Category: Photography
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NSA Sets up Instagram Account, @NSAToday
In a surprise announcement, the NSA announced on Thursday that they were setting up an Instagram account, @NSAToday. The idea is the brainchild of NSA intern Roger Winter, a recent graduate of American University. Winter is a DBA (DataBase Administrator) at the NSA and an avid amateur photographer. With the fastest growing collection of photography…
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Nikon Df: The Camera that Tom Selleck has Been Waiting for
The Nikon Df, A return to ugly. In an exclusive interview, we sat down with Nikon Df Large Team Leader Suzuki Kawasaki to discuss the inspiration and aspirations of the new dF. “When I was asked to lead the Nikon Large Df Team, I was very excited. I knew that the Df needed to be…
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Photos About Nothing
I’ve been spending way too much time staring at test shots of new cameras, peering into the shadows of wine bottles and 100% crops of moving objects. Plenty of home office book shelves and backyards as well. And cats. With their tongues sticking out. Which got me thinking that these test shots have a zeitgeist…
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What it Takes to be a Pro Photographer.
There are a lot of enthusiasts and amateurs out there wondering what it takes to be a professional photographer. Well, listen closely, because I’m going to tell you, and it’s going to blow your mind. It’s more important than years of education and training, more important than talent, more important than vision, more important than…
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Pentax K-3: The RAW Video Bubble is Burst
We’ve received word from John Carlsson, Senior Marketing Manager at Ricoh Imaging USA. No RAW video. Read my lips. No RAW video. Well, it was fun while it lasted.
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Pentax K-3: Can it Capture the Hearts and Minds of Budding Cinematographers?
The above is a screengrab from DVXUser.com, a popular video forum. While they’ve got plenty of sections on ENG style video cams and such, they’ve also got a booming HDSLR section featuring the front-runners in the space–Panasonic, Canon, and Nikon. Sony’s got it’s own section for everything from the prosumer NEX to their full-framed F…
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Pentax K-3: Is Pentax finally getting serious about video?
So here are some leaked shots of the upcoming Pentax K-3, the new APS-C flagship. Of particular note is the headphone jack and lever to switch between stills and video modes. This last piece is particularly interesting, as most cameras have a video selector on the mode dial. That way works, but selecting between Program…
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Cracks in the Facade
And so a scant few days after posting the rumored Pentax K-3, I find myself wondering it it’s time to move away from the Pentax K-mount. A number of things have happened in the last six months to bring me to this point. One, I’ve really grown to like the Nikon V1 and am considering…
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Is this the new Pentax K-3?
The rumor mill is on overdrive right now, speculating about the highly-anticipated (to Pentaxicans at least) K-5 replacement. Everyone’s been calling it the K-3 assuming that the number four bears some taboo in Japan, and this early spy photo suggests that will be the name. But looky here, is the K-3 really smaller than the…