Amidst the deluge of camera announcements at CES comes photo news of a different sort. Adobe has made public a beta of Lightroom 4, the next version of its photo cataloging and processing suite. At first look, almost nothing has changed, but dig deeper an
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/01/adobe-releases-lightroom-4-beta/all/1
At first look, almost nothing has changed, but dig deeper and v4.0 might be the biggest upgrade yet.
Fuji has followed up with the very desirable X-Pro1, the first in what is likely to be a series of interchangeable lens rangefinder-style large sensor cameras. Here are the main points about the X-Pro1
British Journal of Photography
Eleven photographers have been selected as the winners of this year Masters Award with Jon Lowenstein and Christian Tagliavini respectively receiving the top honours in the editorial and fine art categories
“It was the era after the Bronx was burning, and how the city responded to that in an effort to make a dent,” said Larry Racioppo, who retired last September. “We had to be able to photograph what was really there, and not to sugarcoat anything. The commissioners never told me to hide anything. If there were bad conditions, they wanted to be able to change that. If conditions were horrible, they could get resources allocated. So my photographs were a wonderful tool.”
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.” -Alb
via LENSCRATCH: http://www.lenscratch.com/2012/01/caleb-charland.html
It’s hard to ignore an image like the one above, and it’s hard to ignore someone who is really enjoying the art and science of our craft. From the home page on his website, it’s obvious that Caleb Charland is a unique and exciting visual force
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Boris Savelev’s images belie the story of an artist seeking to overcome the gap between the image’s original emotive quality, and its representation on the printed surface. Through a process he’s honed slowly since beginning his career in photography decades ago, the complete control over the images is worth the effort, both for the viewer and the artist.
“I do not regret the time spent in search of new technology, or studying early methods and solutions, opening up for myself something personal,” Savelev says. “For me, the final goal is the print.”
Called the PowerShot G1 X, it combines a Canon-developed 14.20 million image pixel CMOS image sensor, one that’s almost as large as the company’s 1.6X crop factor digital SLRs, with the general styling and features of the company’s current PowerShot flagship, the G12. The G1 X is expected to deliver similar image quality and depth of field characteristics as a camera like the 60D, but in a smaller, lighter package that’s meant to operate more like a top-end point-and-shoot than a digital SLR
Yesterday I had a chance to get a hands-on with a pre-production Nikon D4 at the company’s UK headquarters. James Banfield of Nikon UK demonstrates the video functions in the video below.
I just received an answer to my question from two days ago – soon you will able to use your Leica M lenses on the upcoming Fuji X-Pro 1 mirrorless camera. Fuji will announce their own M-mount adapter for the X-Pro 1. The price of the X-Pro1 body is $1.699
The image above shows how the Nikon WT-5 wireless transmitter will look when installed on the Nikon D4 (see this video demonstration). Sony unveils XQD memory cards price and availability. You will need those for your D4. Some Nikon D4 samples at ISO 1280
via Nikon Rumors: http://nikonrumors.com/2012/01/06/additional-nikon-d4-coverage.aspx/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NikonRumors+%28NikonRumors.com%29
It’s always exciting to discover early work of an accomplished and established artist. Three decades after they were made, Joel Sternfeld’s earliest …
via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2012/01/joel-sternfelds-first-pictures.html?currentPage=all
Three decades after they were made, Joel Sternfeld’s earliest photographs have now been published as “First Pictures,” a selection of which are débuting today at Luhring Augustine Gallery. Taken between 1971 and 1980, the photographs document the travels of a young artist from busy streets to barefoot beaches, with inklings of Sternfeld’s now celebrated dark sense of humor, formalist experiments in color theory, and narrative tableaus
Eve Arnold, the first woman to become a full member of Magnum Photos, died on Wednesday. She was 99.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/parting-glance-eve-arnold/?pagewanted=all
She was the first woman to become a full member of the storied Magnum Photos cooperative — not quite a feminist, but someone who believed that women saw the world through a different lens. Petite but powerful, she will be remembered for her generous spirit and her compassionate eye.
In terms of video the D4 can shoot full 1080p or 720p at 29.97, 25 and 24.98 frames a second (fps). It can also shoot standard def 640×480 at 30 or 25 fps. Interestingly, according to Dpreview, it crops the output of the video in FX full frame mode to 91% of its sensor width (I’m not sure why Nikon have done this and I’m trying to find out). Rolling shutter and skew is said to be improved over previous Nikons.
Nikon has announced the D4, a new pro digital SLR that features a 16.16 million image pixel full-frame CMOS image sensor, 10fps top shooting rate (or 11fps with restrictions), a standard ISO range of 100-12,800 (and an extended range of 50-204,800), a revised 51-point AF system capable of autofocusing with f/8 lenses, all-new 91,000-pixel RGB ambient/flash metering sensor, twin memory card slots (CompactFlash and the emerging XQD format), EXPEED 3 image processing, 1080p video capture with audio monitoring and optional uncompressed video export through the HDMI port, built-in Ethernet, a new EN-EL18 battery, in-camera HDR and timelapse creation, all in a dust and weather sealed magnesium alloy body.
Nikon’s new flagship DSLR, the D4, has just gotten a pre-CES launch. The aging D3 has been losing its lunch to Canon for a while thanks to the rival company’s focus on video, so it’s hard to remember just how impressive the old D3 was when launched. The D
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/01/nikon-hits-another-home-run-with-the-video-shooting-d4/all/1
Nikon’s new flagship DSLR, the D4, has just gotten a pre-CES launch. The aging D3 has been losing its lunch to Canon for a while thanks to the rival company’s focus on video, so it’s hard to remember just how impressive the old D3 was when launched. The D4 is of course very video-centric, too, and the camera looks pretty amazing.
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If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.”—Eve Arnold
File names are hard.
Nailing down a coherent and consistent file naming strategy for my own library took some time. Let alone for my clients. And the thread goes way back. Back to before we even starting thinking about how to support folder structures and manipulate file names in Lightroom.
I think a lot of the reason why photographers have such a hard time with file names in general, goes all the way back to the innovation of “files and folders” in early desktop computer user interfaces. As much of an innovation as the graphical display of files and folders was, the one fatal flaw was that it reinforced a very distinct real-world behavior that eventually conspired to actually make finding a specific thing in the computer more difficult.
“Themes recur again and again in my work. I have been poor and I wanted to document poverty; I had lost a child and I was obsessed with birth; I was interested in politics and I wanted to know how it affected our lives; I am a woman and I wanted to know about women,” she wrote in her 1976 book, The Unretouched Woman.
Canon PowerShot G1X Canon U.S.A. is unveiling two PowerShot Elph-series point-and-shoot cameras and a new flagship Power-Shot G-series model. The G1X (shipping
via Canon Rumors: http://www.canonrumors.com/2012/01/canon-powershot-g1x-revealed/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+canonrumors%2Frss+%28Canon+Rumors%29
Canon U.S.A. is unveiling two PowerShot Elph-series point-and-shoot cameras and a new flagship Power-Shot G-series model. The G1X (shipping in February at a $799 suggested retail) will be positioned for advanced amateurs and professionals looking for a walk-around point-and-shoot model and offers a large 1.5-inch 14.3-mega-pixel CMOS image sensor and a 4x (28-112mm) optical zoom lens
