Photo curiosity

  • Canon 5D MkIII, the fake ad

    Dominik Wörner is a photographer who loves to have fun with Photoshop and other tools. You want some evidence? Just have a look at the sequence of pictures of the future Canon EOS 5D MkIII (if it ever happens to be born) that he assembled into a lovely video clip which could be the official…

  • A few days off

    Don’t worry too much if the posts are rare in the coming days. I’ll be off to Botswana for a photo trip.

  • Rijasolo

    « Miverina » means « to come back ». Rijasolo was born in Madagascar and the « Miverina » series is a move back to rediscover this country. His photography is a kind of black and white photography which touched me deeply. Question : Is there something that could make you stop shooting photographs? Rijasolo’s…

  • Sony NEX-5n clicks: Solution is coming

    Sony was not very précise, but they now recognize the issue, have identified the cause (or a way to mask the problem) and are preparing a solution which will be made available to customers under warranty. More later.

  • War Correspondant in a PC video game

    War Correspondant in a PC video game

    If you always wanted to be a war correpsondant (WarCo in short) type of photographer but did not have the guts to risk your life, there is an Australian company, Defiant, which is trying to get the funds to finish a PC game based on such a scenario. Instead of using a gun to spread…

  • Small sensor for the Nikon 1

    The most surprising part of today’s announcement of the Nikon 1 family is certainly the appearance of a new size format for the digital sensor: A 1″ sensor size which about half of the more usual DX or APS-C size normally found in the Nikon D-SLR photo cameras (or those of the competition) when looking…

  • Nikon drops mirrors

    Nikon drops mirrors

    As was expected by many people, Nikon annoucned a new photo camera system based upon a mirrorless architecture, a small sensor and a new lens system. Press Release MELVILLE, N.Y. (Sept 21, 2011) – Nikon Inc. today announced a revolutionary new digital imaging system built from the ground up to empower users with new ways to…

  • Canon keeps working to replace its 100-400mm

    I should never exaggerate the importance of patent publishing (some of them are only a way to make sure nobody can re-use the same idea when invented independently), but it is interesting to notice that Canon published a patent for an architecture targeting a 100-400mm f/4-5.6 tele-zoom which could well become the next replacement for…

  • The new Sony RAWs on Capture One

    The new Sony RAWs on Capture One

    The most recent release of Capture One (version 6.3) now supports the new RAW files grnerated by the most recent Sony products using the huge 24 MP sensor: Sony Alpha 77 Sony Alpha 65 Sony NEX-7 Sony NEX-5n We should also list the support for the most recent Olympus: Olympus E-P3 Olympus E-PL3