Photo curiosity

  • Sony: Delayed or not delayed?

    Since several weeks, at Sony, rumors are running loose about the situation after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan on the 11 March 2011. As a matter of fact, it seems that there were several announcements scheduled this second quarter of 2011 and most of them have been pushed to later dates. photo © 2011…

  • Sony Alpha 35 – Pictures leaked

    SonyAlphaRumors.com found a photo of the future Sony A35. Not much to be learned about the technical features of the camera, but it seems clear that it would be available in kit with the Sony 55-200mm f/4-5.6 SAM DT zoom that is so perfectly adequate for this type of entry-level SLR cameras and the nice…

  • New NEX coming: Sony NEX-C3

    According to a leak published in a DPreview forum, Sony is about to launch a new photo camera in the NEX series (hybrid cameras distinguished by the combination of a small exterior size, interchangeable lenses and a large APS-C digital sensor). The NEX-C3, as it will be known, will have a 16 MP digital sensor…

  • Lens repair

    You must not be too easily frightened to go and reapir your own photographic lenses. But with some patience, some tidiness and a lot of concentration… This is exactly what Fredy Willette of Alpha-Numérique teaches us in his article Réparation d’un problème d’engrenage sur un objectif non motorisé (Google English translation).

  • Nikkor promotional video

    Nikkor promotional video

    No information, but the pleasure of watching Nikon promoting the line of its 60 million Nikkor lenses. YouTube link

  • Suren Manvelyan

    Suren Manvelyan

    Suren Manvelyan is a physicist having graduated in the field of Quantum Chaos. He started to photograph when he was 16. If you visit his web site, you will notice that he is working on many fields and that this is his greatest strength. However, I was stopped by his Saxophonia series. The photo above…

  • New flexible cobra flash at Sony

    Sony just announced a long list of accessories for the Alpha SLR and SLT series. The most interesting one is certainly the new cobra external flash (fully orientable), HVL-F43AM. Main features: Guide Number: 43 (ISO 100) Bounce Flash: Click positions: up (30° / 45° / 60° / 75° / 90° / 120° / 150°); down…

  • Rent-a-Photoshop

    Rent-a-Photoshop

    This could change the life of some photo pros: Adobe now allows a rental/subscription-based acquisition method for its products (including Photoshop) which comes and widen the offer only allowing purchase as a possible option -up to now- It’s still right that the price is not a perfect bargain yet, but it opens new options and…

  • Videos of the Nikon D5100

    Videos of the Nikon D5100

    Fragments from Nikon France on Vimeo. A man lives a uneventful life until one day he begins receiving pieces of paper in his mail…Shot with the Nikon D5100A film by CHIVTEAM directed by Simon Bonneau and Charles-Edouard Dangelser.