Phaidon has an article about this Famous photographer portraits series I linked previously. It all started with. “I really missed the tactile nature of shooting large format and wanted to try a 20×24 Polaroid camera for fun and get back to something old school.” Relationship between the photographer and his medium or tool did catalyst… Continue reading Getting to know the face behind the photograph
Category: Links
Fuji X-Pro1 manual
The Flickr community members are not wasting any time and already found the Fujifilm X-Pro1 manual, linked from Fujifilm own website. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have some reading to do.
Goodbye Kodak, Hello Fujifilm
A quick explanation from Michael Krigman as to why Kodak is dying and Fujifilm is doing well. Michael bought a Fujifilm X-100 made of a Fujifilm sensor. But what did Kodak do? As Kodak fades, FujiFilm embodies a new generation of photographic technology driven by genuine innovation rather than strict adherence to marketing formulas. A… Continue reading Goodbye Kodak, Hello Fujifilm
Riffing in the key of Ricoh
Gregory Simpson explains how he found himself to buy a Ricoh GRX. And, truth be told, when Ricoh released the GXR in late 2009, my impression was one of disinterest. Although I found the idea intriguing (a user replaceable sensor), I didn’t much care for the execution — I simply had no need for any… Continue reading Riffing in the key of Ricoh
A strange copyright case
DPReview has a report of a strange copyright case where a picture has been found infringing on another picture because they have a red bus on a monochrome background of the London Big Ben and Parliament. Not the same vantage point nor even the same bus. The bigger problem is that the court found it… Continue reading A strange copyright case
What happened to Kodak?
Techcrunch tries to explain what happened to Kodak’s moment or how Kodak also failed to anticipate the competition of Fujifilm in the film market, including in its own market: the US.
Kodak: from Brownie and roll film to digital disaster
BBC short summary of Kodak history in the light of their chapter 11 filing: Kodak: from Brownie and roll film to digital disaster.
A few thoughts on time stamps
George Jardine (a Lightroom export) wrote A Few Thoughts on Time Stamps, how he manages time stamps and deal with timezones. It is a personal thing, and my personal choice is using UTC in the camera and timezone in the library to have the local time (local to the location of the picture). This raise… Continue reading A few thoughts on time stamps
Famous photographers
Famous photographers pose with their most iconic images. Often you recognize the image, but not the photographer.
Everything about Fujifilm X-Pro1
Everything about FUJIFILM X-Pro1 : Miku’s collection of links about the Fujifilm X-Pro1. Everything to satisfy your gear lust.