Bookings have opened for this year’s Orpheus Island Photography Workshop, a seven-day residential course run by Dr. Les Walkling at the James Cook University Orpheus Research Station.
Lenses for compact system cameras
When you purchase a CSC you’re buying into a camera system based upon lenses. The kinds of photos you can take will be dictated by the lenses you have. Choosing a system on the basis of its lens offerings, both now and in the future, is the best strategy for serious photographers.
Register now for The Hang On workshop
Registrations have opened for The Hang On workshop, which is designed to help photographers who will be exhibiting their work in Head On Photo Festival 2015. The Head On team also want you to know it’s “an essential workshop even if you are not exhibiting in Head On 2015”.
Compact system camera buying guide
Camera designers have had a field day since the first ‘mirrorless’ models were introduced. The market has now matured to provide an interesting array of body styles that use sensors from tiny 6.2 x 4.6 mm chips to the 36 x 24mm size used in professional DSLRs. There’s a camera to suit photographers at all levels of interest and expertise, from snapshooter to professional.
Going mirrorless
Although DSLR cameras have long been promoted as providing the best image quality, many people see them as too big, too heavy and too complex. But the latest ‘mirrorless’ Compact System Cameras (CSCs) are seriously challenging most of these perceived performance advantages and providing some quantifiable benefits of their own.
Sigma announces 4th dp Quattro camera plus new lens and accessories
Sigma has made a number of new product announcement in advance of the CP+ Imaging Show, which opens in Japan tomorrow.
Active listening
By Peta Burton. I always feel the frog is there with open ears and have it on a block frame on my office desk. He’s a poser!
Fujifilm updates lens roadmap
Fujifilm has released an updated road map for its X-mount interchangeable lenses, adding three new lenses.
Nikon D810A for astrophotography
Nikon has announced its first full-frame astrophotography-specific camera, the D810A, which features a modified infrared cut filter for the hydrogen alpha wavelength.
Six new Nikon COOLPIX cameras
Nikon Australia will add six new additions to its digital compact camera range, the COOLPIX P610, AW130, S9900, S7000, S33 and L840.