Ein Beitrag von: Felix Schmidt
kwerfeldein – Fotografie Magazin
Posts Tagged ‘April’
1. April 2013
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Tokina to ship 12-28mm F4 DX lens in April 2013
15
Mar
Tokina has announced it will be shipping the AT-X 12-28 F4 PRO DX lens from April 2013 in Nikon mount, and June 2013 for the Canon version. Announced at the CP+ tradeshow, the lens is a replacement for the company’s existing 12-24mm F4 wideangle zoom for APS-C cameras. But rather than making the lens wider to match its competitors, Tokina has chosen to extend it further into the ‘normal’ range, to give an 18-42mm equivalent zoom. The Japanese RRP of ¥90,000 is the same as that for the existing AT-X Pro DX 12-24mm F4 II lens. (via DCWatch)
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
Nikon School to start in London from April 2013
01
Mar
Nikon has announced the launch of its Nikon School in UK. The company’s education and training program that has been popular in the US for a decade will start in London from April 2013. It will offer photography courses, from beginner to advanced, to product specific courses and workshops. The company is currently offering £20 discount for online bookings. Click through for more information and links to the School’s website.
News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA) – Lukla, Nepal – April 2011
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Dec
Most dangerous airport in the world? Video showing quick take-off of a Tara Air Dornier Do 228 followed by immediate landing of a Tara Air DHC-6 Twin Otter.
Video Rating: 5 / 5
Karl Taylor photography competition (April winner and May 2012 is reviewed)
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Oct
The TOP 25 in the Karl Taylor Photography Competition “Technology” is now online! You can vote for your favourite here: www.karltaylorcompetitions.com —————————————— Related links: Karl Taylor Blog: www.takeabetterphoto.com Karl Taylor Facebook: www.facebook.com New Pro-Photography Secrets Pre-order: www.karltaylorphotography.co.uk
New Fashion Photography Workshop! April in Los Angeles
25
Mar
After a year and half break, I’ve decided to hold another workshop. I’m going to be in Los Angeles during the middle of April so I thought it might be nice to hold a workshop while I’m there. This time, I’ve partnered with Box8 Studios in downtown LA and I’m really excited about this because the space is amazing! The workshop will have the same format, Saturday is a heavy shooting day, Sunday will be about fashion retouching and business. I won’t get into the details here in this post but you can read all about it here and sign up for it if you want! Space is limited and I know it’s almost a month away but I’m really looking forward to meeting those who decide to attend! See you in Los Angeles, homies!
Fashion Photography Blog – A Resource for Fashion Photographers, Created by One.
7 April, 2010 – Constructing the Composition: Angkor Wat
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Apr
Our new columnist, Art Wolfe, provides us today with an essay titled Constructing The Composition: Angor Wat.
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The Apple iPad arrived this weekend along with the Easter Bunny and chocolate eggs. Rabbits and eggs are pagan fertility symbols that have somehow become intertwined with the Christian holiday, but there was something of an appropriate irony in Apple choosing this particular weekend to launch the iPad, since it is in many ways a harbinger of things to come.
I’ve been becoming familiar with mine for the past few days and continue to believe that it’s going to be a game-changer, especially for professional photographers, because of what it implies for the publishing industry. Print media will never be the same again.
There are also some new iPad specific apps that are either paticularly cool, or that may appeal to nature and landscape photographers, and one of these that I quite enjoy is Emerald Observatory.
Whether you’re an astronomy buff, a time freak, or a photographer looking for information about sunrise and sunset times, as well as the moon’s phase and position, Emerald Observatory will be the best .99 cents that you’ll spend this week.
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19 April, 2010 – Photographing the Aurora
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Apr
Have you ever photographed an aurora, or even seen one?
Mark Dubovoy travelled to Northern Canada a couple of months ago for just this purpose, and came away with shots of a quite spectacular display.
As a physicist by profession he can’t resist explaing what causes the aurora, as well as how best to photograph one when you have the opportunity. His new tutorial is titled, naturally enough, Photographing The Aurora.
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Fancy a photographic workshop in Tasmania this coming December? If so consider this one being put on by my friend (and frequent contributor to this site) Nick Rains. Nick is the Editor of one of Australia’s leading photographic magazines, and a very fine photographer and teacher.
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"If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video must be worth a thousand pictures.
Just to let you know that I found your Lightroom Tutorial most helpful in understanding, not only which buttons to push, but the gestalt behind the program. Especially helpful was the orgainzation.
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– Jim Cassatt
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14 April, 2010 – Imageprint 8 Review
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Apr
It’s been a while since I’ve had a review of the Imageprint RIP on this site. Two version ago, in fact. Now, Imageprint 8 is here, and contributor Markus Zuber has his exclusive review available.
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Looking for your next great photographic adventure? How about a NAMIBIA PHOTOGRAPHIC SAFARI with John Paul Caponigro.
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The great convergence is now starting to gather steam. Both Panasonic and Sony, two major forces in the broadcast as well as prosumer / consumer video fields, announced large sensor video cameras at the NAB show this week.
Panasonic AG-AF100
Panasonic’s AG-AF100 is based on its Micro Four Thirds still camera format while Sony’s as yet unnamed entry has a full 35mm sensor and and Alpha lens mount.
Let’s hope that Panasonic’s design engineers are better than their illustrators – because what they’re showing above looks like a camcorder from 1975.
What both of these entries (due late 2010 / early 2011) bring to the market is cinema style depth of field because of their large sensors, something that current 1/4" , 1/3" and 1/2" video cameras can’t offer.
One of the reasons that movie makers tolerate the horrendous ergonomics and woeful feature set of today’s video DSLRs is the wonderfully shallow DOF which they offer. I believe that once this new generation of large sensor cameras become available over the next 6-12 months, the days of Combocams being used in professional production will be numbered.
Speaking of which, if you’re a fan of the popular Fox TV series House, you might want to watch the season’s finale episode on May 17 as it was shot entirely with a Canon 5D MKII.
And on the subject of Canon, with the Panasonic and Sony large sensor video camera announcements this week, Canon is left as the only major company in the field to not have announced an entry. Let’s hope that they don’t take as long as they did with their first solid state video camera offerings (3 years late), the just announced HPX 370/371.
Sony’s 35mm Alpha Camcorder
Update:
FreshDV has an interview with the Pansonic product manager, shot on the floor at the NAB show. It provides insights into the new AF100 Micro Four Thirds video camera (delivery December – ,000) and a better though still brief look at the camera’s design.
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23 April, 2010 – Ricoh GRX. Where Does It Fit?
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Apr
Ricoh has always made fascinating if somewhat quirky cameras. Today, Sean Reid gives us his take on where the GRX-A12 fits in the current camera taxonomy.
Sean has also just published a comprehensive user review of the GRX-A12 on his subscription site, which I can highly recommend.
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The most recent winner in our Lightroom 3 contest is Jenny Sampson of Berkeley, CA . Congratulations Jenny. She wins a boxed copy, once it ships, of LR3 worth 0.
How did she win? Simply by purchasing one of our tutorials or Video Journals. Find out more.
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