A report published overnight by Red River Paper reveals the results of extensive tests on ink usage by the most popular A3+ and A2 inkjet printers. Calculations were carried out on ink usage derived by printing 200 8×10-inch prints of Bill Atkinson’s printer test, shown above. According to the test report, the montage of photos…
Registrations have opened for a free live webinar at 6:30 p.m. AEDT next Wednesday, 17 February, 2021 with professional outdoor photographer, Joshua Holko. Member of the Australian Institute of Professional Photographers (AIPP) and winner of the Victorian Epson Professional Nature Photographer of the Year award in 2019, Joshua Holko was born in Melbourne and works…
In the last year, millions of people experienced the transition from office work to remote work. There are many upsides to working from home, but it takes some getting used to, especially where communication is concerned. If you’re used to chatting with your colleagues, remote work can leave you feeling disconnected. Fortunately, there are tools…
In summary The ASUS PA278QV ProArt monitor performed better than we expected for an entry-level screen. The display covers wide viewing angles and is mostly very colour accurate. The OSD is easy to navigate and adjust and you can tweak the monitor output in a number of useful ways. It also provides the controls needed…
Following three years of successively reduced growth, the Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) forecasts a small rebound in the camera and lens markets for 2021. The latest CIPA graph of the camera market from 2018, 2019 and 2020. A report released this month outlines the effects on the camera market of COVID-19 and the…
Serif has released version 1.9 updates to three of its popular software applications: Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher. Affinity Photo gains a new mode to control the stacking of astrophotography images. (Source: Serif.) RAW engine processing in Affinity Photo has been improved with new linked layer functionality and path text as well as…
The Centre for Contemporary Photography is presenting major survey of one of Australia’s leading social documentary and feminist photographers, Ruth Maddison. Ruth Maddison: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times celebrates Maddison’s significant contribution to the documentation of Australian life and society from the 1970s to the present. It begins…
Shrinkage of the camera market has led Nikon to suspend operations next month at two Japanese factories that produce interchangeable lenses for digital cameras. Domestic production of interchangeable lenses will be concentrated at the factory in Otawara City inTochigi Prefecture. The goal, according to the company, is reported to be improvement of production efficiency by…
Photo Review 8.8 In summary Superior optical performance, compact size and affordable price tag are the stand-out features of this lens, which makes it an appealing alternative to the larger, heavier and far more pricey L-series alternatives. It’s also a better performer than the previous EF lenses. The RF 85mm f/2 Macro IS STM lens…
Social media. Before it existed, no one needed it. Now that it does exist, everyone needs it… including your business. Fundamentally, and for better or worse, social media is literally just content. But what separates the good from the bad, the appropriate from the inappropriate, and the viral from the run-of-the-mill? More importantly, how can…
We have all become very familiar with live video over the last year. Whether you love or loathe video meetings, there’s no denying Zoom and its peers kept the world turning in 2020. But meetings are just the tip of the live video iceberg. Last year, people watched over 600 billion minutes of live video…
Entries have opened for the inaugural Sony Film Festival, an annual competition for short-form filmmaking shot on Sony cameras in Australia and New Zealand. The new Sony Film Festival aims to support the vibrant and flourishing filmmaking community in Australia and New Zealand and embrace the diversity of the filmmaking landscape. Entrants can submit entries…
Entries opened today for the annual Nikon Surf Photo and Video of the Year Awards, which cater for all levels of Australian surf photographers and videographers. The annual competition is run in partnership with Surfing Australia and the awards are open to Australian residents who can submit their best images and videos taken in 2020….
Leica Camera has released firmware updates for its M-D, M & M10 Monochrom (TYP 246), M (TYP 240/262), M 10-R and M 10-P rangefinder cameras adding a new distortion control. Leica’s new Perspective Control function can be used to correct perspective distortions as you shoot. (Source: Leica Camera.) The new firmware adds a ‘Perspective Control’…
The 80/20 Principle, also known as The Pareto Principle, states that 80% of the results are derived from 20% of the causes. Those familiar with the concept generally agree that it is more or less universally applicable in virtually all circumstances. As bold of statement as that may be, you just might come to find…
Fujifilm has released details of the Fujinon GF 80mm f/1.7 R WR, the first f/1.7 interchangeable autofocus lens for its mirrorless medium format camera system. Angled view of the new Fujinon GF 80mm f/1.7 R WR lens. (Source: Fujifilm.) The new lens has a standard focal length of 80mm (equivalent to 63mm in 35mm format),…
The fourth medium-format mirrorless camera in Fujifilm’s GFX System, the 102-megapixel GFX100S is scheduled for release in late February. Angled view of the new GFX100S camera, shown here with the GF 110mm f/2 R LM WR lens. (Source: Fujifilm.) The new camera features a high-performance quad-core X-Processor 4 CPU, GFX100S plus a back-illuminated large format…
Due for release in late February is the new Fujifilm X-E4 camera, with two new XF lenses following in March. The latest addition to Fujifilm’s X Series, the X-E4 is designed for content creators. The silver version is shown in this illustration. (Source: Fujifilm.) Lightweight and compact, the fourth generation X-E4 camera features the same…
We revisit panoramic photography and explore situations where it can be valuable. Panoramic images can be created by stitching two separately-captured frames together, as shown in this example. There’s no formal definition of what makes a ‘panoramic’ photograph, although the consensus holds it must be at least three times as wide as it is high….
By Graeme Edwards. Taken at The Redwood Forest in Warburton Victoria. In the Spotlight By Graeme Edwards Panasonic DMC-FZ300 Taken at The Redwood Forest in Warburton Victoria. I was lucky to have someone with me to be the focal point of a rare beam of light. Don’s response That sunbeam is positively theatrical so it’s…
Editing a production WordPress site is like detailing your car while it’s driving down the freeway. You might arrive at your destination on time and looking good. Then again, it could all go horribly wrong—and if you do it often enough, your luck will run out eventually. If a business depends on its WordPress site…
