Donald Trump Learns A Lesson In Framing: Loses It With Photographer Shooting Lots Of Empty Chairs On His Speech

Donald Trump is many thing, but gentle-tempered is probably not one of them. On his Wednesday  speech in a South Carolina ballroom AP photographer Mic Smith took a photo of the ballroom looking half empty with all the back chairs being unoccupied. That photo was used by news outlets like the NYTimes and  businessinsider to suggest that Trump […]

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This is the impact Sony’s New Uncompressed Raw Firmware Will Have On Your Photos

About a week ago, Sony announced that the A7RII and the A7SII will gain the ability to record uncompressed 14-bit RAW still images. This is a change vs. the previous ability to record only compressed RAW files at 14 bits. DPreview did a thorough analysis on the difference between those two options and sure enough there are […]

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This is the impact Sony’s New Uncompressed Raw Firmware Will Have On Your Photos

About a week ago, Sony announced that the A7RII and the A7SII will gain the ability to record uncompressed 14-bit RAW still images. This is a change vs. the previous ability to record only compressed RAW files at 14 bits. DPreview did a thorough analysis on the difference between those two options and sure enough there are […]

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This Hack Claims to Add Internal 4K To The Sony A7S. We’re Skeptical

What if Sony’s camera has so much more power internally than what they expose? We have seen Canon cameras getting a performance boost via hacked custom firmware – Magic Lantern, so the idea is not unthinkable. Now, youtube user Nabil Fathi claims to have hacked the Sony A7S to record 4K internally, along with providing higher bitrate […]

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This 4K timelapse Is Covering The Entire North America, And its Amazing

I wish I could use EPIC in the title, but we have been getting some comments that the ‘E’ word is being overused. That said, this time lapse really is an amazing piece of work. Made by 3motion this timelapse took over 3 years to complete and in the course of it the team traveled over […]

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Your Android Lollipop Camera Has a bug That Can Bypass The Lock Screen

One of the nice features on Android phones is the ability to access the camera without having to go through the annoying process of unlocking the phone. While this feature is very comfortable, it opens a door to all kind of mischief. Especially if you have access to a friend`s phone. You can always take some […]

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Rokinon Adds a 50mm f/1.2 and a 21mm f/1.4 Lenses (for all but Nikon)

And so Rokinon’s Quest to dominate the prime market continues. The company released 2 news lenses today: a 50mm f/1.2 and 21mm f/1.4. This is not a surprised as rumors about the 50mm f/1.2 have been roaming the blogosphere for a while now, but the release date has been pulled in a few days (and no, they […]

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TimeSlice Combines 360° Bullet Time With Light Painting Photography

Ever since DSLRs became cheap enough we’ve been seeing our share of time slice (AKA Bullet Time) projects. And cheap gopros enable even less of an entrance barrier into the time slice world. But some projects are just pure fun and are worth sharing. DP Mitch Martinez uses an array of 48 Canon DSLR cameras to create […]

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GoPro Detaches From A Drone During Burning Man, Hits The Dance Floor, Joins The Party

On one hand we have the world just waiting for a good reason to shove more drone regulations down into DJI and 3DR thoughts (apologies for the other companies, you’ll get some regulations too). On the other hand, it seems that GoPro just wants to party. And what better way than to hit the dance […]

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