Photographer and talented digital manipulator, Thierry Cohen, displays photographs depicting what today's largest cities would look like sans light pollution. The results are both breathtaking and eerily apocalyptic.
DPReview: how to fix the awful Fujifilm X-T1 card flap
Says Rudolf in this thread, "just use a little paper tape". One-ups Rudolf with photos, says Alxy, "Great idea, here, I fixed it".
I doubt Fujifilm will find as elegant a way to fix one of the huge blemishes on this otherwise excellent camera.
Photographer Hans Kruse
Italy's Dolomite range in the light of early morning. Photographer: Hans Kruse
Hans Kruse's traipsing across the world begets many beautiful landscape photos like the one above. This one I found thanks to Reddit's Earthporn.
Reddit: Dolomite mountains in morning light
500px: Hans Kruse
Nissin Compact Flash i40 with TTL for Fujifilm
According to this DPReview thread, the Nissin Compact Flash i40 isn't expected with TTL support for Fujifilm X cameras until October this year. But with a guide number of 40 at 35mm the i40 appears to provide enough power for the user coming from flash units powered similarly to Nikon's SB700, but in a much smaller package. And thanks to a metal accessory foot and push-button locking pin, it should be more sturdy than Fujifilm's current offerings, while offering similar levels of menu-less operational simplicity.
Both indoor and outdoor shooters may find this especially important. I know I do.
Last week I shot a wine event for the British Embassy here in Tokyo armed with the usual: a D800 and a 50/2 Ai and a 28/2,8 AiS and an X-Pro 1 with the Voigtlander 12mm and the Fujifilm X-T1 as backup to the D800. My flashes were Nikon's old SB28 and current mid-level SB700. Both Nikon flash units were too top-heavy, pitching both the X-Pro 1 and X-T1 forward when hung on a camera strap. And of course, neither shot TTL. Why I've not invested in Fujfilm's flashes can't be answered in a small article. Suffice it to say that I'm reticent to invest fully in a system that still hasn't proved its longevity. Hence my sticking by my Nikon guns. Any modern flash will work with X cameras manual mode, of course at poor sync speeds. But I'm itching for TTL ease of use. And again, I see no comparably sturdy flashes from Fujifilm. I've destroyed three plastic-foot flashes in the last couple of years.
I am very much looking forward to this flash unit. If indeed it debuts in October, Ω will be taking a close look at its performance in event photography.
Nissin Press Material: Compact Flash i40
Know your lighting: Photographer Candy Yam
I follow a number of photographers, some professional and some amateur. Many of them inspire me. It's the angles they shoot, the subjects they capture, the lighting they push into a scene. Candy Yam pretty much just nails humanity. She is a master of flattering light, both soft and hard, natural and contrived. She shoots flattering angles, and weaves story into every frame she captures.
Every new project she unleashes is phenomenal.
For the gearheads out there, she is a Sony A7r user.
Adobe Lightroom 5,4 with Fujifilm X-T1 RAW support
Headfi: iPhone shoots the moon
Headfi super user, CN11, held his iPhone to a telescope eyepiece to obtain the above images.
Fuji VS Fuji: Fujifilm and Full Frame
“If you’re happy with APS-C, you’re already in really good shape for lens selection. There’s a lot to choose from, and there’s no chance Fujifilm will abandon the format anytime soon. If you’re waiting for a a complete, compact, full frame system, it’s possible you’ll have it in a little over years after the X-Pro2 is released, provided it is in fact full frame. Fujifilm have already shown they can do it.”
Fuji VS Fuji have it right. If ~35mm full frame is the next logical step in iterating the X series, it is an important one. If you are a dyed-in-the-wood APS-C fan, you already have what you need. Stifling innovation with "FF no-no" helps no one.
Children and their bedrooms →
“Some kids grow up in poverty, lacking food and sanitation, while others are born in countries where basic necessities are taken for granted. Photographer James Mollison came up with the project when he thought about his own childhood bedroom and how it reflected who he was. Where Children Sleep – a collection of stories about children from around the world told through portraits of their bedrooms – stemmed from his ideas.”
Check out more from James Mollison.
DPReview: waterproof camera returns to owner after being lost at sea
And sometimes, cameras live up to their spec. The Olympus m Tough seems to be one.