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27 December, 2013 – Field Review – Zeiss Touit 12mm lens

27 Dec

 All of us at Luminous-Landscape hope you had a good holiday.  In less than a week we start a new year and you can count on new articles, reviews and videos as well as a new line up of workshops.

Legendary glass maker Zeiss has gotten a lot of attention in the last few years as they started to make lenses for the DSLR camera systems.  They didn’t miss a beat when it came to the APS-C sensor category either. Earlier this year they released two lenses with the family name of Touit. The two new lenses are a 12mm 2.8 and a 32mm 1.8 for the Fuji X system and the Sony NEX cameras.  Today’s article by István Nagy takes a closer look at the Zeiss Touit 12mm lens.  There are plenty of reviews of this lens out there but István takes a look at the lens in real world use. Read . . . Field Testing the Zeiss Touit 12mm f/2.8 Lens

If you are a Fuji X system user and you haven’t heard, there is now new firmware updates available for the X-Pro1 as well as most of the lenses.  This is a nice update and you should visit the Fuji Update page to learn more.  You’ll also be able to update your lenses.  Fuji also updated firmware on the original X100.  We have to give Fuji Kudos for keeping there cameras updated with the latest firmware features.

It wouldn’t be the holiday season without a sale, now would it? So we’re having a 25% Off Sale on everything in our online store.

The sale runs from right now through the end of New Year’s Day. To obtain your 25% off on any purchase just enter

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in the Coupon Code box when you check-out.

New Travel Video Online for Subscribers

Video Subscribers will find that there is a new travel video online as of today. It is titled The Palouse: A Washington State Photo Trip. You’ll find it in your Video Library of your device, or it can be viewed online in your browser. The video is also available for purchase and may be streamed or downloaded. Check under Subject / Travel & Locations.

You can win an all-expenses paid photographic expedition to Antarctica, along with air fare from anywhere in the world. The value of this prize is $ 15,000.

The Luminous Landscape wants you to try any of our more than 60 training or travel videos and our new free video player. Each purchase is an entry, and an annual subscription that includes all previous as well as new videos counts as six entries. The winner of a free lifetime subscription is also chosen from each month’s entries.

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A Roundup of the Best Photography Scholarships

27 Dec

Photography is not just a profession. It isn’t something that can be easily learned. It is, like any other art form, born out of a passion. However, passion can be an expensive thing. This is why most of us photographers find that a little help from other resources can make our careers reach newer heights. Of course, photography is a Continue Reading

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Pentax K-50 real-world and test scene samples

27 Dec

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The following real-world gallery and test scene shots were first published in our 2013 Camera Roundups, but we’re highlighting the Pentax K-50 again in case you missed it the first time around. The Pentax K-50 is the follow up to the K-30 and is similar in appearance and spec to the K-500. The camera can also be custom ordered in 120 possible color combinations. See gallery

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Architectural Kaleidoscopes: Buildings Spun into Fractal Art

27 Dec

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fractal building exterior dome

Reimagined, repositioned and recomposed, this photo manipulation series turns familiar elements of buildings into abstracted compositions that morph beyond architecture, bridging disparate worlds of design and art.

fractal tower windows

Canadian photographer Cory Stevens starts with exteriors, ceilings, walls and windows, then adds his artistic twist – a variation on the polar panoramic approach.

fractal architecture glass

While pattern recognition may persist in some cases, the rotation and multiplication in many of these pieces makes them increasingly abstract.

fractal building rotation progression

The symmetry of these fractal forms begin to make us see other patterns of nature, like snowflakes or star systems, in the shapes and materials of otherwise everyday towers, monuments, habitations, town squares and civic circles.

fractal circle town square

fractal glass facade

From the photographer: “Though my primary focus is on architecture and urban environments, I also like to indulge my love of the natural landscape. Digital abstracts have also become a growing segment of my work – inspired by my passion for design and the modern aesthetic.”

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So you Want to Shoot Landscapes? [Top 12 dPS Landscape articles from 2013]

27 Dec

Landscape photography is always a popular topic here on dPS. Who doesn’t a great mountain scenic image, or a shot of the rolling waves on the ocean?

Image by Todd Sisson – author of our Living Landscape Photography eBook

In this, the first of our “Best of 2013” series are 12 of the top landscape articles from 2013. In no particular order:

  1. 11 surefire tips for improving your landscape photography
  2. Composing dynamic landscape images
  3. Getting landscapes sharp: focus stacking
  4. Getting landscapes sharp using hyperfocal distance and aperture selection
  5. 4 rules of composition for landscape photography
  6. 4 essential ingredients for great landscape photographs
  7. 3 reasons to shoot vertical aspect landscapes and 6 tips on how to shoot them
  8. 3 steps to gorgeous landscape images
  9. How to shoot landscapes at sunset
  10. Tips for shooting landscapes with a telephoto lens
  11. Wide angle lenses and the landscape
  12. Include the foreground for dramatic landscapes

For even more information on landscapes pick our popular ebook Living Landscapes.

