Blackmagic Unveils B4 Lens Mount for URSA Mini

Blackmagic Design has unveiled a B4 lens mount for its URSA Mini PL camera. The B4 mount replaces the PL mount on the URSA Mini PL. It requires users to take the PL lens mount off where it is normally removed for shimming PL lenses and bolt the B4 lens mount into place. The B4 […]

Sex offenders in Switzerland will have their pixelated photos published… And then unpixelated…

Swiss police came up with a new, and highly controversial, plan to get suspects to turn themselves in. According to Ha’aretz newspaper, the police will release a pixelated photo of suspects to the media, along with a message warning that unless they turn themselves in within a week, unpixelated photos will be published and the […]

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Canon 5Ds R vs. Sony A7R II Hands-On Review

Check out this video from Kai at Digital Rev as he does a hands-on comparison between the 50MP Canon 5Ds R and the 42MP Sony A7R II. This review is even a little more superficial than others he has done, but you get a clear sense of his first impression. Personally, I think the 5Ds […]

Sizing Digital Images in Photoshop [UP13]

Understanding Photoshop is a biweekly column that takes an in-depth look at how digital photographs are built and manipulated.  It is a college-level course in plain English for free at Photofocus.  To learn more see this article. Don’t Skip Column 12 Once you’ve acquired your digital images, you’ll need to size them for your project (as well […]

Sizing Digital Images in Photoshop [UP13]

Understanding Photoshop is a biweekly column that takes an in-depth look at how digital photographs are built and manipulated.  It is a college-level course in plain English for free at Photofocus.  To learn more see this article. Don’t Skip Column 12 Once you’ve acquired your digital images, you’ll need to size them for your project (as well […]

Monster 200mm f/1.0 lens listed on eBay for $387,000

If you’re in the market for an extremely fast telephoto lens, Abex UK has just what you need, with a few minor caveats. The first is the lens is currently listed for a draw-dropping $387,000, and another is that you will require a bit of help lugging around this supersized 18 kg (40-pound) lens. Also […]

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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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Managing the “Pinterest” Bride

We live in an image driven world of social media. There’s no getting around it. Today’s photographers are dealing with clients who have access to millions more “ideas of imagery” than the clients of yesteryear. In the past, a bride would likely have only seen a few friend’s wedding images or a few in magazines. […]

Managing the “Pinterest” Bride

We live in an image driven world of social media. There’s no getting around it. Today’s photographers are dealing with clients who have access to millions more “ideas of imagery” than the clients of yesteryear. In the past, a bride would likely have only seen a few friend’s wedding images or a few in magazines. […]