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CP+ 2013 – lenses from Nikon and Sigma

01 Feb

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CP+ 2013: Nikon has several examples of its 18-35mm F3.5-4.5G ED consumer-level wide-angle full-frame zoom on show, while Sigma has re-designed and re-worked several of its most interesting lenses, which are being shown in prototype form at its stand. This includes a new version of its 30mm F1.4 for APS-C DSLRs. And, while none are available to shot with yet, we got a chance to handle them, along with the portrait-friendly Sigma DP3 Merrill. 

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Canon’s imaging CEO promises 70D and talks about the future of compacts

01 Feb

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CP+ 2013: There will be a Canon EOS 70D, but the future of semi-pro DSLRs is probably full-frame, says Masaya Maeda, Managing Director and Chief Executive, Image Communication Products Operations at Canon. However, while he says new concepts are needed to save the compact camera, he doesn’t see larger sensors as being the answer for the mass market.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Northern lights over Fairbanks, Alaska (October 31, 2011)

01 Feb

Time-lapse movie of the northern lights over Fairbanks, Alaska. (10:42 – 11:22 pm AKDT, October 31, 2011) Camera: Nikon D90 Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 24mm f/1.4G ED Information: 24mm, F/1.4, Manual, 1.3 sec, +0.3EV, ISO3200, Interval: 2 sec, Movie: 10fps. BGM: Roots – Galdson www.jamendo.com License of music creativecommons.org
Video Rating: 5 / 5

 
 

Google Maps-Inspired Birdhouse Guides Birds Home

01 Feb

[ By Steph in Design & Products & Packaging. ]

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This little orange icon tells us just where we need to go on Google Maps – and now it shows birds where home is, too. Designer Shuchun Hsiao has created a series of birdhouses modeled after the Google Maps destination icon, and placed them all over urban locations in China.

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The Google Birdhouse Project makes the iconic marker a navigational landmark for birds, and seeing them on walls will undoubtedly cause a few human double-takes.

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Says the designer, “Google Map had created a remarkable landmark icon, showing the sites on its street views. To search for a landmark with online google map, we can scroll to zoom from the satellite, soon we’ll be able to wander on streets, virtually.”Google Maps Birdhouse 4

 

“Birds, have the most real experience of google map. Birds can fly through the city, through streets. A birdhouse becomes their destination as google map does.”

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Pentax posts firmware updates for K-5, K-5 II, K-5 IIs, K-30, K-01 and K-r

01 Feb

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Pentax has released firmware updates for its K-5, K-5 II, K-5 IIs, K-30 and K-r digital SLRs. With these latest firmware versions, all cameras gain improved overall stability and enhanced contrast AF performance when using the 560mm f/5.6ED AW lens. The updates are available for immediate download from the company’s website – click through for download links. 

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Time Lapse Milky way at Yumi Lake2 (HD 720p)

01 Feb

mockmoon.sblo.jp Fujifilm S5pro Nikkor DX 10.5mmF2.8G fisheye
Video Rating: 4 / 5

 
 

First Impressions: Metabones Speed Booster lens adapter

01 Feb

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The recently released Metabones Speed Booster is a unique lens adapter that promises near-full frame coverage on an APS-C camera and an extra stop of light gathering ability to boot. Intrigued not only by the actual product, but by the potential of the technology behind it, we spent a few days with the Speed Booster, a Sony NEX-6 and our favorite Canon EF lenses. Here’s what we found.

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A foggy day (featuring Natalie Wall)

01 Feb

My first shoot with Natalie Wall was perfect. She sent me a message early one foggy morning and asked if I wanted to shoot in the fog… it was an …
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Jessie Ware performs Wildest Moments for The Line of Best Fit

01 Feb

If you like our videos, please SHARE and SUBSCRIBE! BEST FIT SESSIONS are a series of live music videos produced by leading music discovery website THE LINE OF BEST FIT. All our sessions are created in-house by our BEST FIT production team to help expose amazing established and emerging music to a wider audience. Find your next new favourite band by subscribing to our channel and come back every week for a new video session. Follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/thelineofbestfit and on Twitter at twitter.com/bestfitmusic. -LYRICS- You and I, bloodline. We come together every time. Two wrongs, no rights. We lose ourselves at night. From the outside, from the outside. Everyone must be wondering why we try. Why do we try. Baby in our wildest moments. We could be the greatest, we could be the greatest. Baby in our wildest moments. We could be the worst of all. Baby in our wildest moments. We could be the greatest, we could be the greatest. Baby in our wildest moments. We could be the worst of all. Wait on, thunder sky. Wherever there’s smoke, there’ll soon be fire. What could bring bad luck. I’ve been looking at you too much. From the outside, from the outside. Everyone must be wondering why we try. Why do we try. Baby in our wildest moments. We could be the greatest, we could be the greatest. Baby in our wildest moments. We could be the worst of all. Baby in our wildest moments. We could be the greatest, we could be the greatest. Baby in our wildest moments. We could be the
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Mark Wallace walks you through the PowerMC2 for Einstein™ E640 Flash.

