make or break the shot. Life Lite is a new Kickstarter Project that aims to create a portable sized LED light that can be wirelessly controlled by a smartphone via a Bluetooth enabled App.