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  • A Day in the Life of the KKK: Anthony Karen talks trust & photojournalism

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    Photographer Anthony Karen has built a career around gaining access to ostensibly inaccessible societies. After a trip to Haiti documenting Vodou rituals, he has gone on to photograph white supremacist groups, the infamous Westboro Baptist Church and the Ku Klux Klan. His compelling photos and unrestricted access to the KKK resulted in a collaboration with the Discovery Channel, and slate.com has published an interesting profile of his work, in which he explains his approach. Click through for extracts, and some of his compelling images. 

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • New test scene beta begins with Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 samples

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    We’ve been working on a brand-new studio comparison scene for some time, and we’ve decided to give you a sneak peak, using images from the new Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7. We’ll be speaking more about this new scene (and the new interface that goes with it) very soon, but for now we wanted to let you have a look, try it, play around and tell us what you think. As well as the new scene, you’ll notice two new options – ‘daylight’ and ‘low light’ simulation modes and the option to ‘normalize’ resolution to simulate print and web output, as well as 100%. Click through for a link. 

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • 20 people injured trying to win new LG phone

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    What would you do for a new smartphone? At recent promotional event in Seoul, South Korea, twenty people were injured, seven seriously, while trying to collect free phone vouchers for LG’s new G2 handset. According to authorities, the stunt went badly wrong when crowds showed up carrying BB guns and ‘knives on sticks’ to retrieve the vouchers, which were suspended from helium balloons. This simply confirms our long-standing suspicion that the human race truly is doomed. Click through to read more at connect.dpreview.com.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Prepare yourself for the 41-megapixel… wristwatch?

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    Swiss company Hyetis has created a new wristwatch which features a built-in 41MP camera (because anything less would have been soooo 2012…) which is expected to cost around $ 1200 when it goes on sale. Details are sketchy, but according to the manufacturer, the watch’s built-in camera features an ‘optical zoom lens’, with an integrated ring flash, as well as communication features including a microphone. Click through for more details on our sister site, connect.dpreview.com.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Lowepro introduces Photo Sport Shoulder bag in two sizes

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    Lowepro has announced the Photo Sport Shoulder bag, in two sizes for both DSLR and mirrorless ILC camera kits. The Photo Sport Shoulder 18L is designed to fit a ‘pro DSLR without grip’ and a standard zoom lens, with a second small lens and room for accessories, including a 10″ tablet computer. The smaller Photo Sport Shoulder 12L is designed for an interchangeable lens camera with two lenses, and similar capacity for accessories – including a 10″ tablet – as its bigger companion. Both bags are available now for $ 84.99 and $ 74.99 respectively.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 Real-world Samples

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    We’ve just published a gallery of real-world samples shot using the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7. The GX7 is Panasonic’s latest Micro Four Thirds interchangeable lens camera, and one of the company’s most interesting models yet. It features a new 16MP sensor, tiltable EVF and LCD, and offers several enthusiast-friendly features including highlight and shadow tone adjustment, an electronic (entirely silent) shutter and in-body image stabilization – a first for Panasonic. Click through for a link to our gallery of real-world shots. 

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Did you miss it? Take a look at the Perseid meteor shower’s peak

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    While some of us were sleeping this weekend, photographers around the northern hemisphere were capturing the Perseid meteor shower as it peaked. The annual shower continues through August 24th, but it reached its highest activity levels on August 11th and 12th as debris from a passing comet produced as many as 100 meteors per hour. This year’s relatively dim waxing crescent moon meant more meteors were visible to eager stargazers. Businessinsider.com has put together an impressive gallery of shots. Click through to take a look. 

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • ‘Film was never this sharp’: Breaking Bad photographer interviewed

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    Commercial photographer Frank Ockenfels III has worked on several high-profile blockbusters like Harry Potter and Men in Black 3, as well as a number of TV shows, and his most recent work is currently being used to promote the season five finale of Breaking Bad on AMC. PopPhoto has published an interview with him, in which he explains how he got started in the TV and movie business, the equipment he uses, and why he bases his career around the concept of ‘never having just one idea’. Click through for a link to the full article. 

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Is the snapshot dead? Seattle collector thinks so

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    Is the snapshot dead? Seattle-based photo collector Robert E. Jackson believes so. In an interview with National Public Radio, Jackson argues that today’s snapshots, stored digitally rather than printed out, are about self-promotion: ‘creating an identity about who I am and that’s what you want to transfer to Facebook’. You can read extracts from the interview, and watch it in its entirety over at our sister site, connect.dpreview.com.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ70 Sample Images

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    We’ve just posted a 39-image gallery of real-world samples shot on the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ70 zoom compact. Spanning the equivalent of 20-1200mm the FZ70’s lens is the largest zoom available in a consumer compact, and we’ve spent a few days testing it out in a variety of situations, to see what this new superzoom can do. Click through for a link to our gallery of real-world samples. 

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)