I’ve been waiting for Panasonic to make something very specific. And more than anyone else, I think they were in the best position to do so. I’m talking about another rangefinder-style camera. The ones they did were incredible. But more specifically, with them being a part of the L-Mount alliance for such a long time, I’m really waiting for a rangefinder-style camera body with autofocus and all. But I don’t necessarily want one like the Sony a7c series. Instead, I’d like something bigger and more proper rangefinder-style.
The other day, I read an article declaring that someone had passed away. It started by saying, “We regret to say that…” So, I’m not starting this article saying that. Instead, I’ll say something more important: It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of a great photographer. A body of work was discovered that wasn’t given the attention it deserved because of a culture that values gamification of content over art. Like Vivian Maier, the work of this photographer is important yet remained undiscovered for many years. The photographer we’re speaking about is someone that you most likely know.
English vernacular calls it a deer-in-headlights. It’s a term sometimes given to the look a person has when they’re plagued by anxiety, shock or fear. That’s what you’d get if you point a camera at someone unknowingly. But photographer Ellen von Unwerth doesn’t do that. She’s turning 70 this year, and in 1989, her photographic work started to bear fruit. Where Annie Leibovitz doesn’t believe in making a subject feel at ease, Ellen channels the person’s calm and excitement into photos that have a deer-in-headlights look. It’s a dichotomy that no one else has done quite like her — and is currently being celebrated at the Staley-Wise Gallery.
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The Leica M mount is the most adaptable of any of them around. And you’ll really like this one! This month, the Phoblographer is giving away a beautiful 7Artisans 50mm f1.1 lens in Leica M-mount to one lucky subscriber. It’s overall in pretty great condition and brings with it the patina and aging that makes …
Let’s be very honest here: Fujifilm’s best image quality comes from the Fujifilm GFX lineup. That goes for their lenses, their cameras, their sensors, etc. Medium format’s major different isn’t necessarily in how the aperture and depth of field works. But instead, it’s more about the way that it renders light completely different. Right now, …
Today, Lensrentals is officially announcing their purchase of BorrowLenses — making them the biggest platform for rentals for photographers. BorrowLenses, which was bought by Shutter Fly around a decade ago, is now experiencing its second buyout. This time around, select assets and the brand are being absorbed into Lensrentals, meaning that their website and all will eventually just redirect over to them. If you don’t rent gear often, then that specific part of the news might not interest you. Instead, there’s a far more intriguing part.
“It looks like I was photoshopped in,” said my buddy Alex told me when looking at the images shot by the SL3. The thing is though that the images were still on the camera and hadn’t even been brought into post-production. The Leica SL3 is a camera that has a lot of what I’ve been waiting for. If you’re a high megapixel shooter who wants good autofocus and reliablity, then it’s here. If you want solid low light autofocus on people of color, then this is the camera to consider. And if you want a camera that’s for photographers first, then you really want to pay attention to this.
Today, Polaroid is announcing their new collab with Basquiat. This yields us a new i2 camera, type-i color film, and a new camera strap all uniquely illustrated with 10 different frames of Basquiat’s distinctive artwork, according to the press communcations. It’s also an ode to their past and the artists who loved them: like Keith Haring and David Bowie. This is obviously an ode to Jean-Michel Basquiat. Like most collabs, there isn’t anything different about the insides of the camera or how it operates. Instead, it’s just a new skin.
If you look at the current state of media, you’ll realize that print didn’t die. It hibernated and bided its time like Canon watching a camera market and stepping in at the last minute with something like the Canon EOS R. It seems this isn’t just a fad. In fact, there’s a lot of credible data that says that the global camera market is going to slow its growth. And while that happens, the print will become much more important than it already is.