Author: Udi Tirosh

Sony’s New RX1R II Is A 42.4MP Full Frame Camera With World’S First Optical Variable Low-Pass Filter

Udi Tirosh

Sony just keeps on disturbing the camera market. today they announced their new RX1R II camera (pre order link). It is a small, palm-sized, camera packing a full frame sensor capturing 42.4-megapixel and the world’s first optical variable low-pass filter which can be turned on or off from the camera menu. The RX1R II boasts a 42.4-megapixel back-illuminated 35 […]

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500Px In Hot Water For Creating A Chinese Sister Site

Udi Tirosh

Users of the (recently rebranded) photo sharing site 500px, are gathering to protest that Chinese now have access to all of their photos on 500px in seems to be a 500px sister site. 500px user Anne Sorbes came out with an angry post titled “Publication without authorisation” to the community forums stating that she is extremely unhappy […]

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This Research Shows The Top 100 Photographers On The Web. US Humans Of NY Wins Big Time

Udi Tirosh

Here are some interesting statistics. This survey checks for the reach of photographers on the web. It does so, by looking at each photographer’s Web Popularity Index (WPI). This index mixes the three key factors of the social web: reach, interaction with users, and external references. To do so WPI analyzes “fans, followers and subscribers on Facebook, Instagram, […]

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Test Shown Lightroom Import Screen Is X6 Slower Than The Next Slowest Alternative

Udi Tirosh

Do you like Lightroom’s new import screen? That’s what I thought. It turns out that in addition to the import being over simplified for some and too complicated for others, it is the slowest (by far) from the competing photo management applications out there. How much slower? Jim Harmer of improve photography took Lightroom for a spin […]

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How To Create The Cosmos in 8K with Practical Effects And A Canon 5DS

Udi Tirosh

If you see any visualization of the cosmos nowadays it is probably one of two: either computer generated effect or a stack of images from NASA public archive. Shanks FX took a different approach and created a bigger-than-8K cosmos creation sequence with practical effects, which is movie lingo for in-camera. I absolutely love the idea of creating […]

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‘Removed’ Photo Series Shows How We Actually Look When We Obsess With Smartphone

Udi Tirosh

Have you ever considered how weird we look when we constantly stare at our smartphones (see, I did not say iPhone here) even at the most intimate of situations? Photographer Eric Pickersgill did, and the result is a strong series – Removed – showing how the connection between us and the world comes at the […]

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‘Removed’ Photo Series Shows How We Actually Look When We Obsess With Smartphone

Udi Tirosh

Have you ever considered how weird we look when we constantly stare at our smartphones (see, I did not say iPhone here) even at the most intimate of situations? Photographer Eric Pickersgill did, and the result is a strong series – Removed – showing how the connection between us and the world comes at the […]

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Canon Announces (un)New PowerShot G5 X, G9 X and Mirrorless EOS M10

Udi Tirosh

While the rumor mill on Canon’s new flagship is starting engines, the older lines are getting an upgrade. Canon announced today their new PowerShot G5 X, PowerShot G9 X and a new Mirrorles EOS M10 (preorder links). Just before hitting the specs and the announcement info, I have one thing to say: Canon, Get your mirrorless […]

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5 Clever Microphone Mounts For Shooting Video

Udi Tirosh

Well, there are the trivial ways for mounting a microphone when shooting with DSLR (or with any camera actually), some sometimes, the traditional ways are just not compact enough, or versatile enough or quick enough. And this is where this quick video from DSLR Video Shooter comes handy. Add to this Rode VideoMic Pro or VideoMic GO and […]

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