Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of neuromuscular disorders that are characterized by progressive weakness and wasting of the voluntary muscles that control body movement.

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Luka is a 12-year old boy with an active imagination. He pictures himself doing skateboarding, diving, basketball, and dancing. The problem is that Luka is also stricken with muscular dystrophy, unable to do the most basic tasks of everyday life.

Enter Matej Peljhan, a psychologist at Luka’s school, and award-winning amateur photographer. He stages a series of dreamscapes by positioning Luka on the ground among props, and captures the photos from above so that Luka appears to be participating in various sports.

The result is an endearing dreamscape.

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Nikon Coolpix A Review

The Coolpix A is the latest Nikon digital camera. It packs a sensor the same size as DSLR cameras with a 1.5X crop-factor and matches it with a 18.5mm F/2.8 Nikkor lens which is equivalent to a 28mm wide-angle lens on a full-frame camera. This premium compact has full photographic controls, including dual control-dials and a focusing-ring.

Read the detailed review to find out all about it. Sample full-resolution images and crops from ISO 100 to 25600 are included as usual.

Fujifilm has published a guidebook for their premium interchangeable lens digital camera, the X-E1. If you own one or are thinking of purchasing one, this guidebook should facilitate the entry into the wonderful world of the analog operation of the X-E1.

It also features interviews of four professional photographers and their X-E1 galleries: Masaaki Aihara, Norifumi Inagaki, Shinichi Hanawa and hana.

Another not-to-be-missed section is the detailed discussion of the shooting setup & approach — lens, shooting mode, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, exposure compensation, white balance, Film Simulation — for each photo featured.

The guidebook is rounded out with a discussion of the lenses and accessories available for the X-E1.

This is an official guidebook for the premium interchangeable lens camera, FUJIFILM X-E1. It is intended to help users enjoy photography even more with tips on how to use each of the various functions. It also includes an interview of photographer and some gallery of their works.

Download the Fujifilm X-E1 Photographer’s Guidebook.

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The Hubble Space Telescope, launched on April 24, 1990, has returned many stunning images of the cosmos. To celebrate its 23rd year, NASA used it to take a new — and stunning — infrared photo of the iconic Horsehead Nebula. The infrared photo was taken by the telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 installed by spacewalking astronauts in 2009. The Hubble is expected to continue operating through April 2016. Its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, is optimized to view in infrared light and is slated to blast off in 2018.

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Ruben van der Vleuten wondered what happenned when he sent a parcel by mail. Yes, some people stays awake thinking about things like that, which drives others crazy about such nonsense. You readers are in one or the other camp, admit it. But, curiosity — and a fantastic video footage — will make you want to know the answer.

He basically put a camera inside a box wired to an interval timer that triggered the camera to take a video every minute: a 3 second video if the box was not moving, a longer video when it was in movement. A tiny 2mm hole poked thru the box in the middle of a large black letter “B” written on the box hid the nature of the package.

From A to B from Ruben van der Vleuten on Vimeo.

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Here is the Impossible Hardware:

Impossible Instant Lab: Turning digital iPhone images into real instant photos. ©Impossible

Impossible:

• saved the last Polaroid production plant for integral instant film in Enschede Netherlands (2008)

• invented and produced new instant film materials for traditional Polaroid cameras

• saved analog instant photography from extinction by releasing various, brand new and unique instant films (2010)

The Impossible Instant Lab is:

• a new analog instant device that turns digital iPhone images into real analog instant photos on Impossible film, using an accompanying Impossible iPhone app

  • Due to a successful Kickstarter campaign from September 10 – October 8, 2012, production of the Instant Lab is now being started in order to be presented to the market in early 2013

    • Supporters of this campaign received units before the public in February 2013

• one of the very first hardware concepts using the Impossible FPU (Film Processing Unit) which will serve as the basis for a range of new analog instant gear to be introduced in 2013

• demonstrated in this video which presents “Impossible Instant Lab by The Impossible Project”:

The Impossible Instant Lab is designed to transform any digital image via your iPhone into an instant photo that is exposed using only the light from the display, then processed and developed by chemicals:

1. Select an image from the Instant Lab app
2. Place the iPhone in the cradle
3. Slide open the shutter on the base

   • A signal tells you when the exposure is finished

4. Close the shutter
5. Push the button

   • The Instant Lab ejects your photo, ready to develop in the palm of your hand

6. Collapse the tower and the Instant Lab is fully portable and ready to go

Please click here to get more info and the specifications of the Impossible Instant Lab.

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Impossible Project and Tiny Collective

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“AROUND THE WORLD IN 9 DAYS WITH TINY COLLECTIVE: A TOURING INSTANT LAB MOBILE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION”

June 20-28, 2013

New York City / Paris / Los Angeles / Istanbul / Toronto / San Francisco / Dubrovnik / Atlanta / Dubrovnik / Portland

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PRESS RELEASE

GR

A GR-series digital camera, featuring an APS-C-size image sensor for superb image quality, and a compact body for outstanding portability and operability

Mississauga, ON – April 17, 2013
PENTAX RICOH IMAGING CANADA INC. is pleased to announce the introduction of the GR compact digital camera. This new RICOH-brand model offers the top image quality of the renowned GR series in a pocket-sized body that enhances the camera’s operability and portability in everyday snapshot use.

