Film photographers, especially those who develop their own films at home, know all too well the struggles of digitizing their negatives without a film scanner. That’s why when Hamish Gill announced that he’s developing a tool he called pixl-latr, everyone who ever thought and tried creating digital versions of their film photos took to his Kickstarter campaign to support his project. If you haven’t yet, maybe you’d like to check this device out and see if it’s something you need for sharing your film photography.
Back in 2015 Aurora Aperture was launched on Kickstarter with their PowerXND 2000 ND filter, which featured an impressive 11 stops of ND coverage while maintaining excellent color accuracy and image quality. The campaign was a huge success for the company, which saw them blow through their funding goal by over 500%. Now, three years later, Aurora Aperture is back with a new version of their PowerXND system, the PowerXND Mark II.
Who doesn’t love to save some hard earned cash on the new toys and gear that we want to add to our kits? In this quick midweek Cheap Photo update we are featuring nine deals for you that we think you could take advantage of. Want more? Keep scrolling for even more savings.
When testing the Tamron 70-210mm f4 Di VC USD, I had a whole lot of hope. The company’s lenses have been stellar and they’ve been winning many awards. But when it came to working with this lens, things were just off. The quality of the optics is fantastic as always. But where I saw issues was with performance–not only on the Canon 6D Mk II but with a Sony a7r III and a Metabones adapter. It could do the job, but with varying success that other lenses of similar types and focal lengths could do. With that said though, the Tamron 70-210mm f4 Di VC USD isn’t at all a bad lens–it’s just one that I’d probably relegate just to studio work and sports with lots of bright light.
Heads up, Ansel Adams fans and landscape photographers! You might want to mark your calendars as early as now and plan ahead your next visit to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. An upcoming exhibit is set to bring together the landscape master’s most renowned work with those of his 19th century predecessors and over 20 contemporary artists who presently delve into the same subjects and themes.
There is a hope amongst many photographers out there: that one day a full frame Ricoh GR camera body might actually make it out into the world. It’s the dream of many a photographer, especially those in the street photography community. But otherwise, it would also just be nice for those who travel and want a compact camera with solid image quality to tote around. This lust comes partially from just how good their film point and shoot cameras still are even today. They still sell for a lot of money online and even though their last Ricoh GR II was a solid camera, it’s time to upgrade to something even better.
It seems like we can’t go more than a couple of weeks lately without some new E Mount lens being announced or newly available. This time the lens in the question is from the team over at Cosina Japan, who have launched their latest Sony E- Mount compatible Voigtlander branded lens, the new Macro Apo-Lanthar 110mm F2.5 FE. This is a manual focus only lens, so that may curb some of your enthusiasm, however, the Voigtlander brand has long been known for their superb quality, so if you can get over being limited to manual focus, this looks to be an interesting release for Sony shooters.
Last time we were in touch with performer, filmmaker, and underwater “artivist” Christine Ren, we had an insightful discussion about her then project about ghost fishing titled Silent Killers. Now, she’s back with a new website and another evocative project centered on marine conservation. This time, she zeroes in on climate change’s lesser known evil twin: ocean acidification.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, here’s a book that tells not one, but three fascinating stories, Titled Night of the Hunted, the photobook is comprised of three southern gothic stories set in 1960s America. If you’re a fan of conceptual photography projects with a clear and compelling narrative, you can grab this photobook and show your support on Kickstarter.
Feel like trying out a new creative effect to spice up your work? We’ve found just the right stuff for you. If you’ve always wanted to try creative lens flare effects, looks like you’ll have lots of fun with Flarestick. With this set of professional lens flare crystals, you won’t have to spend time adding flares in post — you can just get the popular dreamy effect in-camera!