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Weekly Photography Challenge – Resolutions

04 Jan

The post Weekly Photography Challenge – Resolutions appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Caz Nowaczyk.

This week’s photography challenge topic is RESOLUTIONS!

One of your resolutions may be to better your bird photography. Photo: Jaymes Dempsey.

A new year is upon us (it’s hard to believe, I know). And it is that time where we make resolutions for the year ahead.

Your resolutions might include making a special trip to do some landscape photography, or to capture some of the world’s landmarks. It may be to do more bird photography, macro photography, a 365-project or just more photography in general. You may decide this is the year to take the leap into doing photography full time. Alternatively, it could be that you want to slow down and take more notice of the things going on around you close to home.

Whatever they are, we’d like to see them represented in photography.

It could simply be a photo of a written list of resolutions, it could be photos of places you have been and want to return to this year. It could be photos of your family if you plan to spend more time with them this year. You get the picture.

So, check out these inspiring pics, have fun, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

Image: You may decide you want to make your photography business and aim to get clients. Photo: Broo...

You may decide you want to make your photography business and aim to get clients. Photo: Brooke Cagle

Image: Alternatively, one of your resolutions may be to spend more time with your family. Photo Jack...

Alternatively, one of your resolutions may be to spend more time with your family. Photo Jackie Lamas

Perhaps one of your resolutions is to upgrade your camera gear? Image by Canon Inc.

Check out some of the articles below that give you tips on this week’s challenge.

Tips for Shooting RESOLUTIONS

5 Surprising Macro Photography Ideas to Jumpstart Your Creativity

10 Must-Use Bird Photography Camera Settings for Beginners

Why Goal Planning Is the Key to Growing as a Landscape Photographer

10 Quick Photography Business Tips to Kickstart The New Year

Jumpstart Your Photography – Start a 365 Project

How to do a Photography Alphabet Project

Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer, upload them to your favorite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge.

Share in the dPS Facebook Group

You can also share your images in the dPS Facebook group as the challenge is posted there each week as well.

If you tag your photos on Flickr, Instagram, Twitter or other sites – tag them as #DPSresolutions to help others find them. Linking back to this page might also help others know what you’re doing so that they can share in the fun.

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New Year’s Resolutions for Creative Photographers

02 Jan

The post New Year’s Resolutions for Creative Photographers appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Charlie Moss.

It’s that time of year when your friends and family begin to bug you for your New Year’s resolutions. So, in this article, I’ll share with you some possible New Year’s resolutions for creative photographers.

Apparently, humans started making New Year’s resolutions four thousand years ago. So you’re in good company if you want to make some this year!

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You might be considering pledging to go to the gym more or stop biting your nails (but we know you’ll never last past January). So instead, why not think about how you might use the new year to make some changes to your photography? You never know, they might even stick for longer than a month!

Reflect on the past year

Take some time to review the photos that you’ve taken during the past year. Pick out the ones that you like the most and try to think about why they make you feel that way. Are they perhaps full of happy memories? Or did they mark a moment when you understood a new technique?

Consider turning your favorite photos from the year into a photo book to permanently make a record of what you achieved. Think of it as being like a journal of your hobby that you can look back on in the future to see how much your approach to taking photographs has changed.

New Year's Resolutions for Creative Photographers

It could be that many of the things you enjoyed most about photography over the past year were the experiences. Maybe you enjoyed spending time with certain other friends who are into photography or going to different places. Make a note of those experiences you enjoyed the most, and we’ll come back to it later!

Don’t be afraid to take risks

Taking risks with your photography can be a useful tool to help you improve. Cameras are tools that are meant to be used and they can always be replaced.

But taking risks doesn’t have to be about putting yourself and your equipment at risk. Sometimes it can be about pushing your boundaries and taking creative risks.

The worst that can happen when you take a creative risk is that you get a photograph that isn’t as good as you hoped it would be. And if that happens, you don’t have to show anybody! But when a creative risk takes off… that’s when risk-taking really becomes worth it.

