Shutter Priority Mode Explained

Photofocus offers this beginners piece about shutter priority mode.

Shutter Priority 101 from Photohttps://photofocus.comfocus

B&H Offers Tips For Sharp Photos

This B&H Explora article goes over the things that affect sharpness in photos. It’s especially helpful to new photographers…

B&H offers 21 tips for sharp photos in this link.

HEIC Files – why we need them

DP Review offers this article about HEIF files. If you’ve ever wondered about them, here’s something to help with understanding. It can get a bit technical, but take from it what you need.

Image Quality – More Than Megapixels

Thanks to Petapixel for this informative article about image quality in cameras.

PetaPixel explains what goes into making quality images – it’s not just megapixels.

Video Screen Grabs – really good stuff

Here’s an article from Digital Camera World about how screen grabs from modern day video cameras a so good that it can make you wonder if you need a still camera at all.

Image credited to Panasonic – a still from a video camera – that appears in the Digital Camera World article.

Kodak Smartphone Camera

Kodak’s name is being applied to a smartphone-camera which seems to emphasize the camera aspect quite nicely. The phone is made by the Bullitt Group, according to the press release.

You can read about it on the Kodak website…or check out this Petapixel article.

Film Cameras You Can Still Buy New

B&H Photo’s Explora ezine has a piece about 15 film cameras that you can still buy new. In the digital era, one might ask why. The classic answer? Why not? Certainly film has a look that you might like, and the whole process of using it, working with it and its cameras is different.

So, is Explora the final answer? …apparently not. Here’s a piece in istillshootfilm.com that offers more options.

Finally, there are probably many used cameras out there that may someday become available. Lets hope the film supply keeps up.

8×10 Camera – No Film – And The Olympics

Here’s an interesting article about photographer, Jay L. Clendenin, who used an 8×10 camera to photograph athletes from this year’s Olympics. Here’s the twist, he didn’t use film. As he explains it here, film is very expensive. He uses photo paper instead. 

B&H And Optic 2016 Conference

Looks like B&H is putting on quite a show at their Optic Imaging Conference in NYC next month (June 5-8). You can go there to partake, or view some of the sessions from the comfort of home. The last day takes place in their superstore, so if you’ve never been to B&H, it’ll be crowded but for sure interesting. Read about the show/conference here.

Aperture And Smart Phones

Gizmag has an interesting article about apertures and smart phones. In it, there’s a good description of how apertures work in general. So, if this is something that’s a mystery to you, check out the link.