Leica Camera announced it will form creative partnership with noted fashion photographer John Wright. The UK celebrity photographer, Wright, has become the image model for the Leica S-System. Wright will use the Leica camera and document the S-System first hand with activities that include interviews, workshops at the Leica Store Mayfair ‘Studio S’ and of course, photoshoots
Here are the top 5 good buy digital cameras found in the shopping mecca of the internet universe, Amazon.com. We enumerated bargain cameras that made it to the top list and garnered good customer reviews.
Mamiya announced that its new DM40 medium format camera will be available for a US$21,990 or £14,655. The Mamamiya DM40 is partnered with a 80mm f.2.8 D series lens sold at US$19,990 or £13,314 price tag. The shipping for the Japanese medium format camera will start April. Photographers and hobbyist unite in universal lust for this medium format camera.
Creativity and photography should be two terms that coincide together. Lately, however, photography is closely associated with, well, a lot of money. It is interesting to know that a group of photo enthusiasts have been building a large fan base for Lomography and lomo cameras. These cheap analogue film cameras that are designed to produce a single photographic effect have become a popular trend.
Panasonic boasts the new Lumix DMC G2 digital camera. The Panasonic G2 is the world’s first Micro Four Thirds camera with touchscreen capability.
The Panasonic G10 touts 12.1megapixels, a Live MOS sensor, Venus Engine HG II technology, and a 3 inch LCD (that has no tilt, swivel or touch option). In addition, Panasonic G10 is able to record High Definition movies in Motion JPEG format.
Panasonic announces a new member to its Micro Four Thirds lens family. The new Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-42mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH./ MEGA O.I.S, a standard zoom interchangeable lens for the Lumix G Micro system. The Panasonic lens is light weight but marks high on performance.
What’s the best way to keep or store photos of your beloved memories? A portable photo storage called The HyperDrive album keeps up to 640GB worth of photos (which is roughly 300,000 photographs, wow).
The Digital Economy Bill, which was announced at the Queen’s Speech before the United Kingdom parliament last year, will give members of the public the right to use images for free and without permission.
Professional photographers fear that the Digital Economy Bill allows for copyright images to be used, legally, without consent from the author. The bill, which is expected to become law before the General Election, would make changes to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Panasonic introduces the Lumix DMC-FP8, an ultra compact point-and-shoot camera that is said to have the fastest auto focus among its camera class. The Lumix DMC-FP8 starts up in less than a second and shoots nearly 2 frames per second. Panasonic designed the Lumix DMC-FP8 camera for users who complain about the lag time of point-and-shoot cameras.