Take your camera everywhere

The famous hockey player Wayne Gretzky said that you’ll miss one hundred percent of the shots you don’t take. He’s not wrong – if you don’t have a camera with you, then you won’t be taking any photos!

New Year's Resolutions for Creative Photographers

Two years ago, I realized that I wasn’t taking my camera out and about with me because it was too big and heavy. Shortly after, I ‘side-graded’ to a more compact camera that was easier to take with me everywhere that I went.

My photography improved almost immediately. I was simply taking more photographs and getting more practice. Over time I also found that I was finding more excuses to take photographs because I was enjoying photography more than I ever did previously!

Say ‘yes’ more often

It’s too easy to say no to opportunities that crop up. You might think about the other things that you ‘should’ be doing. You might think about the money that you could be using for something else. But how much would it really hurt if you said ‘yes’ a few more times during the upcoming year?

Say yes to a photographic adventure with a friend. Say yes to a new kind of photography. Also, say yes to new styles and techniques that someone offers to show you. And, say yes to things that are outside of your comfort zone.

You might not enjoy everything that you photograph as a result of saying yes, but then you’ll certainly know for the future when to say no!

Plan your year in advance

Each year I buy an almanac, and I first use it as a convenient list of key dates and celebrations that I might want to explore photographically. But a good almanac book will have so much more than just a calendar.

New Year's Resolutions for Creative Photographers

Divided into monthly chapters, almanac’s have tide tables, information about the night sky, and what flowers are in bloom that month. It’s a guide to what you should see in nature, and some almanacs even have seasonal recipes.

Imagine if you let the almanac be your guide for photography over the coming year? You’d shoot everything from seascapes, wildlife, and cultural celebrations to food photography.

Start a passion project

The first thing to know about passion projects is that they don’t have to change the world. They don’t have to be big, dramatic, and meaningful; they just have to satisfy you and your desire to take photographs.

I like to use passion projects as a way to help me be more attentive to the world around me or to work on skills.

This year I have been setting aside the time to shoot a self-portrait every month to improve my portrait photography. While working in London as a photographer, I documented my changing walk to work for several months, as industrial development happened around me.

Use it as an excuse to get out and about and photograph things that you might not normally photograph. A friend of mine, this year, has been visiting every UK Cathedral and photographing them all. He sees parts of the world that he’s never seen before – despite them being virtually in his backyard!

Set some goals

Setting goals for your photography can be a good way to figure out how you’re going to spend the next year. Goals can help inform the trips you take, the accessories you buy, and ultimately the pictures you make.

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Take a few minutes to consider what you really want out of your photography hobby. Is it perhaps more time for yourself with a camera? Or do you want to win a local photography club competition? Think about what you wrote down when you considered what you’d enjoyed most over the past year photographically.

Once you’ve come up with a few goals, start thinking about how you can achieve them. Do you need to take a specific trip to photograph some wildlife? Or do you need to book a workshop with a photographer who’s style you love?

Whatever you write down, make sure you tuck these ideas away in a safe place so that you can keep looking at them throughout the year. That way, you’ll find it easier to stay on track and achieve your goals.

Take more photos!

Everything I’ve talked about in New Year’s Resolutions for Creative Photographers is just a way to try and help you shoot more photographs that you love over the coming year.

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By working out what you enjoy photographically, and where you want your journey to go over the coming year, you can start to make a plan to help you achieve your photographic goals.

Do you have any New Year’s resolutions for creative photographers you’d like to share? What are your goals for the upcoming year? What are you doing to try and do differently? Don’t forget to tell us in the comments!

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2019 resolutions revisited: what we hoped for, and what we got

01 Jan

Resolutions revisited – what we hoped for, what we got

About this time last year we sat down as a team to write some new year’s resolutions. But not for us – where’s the fun in that? No, we wanted to help our favorite camera and lens manufacturers out, by writing some for them.

Wishful thinking? Sure. Reasonable? Not at all. Borderline condescending, from a group of keyboard warriors who would struggle to complete a moderately complex jigsaw puzzle, let alone make a digital camera? Absolutely.

