A blog about Photography, top industry gear, and celebrating those behind the camera.
This Week in the World looks at the past week’s most interesting stories out of the photo world. Leica unveiled the X Vario APS-C Compact Camera. What do you think of this camera? PocketWizard released a firmware update for ControlTL that “greatly improves the performance of PocketWizard’s exclusive HyperSync feature.” (via Lighting Rumors) Check out what HyperSync […]
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When Fuji released the X100S, a storm of positive reviews swept over the land. MPEX-favorites like David Hobby and Zack Arias celebrated the compact rangefinder camera’s autofocus, sync speed, its near-silent shutter, X-Trans sensor, and high-quality JPEG outlook. During our recent Downtown Columbus Nighttime Photo Walk, our walk leader Aaron Sheldon was carrying nothing but […]
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This Week in the World looks at the past week’s most interesting stories out of the photo world. PhotoPills is a new app that will help you perfectly coordinate the sun or the moon in your landscape photos. It’s pretty sweet. (via The Photo Argus) Debra Bates-Lamborn is suing the city of Lansing, Kansas for labeling her photographic […]
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This Week in the World looks at the past week’s most interesting stories out of the photo world. Two exciting new lenses were announced this week: the ridiculously fast (as in, “this lens has no business being this fast” fast) Nikon 1 32mm f/1.2 prime portrait lens for Nikon’s 1 Series of mirrorless cameras, and Canon’s new 200-400mm […]
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Summer vacation is just around the corner, and if you’re going somewhere fun, you’ll want to bring a camera to capture the memories. That’s why we’ve put together this handy camera-buying guide, to help you find the right camera to bring with you on your travels. GoPro HD Hero3 Black, $399.99 We’re not sure if there’s […]
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Our Tips & Tricks series aims to give beginners, amateurs and professionals alike more ways to approach different aspects of photography and videography. For each installment, we’ve enlisted the expertise of our MPEX staff and have received their feedback on method and equipment. Light painting seems to be popping up everywhere recently. Digital photography has […]
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The Fuji X-E1 has long been one of our favorite mirrorless/interchangeable lens cameras. Its 16-MP APS-C X-Trans CMOS sensor eliminates the need for an optical low-pass filter, which is used in conventional systems to inhibit moiré at the expense of resolution, allowing the sensor to capture unfiltered light from the lens and produce unprecedented resolution. The OLED electronic viewfinder provides […]
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This Week in the World looks at this week’s most interesting stories out of the photo world. Nikon patented some really neat features for future cameras, including an illuminated lens mount and dual contacts for lens and camera mounts. (via PetaPixel) George Eastman House became the first dedicated photography museum to join the awesome Google Art Project. (via […]
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This Week in the World looks at this week’s most interesting stories out of the photo universe. PocketWizard announced their new PlusX radio. Posited as the “simplest PocketWizard radio ever,” the PlusX features 10 standard channels that are easily selected through an intuitive dial, a range comparable to any other PocketWizard transmitter and receiver, and compatibility with all standard channel PocketWizard transmitters and receivers. Oh, […]
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