Focus, Frame and Fire! So advises Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut and current mission leader aboard the International Space Station. Nikon DSLR, what else. Sunny 16 rule on Manual shooting mode. ISO 200. RAW/NEF...
Archive - April 2013
Move Over Timelapse, Here Comes Timestack
Matt Molloy may have well invented a new form of photography Art, the Timestack. Basically it is a series of time lapse images stacked one onto another to produce one single photo. The result is reminescent of...
Making A Boy’s Dream Come True
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. [Muscular Dystrophy Canada] Luka is a...
Nikon Coolpix A Review @ Neocamera
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...
Fujifilm X-E1 Photographer’s Guidebook
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...
The Hubble Space Telescope Turns 23 and Takes New Stunning Horsehead Nebula Photo
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...
A Package Photographs Its Own Journey
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...
“Around The World in 9 Days With Tiny Collective: A Touring Instant Lab Mobile Photography Exhibition”Jun.20-28,2013
Here is the Impossible Hardware: 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...
Pentax Ricoh Imaging Canada Announces RICOH GR Compact Digital Camera with an APS-C-Size Image Sensor
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...
Fujifilm Canada Announces New XF55-200mm Telephoto Lens, New Firmware for X-Pro1 & X-E1 and Updated XF Lens Roadmap
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...
Panasonic Announces 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...
Gentec Announces New Manfrotto 290-Series Foldable Three-Way Tripod Head: Supports Up to Four Kilograms of Camera
Manfrotto 290-Series Foldable Three-Way Tripod Head: The convenience and control of a 3-way head, but without the cumbersome bulk of traditional models. When not in use, the handles quickly and easily fold together...
Sigma Announces 3 Art Line Lenses for Compact System Cameras
Sigma has three new lenses to maximize the performance of Compact System Cameras (CSC): the 19 mm F2.8 wide-angle lens, 30mm F2.8 DN standard lens, and 60mm F2.8 DN medium-telephoto lens. These lenses belong to Sigma’s...
Gentec Announces New 30mm F1.4 DC HSM Large-Aperture Lens from Sigma: For APS-C Format DSLR Cameras
Sigma’s new 30mm F1.4 DC HSM large-aperture standard lens: Delivers the “highest level of image quality worthy of the Art line” With the lens’ shallow depth-of-field, photographers can create a range of...
Light Painting With A Wakeboard
Photos that incorporate light painting are fascinating. Usually it involves a person painting with a light source while leaving the shutter of the camera open during the process. Now imagine strapping different colored...
Picture The World, All 7 Billion Of Us
The idea of having each person on Earth represented by a stick figure on one single webpage is the brainchild of Worldometers. We believe that this special webpage carries strong philosophical, symbolic, and aesthetic...
Water & Sound Experiment
For all you kids who did not pay attention to Mr. Whathisname in Physics class when he was explaining about sine waves and oscillation and frequency and dozens of other mind-numbing terms… it’s all his fault...
Panasonic Announces New Digital Single Lens Mirrorless Camera DMC-GF6 with Wi-Fi® / NFC
This video presents “Panasonic Imaging Products Wi-Fi Functions Introduction”: 2013-04-12: Panasonic Canada has informed us that the GF6 is a US-only released camera. PRESS RELEASE April 9, 2013 New Sleek...
Photoxels on Pinterest
Join us on Pinterest! See something you like on there? Pin it! Do you have something interesting for our readers? Tell us about it and we’ll pin it! Visit Photoxels on Pinterest. Share on Bluesky (Opens in new...
Jaw-dropping footage of a dragonfly evading a predatory leaping frog
When Dr. Andrew Mountcastle, Harvard researcher, ventured out to a city park in Seattle to film insects in flight, he accidentally captured footage that awe-inspired viewers. He had set his camera to focus on a perch of...
Gentec Announces New Manfrotto 500 Fluid Video Head: Most Compact Model in the Bridging Technology™Family
Manfrotto’s 500 Fluid Video Head is the newest and most-compact head in the Bridging Technology™ range of professional fluid heads. “Designed to deliver a smoother shooting experience, better balance and...