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Colorful Pop-Up: City Farm Storefront for Produce & Plants

27 Dec

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pop up green shop

This competition-winning design uses upcycled materials to frame a street-facing  experience, in part through a fresh take on ‘window shopping’. Its aim: to create a unique and sustainable experience for Londoners looking to purchase fruit- or vegetable-producing plants.

pop up interior space

urban farm interior space

Sponsored by Hackney City Farm, the competition encouraged applicants to reuse materials and strive for sustainability, but this group set themselves apart by proposing something both contextual and eye-catching with a strong pedestrian-side presence.

pop up window facade

urban farm window detail

The team behind this colorfully-painted Sill-to-Sill solution drew inspiration, as well as many of their actual materials, “from the architecture of the local neighbourhood, defined by streets of Victorian terrace houses with their imposing brick facades and generous sash windows. In recent years these homes have been bought up in a wave of gentrification and as new owners move, builders get to work, improvements are made and old materials are discarded.”

pop up window shopping

pop up urban farming

Alongside recycled slats used for the walls, these found window elements were turned into benches, counters, shelves, notice boards and sources of natural light, most prominently used as a colorful display that draws people in from the sidewalk to see their wares. “‘Sill to Sill’ aims to encourage local people to take up urban agriculture by presenting plants in an immediately familiar setting: ‘buy from our window sill and grow on your window sill’.”

pop up construction steps

pop up panoramic

pop up plants london

Part of the approach also involved using strategies that would allow for easier construction despite apparent architectural complexity: “Though visually sophisticated, the design utilized basic timber construction techniques and simple materials in a manner that could easily be assembled by a team of unskilled volunteers. Community involvement at every stage of the project, from inception through construction and on to use, was at the core of the team’s proposal.”

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Best of Strobist: 2013 Edition

27 Dec

The end of the year is a great time to take a moment to reflect on what you have learned and/or accomplished in the last 365 days. Traditionally on Strobist, we take the last few days to look back, to buy a little family time and plan for the next year's adventure.

2014 holds some big changes for me. And because of the format and project changes coming up, this may well be the very last "Best of" post I'll ever write. So let's get on with it…

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Hands-on with the Panono panoramic ball camera

26 Dec

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The Panono is a ball-shaped panoramic camera with 36 individual camera modules and a built-in accelerometer. We got our hands on a prototype and met with its Berlin-based creators. See what we thought of the crowd-funded camera on connect.dpreview.com.

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After Christmas Super SALE

26 Dec

Christmas has come and gone! The timing has never been better for an After Christmas SALE.

We’ve got over 30 goodies (… cameras, lenses, lens cameras and more…) up to 40% off.

Scroll along to see a few of our faves, or head to the shop to behold them all!

??? Mystery Item ???

Could be the lens of your dreams!
Was $ 60, Now $ 40! → REVEAL

Sony QX100 Smart Lens

Give your phone superpowers.
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Polaroid z340 Instant Cam

A digital cam that prints.
Was $ 249, Now $ 199! → BUY

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#selfie, #nofilter and “Like” icon.
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Pro Phone Filter Stack

Coated glass filters add color.
Was $ 35, Now $ 20! → BUY NOW

Smartphone Film Scanner

Turn your 35mm film, digital.
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Mobislyder

Portable, affordable cinema track.
Was $ 95, Now $ 60! → BUY NOW

iPhone Adventure Suit

Take photos underwater!
Was $ 130, Now $ 99 → BUY NOW

The Kick Light

Customize your light via app.
Was $ 179, Now $ 150! → BUY

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Snack Caps

Feed (and protect) your cam.
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Super Fisheye Cell Lens

It’s our widest angle yet.
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White Ceramic Lens Mug

Snuggle up with a warm… lens.
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All Our Great Photography Deals Available for One More Week

26 Dec

12 deals

Over the last 12 days we’ve presented you with daily deals on some photography training products.

The savings this year were bigger than we’ve ever done before and we’ve had some great feedback from readers thanking us for some great deals.

However…. amidst the many ‘thank you’ messages that we’ve had there have also been quite a few emails and messages from readers who missed a deal that they really wanted.

So, today we’re going to open up all deals featured over the last 12 days to give you one last chance!

Click here to get access to all 12 deals again:

So if there’s a deal you regret missing or you might have missed one of our emails or posts – you’re in luck!

Here are just a few of the most popular deals (in no particular order)

  1. Natural Light eBook, just $ 7 (one of our most popular eBooks ever)
  2. Going Pro eBook – 60% off! (for those of you looking to make money from your photography)
  3. Portraits: Making The Shot $ 7 (released this year)
  4. Living Landscapes $ 7 or an Amazing Outdoor Photography Bundle (our best selling eBook ever)
  5. Save 75% on ‘The Art of Black and White Photography’ course (Udemy’s most popular Photography Course)
  6. Kelby Training $ 40 off an annual subscription (a year’s training for a few cents per day)
  7. $ 10 Day – 10 dPS eBooks, yours for just $ 10 each! (these went like hotcakes yesterday)

… and there are still a whole lot of other deals with your name all over them!

You can browse through all the deals using the little circle numbers at the top of all the deal pages (or clicking the boxes at the bottom of each page).

If you have any trouble at all, or if there’s a deal you can’t find be sure to let us know – we don’t want you missing a deal!

All these will be available until 31st of December, after that they will be gone for good so get to it and grab yours today!.

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