Just a little heads-up, due to some critical electrical systems maintenance at our data center, CameraPorn.net will be down for a couple hours tonight starting at around 9:30PM Pacific time.
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Ryan has already written up some tips for taking concert shots. Over the second half of this year, I’ve had the opportunity to shoot at a bunch of shows so I thought I would also weigh in with some of the things that I’ve managed to figure out so far. I concur with him that it’s an interesting kind of challenge. You’re in very low light, and if you’re shooting rock shows as I have been, the subjects are typically moving pretty fast. So, without further delay, here are some pointers that you may find useful if you’re in a similar situation.
Okay Canon people. Thanksgiving is over. The present buying holidays are upon us. Know what I want to buy (for myself)? A Canon 5D Mark II. The rumors are really cute and all, but c’mon guys. Throw us a bone here… 
Happy Eel. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago Canon EOS 30D + 24-70 f/2.8 L | 1/60 | f/2.8 | 70mm | ISO 800
In an effort to bring you guys more posts, this is the first of our new “Quick Tips” category, where we will briefly go through some tried and true methods for different types of photography and share some good old photo porn. Get the tips and photos after the jump…
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Photo Credit: Kozumel(cc)
Tomorrow night I’ll be hoppin’ on a redeye to the beautiful but humid Cartagena, Colombia for a friends wedding. Cartagena is a beach-side resort town on the Caribbean, rich in history and architecture.
I expect to do a good amount of shooting, but I’ve decided to travel light for once, and I’m trying to get the biggest impact in the smallest footprint. Here’s what I’m bringing:
…and thats it! Pretty good considering I usually bring 4 to 5 lenses and a myriad of accessories. Wish me luck and hope I don’t get kidnapped!
If you are like me, and your camera comes with you nearly everywhere, and isn’t always in a soft cushy case, doing what you can to protect it is important. Though today’s DSLRs tend to be relatively rugged when it comes to build quality, with magnesium or aluminum alloy bodies coated with rubber, especially from the pro-sumer level up, The LCDs are the largest chink in the armor. LCDs are notoriously prone to scratches and dings, but can be protected very simply and inexpensively.
There are several options available for LCD protection, some cumbersome, some ridiculous and one that is ideal. Read about it after the jump…
From the feed readers this morning, Lightroom 1.3 has been released and includes additional camera support for the Canon 1Ds Mark III, Nikon D3, Nikon D300, Olympus E-3, among others as well as updated Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard support.
Though a bit different than the normal CameraPorn, I felt it necessary to point out a great article written by the amazing Jim Goldstein from JMG Galleries on his take on the Creative Commons copyright/license. Even though I feel a bit different than Jim on the issue, I am with him on many points, especially the conversations about flickr and I feel that this issue affects many loyal CameraPorn readers. As someone who has had images ’stolen’ before and was uneducated on copyrights and Creative Commons licenses, opinions aside, I wish I had had an article like this to read a long time ago to really break down what it all means into a digestable format. Check it out.
If you’ve never played with any old-school manual focus lenses, specifically Nikons, you are missing out. Lenses like this are magic and they sure don’t make ‘em like they used to. This thing is small, unexpectedly heavy and ROCK SOLID. The focus ring is as smooth as butter, and the shots… well here a few quick samples.
Photo credit NikonUSA.com
If you’ve seen my flickr recently, you’ve probably seen some ultra-wide shots I’ve taken recently with a friends Sigma 10-22mm. I really enjoyed using it, so I was pumped to have this lens in the Nikon kit. Fisheyes are fun, and this one is especially nice being a prime with a maximum aperture of f/2.8. Here are a couple samples:
From OnTakingPictures via Thomas Hawk, photographer Bill Wadman goes into why he would take a quality lens and cheap camera over expensive camera and cheapie lens in any situation. I can’t even remember how many times I’ve had this conversation with people when they ask me for advice on what camera or lens to buy.
He is pretty much spot on with everything he is saying and this quote about says it all: “I saw a girl with a high-end Gitzo tripod, 5D body, and some crappy consumer level zoom lens on the front. Honestly, I almost pushed her over the edge.” …as you should have! Check it out here.
Found from our friends over at Digg, there’s an excellent post at Lifehacker that you really, really want to read if you own a Canon point an shoot. I won’t spoil everything, but the short of it is that there’s free, non-volatile, hacked firmware that can add tons and tons of useful features (RAW shooting, to top the list) to your kit. You really want to read this. Like now.
Via Photography Bay, it seems Canon’s German site posted some information for a short period of time, and though its in German, looks like 16 MP and due in June. We’ve been expecting an announcement around April 22nd or 24th from other rumors. More details as we get them. Check out the story and more screenshots here.
Update: Obviously nothing happened on either the 22nd or 24th… I’m not at all happy about it… I want my 5D Mark II dammit! We will of course keep you updated with any new developments.
Via Engadget, Crunchgear and DPReview… it seem some super code geniuses have dissected the just-released Nikon D3 firmware update and found some information that led them to believe that a 24.4 Megapixel camera, presumably the D3x is on the way.
