Sony 50Mpx 30 FPS, 8K Beast of a Camera – The Sony α1 (Alpha 1)
Sony announced their flagship mirrorless camera of the Alpha series… the α1 on the 26th of January. This monster of a camera seems to break free of all the limitations set forth in the Alpha 7 line of cameras, and the list of headline features makes you feel like it can ‘do it all’. The…
Photography Related Sites Hacked! Here’s How To Secure Your Passwords Today
Recently it was revealed that a few photography related websites had been compromised, and account passwords were leaked to the ‘dark web’. This is really concerning, especially if you re-use your passwords across websites, or if you just make small changes to keep them -sort of- unique. The solution is to use a service that…
Back-up Your Files Correctly: The Story of How I Almost Lost All My Photographs
In early 2018, I almost lost all my images (from 2006 to 2014). I also almost all the pictures that my father had taken from 2008 to 2014. Turns out, I didn’t lose them all, but that’s only because of a happy accident. Not everyone has these happy accidents to fall back on. The question…
The Camera Platform Debate: Canon Vs Nikon
Mac Vs. PC, Coke Vs. Pepsi, Nikon Vs. Canon In many ways, this photographic debate is very much like the Mac Vs. PC debate. In many ways, it’s not. The debate has always been fuelled by passionate fans of each camear system, with each group saying that their system is the best, or ‘better’ as…
Review Saramonic SmartMic Mobile Condenser Microphone
I came upon the Saramonic SmartMic (also called the i-Mic) by accident, while window shopping at FotoTrade. I mistakenly thought it was similar to the Rode SmartLav+ and was quite surprised to find a similar product at that price point. I was in for a surprise when I opened it up back home. It wasn’t…
Lens Buying Flowchart
This simple-yet-effective lens buying guide helps you make the right decision every time. Found somewhere on the internet. #Humor
How-to Save RAW File Edits Without a Lightroom Catalogue file
If you don’t do this one thing, you will lose all your edits when your lightroom catalog file gets corrupted. This is the one setting that I always turn on as soon as I install Adobe Photoshop Lightroom (LR) on any computer: Automatically Write Changes into XMP. I suggest you do the same, because it…
How To Recharge Silica Gel Crystals
Silica Gel absorbs moisture in the air around your camera equipment (such a material is called an adsorbent). This ensures that the area is not friendly for fungus to grow inside your camera lenses. But did you know that if you leave silica gel inside your camera bag for too long it can get saturated with…
GoPro Vibration Reduction Techniques – Tiny Tips No. 20
Sometimes, when you mount a GoPro camera on the body of a vehicle, the engine, panel vibration or buffeting by the wind, makes the camera vibrate. The result is video footage that seems to warp, wobble, and kind of act like you’re viewing the world through clear jelly. I’m sure you must have seen videos…
Hasselblad CFV-50c CMOS Sensor Digital Back for V-system
The name Hasselblad is synonymous with high quality medium format photography. Over the years hundreds and thousands of medium format 120 film Hasselblad cameras have been made and sold. They eventually became unsuitable for most commercial photography (except that Phase One have kept them alive for a while now) work with the change of technology from film to…
A Brief, Interactive History of Photography
Have you ever wondered about the history of photography? About how today’s DSLRs evolved out of their analogue counterparts? Take a look at this interactive history, and scroll through the years. Early Days in the History of Photography Beginning around 500 BC, Chinese and Greek philosophers discovered and documented the use of optical devices. As…
Is this the future of the compact camera? Sony’s new Cybershot QX100 and QX10 lens-style cameras
Sony has just announced something that is probably revolutionary to the compact camera market, but when you think about it, seems like an obvious step in its evolution. It’s a stabilised zoom lens, that has a 20Mpx sensor, battery, flash card and wireless connectivity built into it. But it doesn’t have a screen. Instead, it…
The Death of Google Reader & How To Stay Subscribed to Beyond Photo Tips
Everyone is talking about it … the imminent death of Google Reader on July 1st … and a ton of you are still using it. It’s time you did something about it, or you’ll lose all the RSS feeds you’ve ever collected! Not a happy thought! Here’s what you can do to stay connected to…
1 Trillion FPS. Photographing Light Itself
Who would ever have thought that we’d be able to see how light travels through our world? Yet here’s a video of a pulse of laser light travelling and dispersing through a bottle. Ramesh Raskar from MIT’s media lab talks about how they capture the movement of a single ray of light – by capturing…
Memorable Photographs – How They Got That Way
A friend writes to me: I’m no photographer, and therefore I’ve never understood what makes a photograph amazing? Nationalist sentiments aside, what’s in the photo – “Heroes of Iwo Jima” that makes it so awesome and memorable? Also, the National Geographic Magazine picture – “Afghan Girl“, what’s so special about that? What’s special about those…