The EU has a new data protection law, the so-called GDPR, the General Data Protection Regulation, or as we Germans like to call it: Datenschutzgrundverordnung (Gesundheit!). The rules took effect on May 25th and so far its... more
Camera+ was launched almost eight years ago and since then has become one of the most popular third-party camera apps for iPhone and iPad. Now its makers have given the app a complete overhaul and launched Camera+ 2.
Camera+ 2 is a universal app and as such provides the same user experience across all compatible iPhone and iPad models. Unlike on the original app, all features and tools are included from the start,... more
In 1921, the satirical magazine The Judge published this two-panel comic about how you look in photos. It’s strikingly similar to the “Expectation vs. Reality” memes that circulate the Web today, and the comic is one of the earliest recorded memes.
In the comic, we see comparison portraits of “How you think you look when a flashlight is taken” compared to “How you really look.”
During the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway this past weekend, one fan apparently decided that his camera wasn’t close enough to the action, so he decided to climb the 30-foot-tall+ catch fence for ultra-close up photos of racecars speeding by below him.
If you’re interested in branching out your photo business to include corporate headshots, here’s a helpful 24-minute tutorial that can help you get started. In it, photographer Sean Tucker shares... more
The Tamron 28-75mm F2.8 Di III RXD has a lot going for it. It's sharp, lightweight and at 829 / $799, is far cheaper than Sony's own 24-70mm F2.8 GM. We've got our hands on a production model and are putting it through a full review, but in the meantime, we've been shooting with it around town to get a... more
Sony has unveiled a faster, higher-resolution OLED panel for use as an electronic viewfinder. The 'UXGA' panel gives 1600 x 1200 pixels/5.76M dots of resolution, for those of you who don't still think in terms of 1980s PC monitors. This is a 25% increase in each direction, compared with the panel used in the likes of the Panasonic GH5 and Sony a7R III. Despite the resolution increase, Sony says the panel uses the same amount of power.
The panel can be run either progressively (with one... more
Sony has announced a new OLED electronic viewfinder display with a huge increase in resolution thanks to the world’s smallest pixel pitch of 6.3m. The... more
