The Making of the Limited Edition Leica M9-P “Edition Hermès”
Having released three (count em’) new cameras yesterday, you’d think Leica would be spent; but it looks like they had one other camera up their sleeves, a special edition of their M9-P called the “Edition Hermès.” If the name sounds familiar that’s because it is: every few years Leica announces an “Edition Hermès” of one...
Best Photo Locations: Abandoned Six Flags In New Orleans
If you’re primarily an on-location photographer or filmmaker, then you know how much value a great location can add to the shoot. So today I’m introducing another Series (ala the ‘Emerging Talent’ and others…) where I feature supercool locations around the world. Stuff I discover, stuff that other send me, places I’d love to shoot....
A Review of the IKEA Cardboard Camera
Yesterday I attended a VIP sneak preview of the new IKEA PS designer furniture line in Malmö, Sweden. I was not the slightest bit interested in the designer furniture. I was there for one reason, to play with and acquire the new KNÄPPA, IKEA’s cardboard camera. The event started with everyone getting a big yellow...
The All.Round Camera Concept: A Bendy Take on the DSLR
Concept products aren’t a rarity. In the world of cars and computers concepts usually make us ooh and ahh at their beautiful styling and implied functionality, but in the world of cameras things can get a bit, strange. Such is the case with a new SLR concept by industrial designer Arti Patel called the All.Round...
Nikon Announces the D3200 HDSLR and 28mm f/1.8 Lens
Nikon officially unveiled the D3200 today. The new HDSLR — which is the successor to the D3100 — was announced last night alongside the WU-1a wireless transmitter and the Nikkor 28mm f/1.8G full-frame lens; and talk about bang for your buck. The D3200 offers a 24.2 megapixel DX-Format CMOS sensor, 4fps continuous shooting, 100-6400 ISO...
North Korea From a Passing Train
An American tourist traveling from Beijing, China to Pyongyang, North Korea pointed his camera out the train window to capture this rare 1-hour-long look at what North Korea looks like on the interior. This was a propaganda tour that brings tourists to the country’s showcase cities and most fertile regions. [...] I was mostly allowed...
NAB 2012: Kupo Grip Gear & Viztool’s HandiZoom up close
The great thing about NAB is the ability to find products you didn’t know existed. Kupo proved to be an innovated company with some gear that really impressed our team. We also stopped for a chat with Viztool and take a look at the HandiZoom (which we recently blogged about)
NAB 2012: JVC Releases 4K Camera & New 600 Series Camera
JVC, just like many other manufacturers, has released a new 4K camera here at NAB 2012 that is more compact in design than other cameras.  
The Health of Self Doubt – “Silver & Light” Sort of Review
Our abilities as creatives never seems to out weigh our internal voices of self doubt, lack of confidence, and general dissatisfaction in our current state of expression. I always viewed it as a measure of my inexperience until I started to see that same disposition in other creative with a far more established skill level. Maybe an...