We didn’t get everything we wanted in 2019, but some of our resolutions / wishes / predictions (just go with us on this one, and don’t think about it too hard) did come true.

Feel free to play along at home via the comments.

Canon

Our 2019 resolutions for Canon:

Add IBIS to the RF lineup and update your sensors (or buy Sony’s).
Make the RF mount an open standard.
Reclaim your ILC video crown – no more cropped 4K!
Dump the M-Fn bar…
Make the 5D Mark V a true digital EOS 3.
Think different – embrace computational photography.

How things panned out: 2.5/6

Our resolutions for Canon in 2019 were ambitious, and probably for the most part unrealistic. What can I say? We’re big picture people.

The RF mount isn’t going to be opened up any time soon (why cede those lens sales to third parties when you don’t have to?), the EOS 5D Mark IV wasn’t really due for an upgrade, and while we know that IBIS is coming to the EOS R lineup, it didn’t happen in 2019.

But Canon did develop a very nice new sensor, in the form of the 32MP APS-C sensor used in the EOS 90D and EOS M6 Mark II. Not only does it offer excellent resolution and good dynamic range, it also works with an updated processor to allow for un-cropped 4K video. There are rumors starting to float around of an upscaled version of this sensor coming in the RF line possibly next year, so we’ll see. Canon also (sort of) dumped the M-Fn bar, omitting it from the EOS RP.

It remains to be seen whether the controversial control will be re-introduced in a future R-series model but we won’t be sad if it isn’t. We’re not against the concept of a touch-sensitive control of this kind, we just want one that works.

Fujifilm

Our 2019 resolutions for Fujifilm:

Make a full-frame X100 / monochrome X100 / 28mm-equiv X100.
Continue improving your face and eye-detection autofocus.
Make a proper X70 successor.
Refresh your F1.4 primes.
Don’t try to palm us off with 15fps ‘4K video’ ever again. For shame.

How things panned out: 2/5

Well, we didn’t see that full-frame X100-series in the end, but honestly that was probably a stretch. Fujifilm was pretty focused on its medium-format GFX range in 2019, but the company did release the unique X-Pro 3 (we didn’t see that one coming!) and update its entry-level X-A7 lineup. We were very pleased to see that the X-A7 finally offers proper 4K video. No more 15fps!

Fujifilm has also continued to work on its autofocus. A major firmware update was released for the X-T3 in spring, specifically aimed at improving face and eye-detection AF performance. Fujifilm has also improved the implementation of Face/Eye AF in the X-Pro 3, which presumably will filter down into future models.

Leica

Our 2019 resolutions for Leica:

Stop with the special editions already!
Make a Q2 – maybe even with a 35mm lens…
Make an M-mount camera with an EVF.
Improve service / repair times.

How things panned out: 1.5/4

Asking Leica to stop making special editions is like asking a Kuh not to muh. This year saw the launch of the ‘Safari’ edition M10-P, the Lenny Kravitz ‘Drifter’ edition M Monochrom (with snakeskin finish, no less) three limited edition versions of M-mount lenses, and no fewer than three special edition CLs: ‘Bauhaus’, ‘Urban Jungle’ and ‘Edition Paul Smith’.

Ouch. It’s almost as if Leica wanted to put us in our place.

Meanwhile, although we’re still waiting for an M11 with an EVF, Leica did release the Q2, which comes with some really welcome upgrades compared to the original Q. Ditto the SL. The company also claims to be continuing to invest in improving service times, which, because we’re feeling generous, we’ll say earns them a 0.5.

Nikon

Our 2019 resolutions for Nikon:

Keep developing that Z-series lens roadmap.
Bring 3D AF Tracking to the Z-series.
Make an FTZ adapter with a built-in AF motor.
Make the Z mount an open standard.

