Photo ID Database
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Leica X Vario, a 16mp APS-C sensor with fixed zoom lens
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 is out!
Nikon 5200 review @ DPreview "At high ISO sensitivities, the noise performance of the D5200 is the best that we've seen from a DSLR at this price point"
Canon’s EF 200-400mm f4/L IS 1.4x Officially Announced
Olympus PEN E-P5, a 16megapixels Wi-Fi enabled PEN flagship
Canon releases new firmware for the EOS 5D MkIII featuring uncompressed HDMI output as well as autofocus up to f/8
Adobe releases Lightroom 5 beta, is it finally time to kick Photoshop to the curb?
Panasonic GF6 hands-on review by Amy Davies at the Tech Radar: Shhht, its a secret! (Until April the 9th)
Lightroom 4.4 Now Available, Finally with proper support of the X-Trans Sensor
Nikon releases new firmware upgrades for the D800 and D600
The Leica M (type 240) hits the DXO Mark Bench: Finally, a Leica that can be proud of it's sensor. Steve Huff Reviews the new Leica M 240
Adobe posts Lightroom 4.4 and ACR 7.4 release candidades, promises proper Fujifilm X-Trans sensor support at last. Also, bug fixes and some new cameras and lenses supported.
Pentax K-01 goes out of production, is the company withdrawing from the Aps-c mirrorless segment altogether?
A simple way to improve your OM-D's FL-LM2 or FL-LM1 mini flash, by Henavs at the Club Snap forum.
FUJINON XF14mm f/2.8 R opinions, hand-on, user reviews, and 'oohs and aahs' roundup.
Nikon D600 vs Canon 6D Epic Shootout Comparison by Michael Andrew
The Panasonic GH3 Gets DXO MARK'ed, comes out as very similar to the Olympus E-M5, do they use the same sensor?
Huge lot of 1000-2000+ (seller doesn't know exactly) old cameras for sale on Ebay, time to start that camera museum you've always dreamt about.
Pentax MX-1 hands-on field test by Chris Niccolls at the Camera Store TV
Happy 1st Birthday Anniversary, Olympus OM-D/E-M5!
The Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD excels at the DXO Mark bench: "When mounted on a Canon 5D Mark II, the Tamron SP 24-70mm F2.8 Di VC USD achieves an overall DxOMark Score of 24, the 2nd highest score in our database for a high-speed zoom."
Diglloyd remains starkly negative of Fujifilm's X-pro1 and X-E1 camera sensors, despite the improvements Capture 1 Pro brought in the raw processing front: "Like curing a patient of hemorrhoids by giving him Chrone’s disease."
Photographer Sébastian Dahl hitchhikes from Oslo To Beirut, a trip of 10.000 kilometers, 112 vehicles, many countries and even more pictures.
First Look at the new Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.0 DC Macro HSM 'Contemporary series' lens at the Sigma blog.
Mythbuster Adam Savage geeks out over the Metabones Speed Booster, is it a myth waiting to be busted? Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM with inbuilt 1.4 teleconverter hands-on review by Joshua Holko.
Fujifilm X-E1 Versus X100 comparison at TR, and the winner is...the Olympus E-M5?
Metabones Speed Booster first impressions at DPReview: "Image quality is very impressive, with results that compare exceptionally well against a full frame sensor. You do pay a small price in terms of corner softness and CA."
System Camera Production increased 34% in volume, 43% in value during 2012, compact camera production shows further decline.
Tamron 14-150mm F/3.5-5.8 Di III VC vs. Olympus M.Zuiko 14-150mm f/4.0-5.6 vs. Panasonic Vario HD 14-140mm f/4-5.8 ASPH MEGA OIS hands-off comparison.
OpenReflex: a 3D Printable, DIY SLR camera with a weird look.
Tim Barribeau at the Pop Photo reports: "OpenReflex is a 3D printable SLR, completely open-source, with a mirror viewfinder, and a fixed 1/60s exposure. Created by French Design student Leo Marius, putting together an OpenReflex requires access to a a 3D printer that can print ABS, a CNC cutting tool, some miscellaneous parts and accessories, around 15 hours to print the whole thing, and then an hour to assemble it."
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A Possum tries to operate a movie camera, Northern Australia, 1943.
Photo taken in August of 1943. The location is Northern Australia, and it depicts a ring tailed possum examining a camera belonging to the Australian Department of information. Shot by young Department photographer Harold George Dick with a Graflex Speed Graphic camera, who was killed in an airplane crash in December 1943 while returning from an assignment at the Pacific war theater, more specifically, the Battle of Arawe. A couple of his war images can be found here and here.
Famous Photographer Dave Kai Piper posts a gallery of gorgeous pics taken with a Fuji X-Pro1, taken with a Nikon D700, or maybe something else. (Updated)
Dave Kai Piper is famous for his award winning model & portrait work and also known to work with only 'with natural light or an Orbis Ring Flash'. So, here's his wonderful X-Pro1 gallery, but at least the dozen or so images I've checked out so far are all shot with a Nikon D700., according to their EXIF. The disparity is compounded by the fact that each file name contains the words 'fuji-Xpro1'.
Since the same EXIF information is repeated in photo after photo, all shot on the same day, with a 85mm lens, at ISO 200 and 1/200 sec speed, it makes this probably a case of EXIF manipulation gone wrong, but it still begs the question: Why?Update: Dave Piper sent us this message:
"Hello Sir, I can clear up this problem - All of the photos in the gallery had been placed onto a template in photoshop ( all of the photographs in my portfolio have been laid out this way
Nikon: Your breath can destroy our $$$ nano crystal lens coating, seriously. (Update: Nikon USA just removed the...offending sentence from the page)
Ok, this is not really new, but it IS freaking hilarious. For the record, if our breath was that acidic, out teeth would have decayed long before the nano crystal coating:
"How do I clean the camera lens?
The best way to clean a lens is to use a piece of lint free lens cleaning tissue and a small amount of Lens Cleaning solution. Do not use anything containing abrasives or solvents, only use Lens Cleaning Solution. First we recommend taking a small blower brush to blow off or brush away loose dust or debris. . . . read more