 
 

ysinembargomagazine16_Page_10

01 Feb

A few nice visual art images I found:

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visual art
Image by fernandoprats
"du-champ-i-ssue"
jun.jul.ago.2008 | inviernosurveranonorte

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Un número dedicado a explorar la visión y propuestas de Marcel Duchamp.
No su vida, no su obra; tan sólo algunos de sus conceptos.
Realizado con aportes de artistas, pensadores y diseñadores de todo el mundo
combinados con la explícita intención de producir a su vez un objeto duchampiano.

-el medio como instrumento intelectual que transpasa su especificidad y se burla de ella
-la obra independientemente de su carácter representativo e interpretativo
-”arte”, en términos de convenciones, lo más “amorfo” posible
-”obras” en las que la obra no es una finalidad en sí misma sino una excusa
-interpretaciones o, mejor dicho, lecturas que pueden convivir a pesar de ser aparentemente excluyentes
-objetos “anestesiados estéticamente”, anulados en su probable complacencia de la mirada, “rectificados”,”asistidos” para otorgarles una nueva -a menudo, insólita- significación. Como en la elección de los “ready-mades”: “basada en la indiferencia visual y en la ausencia total del buen o mal gusto”
-obras “definitivamente inacabadas”
-rrose sélavy, su alter(-)ego
-ajedrez, máquinas ópticas, matemáticas, geometría, “artefactos”
-la “pintura mental”, “pintura de precisión”, el rechazo de cualquier elemento en el que la mirada se pueda recrear con fruición

-texto, – bloques, – fotografías, + mixed-media, + pintura, + ilustración.
-toda la revista está en castellano e inglés.

(descárgala gratis y comienza felizmente el verano -o el invierno-)

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This issue plays around the conceptual universe of Marcel Duchamp. Not his life, nor his works, just some of his concepts.

– the medium, as an intellectual tool which goes beyond its specificity mocking it.
– the work, regardless of its representative and interpretative character.
– “art”, in terms of conventions, as “amorphous” as possible.
– “construction”, in which the work is not it’s purpose, but an excuse.
– interpretations, or rather readings which can coexist despite being seemingly exclusive.
– objects “aesthetically anesthetized,” lapsed in their likely sight complacency; “rectified”, “assisted”, to give them a new –often unusual- significance. As with the choice of “ready-mades”: “based on visual indifference and a total absence of good or bad taste”
– works “definitively unfinished”.
– rrose sélavy, his alter (-) ego.
– chess, optic machines, mathematics, geometry, “artifacts”.
– “mental painting,” “precision painting”, the rejection of any element in which sight can be delighted.

– aesthetics: – text, – blocks, – photographs, + mixed-media, + painting, + illustration.
– the whole magazine, in spanish and english.

(download it. it’s free. and start enjoying summer -or winter-)

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edit(ing), direct(ing) + complements
fernandoprats
art direct(ing) + design(ing)
estudi prats
insistAnçao, correct(ing) + additional stuff
r | v
listen(ing)
hernán dardes
musicaliz(ing)
albert jordà
translat(ing)
kiddo | emilia cavecedo
frontcover(ing) concept fot
une autre sensualité
backcover(ing) concept borrador
UU – dou _ ble _you et aa
open(ing) concept
nacho piédrola + salaboli & fp porta

-structure:
accesories, lisa kehoe { kiddo | emilia cavecedo, lisa liibbe lara, josean prado, oriol espinal, mark valentine sullivan, hernán dardes, alfredo de la rosa, jonathan minila } => meta
{ pepo m.-the secret society, r | v, leah leone } => hilarious
{ pancho lorenz, natalia osiatynska } fernandoprats => rage

=> meta kiddo | emilia cavecedo, nacho piédrola, salaboli, lisa kehoe { lisa liibbe lara, mark valentine sullivan + shari baker, oriol espinal, gabriel magri, naomi vona, mara carrión }
=> hilarious { d7, olivier gilet, jef safi, special spatial guests }
=> rage { brancollina, gabriel magri, natalia osiatynska, bill horne, UU, christy trotter } simon fröehlich

ysinembargo#16… sensualmente inacabada.

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