National Geographic has launched a new Tumblr, called Found, which showcases some of the most weird and wonderful shots from the magazine’s archive—and it has some amazing photographs online already. More »
Gizmodo friend and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Vincent Laforet recently swapped out his Canon 1D X for a Canon A2e—a film camera he hadn’t touched in 14 years. Restrained by only a roll of 36 exposures, Laforet actually loved going back to shooting with film. He writes about his experience below. More »
Samsung must not be very attached to the NX1000: the mirrorless camera isn’t even a year old, and its creator is already rushing to post details of the follow-up. Manuals for the NX1100 have surfaced on the company’s site that confirm the camera’s look while revealing details. And… it’s no great shakes, at least from what Samsung has disclosed. There’s still a 20.3-megapixel sensor, an ISO 12,800 sensitivity limit, a 3-inch LCD and 802.11n WiFi. Software also looks similar on the surface. As long as the manuals aren’t just placeholders, then, the improvements are likely tougher to quantify. We just hope that official documentation means a short wait.
Via: Photo Rumors
Source: Samsung
Chances are, you have a hobby (other than photography). You spend a lot of money on this hobby collecting all sorts of specialized tools. Well for this week’s Shooting Challenge, assemble these tools into one, beautiful collection. More »
Smithsonian Magazine has just announced the (absolutely incredible) finalists in what is now their 10th annual photography contest. Here are some of our favorites; they’ll take your breath away. More »
A gentle reminder to creative types the world around: if you try to put breasts on Facebook—even highly artistic breasts—Facebook will Shut. You. Down. More »
Google’s Picasa photo sharing service has been a great platform for uploading photos and sharing them, but it looks like Google will be giving it the ax soon, as URLs of Picasa albums are now being redirected to Google+ URLs. This isn’t too surprising, since Google introduced some great photo features with their social network, but it’s sad to see Picasa slowly faded out.
Specifically, the URL “picasaweb.google.com” no longer takes users to Picasa Web Albums but instead redirects users to Google+ Photos. It turns out that in order to actually navigate to Picasa, you have to enter in “picasaweb.google.com/lh/myphotos?noredirect=1″ where the noredirect command will keep the URL from going to Google+.
Again, this isn’t surprising and we should all be getting ready for the eventual demise of Picasa Web Albums. Google has already replaced Picasa with Google+ Photos in the navigation bar, but then again, Picasa hasn’t seen a huge user base recently anyway, with most users taking advantage of Yahoo’s Flickr platform if anything.
This probably isn’t the only transition we’ll see from Google as far as Picasa and Google+ Photos are concerned. We’re betting that the company will slowly kill its Picasa Web Albums, while introducing more features for Google+ Photos in the future, as well as making the service more prominent for those wanting to upload and share photos.
[via CNET]
Google Picasa albums now redirect to Google+ is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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The newest pocketable beast with a hearty ability to break out extremely high-quality photos comes from Nikon with the COOLPIX A. Inside this camera you’ll find a 16.2-megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor with the ability to snap photos with image quality the company says were only previously possible with a Nikon D-SLR. This bump allows this model to become – quite easily – the new champion in the segment – the new flagship COOLPIX camera without a doubt.
This device works with an all-glass 18.5mm (28mm equivalent) prime lens with no less than a f/2.8 aperture to back it up. You’ll be working with quick AF performance at 4 frames per second bursts, a collection of fabulous scene modes, and wi-fi connectivity if you do so wish to have it. To grab that connectivity you’ll beed to pick up the also relatively new WU-1a Wireless Mobile Adapter – a tiny little bug you’ll love plugging in to the side of your brand new COOLPIX.
You’ll be working with a manual focus ring, full manual exposure controls, and the ability to shoot in real-deal completely RAW/NEF if you’d like. Your manual exposure controls allow you to shoot in P, S, A, or M, your desire being its reality – and there’s a collection of accessories coming on as well. You’ll be working with a DF-CP1 Optical Viewfinder, a UR-E24 Adapter Ring for all the filters and lens hoods you want, and a hearty HN-CP18 metal Lens Hood.
There’s a full-size hot shoe port as well if you’re all about the Nikon Speedlight collection – go wild! This device will be revealed in both Black and Silver when it’s ready – inside March 2013 for the market at a suggested retail price of $1099.95 USD. We’ll be seeing this device released at all your favorite fine camera shops and, if you’re lucky, we’ll be reviewing it here on SlashGear too, soon!
Nikon COOLPIX A brings DX-format sensor to a surprisingly tiny body is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Still photography will always be, but we can’t ignore the rise of motion, from the omnipresent gif to the latest in embeddable video, Vine. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, you tried your hand at motion. Some results were amazing. More »
There are incredible feats of engineering going completely unnoticed all around us. The way a high speed camera shutter works is one of them. More »
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