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.
Engadget Coverage
Crunchgear Coverage
DPReview Coverage
If you’ve been shooting for any amount of time, especially when traveling, you have more than likely found yourself with the wrong lens for the job at some point. Scott Kelby, photoshop god, and publisher of Photoshop Insider, has just posted a very insightful piece on one of his recent experiences while traveling, where he continuously found himself with the wrong lens on his camera. You’ve heard me talk about packing the right gear for the job on occasion, and this just goes to show even the masters run into snags at times. A must read for any traveling photographer.
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Rob Sheppard over at PCPhoto has put together a great article with tips on controlling contrast with highlights and shadows. Why use this method instead of just contrast adjustments or curves adjustments? Control, control, control. This method allows you to bring detail back in dark show areas as well as blown-out highlights.
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Via Digital Photography School - No it’s not some magical solution, but these are some obvious and not so obvious tips to reducing or eliminating that pesky lens flare when shooting into a light source that can ruin your shot or cause a huge headache in post-processing.
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Via the Flickr blog, video has now been launched on Flickr! Pro users are limited to 90 second clips which play in a snazzy looking player. Batched along with it the maximum photo upload size for Pro members has been doubled to 20MB. I haven’t yet formed an opinion on how I feel about the video, being that I don’t shoot video, but I guess if anyones gonna do it right, it would be Flickr. Firstly, what do you guys think? Secondly, check out the full deets here.
Ed Z. over at f/1.0 did a great comparison between the localized adjustment tools in the new Lightroom and Aperture, highlighting the positives and negatives of each. Find out which one wins here.
Via Rob Galbraith, Adobe has released a public beta of yours truly’s favorite photo editing and organizational tool, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Shiny new features include dodging and burning (nice!!!), a dual-monitor view, and tons of performance stuff. YOu can get a 30-day free trial, though licensed users of Lightroom 1.0 can continue to use the beta until August 31st. Count me in! Download via Adobe Labs, or read about it on Rob Galbraith.
