On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Chris Marquardt joins the conversation for a retrospective on 2019 and some ideas moving forward about how photography will change in the coming year, as well as some rumours and business talk to round out the hour. Thanks very much for listening!
Story 1: Canon to Use ‘Moving Sensor’ in EOS R Camera with Hybrid EF/RF Mount: Report (via PetaPixel)
Story 2: A Client Wants All Unedited Images for a Very Small Amount: What Do You Do? (via fstoppers)
Picks of the Week:
Don: Sigma MC-21 Mount Converter/Lens Adapter (EF-Mount Lenses to L-Mount Camera) Chris: Kodak Ektachrome slide film – now available in 120 and 4×5 formats!
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On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Steve Brazill joins Don to discuss the advancements in mobile photography – specially LiDAR enhancements that we never knew we wanted. The Lumix BGH1 box camera, unusual prototype cameras up for auction, and how the pandemic has affected us as professionals and creatives. All this and more – thanks for listening!
Story 1: Apple unveils 5G iPhone 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max devices with larger screens, better cameras and more (via DPReview)
Story 2: Many things to many people: Panasonic launches DC-BGH1 modular ‘box’ camera (via DPReview)
Story 3: This Leica ‘Rifle’ is Expected to Sell for $250,000 at Leitz Photographica (via PetaPixel)
Story 4: How Has COVID-19 Affected You as a Photographer? (via fstoppers)
Picks of the Week:
Don: Cameo – put in a request for a custom video from a famous person your friends or family admire. Brighten someone’s day.
Steve: FiLMiC FirstLight app for Android and iOS
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On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Steve Brazill joins the discussion to chat about the Sony A7S III, Kodak not being a photography company anymore, new lenses, updates and potatoes. All this and more – you don’t want to miss this one!
Story 1: Sony a7S III initial review (via DPReview) Related: Sony announces world’s first CFExpress Type A cards and card reader (via DPReview) Related: The Sony a7S III’s Missing Feature (via fstoppers)
Story 2: Kodak Stock Rockets Over 2,000% in 48 Hours on Drug Pivot News (via PetaPixel) Related: Kodak’s paper and chemistry business sold to Chinese company, a report (via DIY Photography)
Story 3: Sigma to Release 85mm f/1.4 Lens for Mirrorless Cameras Next Week: Report (via PetaPixel) Related: Venus Optics is now offering six of its most popular Laowa lenses for L-mount cameras (via DPReview)
Story 4: Hasselblad updates firmware for X1D II 50C and 907X Special Edition, announces two new accessories (via DPReview)
Story 5: Slideshow: The winning images from the 2020 Potato Photographer of the Year contest (via DPReview)
Picks of the Week:
Don: Helicon Focus – focus stacking software
Steve: Join your local photo club!
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On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don is joined by Stephan Bollinger to talk data security, lens hacks, sensor size equivalency and what a photographic legacy can be defined as. A fun philosophical discussion – thanks for listening!
Story 1: Report: Canon had 10TB of data stolen from its servers in ransomware attack (via DPReview)
Story 2: A mysterious firmware update turns the Viltrox 85mm F1.8 lens into an even faster F1.6 prime (via DPReview)
Story 3: What Camera Sensor Size Equivalence is All About (via PetaPixel) Related: Stephan’s show where he discusses apertures (via sbweekly.tv)
Story 4: Photographer Finds 120-Year-Old Cat Photos After Developing Film Found in a Time Capsule (via My Modern Met)
Picks of the Week:
Don: Canon 500D close-up filter
Stephan: Read books! Stephan recommends Never Split the Difference – Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It By Chris Voss (Amazon | Audible)
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On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don and PhotoJoseph (Joseph Linaschke) chat about the evolving laws and perception of copyright, what might be coming in September from Panasonic, pushing limits with high-speed cameras and we remember one of the great imaging pioneers. All this and more – thanks for listening!
