Sydney’s Australian National Maritime Museum plays host to an intriguing new exhibition of powerful portraits showing Korean women divers known as Haenyeo (sea women). The exhibition features portraits taken by artist, Hyungsun Kim, to celebrate a community of women divers known as Haenyeo (sea women), who harvest the seas sustainably around Jeju Island, off the…
RØDE’s latest VideoMic Me-C smartphone microphone is now available as a standalone product as well as being part of the RØDE Vlogger Kit range. The RØDE VideoMic Me-C is now available as a standalone product for vloggers. (Source: RØDE Microphones.)Designed and made in RØDE’s precision manufacturing facilities in Sydney, the VideoMic Me-C is identical to…
Glass, a clean and elegant take on our classic style, strips away the clutter and leaves only what you need to manage your website. Glass is now the default style for all new cPanel users. What Inspired Glass? For a product with an incredible amount of depth and complexity, our first priority was to make…
Canon has released new firmware for its EOS R5, EOS R6 and EOS-1D X Mk III cameras, plus updates to Digital Photo Professional and EOS Utility software. New firmware delivers important benefits for users of the EOS R5 camera, shown above. (Source: Canon.) The new firmware, which results from user feedback, is designed to increase…
New firmware version just released for Sony’s α 7S III camera adds the ability to shoot with Sony’s S-Cinetone picture profile and improved stabilisation. Firmware Version 2.00, which is available in both Windows and MacOS versions, provides the following enhancements: Adds the P11:S-Cinetonepicture profile preset. Note: S-Cinetone is a new video look which introduces a color matrix…
In late 2020, CentOS 8 announced that it would be reaching its end-of-life in December of 2021. This news was rather unexpected in both the open source and web hosting worlds. In response, we have been working towards providing solutions that will not just benefit our Partners and Customers, but also provide options as we…
The annual Photos1440 is currently on display at the State Library of NSW, showcasing the work of photographers employed by The Sydney morning Herald. The exhibition, now in its 10th year, includes extensive coverage of the bushfires which devastated regional communities, the mercurial global pandemic that has gripped our lives for more than a year…
Rising abruptly out of the Western Victorian plains, the Grampians has long been a magnet for artists of all genres – including photography. Looking towards the Serra Range from near the summit of Mount William which, at 1,167 metres is the highest point in the Grampians National Park. Why visit The Grampians National Park (also…
Sigma has released details of a new version of its compact, interchangeable-lens camera, the fp L, with an L-mount, 61-megapixel resolution and support for 4K UHD recording. Front view of the new Sigma fp L camera. (Source: Sigma Photo.) Claimed as the world’s smallest and lightest full-frame camera, the fp L boasts a 36 x…
By Trace O’Rourke. During a trip to Tokyo I spent an hour on the train platform watching the trains and people. A window into your life By Trace O’Rourke Sony A7R Mark ll; FE 24-105mm G lens at 70mm; ISO 400; 1/160s @ f/4 During a trip to Tokyo I spent an hour on the…
Caching, for our purposes here, is the temporary storage of website files in such a way (and often in various locations) that results in significantly faster website loading times for the end users. As a result, caching also reduces the overall resource usage on the server itself. In other words, when your website utilizes caching…
Canon has changed the brand name of its popular PIXMA ENDURANCE range of Home and Office printers to ‘PIXMA MegaTank’ to better reflect the printers’ capabilities. Canon’s PIXMA MegaTank home and office printers offer significantly reduced ink costs thanks to refillable ink tanks. (Source: Canon.)The rebranded PIXMA MegaTank models are ideal for families, professionals working…
May will see the local release of Sony’s latest G Lenses – the FE 50mm f/2.5 G, FE 40mm f/2.5 G and FE 24mm f/2.8 G, bringing its native E-mount lens family to 63 lenses. The new FE 50mm f/2.5 G (model SEL50F25G), FE 40mm f/2.5 G (model SEL40F25G) and FE 24mm f/2.8 G (model…
cPanel & WHM’s intuitive web interfaces make it easy to manage servers and web hosting accounts. However, it’s occasionally useful to work on a server’s command line instead. The PuTTY SSH (Secure Shell) client allows you to log in to a server’s command line interface shell over an encrypted connection so that sensitive data isn’t…
Australian industry newsletter, Inside Imaging, has drawn attention to probable irregularities associated with for-profit contests linked to dubious overseas publications. Inside Imaging found two prominent online photo competition directories, Photo Contest Guru and Photo Contest Deadlines, are hosted on the same servers as a stable of international photo competitions which are shrouded with secrecy. Both…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALALrXG_fW0 It was a love at first sight story when WA blues-rocker Tom Fisher and the Layabouts first picked up his beloved 1971 Precision Bass. Since then, he’s never looked back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6biz2MJph8 Nick Osborne of WA outfit Yomi Ship was lucky enough to kickstart his music career with a handcrafted piece made by none other than globally renowned Aussie drum maker Chris Brady.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOESME81aeY As Fieldsy demonstrates, taking a chance and picking up a new musical instrument could just change your life. Here is her story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl4v5OuR3oE A sibling rivalry saw Abbe May fling herself into music and guitar-playing and the rest is history! Here Abbe tells us about the first instrument she ever owned.
Photo Review 9.2 In summary GFX100S is an ideal choice for commercial and wedding photography, particularly with one of Fujifilm’s excellent prime lenses. The 32-64mm zoom lens is a good match for the camera for ‘walkaround’ shooting, whether it’s street photography or fairly gently bushwalking. But make sure you have a comfortable backpack in the latter…
Photo Review 9.0 In summary Photographers who have invested more than AU$9000 in a GFX body will naturally expect a lens that can match it. With our tests and real life usage we can confirm the GF 100-200mm f/5.6 R LM OIS WR can fill the bill very handsomely. Full review Announced in mid-January 2019,…
