Photography

Seems like if Canon has anything crazy up their sleeves, they’re saving it for NAB. Their releases for PMA are pretty tame, but as usual you can trust Canon for…

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New Sony camera PMA roundup

7:36 pm PST • January 23, 2008

No major announcements from Sony like “we’re going analog” or “everything is now left-handed” but there are a few respectable updates for their point-and-shoots. Now’s the time to buy the…

Olympus has unveiled its new higher-end point and shoots, starting at $250. More megapixelage and better lenses, but slightly heavier if you’re watching those ounces. More pics and specs after…

Olympus, who made my first and favorite CD player, is releasing a metric ton of cameras at the PMA convention. Hit the link for the important specs, pics, and my…

I personally haven’t had any trouble with chromatic aberration in the non-visible wavelengths of light, but then again I’m not shooting in infrared. You should though, it’s cool, but there…

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Point-and-shoot or DSLR?

4:32 pm PST • January 18, 2008

Why do you have what you have and what sorts of goodies are in your camera bag? Are you excited for PMA?

Usually I do what I can with the light that I have, and it turns out pretty well. But it’s not that rare that I look at a shot and…

How cool would it have been to see Coney Island way back when? Just something random and neat I found that I thought I would share with all of you.…

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CrunchDeals: Tamron lens rebate program

10:30 am PST • January 3, 2008

Anyone get a new DSLR over the holidays? Looking to fill that, otherwise, empty camera bag with a few more lenses? Of course you are. I know I am. Tamron…

Nikon’s D40x, 10-megapixel version of the D40 released inexplicably only four months after the D40, is set to be replaced by the new D60 line. There aren’t a lot of…

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What is a Histogram, why do I need it?

1:37 pm PST • December 28, 2007

Over the last couple weeks I’ve been taking more photos and really immersing myself into the whole thing. It’s an area (DSLR) where I know very little, which is completely…

Our close personal friends at JPG Magazine are holding a photo contest for aspiring shooters. All you have to do is upload a few cool photos by December 31st and…

I didn’t fully understand the strain that’s put on SD cards when they’re being used in a digital camera. I purchased a 2GB SD months ago and I was happy…

Don’t get mad or anything, but technology may have killed photography. No, not photography in the “pose drunk for Facebook” sense (that’s not likely to go away any time soon),…

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Photo frame adorned with RAM is pretty, geeky

9:40 am PST • November 13, 2007

It’s not a digital frame but it’s plenty geeky. I just showed this to the little lady and she’s not on board with having this item in our house so…

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DIY: Robot takes 360 degree photos

3:08 pm PST • November 8, 2007

I’m not much of a DIYer, but sometimes things come up that just make me want to break out the toolbox and start doing some damage. This is such a…

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DIY: Light Tents On the Cheap

6:36 pm PDT • July 16, 2007

By no stretch of the imagination do I consider myself a photographer, but I am trying to get better and learn as much as possible. As I get products to…

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Kodak Camera Sensor May Eliminate Flash

10:11 am PDT • June 14, 2007

Kodak today unveiled its biggest load of crap by announcing that it has developed a way to eliminate flash use on a camera. Thanks to new imaging technology in its…

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Casio Exilim EX-Z75: The Review

11:31 am PDT • March 29, 2007

For the past year, I’ve spent time with numerous Casio digital cameras. The Exilim series has proven to be an excellent blend of both value and performance. A fantastic camera…

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Lensbabies 3G Medium Format

10:01 am PST • March 7, 2007

Not a hugely exciting bit of news, but Lensbabies just launched a medium format version of their Lensbaby 3G product. The new model is for Mamiya 645 and Pentax 67…

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Tripper V For Traveling Photographers

5:23 pm PST • March 2, 2007

The Tripper V from ASKA is a great companion for any photographer. The HDD is available anywhere from 40GB to 160GB and comes equipped with CF/SD slots. Pictures can be…

Sony pulled the curtain back from a gaggle of digital cameras today. The big feature is the new face-detection tech: Which they claim automatically focuses in on up to eight…

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Newsflash: Megapixels Don't Mean Megapictures

5:36 pm PST • February 8, 2007

Mr. Pogue, over at the Times, has a great must-read on something photoheads have long known—when it comes to megapixels, bigger doesn’t matter (too much.) The way I see it,…

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Lensbabies New Aperture Kit

12:17 pm PST • February 8, 2007

Lensbaby announced today the availability of a creative aperture for budding photographers who feel the need to shoot pictures through various outlines. The kit includes a heart and star aperture…

We don’t watch the Miss America pageant. We think it’s ultimately demeaning to women and sets an impossibly absurd ideal of what a woman should look and act like, fixing…

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New WiFi-Enabled Frame Features SideShow

11:06 am PDT • October 23, 2006

A Living Picture has put its new WiFi-enabled picture frame up on Amazon and, man, I kinda want one. Even though nobody ever comes over to my apartment to see…

Now this is how it’s done. Nikon handed out D80s to a bunch of prolific Flickr photographers and then collected their shots in one handy website and featured them in…

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GeoTagger: GPS Tagger For Photogs

1:14 pm PDT • September 26, 2006

Jelbert, a group from the UK, knows that the only way to make vacation slide shows more boring, perhaps, is to include timestamps and GPS data along side photos. With…

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Question About Lenses

2:39 pm PDT • August 22, 2006

Alright, I’ve been scouring the Internet for the past few hours looking for the best lenses for a Canon EOS-30D. My searches are coming up mixed, so I figured I’d…