Story 1: Google Images’ ‘Licensable’ Badge to Help Photographers Sell Photos (via PetaPixel) Related: Image License in Google Images (BETA) (via Google) Related: Photographer Wins Lawsuit Against BuzzFeed, Sets Major DMCA Precedent (via PetaPixel)
Story 2: Panasonic will announce, via livestream, its new Lumix S5 full-frame camera on September 2 (via DPReview) Related: Digital Camera Market Share 2019: Canon is King, Fujifilm Stable 4th, Nikon is Falling, Olympus is Out (via Fujirumors.com)
Story 3: Phantom T1340 Four-Megapixel High-Speed Camera Announced (via CineD)
Story 4: Russell Kirsch, inventor of the pixel, dies in his Portland home at age 91 (via DPReview)
Bonus: MetaTools Takes PC Game Graphics to Next Level (via Wired, 1997)
Picks of the Week:
Don: Laowa 50mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras.
Joseph: Viltrox S 20mm T2.0 Cine Lens for Panasonic/Leica L-Mount
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On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don is joined by Steve Brazill to discuss data loss woes, overheating woes, lens disassembly woes… and a fun AI algorithm that makes our photos cleaner! It’s really not that woeful an episode, it’ll be a good one to listen to. Thanks!
Story 1: Photos and presets “Not Recoverable” says Adobe as Lightroom update deletes customer images (via DIY Photography)
Story 2: Canon EOS R5 so-called overheat timer defeated by a single screw in battery door (via EOSHD.com) Related: Canon releases FW 1.1 for EOS R5, with bug fixes and improvements to video shooting time (via DPReview)
Story 3: Taking Apart the Canon RF 600mm f/11 IS STM (via Lens Rentals | Blog)
Story 4: This AI Automatically Removes Harsh Shadows from Your Portraits (via PetaPixel)
Picks of the Week:
Don: Western Digital Red Pro drives – great for data storage in a NAS.
Steve: Adobe Photoshop Mix – Cut out, combine and create amazing images. Anywhere. Bonus: RAW Editing Challenge
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On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Steve Brazill comes back again for another round of geek talk – this time about all of the Lumix announcements including the Lumix S5, new sensor tech from Canon and what the heck is Phase One up to with it’s XT System? All this and a story about a 100 year old bottle of wine. Thanks for listening!
Story 1: Panasonic introduces Lumix DC-S5 stills/video hybrid camera (via DPReview) Related: Panasonic Lumix DC-S5 initial review (via DPReview) Related: Panasonic firmware brings 5K recording to S1R, updated autofocus to S1, S1R, S1H (via DPReview) Related: Panasonic unveils new 24, 35, 50 and 85mm F1.8 L-mount primes (via DPReview)
Story 2: Canon has developed a new sensor with 20-stops dynamic range that’s good down to 0.08 Lux (via DIY Photography)
Story 3: Phase One Unveils $13K 90mm f/5.6 Lens for the Medium Format XT System (via PetaPixel)
Picks of the Week
Don: Projector triplet lens (eBay search link). You can also try the spelling “триплет” (Russian) which may yield different search results.
Steve: Steve went all-in with his telescope picks and supplied a ton of links for anyone interested to explore:
Lucky Imaging software
Telescope: Meade ETX-125 PE – f/15 – 1900mm – with Meade #678 Dew Shield
Eyepieces: Meade Series 4000 Eyepiece and Filter Set – $180
Camera Adapters: Meade #64 T-Adapter – Rear Port Mount – $35 Meade Variable Projection Camera Adaptor – Eyepiece Mount – Allows Eyepiece – $55
T-Mount / T-Ring: Meade T-Mount SLR Camera Adapter for Canon EOS – $15
Moon Filer: Meade ND96 Moon Filter – ND Filter (13% Light Transmission) – $20
Accessories: Meade #126 Barlow Lens – Doubles the Eyepiece Power – $40
Bonus: One of Steve’s Moon shots:
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>> Be sure to check out Don’s virtual workshops coming up via Princeton Photo Workshop
On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don is joined by Jeff Harmon to discuss the highest resolution camera sensor in a telescope, what will hopefully be the end of our coverage on the heat issues with the Canon R5, improving frame interpolation in slow framerate video and the joy of finding unobtrusive ways to get a film camera to shoot digital. All this and more – thanks for listening!