How things panned out: 1/4

We didn’t do a great job of anticipating Nikon’s moves in 2019, but nobody said that new years’ resolutions were easy, especially when you’re making them for other people. Nikon didn’t add a version of 3D AF tracking to the Z-series this year, but it did introduce a new camera, in the form of the APS-C Z50. Pending some final testing, we’ve been pretty impressed by its performance so far, but it basically has the same autofocus behavior as the Z6 and Z7.

The only one of our resolutions on behalf of Nikon which ended up becoming reality was perhaps the most obvious one – continued development of the Z-mount lens lineup.

We’ve really been impressed by the Z-series lenses so far, and 2019 saw the release of the standout Z 24-70mm F2.8 S and Z 85mm F1.8 S, with more still to come on the roadmap.

Olympus

Our 2019 resolutions for Olympus:

Start making small cameras again.
Update the OM-D E-M5 II.
Simplify your cameras’ menu systems, please!
Add PDAF to your lower-end PEN and OM-D cameras.
Add a large sensor to the TOUGH range.

How things panned out: 3/5

Olympus didn’t release a whole lot of products this year, but the OM-D E-M5 lineup did see a refresh in the form of the very powerful E-M5 Mark III. Despite being packed with powerful features (many of which were inherited from the E-M1 Mark II) it is even smaller than its predecessor, and features on-sensor phase-detection autofocus.

Sadly it still features a dense and complicated UI / menu, but 3/5 ain’t bad.

Panasonic

Our 2019 resolutions for Panasonic:

Ditch field-sequential EVFs.
Either fix DFD for video, or use PDAF instead.
Make a full-frame 4K video camera.

How things panned out: 2/3

With so many announcements in late 2018, it was hard to make too many specific resolutions for Panasonic in 2019, but the company did check off two items from our wishlist: An (apparent) move away from field-sequential and towards OLED electronic finders, and a full-frame 4K video camera, in the shape of the Lumix DC-S1H.

The S1H is an interesting product, coming so quickly after the launch of the S1R and the more video-oriented S1 – itself a hugely capable camera for shooting video, especially with Panasonic’s paid DMW-SFU2 update. The S1H can shoot perfectly good still images from its 24MP sensor, but it’s really a video-first product, and the first ‘consumer’ camera to be certified by Netflix for broadcast-quality recording. Impressive stuff.

Ricoh / Pentax

Our 2019 resolutions for Ricoh / Pentax:

Make a true successor to the K-1.
Give your fans a proper mirrorless camera.
Make a full-frame GR to compete with the Leica Q and Sony RX1R II.

How things panned out: 0/3

It was a very quiet year for Ricoh in the end, with the GR III the only significant new Pentax-branded product released in 2019 (actually late 2018, but it became available this year).

There were some signs of life though – Ricoh did unveil a new wide zoom for APS-C – the HD Pentax-DA 10-17mm F3.5-4.5 ED fisheye. This year also saw a small refresh of the HD Pentax-FA 35mm F2 AL, with new coatings and a redesigned aperture diaphragm. Will we ever see a K-1 III, or a reimagined Pentax-branded mirrorless ILC? Nothing is impossible but we get the sense that 2020 will be a make or break year for the Pentax brand.

Sigma

Our 2019 resolutions for Sigma:

Create a range of compact F2 lenses.
Try again with the 24-70mm F2.8 Art.
Develop some native Sony FE lenses.
Reverse-engineer the Canon RF and Nikon Z mounts
Create a range of full-frame Merrill compacts.

How things panned out: 3.5 / 5

Well, either we got unusually good at guessing, or Sigma listened to us (I’ll leave you to figure out which is more likely) because of our five resolutions for Sigma in 2019, three of them became reality. This year we saw the porting of Sigma’s popular DC DN range of fast prime lenses to Canon’s EF-M mount (hey, they’re F2.2 equivalent), the release of the distinctive and very compact (albeit not for everybody) 45mm F2.8 for E and L-mount, and the launch of two high-performance ‘DN’ zoom lenses, also for E and L – one of which sort of counts as a second try at the older 24-70mm F2.8 Art.

