Tag: Photography News

XXL graffiti with a message: Saype

I consider the art of graffiti quite impressive. On every walk through the city I keep searching for new works of art and I always keep wondering how the artists, while creating their huge pieces, still manage to keep an overview. One person who, when it comes to dimension, even went a step further is ...

SIGMA NEWS

Hey guys, I hope you’ve had some wonderful Christmas holidays with your loved ones, enjoying nice dishes and your free time. Today I’d like to inform you about some news from SIGMA. This September, SIGMA was happy to announce the development of three new SIGMA CINE lenses as part of the FF High Speed Prime ...

The power of photography – Lu Guang

As we all know, photography is more than just “taking some nice pictures”. Photography had and still has the power to influence convictions, opinions and perspectives. It can explain and reveal things, raise awareness, bring joy and hope, but it can also deceive, hide things and be dangerous. This power of photography isn’t something new. ...

One-button photography – where does that leave us photographers?

Today I read the DPReview article about 5 new camera features introduced with Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL phones and found the first sentence in the final thoughts quite interesting. It reads as follows: The philosophy behind the Pixel camera - and for that matter the philosophy behind many smartphone cameras today - ...

Sigma improves compatibility of several lenses with Canon and MC-11 with new firmware versions

Here is some good news for owners of Canon / Sony cameras and Sigma lenses for the EF mount: today Sigma has released new firmware versions for several lenses and the MC-11 adapter which patch different bugs and improve compatibility. Some of the lenses are now compatible with Canon’s in-camera Lens Aberration Correction function, while ...

SIGMA NEWS

As you know, summertime is a bit calmer when it comes to new models and innovations presented by camera and lens manufacturers. They work and puzzle so every company can show its best and most innovative side at the phonokina, which takes place from 26 to 29 September this year. That’s why now the atmosphere ...

Bear kills man during a selfie attempt

  © Petapixel On Wednesday a man in India was killed by a bear, after attempting to shoot a selfie with the wild animal. As the newspaper Hindustan Times reports, the entire thing took place in the Indian state of Odisha. A man by the name of Prabhu Bhatara was returning home with some fiends ...

SIGMA News – some more info about all these news

Hey guys, You’ve certainly heard that there’s been quite a lot going on with Sigma over the past few weeks. From now on, lenses with an e-mount will be manufactured. This means that from today we can also use Sigma lenses on Sony cameras without an MC-11 converter. Apart from that, we’re also happy about ...

Original or imitation? When you stumble across the Eiffel Tower in China…

Every one of us who grew up with little brothers or sisters probably knows the feeling when the little ones keep imitating you. That can be very annoying, but in most cases this will stop at some point. When I saw photos of Chinese imitations of famous European sights and even entire cities for the ...

The Broccoli Tree

Landscape and wildlife photographers often keep info regarding locations and motifs they find particularly interesting to themselves. One reason for that is that in times of internet and google maps other photographers soon find out about them and the locations or motifs become “overphotographed”. One additional reason is provided by the story about a tree ...