Story 1: Researchers capture 3,200MP image using future telescope camera (via DPReview)
Story 2: Lensrentals tears down the Canon EOS R5 and finds interesting sealing and thermal flow (via DPReview) Related: Lensrentals Did a Proper Heat Emission Test on the Canon EOS R5 (via PetaPixel)
Story 3: This AI Can Transform Regular Footage Into Slow Motion with No Artifacts (via PetaPixel)
Story 4: This Guy Converted His Nikon FM Into a Digital Camera with a Custom Sensor Cartridge (via PetaPixel)
Picks of the Week:
Don: Yasuhara Nanoha Macro Lens 5:1 for Micro Four Thirds – with reservations. It’s not for all uses – very short working distance! Bonus: Full resolution test image taken with lens. Resolving power is on par with more expensive lenses. Just that darn working distance…
Jeff: Anker USB C Hub, PowerExpand 8-in-1 USB C Adapter
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On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don is joined by veteran podcaster Chris Marquardt to discuss some silly science lenses, extremely compact full frame cameras, the future of Tetenal and the future of advertising campaigns. All this and much more – thanks as always for listening!
Story 1: Engineers produce a fisheye lens that’s completely flat (via MIT News)
Story 2: Sony announces compact, travel-friendly a7C 24MP full-frame mirrorless camera (via DPReview)
Story 3: Historic chemicals producer, Tetenal, has roared back to life with new online shop (via DPReview)
Story 4: IKEA Used a CGI ‘Influencer’ as the Model for Its New Ad Campaign (via PetaPixel)
Picks of the Week
Don: An old computer processor! 386,487, and early Pentium chips that have a ceramic package like this.
Chris: Open-source MIDI control deck for Lightroom, and a project that Chris’ community has spearheaded!
Bonus: Photo that Don took of a Pentium 60mhz CPU silicon die:
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On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Jordan Drake joins the conversation to talk about the new cinema camera options about to hit the market, why in-camera effects matter rather than depending on post-production, the future of prototyping with supercomputers and AI accelerated interchangeable lens cameras. All this and more, thanks for listening!
Story 1: Canon announces the EOS C70, a Cinema EOS camera in a mirrorless body (via DPReview)
Story 2: Moment unveils CineBloom, its new line of cinematic diffusion filters (via DPReview) Related: Prism Lens FX
Story 3: Canon Purchased a Supercomputer for ‘No-Prototype’ Product Development (via PetaPixel)
Story 4: Alice Camera is a New AI-Accelerated Computational Camera (via PetaPixel)
Picks of the Week:
Don: Polarizing sheet film like this one I found on eBay
Jordan: iFootage Cobra 2 C180-II Carbon Fiber Monopod with Low-Profile Tripod
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On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Allan Attridge joins to talk about world events, high speed cameras, colour grading for still and video, expensive displays, photojournalism and the dogs of war. And more. There’s a lot going on in this one!
Bonus! Watch Don’s latest video on DPReview TV:
Story 1: The New Freefly Wave Has Global Shutter, Shoots Whopping 9259fps (via PetaPixel)
Story 2: Video: Adobe teases Advance Color Grading tool coming to ACR, Lightroom and Lightroom Classic (via DPReview)
Story 3: Dell announces $5K 31.5-inch UltraSharp HDR display with 2K mini-LED dimming zones, two other monitors (via DPReview)
Story 4: Did President Trump Stage Photos While Being Treated for COVID-19? (via PetaPixel)
Story 5: US Army Putting AR Camera Goggles on War Dogs (via PetaPixel)
Picks of the Week:
Don: Nikon Rayfact 105mm F/4.5 1:2 UV lens Or the cheap alternative which I think I’ve mentioned before.
Allan: Lee Sample Filter Pack – Only $5! (Unfortunately, no longer free)
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