Photo curiosity

  • Willy Ronis is dead

    You may remember some of his best black and white photos which allowed to meet humanity at its best. Or you may have heard his last Summer’s interview of Guy le Querrec on France Culture. Source: Le Monde.

  • Photo gear on a budget

    Michael Zhang has a good set of advice to provide to help us all buy a lot of pro camera gear on a student budget. This is quite attractive because most photo enthusiasts quickly notice that the only limitation to our photo expenses is the money we can invest into it. Let’s admit it, there…

  • James Cooper

    James Cooper images are haunting. But as he said: “I don’t want my images to be at all ‘tricky’ or ‘ deceptive’ , so hopefully its pretty obvious how I did it. But its a ‘living sculpture’ made with my friend Johanna , some pink string and some pieces of foam cut from boat cushions…

  • Cheap DIY video camera stabilizer

    Those interested in video probably already know it, pros often use a stabilization system essentially made out of a heavy suspended mass to limit the camera moves when the operator uses it while walking or running. Unfortunately, as many understood it quickly, those devices are awfully expensive. For us, SLR camera lovers, today attracted to…

  • Canon EOS 7D User Manual

    Here it is! The User Manual for the new Canon EOS 7D is available for your download. If you want to read it to decide whether this SLR camera is your next camera, the answer is here: In English: Canon EOS 7D user manual or here In French: Manuel d’instructions du modèle EOS 7D en…

  • Kangaroos don’t like photos

  • New Nikon coming

    Christian Fletcher is a landscape photographer who has grown very attached to his Full Frame Canon equipment (read: Canon EOS 5D MkII). Interestingly, he seems informed of upcoming pro photo camera(s) which will be sufficiently more attractive to push him into Nikon’s arms. What will be this super-Nikon camera? Origin: NR.

  • New Canon lenses

    Canon adds to the EOS 7D a set of new lenses that will be attractive to enthusiast, expert and pro photographers: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Canon EF 100mm F2.8L IS USM macro, with Hybrid IS system which is claimed to provide up to 2 stops stabilization at…

  • Canon EOS 7D, here it is

    And finally, here it is! The new canon is born. Some were expecting the Canon EOS 60D, but this is a Canon EOS 7D which is rising. But read more… Nearly exactly as expected, its features are disclosed now: 18 MP sensor, in APS-C size Dual DIGIC 4 processor 14-bit Analog-to-digital conversion Continuous shooting: 8…