The only one of our resolutions which definitely didn’t come to pass is reverse-engineering the Nikon Z and Canon RF mounts, which to be fair may be a decision out of Sigma’s hands. Meanwhile the full-frame fp earns a 0.5 for being pretty close (in spirit) to a full-frame Merrill, while offering so much more, especially to videographers.

Sony

Our 2019 resolutions for Sony:

Release a Cyber-shot RX1R III.
Create some new APS-C lenses.
Make your video and stills AF experience consistent.
Release an FE 35mm F1.8. Your non-pro and pro customers will thank you.
Focus on user experience.

How things panned out: 4/5

Another very good showing for the resolutions crew in the end, but Sony has been releasing so much new technology every year that we felt pretty optimistic about this one.

2019 saw the release of some really welcome E-mount APS-C lenses, including the excellent (albeit pricey) E 16-55mm F2.8. And we finally got that FE 35mm F1.8! Meanwhile the company did make efforts to improve the UX of its latest cameras, particularly in the a7R IV, which also offers a more consistent stills / video autofocus and user experience,

It’s a shame about the RX1R III, though. Maybe in 2020.

Tamron

Our 2019 resolutions for Tamron:

Continue developing full-frame E-mount lenses.
Reverse-engineer the Canon RF and Nikon Z mounts as soon as possible.
Resist the temptation to create large, heavy F1.4 glass.

How things panned out: 2/3

Again, the decision whether (or when) to reverse-engineer the Nikon Z and Canon RF mounts is probably down to Canon and Nikon, so we’ll let Tamron off the hook for that one. Ultimately, while the physical dimensions of the mounts themselves can be copied, the protocols governing data transfer between camera and lens are protected by IP, and licensing will happen on Canon and Nikon’s respective schedule (if it happens at all).

As for the other two resolutions, we’re pleased to see that Tamron did indeed continue to develop new native E-mount glass, in the form of the 70-180mm F2.8 Di III VXD and 17-28mm F2.8 Di III RXD. Meanwhile, the company announced three lightweight (I’ll get in terrible trouble in the comments section again if I suggest they’re ‘compact’) F2.8 primes. But alongside these small (ish) lenses, Tamron also sneaked in one of the highest-performance 35mm F1.4s we’ve ever used, in the form of the SP 35mm F1.4 Di USD.

We’ll forgive it.

Looking ahead to 2020

So there you have it – not all of our 2019 resolutions became reality, but if there’s one thing we’ve learned in 2019 it’s that we don’t always get what we want. Another thing we’ve learned is that lexicologically speaking, things get really complicated when you start trying to make resolutions, which are really requests, but also kind of predictions, on behalf of third-parties.

Lesson leaned. So what does 2020 have in store? As always, the future is hard to predict, but that doesn’t mean we can’t try. Here are some resolutions predictions from the DPReview team – feel free to add your own in the comments.

‘Professional’ mirrorless ILC from Canon and / or Nikon.
At least one more serious DSLR from either / both of the above (in addition to the EOS-1D X Mark III and D6).
Computational imaging approaches will continue to make their way into dedicated cameras across the board.
More affordable full-frame L-mount ILC from Panasonic (and maybe an APS-C body?).
New X100-series or similar compact from Fujifilm (possibly with a medium format sensor?).
More lenses, and a sub-$ 1000 full-frame E-mount camera from Sony.

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DPReview TV: 2019 New Year’s Resolutions

26 Dec

It’s been a great year for new product launches but not all of Chris and Jordan’s gear dreams came true. As such, they have some grievances to air and you’re going to hear about it!

Agree or disagree with their New Year’s resolutions? Let us know in the comments below. And subscribe to our YouTube channel to get new episodes of DPReview TV every week.

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Canon
Fujifilm
Nikon
Olympus
Sony
Panasonic
Leica
Sigma
Conclusion

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2019 camera and lens manufacturers’ New Year’s resolutions

31 Dec

New Year’s resolutions

There’s plenty in this world that we’re not sure about (Peas in guacamole? The resurgence of 90’s fashion trends? Pineapple on pizza??) but one thing we’re certain of: a few companies, many of which are headquartered in Japan, will produce new cameras, lenses and photographic accessories in 2019. And just like every year, some will be great, some will be OK, and one or two will be crushingly dull.

