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A monochrome-only camera that costs more than its color twin sounds like a hard sell, until you see what a dedicated black and white sensor actually does to an image. The Ricoh GR IV Monochrome strips out the color filter array entirely, and the results push well past what a converted color file can offer.
Ask a couple to choose their favorite photographs from their wedding gallery, and they'll rarely start with the formal group shots.
More often, they'll point to something unexpected. A grandparent wiping away a tear during the ceremony. A flower girl causing complete chaos during the speeches. A quiet moment between the couple when they thought nobody was paying attention. These are the photographs that transport people back to how the day actually felt.
That's what makes candid wedding photography so rewarding. It's also what makes it so difficult.
Most articles like this one will tell you about Portrait mode. You know about Portrait mode.
Depending on which iPhone and AirPods you own, you may be able to default the camera to a 35mm-equivalent view, use your earbuds as a remote shutter, and change several settings that affect how your photos are captured and processed. The features and technical details below are documented by Apple. The practical recommendations are mine.
Pocket cameras have always asked you to accept a wide-angle-only view and hope your footage looks acceptable after the fact. A dual-lens setup with a detachable screen and optical zoom pushes against nearly every one of those limits at once.
The advice that stuck with a photographer after 40 years behind the camera has nothing to do with gear or settings. It comes down to a simple rule about what you look at when you're not shooting.
The Lumix S9 launched as one of the smallest full-frame mirrorless cameras you can buy, and then sat there without a lens small enough to prove the point. Now a metal pancake the size of a lens cap has arrived in L-mount, and it fills that gap.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile recently released a stunning deep-space image of the cosmos apparently containing over 500,000 galaxies. Not stars, galaxies! The mind-blowing image was shot using an LSST camera, which holds the record as the world's largest digital camera and has a resolution of 3.2 gigapixels or 3200 megapixels. The caveat The post The World’s Largest Digital Camera Just Produced an Image Containing More Than Half a Million Galaxies appeared first on Light Stalking.
So, another great week in the Light Stalking community that deserves a bit of attention has just happened with our weekly photography challenge dominating activity, a fantastic photo of the week from Patrick as well as several other fantastic contributions from him and others, and a bunch of usual discussions that we continued around composition, The post Natural Contrasts, Street Humour, Solitude And More – The Weekly Community Roundup appeared first on Light Stalking.
One of the wonderful things about being part of a photography community is that no matter how long you're around, there are always people striving to be extremely creative. This was another week of people surprising us with creative photos and some real stunners. Here's what went down in the life-stoking photography community this week. The post Colourful Urban Life, Natural Contrasts, Trees And More – The Weekly Community Roundup appeared first on Light Stalking.
I have spoken at several camera clubs over the last couple of years, and there are some things that struck me. Perhaps the most notable are the demographic of the members and the environment in which the club is set. The members are generally older and predominantly male. At the clubs I have spoken at, The post The Demise Of Camera Clubs (And How To Stop It) appeared first on Light Stalking.
We had another solid week of photographic submissions as the community moved from the clean geometry of reflections towards the fun world of urban colour. It was a great catalyst for members sharing atmospheric mobile photography as well as exploring tiny subjects as miniature landscapes, and as usual, offered thoughtful feedback on everything from dry The post Reflective Symmetry, Colourful Urban Life, Mobile Photography And More – The Weekly Community Roundup appeared first on Light Stalking.
There is nothing like unboxing a new bit of photography kit. In fact, it can be quite addictive. Feeling the polythene surround, taking pleasure in cutting the seals, the satisfying whoosh as the box slowly opens. It’s a dopamine hit for sure, but often a very short-lived one. Much of modern marketing is built around The post Why Buying Used Lenses Makes So Much Sense appeared first on Light Stalking.
Compact Cameras, Point-and-Shoot Reviews
By: Mathieu Stern
Originally published on Aug 7, 2019
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A really interesting little lens that gives you a cinemascope point of view and makes everything feels more cinematic.
A cool introduction to anamorphic lenses before I start to use real ones in the next videos.
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