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When Sigma set their mind to something, they really seem to go all-in lately. That’s what they’ve done today, by announcing EIGHT new Cinema lenses at the same time. The new collection of lenses comprises fiveT1.5 primes and three zoom lenses. Well, it’s certainly a nice collection to kick off their entryin the world of [...]

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Youve rolled out your white background for your shoot; whether it’s vinyl or paper. Its a bitdirty from shoes, but youre under pressure to get the shoot done, so you carry on regardless. When the shoot is over and the photos are back on the computer, thats when you see how bad it really was. The scuff marks, the footprints, the stray hairs, these are going take ages to clone out. Youre sorry now that you didnt clean it up, or cut off some paper. Sigh. Better just getting going on the... more

Fujifilm have today announced a new monochrome instant film for its Instax mini cameras. According to the press release, “The instax mini film Monochrome responds to the increasingly sophisticated demands of users, enabling them to expand the artistic potential of their photographic expression and adding a further dimension of fun to using instax cameras and [...]

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I’m going to get it out of the way right at the start. Having watched the trailer, I want to go and see thismovie. Thistrailer tells us absolutely nothing about what the movie’s about, but every cut pulls me in more. Until the guy starts talking at the end of the trailer, I’ve no idea [...]

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Victoria Police have reportedthat a 22 year old Australian man hasbeenpulled from the water at St Kilda Pier. Why was he in the water? Well, he was attempting to rescue his drone. He’d been flying thedrone with a friend to shoot photos as part of a project when it suddenly fell into the water. Attempts [...]

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Sometimes you want to create a stunning portraits indoors but you are stuck with those seamless white, black and gray sheets as backgrounds. Well, how about creating a about creating a bokehlicious wall like this? I love using out of focus bokeh circles, they arebeautiful, unique and pretty dramatic. There are many ways to create [...]

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Are you interested in taking your photography to another level? Do you like the bokeh effect, or images that have a painterly look to them? Then perhaps you might wantto give the Lensbaby lenses and optics a try.

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In what can only be described as another incident of mindless stupidity, vandals have destroyed an iconic sandstone pedestal at Cape Kiwanda on Oregon’s coast. Described by local residents as a “natural wonder” and often photographed by visitors, the “Duckbill” rock is no more. A video sent to KATU News shows a group of people [...]

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The idea of this camera started with vintage Profile Spotlight, that I wanted to restore, but found out, that some ofinternallens elements were shattered. The only lens element, that was undamagedwas the front element of it. Upon some closer inspection I discovered, that this element can project image circle big enough, to cover 8X10 area. [...]

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For the past six months, Ive been stuck in endless review holes to find the perfect camera fortraveling AND blogging. The perfect camera has to be light and easy to toss in my bag (unlike my current Nikon D90, which weighs about 2lbs with the lens). Also, the perfect camera cant compromise quality just because [...]

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