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2 months ago

German Cameraman Kills Celebrity Bunny

Easter is going to be a lot sadder for thousands of children who had hoped to see Til, the new star of a small zoo in Limbach-Oberfrohna, (Saxony) Germany. Til was a 17 day old bunny that was born without ears because of a genetic defect, and it had made him an instant star in Germany’s celebrity animal scene.  Germans work hard and often turn to animal celebrities to brighten their [...]

2 months ago

The Fujifilm Finepix X10, A Review

When the Fujifilm Finepix X10 was first announced, I had had high hopes for it. It seemed designed for photographers like me, who wanted a serious, available light, street-photography, carry all the time, camera. I especially wanted something not as an alternative to a DSLR or an interchangeable mirrorless camera system, but as a stand-alone, working tool. I thought that perhaps the X10 would [...]

3 months ago

Hidden Camera, Crouching Camera Case

  Do the other photographers laugh at you when you shoot with your Smartphone? Do they make fun of your apps? Has your girlfriend left you for a guy with a real camera? Has your box seat in the “early adopters “sky box turned into a concrete bench in the bleachers? Does the watercooler crowd slip away when you approach? Well buck up Bub, for now there's a way to show the [...]

3 months ago

We’re All Bozos On This Bus--The Red Bus to Hell

Amateur Photographer magazine reports that an English judge has decided in favor of a plaintiff because two photographs were “similar enough” to be a case of copyright infringement. Here’s the story and the photos, decide for yourself. If the judge’s decision goes unchallenged, it could have disastrous implications for photographers.  Picasso once said that, “Bad [...]

4 months ago

FotoShop by Adobé, Beauty Products???

This video introduces a revolutionary new line of beauty products that most photographers will immediately recognize. While it may be a parody, it hits awfully close to home. It's a reminder that sometimes the search for truth and beauty goes terribly awry, especially in the fashion and beauty industry. What is a mystery to me, is why these beautiful women need to be "touched up" in the first [...]

4 months ago

Accurate Auto-Focus in the Blink of an Eye

Our eyes focus far faster than the autofocus systems on our digital cameras. A new study by two University of Texas researchers, and their development of a simple focusing system using well known algorithms, may hold the answer to creating digital cameras that will focus as fast as our own eyes. Modern digital camera cameras use one of two autofocusing systems. The simplest is the contrast [...]

4 months ago

FZ47 Review: A Diamond In The Rough

While waiting for the demo Finepix X10 camera Fujifilm had promised me, out of sheer frustration, I decided that I really had to test a camera, any camera. I settled on reviewing the Panasonic FZ47 that I had decided to get as a Christmas present for my daughter. To my surprise, the FZ47 is an enigma. A camera that sells for less than $300 yet is capable of producing some of the most [...]

4 months ago

Study Reports the Death of Digital Cameras!

The headlines caught my eye, “Smartphones are officially killing cameras.” and “Are Phones About To Wipe Out The Digital Camera Industry?” What! The death of the digital camera industry? On top of the news this year about the earthquake in Japan and the trouble at Olympus, now there's this. Is this the end of photography as we know it? Well, after a minute or two I calmed [...]

5 months ago

Cameras at the ready! 1.2.3. Wait! The Oddest Photo Contest Ever.

Forget fast shutter speeds and burst shooting this photo contest requires patience. Lots of patience. A UK website, LocalTraders.com, plans to hold the world’s first "watching paint dry” championship and they want to see your photos of this new sport in inaction. An assoication of British tradespeople--house painters, plumbers, electricians et al.--LocalTraders decided [...]

5 months ago

The Use and Abuse of Light Tents

I have a menagerie of light tents that range from a mini-tent (barely 8 inches across), to a sideshow of mid-sized tents, to one huge walk-in tent. Over the years, I’ve written about light tents in my two books, in many magazine articles, and here at PIXIQ. I have, I guess, become a “friend” of the tent industry because for a while, manufacturers of light tents, were sending me a [...]

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