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If you’re new to film photography, chances are that you’ll get into shooting black and white sooner or later because you have been inspired by the masterpieces of old masters. But before you become the next Henri Cartier-Bresson or Sebastio Salgado, there are a few introductory things you should know.

Seeing the world in black and white is the main struggle for everyone at the beginning, but like with everything else, it can be learned and practiced with a simple... more

Sony's new STF (Smooth Trans Focus) 100mm F2.8 GM OSS uses an apodization (APD) filter to create very smooth out-of-focus regions/highlights both in front of, and behind, the focal plane.

But how exactly does it work? Sony has published a video demonstrating the principle, and the effect. Take a look:

The apodization element is a circular graduated neutral density filter that lets in more central light rays than peripheral light rays. This smooths out transitions between out-of-... more

Image taken using a Minolta M-Rokkor 40mm F2 adapted using the Leica M-Adapter T and processed to taste in Adobe Camera Raw. ISO 2000, 1/125 sec, F2. Photo by Carey Rose

As we move towards completing our full review of the Leica SL, we've been toting it around town just about everywhere, from the grit of Pioneer Square to...well, the grit of a dim living room rock show. Whether you want... more

Japanese software developer Ichikawa Soft Laboratory Co. has released a new version of its Silkypix Development Studio Pro application that introduces a number of new tools and functions. Version 8 of the Raw adjustment and conversion program adds a clarity slider to the tool-set, that can be used to emphasize or smooth-out differences in neighboring tones to deliver more or less tonal impact in an image.

Users can also now take more control of black and white conversions using the... more

Microsoft has released a free, open source simulator to help engineers test drones in a photo-realistic environment. The AirSim, as it's called, offers a space for developers to run simulated flights again and again, gathering data and seeing how a drone's onboard perception systems react to a complex environment. Naturally, that's a lot cheaper and less time-consuming than studying repeated real-world drone crashes.

The cross-platform software supports manual or programmatically... more

Comedian John Crist made this humorous 3-minute video poking fun of the “The Millennial Marriage Proposal,” in which a girlfriend being proposed to (played by Megan Batoon) is too focused on the... more

I came across dichroic film years ago while researching materials for an art lighting business, Lightlink Lighting. The color changing properties of this material was so inspiring I ended up creating new lighting designs based on it.

Dichroic — from the Greek meaning “two-colored” — film comes in at least two versions: a heavyweight clear vinyl that reflects and filters light in the blue/green/magenta/indigo range and a lighter weight version that... more

Russian model Viktoria Odintsova is being harshly criticized online for a photo shoot she did that involved handling by one arm from the edge of a 1,000-foot-tall skyscraper in Dubai… with apparently no permission and no safety equipment.

In videos and photos published on YouTube and on Instagram, the 22-year-old model can be seen holding onto the arm of a male experienced daredevil assistant. In one photo she’s leaning backwards off the edge of the Cayan Tower (the... more

It appears that the Kodak brand name is about to appear on more mediocre consumer electronics products. Ever since the company went bankrupt, what is left of the legendary imaging powerhouse is making at least some money by licensing the iconic brand name to anyone who wants it. A little while back, the Bullit Group launched the Kodak-branded camera-centric Ektra smartphone, and the... more

These days there’s a lot of talk about “fake news” on the Internet, and Facebook recently announced the introduction of fact checkers. Is that a good thing? I feel ambivalent about it, and I’ll explain why.

Public attention is now focused on social media and sites that publish hoaxes. Fake news on the net is really a big problem and something needs to be done about it. At the same time, the scandal seems to drive our attention away from an even more... more

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