Category: Asides
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California Treasure Hunt – Opinionator
It is nice to see someone break all the newspaper multimedia rules. Is it great? I don’t know, but I watched it… Alec Soth rents a metal detector in the California Treasure Hunt
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Mamiya slashes medium format prices – British Journal of Photography
medium format camera maker Mamiya is now offering, worldwide, three of its models at “DSLR prices,” the firm claims
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Financial genius: US record industry turns $16M in legal spending into $391K cash – Boing Boing
Financial genius: US record industry turns $16M in legal spending into $391K cash The title of this Recording Industry vs The People post says it all, really: “Ha ha ha ha ha. RIAA paid its lawyers more than $16,000,000 in 2008 to recover only $391,000!!!”: If the av… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/13/financial-genius-us.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 I’m excited to…
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Nikon's President comments on the upcoming mirrorless camera again | Nikon Rumors
Nikon’s President comments on the upcoming mirrorless camera again – Nikon Rumors In an interview with Pen News Weekly, Nikon’s president Makoto Kimura made few more comments on the upcoming mirrorless camera from Nikon (see the previous interview, where he dropped the bomb about an upcoming Nikon mirrorless concept): Nikon plans to re via Nikon…
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Coast Guard Lifts Boom Ban; Announces New Media Procedures
Coast Guard Lifts Boom Ban; Announces New Media Procedures
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Update: Trespassing charge against Ethan Welty dropped | dvafoto
Update: Trespassing charge against Ethan Welty dropped | dvafoto
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U.S. denies visa to Colombian journalist Hollman Morris, citing Patriot Act
U.S. denies visa to Colombian journalist Hollman Morris, citing Patriot Act Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/09/AR2010070905438.html?wprss=rss_world Al-Shabab, a hard-line Islamic militia that is waging a campaign of terror across Somalia, has banned playing soccer in many areas it controls. The al-Qaeda linked militia, along with Hezb-i-Islam, a rival extremist group, prohibited broadcasts of the World Cup, describing the…
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Canadian photojournalist assaulted and arrested for taking photos
Maven Coalition of Mavens – Find your maven via Maven: http://carlosmiller.com/2010/07/10/canadian-photojournalist-assaulted-and-arrested-for-taking-photos/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotographyIsNotACrime+%28Photography+is+Not+a+Crime%29 Al-Shabab, a hard-line Islamic militia that is waging a campaign of terror across Somalia, has banned playing soccer in many areas it controls. The al-Qaeda linked militia, along with Hezb-i-Islam, a rival extremist group, prohibited broadcasts of the World Cup, describing the sport as…
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Official release of Photo Mechanic 4.6.5 now available
Official release of Photo Mechanic 4.6.5 now available
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Time Moves to Limit Free Content Online – NYTimes.com
Time Moves to Limit Free Content Online In a move meant to drive readers to newsstands and its iPad applications, Time is replacing most of its content online with abridged articles and summaries. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/business/media/08time.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss In a speech to the House of Commons, the Home Secretary Theresa May has put an end to one of…
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Dave Black releases The Way I See It app for iPad
Dave Black releases The Way I See It app for iPad
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Canon updates firmware for EOS-1D Mark IV, Rebel T2i/550D
Canon updates firmware for EOS-1D Mark IV, Rebel T2i/550D
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Does Facebook's Copyright Policy Worry You? – The Photoletariat
Does Facebook’s Copyright Policy Worry You? – The Photoletariat
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LA Pays $1.7m to Fox Camera Operator – Discarted
LA Pays $1.7m to Fox Camera Operator Fox TV camera operator Patricia Ballaz has been awarded $1.7 million in damages stemming from the May Day 2007 Immigration Rights rally in Los Angeles where she was beaten by the LAPD. In her testi… Link: http://discarted.wordpress.com/2010/07/05/la-pays-1-7m-to-fox-camera-operator/ The contest, which ends at 1800 on 7 July, saw North…
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Software allows HP Z3200 series printers to create large format negatives
Rob Galbraith DPI: Software allows HP Z3200 series printers to create large format negatives
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Panasonic LX5 coming soon with m4/3 sensor? | Leica News & Rumors
Panasonic LX5 coming soon with m4/3 sensor? – Leica Rumors Rumors surfaced today of a new Panasonic point and shoot camera with m4/3 sensor, fixed 3x zoom Leica lens (starting from 24mm f/2.0 on the wide angle) and some kind of a built-in optical rangefinder with wide and tele markings. They also mentioned that L via…
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Four Lions: This is Spinal Tap for suicide bombers
Four Lions: This is Spinal Tap for suicide bombers Parenthood has seriously put a crimp in our moviegoing activities, but every now and again Alice and I get to go see something, and we always try to pick a good one. We scored big on Saturday night… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/05/four-lions-this-is-s.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 Ruth Fremson has seen…
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The Online Photographer: KGB'd!
KGB’d! So news photographers can’t alter images in any way, but new publications can? Shame on Emma Duncan, The Economist, and Reuters. The original picture was taken by Larry Downing of Reuters. The cover crop and alteration was the responsibility of… via The Online Photographer: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2010/07/kgbd.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2FZSjz+%28The+Online+Photographer%29 LUCEO will be documenting the decline of small town…
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Photographers get $15,000 grants from Getty Images – British Journal of Photography
British photographer Sam Faulkner and US photographer Annie Marie Musselman have won this year’s Getty Images’ Grants for Good, which comes with a $15,000 commission