Photo curiosity

  • Pirelli 2012 calendar – First shots

    The Pirelli calendar is certainly the most famous calendar (at least in the automotive world). This comes in a large part from the very high quality of the artistic nudity photographs, as it is maintained from year to year despite a systematic change of photographer. This year, for 2012, the calendar is not yet officially…

  • Thailand flood update

    As you already know, Thailand is suffering major floods observed since last July with considerable rainfall during this long period of time normally watered by the rains of the South-East Asiatic monsoon (albeit much stronger this year). Many parts of the country are invaded by the water which do not stop to rise near (and…

  • Nikon D7100 or Nikon D400?

    According to a small bit of information I received, Nikon may not be ready to launch a new successor to the Nikon D300s, also known as Nikon D400. However, they have a Nikon D7100 in the works. The D7100 would be the first Nikon camera using the same digital sensor as the Sony Alpha 77…

  • John Ross

    Sometimes, photography is hard to separate from painting and becomes a creative art with its own simplifications. This is what happens with some of the best works of John Ross. From London, he proposes photographs of human bodies seemingly covered with blood (kudos for red paint and nice lighting). But you should also explore the…

  • Sony A65 / A77: The differences in pictures

    If you were wondering what the real differences are between the new Sony Alpha D-SLR semi-transparent mirror cameras (the Sony SLT-A65 and Sony SLT-A77), here is a summary made in pictures. It may help better understand the differences justifying the very large price gap between the two models (for the same digital sensor). Pictures coming…

  • 50 years of Canon SLR cameras

    Since 1959, Canon has been manufacturing Signle Lens Reflex (SLR) photo cameras. The sotyr began with the Canon F. YouTube link

  • Thailand: Sony impacted products

    For the follwing new products, Sony just removed all forecast of availability. NEX-7 NEX-5N NEX-C3 Alpha 65 Source: Steve Huff.

  • Thailand floods: Drama all over again

    We may have been thinking that the drama observed in Japan last March were going to disappear from to landscape of photographic camera manufacturers. The catastrophic floods of Thailand came to bring us back to the sad reality. High waters are rushing through Thailand. The Bangkok county is now seriously preoccupied by the devastation and…

  • Marquetry Sigma SD1: The swan song?

    When your product does not meet its market, if you are marketing manager, you need ideas. That is the reason why, at Sigma, people are looking for original ideas. And the marketing department just thought about marquetry. Or about wood to elegantly (?) wrap the most expensive photo camera of the Sigma range. If we…