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The weekly round-up

So the big news this week was that Sony announced a new translucent mirror camera, but, as always, there's been a fair bit of other stuff happening. Here's a round-up. Useful knowledge The basics of light metering... link (2012-03-17 by @Photocritic) 7 Lessons [...]

The weekly round-up

Lots of new cameras, lots of new lenses, but not a whole lot of gossip. We were all far too focused on the leaks of the new cameras that finally materialised, I suppose! So, here's the week that was in photography. Camera talk Nikon announced the D800 and [...]

Kodak … ???

  Wouldn't it be funny if they really did bring back film? I personally would like it if they did! I love the stuff as much as I love digital! Somehow, I don't believe it will happen! Bankrupt, Kodak Vows to Rebound - NYTimes.com News for kodak [...]

The weekly round-up

The absolutely inescapable news this week: the SOPA black-out and Kodak filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. But there's been plenty of other stuff happening, too. Here's the run-down. Camera talk Here is what it's like to use the Lytro camera: link [...]

Bankruptcy protection for Kodak.

You can't escape it; it's on the BBC, the New York Times, on Reuters, on CNN; the tech websites are awash with it; and its headline news on just about every photography site imaginable, now including this one: Eastman Kodak has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy [...]

Kodak applies for bankruptcy protection in the US

Eastman Kodak has announced that it has applied for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the USA, in a move that will give the struggling 133-year old company more time to complete its reorganisation without having to face creditors, while maintaining supplies [...]

The inventor of the digital camera

Long before DSLRs, Micro 4/3rds, Photoshop, or HDR…Steve Sasson invented the digital Camera. In 1975, as a  newly hired electrical engineer employed by Eastman Kodak, Steve and a few fellow engineeers, successfully built a working [...]

The weekly round-up

Happy new year! It most definitely hasn't been a slow start to 2012, either. There's been plenty going on this week, but that most sadly includes the death of Eve Arnold at the age of 99. Camera talk Well, there's only one thing that people are talking about, [...]

A death knell for Kodak?

The prospects for Kodak have not been looking good for some time, but today things became decidedly grim. If the rumours are to be believed, the company is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. That is, unless it can sell off its valuable [...]

A Brief History Of Light & Photography: Part 3 of 3

Food for thought!?

Over the past 11 months or so, I have strained my brain for the benefit of you the reader. In looking back, I find that a lot of the concepts are still valid. So, I am passing these back a second time for anyone who may have missed them the first time around. [...]

My NEW book! Available NOW!

Introducing my new book: "Rethinking Digital Photography - Making & Using Traditional & Contemporary Photo Tools" If you are on Facebook, find my  - Rethinking Digital Photography -  page here. When you go there, please have a LOOK at [...]

Vivian Maier - Street Photographer - Links

Here are some great links to one of the greatest new discoveries in photography. Vivian Maier was a recently discovered female photographer who photographed in Chicago and New York. Her work was discovered shortly after her death in 2009. The work was never [...]

'twas Hip to be Square

A Critical Point of View

Throughout the history of photography there have been a variety of different methods that camera manufacturers have given us to allow us to compose and view what the film or sensor might see. These days, it seems that every time you see someone shooting a [...]