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Flickr has just released their new year in review statistics. Some statsare surprising, some are obvious. What is pretty obvious is that Flickr uploads is dominated by smartphones (42% of photos). Actually, it is dominated by iPhones. 4 of the 5 most popular Cameras on Flickr are iPhones, with one being a SamsungGalaxy. Second in [...]

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When I was getting started with photography, I knew that I had to learn how to light a subject indoors, but I couldn’t afford studio strobes – or even a hot shoe flash. I ended up learning how to use artificial light by re-purposing a set of three 500 watt halogen work lights. They turned [...]

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I have two daughters (11 and 4) and oneson (7). They wanna be: an actress, arobot maker and a dancer-chef-teacher-driver. I’ll let you do the match up. Actually many of us had “dream jobs” when we were growing up and for some, we never got to experience those dreams because life took us on different [...]

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Are you a Nikon shooter? Do you have $10,000 laying around? Do you like to shoot REALLY wide? If you answered yes to all three of the above questions, I have good news for you. You can pick upyour very ownNikkor 10mm f/5.6 Fisheye Lens on Ebay. The lens is in mint condition, numbered 180470 [...]

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Today seems to be about buyouts. Just a few hours ago we shared a report that said Nikon has acquired Samsungs NX camera technology. Now,Phase One has announced its bought out Mamiya Digital Imaging, giving Phase One full control of all Mamiya assets, including camera and lens production facilities. The two companies have a short, [...]

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Day after day, observatories around the world hunt for extraterrestrial life. While many use telescopes to seek out visual-based evidence, there are still a select few that utilize radio astronomy, a subfield of astronomy that listens into the frequencies spit onto Earth from the last frontier. Three of these radio astronomy facilities were captured by [...]

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When I first got my digital camera, words like Aperture and ISO were foreign to me, and it took me a couple of weeks of reading and studying alotbefore the lightbulb turned on in my head. You might be feeling a little confused, and you may even feel like you will never get your camera out of Auto mode, because it’s just too hard to understand.

So, ifyou are unfamiliar with your camera, or just starting out, you might appreciate a little explanation of the basics. Sometimes... more

The Samsung Saga has taken one heck of an interesting turn. According to trusted sources of Mirrorless Rumors, the reason Samsung is shutting down its camera business is because Nikon has acquired all Samsung sensor technology. In the report, Mirrorless Rumors says the acquisition could very well be made public in a month or so [...]

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Can a 6 Inch Slider (15cm) be a working tool for videographers? Turkish gear makerEdelkrone says yes and putting their development money where their mouth is. Edelkrone just introduces Slider One, a tiny slider that fits right at the top of a tripod. The Slider can be a great companion ifyou know how to use [...]

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Taken at ISO 800 (shutter speed of 30 seconds and aperture at f/8.0)

ISO has long been called the third corner of the exposure triangle, but was it really? In the film days you couldnt even change your ISO, except by changing your film. In the early days of digital, you could change your ISO after each shot, which was a definite improvement. But, if you dared to increase the ISO, your picture would probably end up with a lot of digital noise in it. The reality... more

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