The Elephant in the digital darkroom talks about how Film is coming back to Hollywood: It’s an inexpensive archiving system, a highly effective means of preserving the motion picture heritage. Archived 35mm film stock remains stable for centuries under proper climactic conditions. With digital, however, the film industry is discovering that its core assets, its… Continue reading The Elephant in the digital darkroom
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Camera lost at sea, found with SD card intact 2 years later
CBC report on a Shipwrecked camera found underwater after 2 years with photos intact: A camera lost in a shipwreck off the west coast of Vancouver Island two years ago is finally to be returned to its owner — with the memory card and its images intact. The camera, we can’t really say it survive,… Continue reading Camera lost at sea, found with SD card intact 2 years later
RIP Bryce Bayer
RIP Bryce Bayer we learn from Imaging Resource. Bryce Bayer invented in 1975 the colour filter array, known as bayer filter, when at Kodak. This invention, widely in used in most digital cameras allowed to have RGB colour reproduction on a single sensor, allowing for a much more compact form of sensors. Very little has… Continue reading RIP Bryce Bayer
“Some Thoughts on Digital Camera Lifespan”
Minh Thein on Petapixel has some thoughts on digital camera lifespan” In the film days, the camera body and lenses lasted a long time; you invested in glass, got a decent body — one that fulfilled your personal needs as a photographer — and then picked the right film for the job. In that sense,… Continue reading “Some Thoughts on Digital Camera Lifespan”
Moving to Medium Format
Zack Arias with “Why I moved to medium format” explain us why he bought a Digital Medium Format for his professional work. He also uses a X100 for his own personal work.
Ricoh GR-D III for street photography
Using the Ricoh GRIII For Street Photography: A Review by Eric Kim (from The Phoblographer): Without spoiling anything, it is truly the best compact camera for street photography, and everybody who is serious about shooting in the streets should have one. Keep reading to read my in-depth review of the Ricoh GRIII digital. I have… Continue reading Ricoh GR-D III for street photography
Fuji FinePix X100 – some reviews
Previously I was wondering if there was a camera renouveau. The highly anticipated Fuji FinePix X100 could be one of the contenders with its innovative viewfinder. The problem is that following the earthquake in Sendai, the Japanese production of cameras in Japan has suffered, making the X100 harder to find. This does not seem to… Continue reading Fuji FinePix X100 – some reviews
DSLR repair
Here is a fantastic 2 seconds per frame one hour repair of the Nikon DSLR to replace a broken CF card slot pin: View on YouTube Notice how complicated the inside is. Via Markus Hartel (archived).
Is there a camera renouveau?
The world of digital cameras has been a bit boring lately. Not much innovation seen from the outside. Just a convergence of still and movie, and the mash-up of technologies, ever increasing high ISO and image quality. But is there a camera renouveau? Something that would reinvent the camera as we know it? Let’s see.… Continue reading Is there a camera renouveau?
35 years of digital cameras
MacWorld has a retrospective of 35 years of digital cameras. Interesting to see the evolution.