Developed as a successor to the GR DIGITAL IV (released in October 2011), the new GR inherits the product concept of the GR DIGITAL series while incorporating upgrades in the basic specifications and functions of its predecessor. It features a newly designed lens to assure sharp, clear image descriptions, even at image edges. Thanks to the combination of a newly developed 16.2 megapixel APS-C-size CMOS image sensor, the high-performance GR ENGINE V imaging engine and an Anti-aliasing filter-less design, the GR assures high image resolution, gradation rich colour reproduction and improved image quality, especially at high-sensitivity shooting. In addition to improvements in quick shooting capability, an AF button and an aperture preview button have been added to enhance the operability during everyday on-the-street shooting. It also offers a range of user-assisting features, including in-body RAW-data development and focus assist to facilitate manual focusing.

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FUJIFILM Canada announces:

• The launch of the FUJINON XF55-200mm (83-300mm*1) F3.5-F4.8 R LM OIS:

  • This is the first XF telephoto zoom lens for the X-Series Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera System that includes the award-winning FUJIFILM X-Pro1 and FUJIFILM X-E1

• New firmware will also be released to improve auto focus performance for the FUJIFILM X-Pro1 and FUJIFILM X-E1:
  • This new lens firmware will be available in July 2013 for download at www.fujifilm.ca

    • Please note that it will be necessary to update the firmware on all XF lenses except the XF55-200mmF3.5-4.8 R LM OIS

• An updated XF lens roadmap following the initial XF lens roadmap released in June 2012

This video presents “Fuji Guys – Fujifilm Fujinon XF55-200mm (83-300mm) F3.5-F4.8 R LM OIS – Review”:

• The Fuji Guys Billy (@fujiguys) gives you a hands on preview of the brand new Fujifilm Fujinon XF55-200mm (83-300mm) F3.5-F4.8 R LM OIS Telephoto Zoom Lens for the X-Series Camera System

PRESS RELEASE

Fujifilm Announces the Latest Addition to the Highly Acclaimed Series of XF Lenses – the XF55-200mm Telephoto Lens and Updated XF Lens Roadmap

New updated firmware for FUJIFILM X-Pro1 and X-E1 will increase auto focus performance

Mississauga, ON, April 17, 2013 – FUJIFILM Canada today announced the launch of the FUJINON XF55-200mm (83-300mm*1) F3.5-F4.8 R LM OIS, the first XF telephoto zoom lens for the X-Series Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera System that includes the award-winning FUJIFILM X-Pro1 and FUJIFILM X-E1. The all new XF55mm-200mm (83-300mm) F3.5-F4.8 gives photographers a fast aperture across the entire zoom range and outstanding image stabilization for sharp, high resolution images.

“Adding this newly designed, advanced telephoto zoom lens to our XF lens line-up will allow photographers who are using our premium X-Pro1 and X-E1 cameras to gain more shooting flexibility. With this cutting edge optical technology at their fingertips, it will enhance the way they capture images,” says Greg Poole, Vice President, Imaging and Recording Media Products, Fujifilm Canada.

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Panasonic Lumix GF6

After Japan announced the DMC-GF6 on the 9th of April, it is now the turn of the US to announce the GF6, one full week later. Canada has indicated the GF6 will not be offered here. The Lumix DMC-GF6 is Panasonic’s newest Digital Single Lens Mirrorless (DSLM) camera and is the most compact of the Lumix G family. It is a point-and-shoot model full of features including the new Self Shot, Creative Panorama, and Stop Motion Animation.

PRESS RELEASE

LUMIX GF6 – Wi-Fi® / NFC SMARTPHONE LINKED SOCIAL MEDIA DSLM CAMERA… UNWIRE YOUR CREATIVITY

Featuring 19 In-camera Creative Effects and Creative HD Video Capture

Share Your Images Using the Panasonic Image App with your Favorite Social Media

SECAUCUS, NJ (April 16, 2013) – Panasonic is proud to introduce the DMC-GF6 (GF6), a new Digital Single Lens Mirrorless Camera which is the most compact of the LUMIX G family. The new 16.00–megapixel Live MOS Sensor achieves both high-resolution and high sensitivity image and video recording. The Venus Engine was also newly developed for the GF6 to attain both high-performance signal processing and noise reduction, achieving a maximum ISO 25,600 (Extended) making the most of the new sensor.

The GF6 is more than an interchangeable lens camera…it’s a creative magic box full of features including the new Self Shot, Creative Panorama, and Stop Motion Animation, in addition to the popular Creative Control mode that boasts 19 fascinating filter effects. Stop Motion Animation delivers unique stop motion video while the Clear Retouch function gives you the power to erase unwanted parts of a picture after shooting. Both of these functions occur automatically right in the camera.

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