Thanks to some early product development announcements we already know a little of what the next year holds in store, but much remains a mystery. We can only guess what the next 12 months will bring – guess, hope, and play backseat camera engineer.

In the spirit of New Years’ resolutions, we got together as a team and talked about what we’d like the major manufacturers to do next year. Things we want to see fixed, directions we’d like to see taken (plus some we’d like to see reversed…) and products we’d like to be released. So without further ado, here are our collected New Years’ resolutions, on behalf of the manufacturers, courtesy of DPReview. Call it wishful thinking.

Feel free to play along at home via the comments.

Canon

Oh, Canon – where should we start? You’re one of the biggest camera manufacturers in the industry, but you’re still among the most conservative. This year you’ve teased us with a range of superb new RF lenses, but we’re really hoping that 2019 brings a slightly higher-end camera to shoot them with. But even as you build out the RF lineup, we hope you don’t neglect EF-M. An M50 successor with un-cropped 4K would be lovely – pretty please?

Canon – in 2019 we wish you would…

Add IBIS to the RF lineup and update your sensors (or buy Sony’s).
Make the RF mount an open standard.
Reclaim your ILC video crown – no more cropped 4K!
Dump the MFn bar…
Make the 5D Mark V a true digital EOS 3.
Think different – embrace computational photography.

Fujifilm

Fujifilm, you’re the darling of camera reviewers everywhere. You’re one of the few brands that, from time to time, still makes products which are better than they need to be in order to be competitive. The X-T2 was a great camera, and you didn’t need to replace it, but you went and did it anyway! The X-T3 was one of our favorite cameras of 2018. It almost made up for the ‘4K capable’ X-A5… But we’re still hoping for more in 2019.

Fujifilm – in 2019 we wish you would…

Make a full-frame X100 / monochrome X100 / 28mm-equiv X100. (We really like the X100).
Continue improving your face and eye-detection autofocus. The X-T3 was a great start.
Make a proper X70 successor. The XF10 doesn’t count.
Refresh your F1.4 primes.
Don’t try to palm us off with 15fps ‘4K video’ ever again. For shame.

Leica

Let’s be honest, Leica – this is pointless. It doesn’t matter what we want, or what we say, or what anyone wants or says, you’re Leica! You’ll just continue to do whatever you want, and there’s every chance that in a few weeks’ time we’ll find ourselves reviewing a limited edition ping-pong-bat-rubber-clad Melania Trump signature-edition M10. And that’s why we love you.

Leica – in 2019 we wish you would…

Stop with the special editions already – this isn’t the 90s.
Make a Q2 – maybe even with a 35mm lens…
Say goodbye to 1950s technology and make an M-mount camera with an EVF.
Give your customers their moneys’ worth and turn camera repairs around in days, not months. It’s not impossible – everyone else can do it.

Nikon

Nikon, you’re getting there. You launched the Z-mount with a bang in 2018, but despite its high-end pricing you must have known that the flagship Z7 wouldn’t be quite enough to tempt professionals and enthusiasts away from their D850 and D5 bodies. Don’t let the haters get you down, though. Keep up the pace and turn the Z mount into the professional system that we know it can be. We’re rooting for you.

Nikon – in 2019 we wish you would…

Keep developing that Z-series lens roadmap.
Bring 3D AF Tracking to the Z-series – in fact, bring all of your industry-leading AF area modes to the Z-series.
Make an FTZ adapter with a built-in AF motor. Carey’s got a 105mm F2 DC he really wants to shoot with.
Make the Z mount an open standard.

Olympus

Olympus – we feel for you. You were among the first manufacturers to create a modern mirrorless camera, and now, a decade on, you’re the only brand that doesn’t (or isn’t preparing to) offer its customers a full-frame sensor. We know that it’s been a tough few years for you guys over in the camera division but we’ve got a few ideas for how you can disrupt things in 2019 and beyond.

