Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
DxO Labs has announced DxO Perspective for Mac OS X, which is an application designed to correct perspective and horizon problems. The application is available here in the Mac App Store and is free through November 3, 2013. Otherwise, it retails for $19.99.
You can see a quick demo of how it works in the video below. [Read more…]
50 Portraits: Stories and Techniques from a Photographer’s Photographer is a new book from Gregory Heisler.
From the description:
In this first-ever showcase of his work, Gregory Heisler, one of professional photography’s most respected practitioners, shares 50 iconic portraits of celebrities, athletes, and world leaders, along with fascinating, thoughtful, often humorous stories about how the images were made. From his famously controversial portrait of President George H.W. Bush (which led to the revocation of Heisler’s White House clearance) to his evocative post-9/11 Time magazine cover of Rudolph Giuliani, to stunning portraits of Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Hillary Clinton, Michael Phelps, Muhammad Ali, and many more, Heisler reveals the creative and technical processes that led to each frame.
50 Portraits: Stories and Techniques from a Photographer’s Photographer retails for $40; however, it is currently available for $23.80 on Amazon.com.
The fourth Nikon ‘Pure Photography‘ teaser is out and, of course, there is just a little more of the camera revealed. Now, there’s further confirmation of the rumored retro design from the Nikon F3. As a refresher, the upcoming Nikon full frame camera is rumored to be called the Nikon DF and should arrive next week on November 5. [Read more…]
B&H has the Nikon D3100 with 18-55mm VR kit lens for $426.95 (reg. $496.95). The deal includes a free SanDisk 16GB SDHC card. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
The Fuji X-E2 is very much an evolution of the popular Fuji X-E1. It has the same great look and feel, which hearkens back to the rangefinders of yesteryear. [Read more…]
The Sony FDR-AX1 is a 4K camcorder that comes in at a low $4498 price tag and is really the first of its kind in bringing affordable 4K to the masses with its lightweight XAVC-S codec. [Read more…]
Canon has issued firmware update for the 5D Mark III. Firmware Version 1.2.3 incorporates the following improvements and fixes.
*The phenomenon listed in 2 was addressed with Firmware Version 1.2.1, and has been further improved with Firmware Version 1.2.3.
Sony has released version 2 of its RAW, XAVC, and HDCAM SR File workflow guide for Sony CineAlta cameras. The workflow guide addresses every stage of production, including on-stage look management, footage transfer and backup, dailies, edit and color grading. The workflow guide looks at just about every popular third-party solution and doesn’t just stick with Sony’s own. [Read more…]
The Olympus Stylus 1 is a new superzoom camera with a 12MP 1/1.7″ BSI CMOS sensor and a 10.7x zoom lens (28-300mm equivalent) and constant f/2.8 max aperture throughout the zoom range. The camera takes strong design cues from Olympus’ OM-D EM-5 with its retro appeal. [Read more…]
I recently decided that I wanted to take my food photography up to another level, and in order to really make that work, I needed some soft boxes to better diffuse light.
The problem was that all of the available soft boxes I could find cost upwards of $100 apiece (and I would certainly need at least two soft boxes to make my setup work). Since this was just a project for sharing amongst my friends, rather than for paying work, I couldn’t justify the expense. [Read more…]