If your in the market for lightweight Mirrorless cameras that will make the perfect travel companion, this round up is for you. When we travel the last thing we want to do is add a ton of weight to our travel bags, nor do we want to have weighty cameras hanging around our necks while exploring new places. The great thing about these lightweight Mirrorless cameras is that while they may be small in size, they pack a lot of power under the hood, in fact you can even get Full Frame cameras that fall into the compact category now. Join us after the break to take a look at five lightweight Mirrorless cameras that we’d take along with us on our travels.
Leica fans, and those who want to become Leica users listen up, we have some exciting news for you. Leica Camera have just announced that a new M series camera will be joining the ranks this July; The Leica M-E (Typ 240). This new camera is being billed as the perfect entry point into the Leica system, and it will offer some great specs. Join us after the break for more information about this new member of the Leica M family.
Twin Lens Reflex cameras continue to enjoy the interest and fascination of today’s film photographers for their unique handling and features, as well as evoking vintage nostalgia. However, these very characteristics also seem to be perplexing for a good number of people that the first question that pops in has always been, “How do you shoot with this thing?”
If you have ever wondered why some of the lenses you buy cost an arm and a leg, an image we’re about to share with you will help you understand just a little bit more about why companies like Sony want top dollar for lenses like the Sony 70-200mm f2.8 OSS GM. A recent post over on Reddit shows the cross section of a this lens, and to say it’s tech smut is an understatement. If you like to see the inner workings of things like I do, then you’ll enjoy the image that we have for you after the break.
“Well, If I had a body like hers, I wouldn’t mind!” The client told the photographer who I was working for as his photo editor. We were photographing a law firm, creating new headshots as well as capturing full body images, and the lawyer in question who just came in for his session was disappointed to discover the latter aspect.
It’s been nearly two centuries since Louis Daguerre introduced his daguerreotypes, yet the allure of the early photographic process remains strong as ever. In fact, it intrigued an interdisciplinary team of scientists to conduct research on the unique characteristics of the images produced on silver plates, particularly how they can look slightly different depending on the viewing angle. They discovered that this curious optical effect is created by the presence of metallic nanoparticles — 19th century nanotechnology, as they decided to call it.
The Nikon D5 is a camera that can be seen in the hands of professional sports photographers, and photojournalists alike all around the globe. The heavy duty, workhorse of a camera quickly set a standard for what a pro body camera should be, but apart from Sony’s a9, there is really no other Mirrorless camera on the market that could be considered as a replacement for the Nikon D5, or the Canon 1Dx Mk II; all of that is about to change though as a Mirrorless Nikon D5 is in the works. Join us after the break for more information, and to see what features we would like to see in this potential Mirrorless beast of a camera.
In the not too distant past it was impossible to find Full Frame cameras for what could be considered affordable prices, but oh how times have changed. We are living in a world where photographers can now get their hands on Full Frame Mirrorless cameras for just over $1,000, and while that’s not ‘cheap’ it’s a heck of a lot less than they used to be. A recent report now states that Nikon may be joining the affordable Full Frame Mirrorless camera club too with an offering that may cost just $900. Join us after the break for more info, and to see what we would like to see in such a camera.
Heads up, FileShadow users! The company has recently announced the addition of custom tagging capabilities to the service, through which you can now organize the files and photos stored in your cloud vaults through custom search tags. That means iCloud, Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe’s Lightroom solutions, Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and OneDrive for Business. As long as you link those accounts to FileShadow, it will use machine learning to automatically generate a few tags. It also allows editing of the tags added by FileShadow’s machine learning algorithms to make your searches faster, fine-tuned, and more accurate.
Regardless of whether you shoot film, digital, or both, we’re betting that it’s every photographer’s dream to unearth a Leica camera from their parents or grandparents’ attic. So when content creator and vlogger Sara Dietschy got LOADS of Leica cameras and accessories from her grandfather, she absolutely had to do an unboxing video. So yes, brace yourself and grab something to wipe your drool with. We think you’ll need it.