Olympus – in 2019 we wish you would…

Start making small cameras again. Maybe an updated PEN-F?
Update the OM-D E-M5 II.
Simplify your cameras’ menu systems, please!
Add PDAF to your lower-end PEN and OM-D cameras.
Add a large sensor to the TOUGH range. You already make the best rugged cameras, why not go one step further?

Panasonic

As you prepare to enter the full-frame market in a few months, we can only imagine that things are pretty hectic in your Osaka headquarters right now. Hopefully you’re not working the engineers too hard, and they get a little downtime to read DPReview, because we’ve got some suggestions that we think might really help Panasonic out in 2019.

Panasonic – in 2019 we wish you would…

Ditch field-sequential EVFs, for good.
Either fix DFD for video, or use PDAF instead.
Now that you’re in the L mount alliance, how about making a full-frame 4K video camera?

Ricoh / Pentax

Pentax, we need to be careful what we say here…

We admire your loyal customer base, and we respect the way that many of them react to anything short of uncritically gushing praise for their favorite camera maker with… let’s say… passion. But we’re also terrified of them. For the record, we like a lot of your products! And we want you to succeed just as much as your customers do. Here are some suggestions.

Ricoh – in 2019 we wish you would

Make a true successor to the K-1.
Reissue the K-01 – just kidding! Give your fans a proper mirrorless camera – maybe the L-mount alliance has room for another member?
Make a full-frame GR to compete with the Leica Q and Sony RX1R II.

Sigma

Sigma, we hardly recognize you. Over the past decade you’ve gone from being a respected but midrange third-party lens maker (and a quietly prolific OEM manufacturer) to becoming a force to be reckoned with in the high-end optics market. You’re making some of the finest lenses available, while still undercutting the ‘big’ brands, often by a considerable margin. How do you do that?

We love what you’ve become, but sometimes love is about being honest. Here are some ideas for 2019 and beyond.

Sigma – in 2019 we wish you would…

Calm down a bit with the ‘biggest, heaviest and fastest’ primes thing and create a range of compact F2 lenses.
Try again with the 24-70mm F2.8 Art.
Follow Tamron’s example and develop some native Sony FE lenses.
Reverse-engineer the Canon RF and Nikon Z mounts and show them how it’s done.
Create a range of full-frame Merrill compacts.

Sony

Oh, Sony, we can’t keep up! At your current rate of product announcements, you’ll have released at least one new RX100-series compact, a GM lens or two and an a7 IV by the time we’ve finished writing this sentence. That’s fine, but in 2019 we’d like to see you taking a bit of a break, making some time to reflect, and maybe reprioritizing a little.

Sony – in 2019 we wish you would…

Create a Cyber-shot RX1R III (with a real battery, not that joke-shop one from last time).
Throw your a6000-series customers a bone and make some new APS-C lenses.
Make your video and stills AF experience consistent.
Speaking of 35mm, make an FE 35mm F1.8. Your non-pro and pro customers will thank you.
Focus on user experience, as well as technology. We get it, you’re smart!

Tamron

Tamron, you dark horse. You’ve been quietly adding some really impressive lenses to your lineup over the past year, including the first ever zoom lens designed natively for a full-frame mirrorless system. Not as prolific as Sigma, or as niche as the likes of Laowa or Zeiss, you’re a good, solid, photographer-friendly company that we think deserves to succeed in 2019. And here’s how we think you should do that.

Tamron – in 2019 we wish you would…

Continue developing full-frame E-mount lenses.
Reverse-engineer the Canon RF and Nikon Z mounts as soon as possible.
Resist the temptation to create large, heavy F1.4 glass – F1.8 is fine!

