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Walmart’s Latest Classless Move: Suing a Photographer’s Widowed Wife
May 21, 2014
Maaz Khan
It’s amazing how perfect the narrative of this story is; Americans love suing, and who not better to be the plaintiff than one of our…
Luxi For All: An Affordable Kickstarted Light Meter
May 21, 2014
Peter Bower
We dont usually feature kickstarters, but you have to hand it to a company that knows what they are doing and already shipping their first…
How Would Classic Paintings Look If Botticelli, Raphael and Goya Had Photoshop
May 20, 2014
Udi Tirosh
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you know that we love to call out the way that commercial work overuses Photoshop. But…
FFMPEG Adds Support For Magic Lantern RAW Video – On The Way For A Smoother Workflow
May 18, 2014
Udi Tirosh
About a year ago the Magic Lantern team took they RAW video recording into the next level providing their own native format – MLV (Magic…
Sony’s New Announcements: Pricing for the a7S, and a New Compact Camera
May 16, 2014
Maaz Khan
Sony’s announced the pricing and availability for the a7S, a camera recently unveiled at last month’s NAB Show. The flagship camera is now available for…
Nikon’s Big Week for Announcements: Two Mirrorless Cameras and One Big Lens
May 14, 2014
Maaz Khan
Nikon’s been getting pretty busy this week with their announcements. Two new mirrorless cameras are now headed our way, along with a new telephoto lens….
Nikon Releases Major Firmware Upgrades for the D800/D800E
May 14, 2014
Maaz Khan
Nikon’s had a big day for firmware updates today. Along with releasing them for two of their Coolpix cameras and their entire mirrorless line, they…
Parrot Want In On The Photo Market, Has A New Drone: Bebop
May 12, 2014
Maaz Khan
In 2010, Parrot introduced the A.R.Drone, and in 2012, a new iteration of the model was released. For a while now, the company’s been a…
DJI Phantom Drone Crashes Into The 30Th Floor Of The Metropolitan Square Building
May 9, 2014
Udi Tirosh
Every now and then we see the occasional authority prohibiting drone usage. It was done in the Gas Explosion scene in NYC and now Yosemite…
Why We Started Photography in the First Place
May 8, 2014
Maaz Khan
When I was in high school, I started messing around with my dad’s DSLR. It was a Canon EOS 20D, and we had two different…