Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Nikon has posted a knowledgebase article highlighting a problem with certain batches of Lexar 400x and 1000x CF cards when used with the Nikon D4S.
Below you will find Nikon’s instructions on identifying the cards and getting replacements. [Read more…]
On June 17th, 2013, the Mimi Foundation in collaboration with Leo Burnett France, invited 20 cancer patients to participate in a unique makeover experience. The subjects were asked to keep their eyes closed for the duration of the makeover. When the makeover was complete, photographer Vincent Dixon stood on the other side of a one-way mirror to capture their reaction as they saw it for the first time.
A 60 page book containing Dixon’s photographs was published bearing the name of of the project ‘If only for a second’. Along with the two images is a time stamp down to the exact second that each subject forgot about their disease.
You can learn more about the project here on the Mimi Foundation’s website.
X-Rite has released the new ColorTRUE app for iOS and Android devices, which allows users to create a custom display profile for mobile devices. [Read more…]
Do you see photos and wonder how they get that ‘look’ in their post processing work flow? The above video will show you how to evaluate a photo and match its look to your own using a series of curves adjustment laters in Photoshop. [Read more…]
In this ‘About a Photograph’ story from Think Tank Photo, photojournalist Al Diaz tells the story behind this powerful image of a nurse performing infant CPR on the side of the road. Diaz has a great breakdown of how the events happened and what went into when and why he captured the photo.
You can read more about this story here on Al Diaz’s blog.
[via About a Photograph]
After watching the Academy Awards a couple weeks ago and the Life After Pi documentary recently, I was reminded of a great presentation at the CPUG Supermeet during NAB 2013. Somehow that slipped through the cracks last year and I never wrote about it.
With NAB 2014 just around the corner, I wanted to take the opportunity to pass along this presentation put on by industry veterans Scott Ross and Scott Squires. While we cover mostly stills photography news and gear around the year, NAB each April brings a lot of news in the video industry. [Read more…]
We are finally seeing results from a lawsuit that Nikon filed against Sigma in May 2011. A judgment was issued against Sigma last month in Tokyo District court, which awarded 1.5 billion Yen to Nikon (close to $15M USD).
The dispute centers a number of Sigma lenses using vibration reduction technology. Nikon originally sought the equivalent of close to $150M USD; however, the judgment stated that the damages was equivalent to 15% of the profits of the violating products earned by Sigma, cutting damages down from the max profits of 10.1 billion Yen.
This has to be quite the blow to Sigma. The company has been a roll lately with awesome lenses like the 24-105mm f/4 OS and 18-35mm f/1.8 lenses. Hopefully, Sigma’s operations won’t be negatively affected in a manner that would delay future lens releases and Sigma’s momentum will continue to gain traction as a solid third-party lens maker.
[via Nikon Rumors]
Smart objects and smart filters are powerful non-destructive editing tools in Photoshop CC. In the above video, Photoshop Principal Product Manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes explains how to use smart objects and smart filters in a few different ways.
It’s time for our weekly break from the gear for a few minutes so we can enjoy another round of reader photos from the Photography Bay Flickr Group.
Check out the rest of the photos below. [Read more…]
Fuji has updated the XQ1 firmware to version 1.10, which provides for the following improvements: [Read more…]