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Holding Centered on Your Resolutions

14 Mar

It certainly is time of yr once more just after all of us start off building New Year’s resolutions Trinity selt. Likelihood is high you have bought formerly produced them and providing up on them, inspite of the fact that January won’t be all around even so. Probably it really is time for you to rethink this system, get a pen and genuinely strategise the resolution, to unravel it. The best 10 resolutions on the planet contain such things as, learning a point new (i.e. a language), much more actual physical exercise and with that, residing a more healthy lifestyle, finding out to paying out price range, expending a lot more time with mates and spouse and children also to reasonably smoking cigarettes. Nearly all of these are typically great illustrations of resolutions, that could be realized. The 1st trick with creating resolutions won’t be to check and entry for your stars.

Accomplishing further sporting activities and work out are inexpensive aims. Acquiring reported that, intending to deal with Mount Everest every time it is possible to barely walk up a flight of stairs is attaining rather substantially. Deliver down ideas which you just visualize you’ll entire, taking into account time constraints, which includes do the job, as well as your have constraints. There is a sense of finalising factors any time you compose them down. Genuinely really don’t protect against at just developing a listing of resolutions, have on and generate a prepare. Get out your diary or calendar and make down reminders. Give by yourself ambitions to succeed in all calendar year lengthy. In this manner, you make sure that you can expect to continue being centered all year long.

Definitely one among the more standard issues with New Year’s resolutions is forgetting about them. You start off with significantly enthusiasm and electrical power, but by the point an individual quarter inside the calendar yr is about, you have got work of steam. Alternatively tempo your ambitions. Give time in between each individual to boost. Under no circumstances really feel which you’ll get rid of 10kg in a single seven times. Should you continue to keep the resolution, reward by oneself. In the event you arrive at your intention thanks to the conclude within the calendar 12 months, then possess a really significant reward to rejoice. One particular example is, for many who wished to study a very new language, for example French, then obtain a holiday getaway in France to check your capabilities. For exercising, enter an affordable competitors, one example is a 10km operate.

The essential ingredient attributes in trying to keep your resolution contain guaranteeing you could get to it, natural environment a restrict, constructing extra compact aims, scheduling as opposed to forgetting or supplying up. For people who never attain a focus on, change the software. You hardly at any time decide what is about to transpire during the yr, so make certain your resolution has put for regulate. Resolutions are all about strengthening your lifetime and getting going to carrying out things which you pick out to generally say you may do. Maybe your 1st resolution along with your document need to get to accomplish your New Year’s Resolutions. Make 2008 a calendar year of finishing up your aspiration, or in the quite the very least executing the main step.

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6 Simple Resolutions for a More Photogenic 2016

04 Jan

It’s a new year, which means a fresh start on some new goals.

If you’re anything like us (and we know you are!) you’re already thinking about making major photography strides in 2016.

So join us in some challenges this year, we promise to keep ’em simple and fun!
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New Year’s Resolutions for Photographers

01 Jan

Last night the confetti dropped and we cheered our way right out of 2014!

Now the time has come to get started on those New Year Resolutions. But hey, no need to fear. Resolutions can be fun!

This is especially true if you decide to try one or all seven of our Resolutions for Photogs in 2015.

Trust us, these are resolutions you’ll actually want to follow through on. Not only are they fun, but they’re sure to make this upcoming year the best ever in terms of some seriously cool photo feats.

7 Resolutions To Rock Your Photos This Year

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Popular Photographers, Bloggers & Entrepreneurs Share Their New Year Resolutions

31 Dec

New Year’s eve has always been considered the perfect time to look back at the year, reflect on what’s worked and what’s failed. It’s a good opportunity to start anew and think about the changes we want to make starting from day one of the new year. Among the most common resolutions people make as the year draws to an Continue Reading

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Connect: Creative New Year’s resolutions

01 Jan

Resolutions for the New Year don’t have to be just about losing weight or curbing vices. You can include fun, creative and challenging goals that will broaden your photographic horizons and improve your picture making skills. Here are some suggestions for sharpening your creative eye during the coming year. Although the article concentrates on mobile photography, many of the suggestions are relevant regardless of what you shoot with.

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