DIYPhotography Thursday May 26, 2022
The demise of Nikon’s DSLR product line, along with the F mount lens system that Nikon has been using for over 60 years, was pretty much inevitable with the company’s transition to mirrorless. The company has killed off DSLRs and some of the F mount lenses, and now 7 more have been done away with, including the 300mm f/4D AF-S, reports DIY Photography. The Nikon F mount system was first introduced with the original Nikon F camera in 1959. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Thursday May 26, 2022
Fifty years ago, on June 8, 1972, Nick Ut, then a 20-year-old photographer for the Associated Press, strapped on two Nikon and two Leica cameras and headed out on Highway 1, north of Saigon. That day
he would make a war image for the ages--a photo of eight-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc, victim of a napalm attack. On June 6, 2022, Ut will join … Read the full Story >>
Robin Wong Wednesday May 25, 2022
What’s your favorite go-to focal length. Malaysian YouTuber Robin Wong explains why he goes with 85mm for portraiture (as, no doubt, do many other photographers). It’s a Goldilocks focal length — it doesn’t produced the image distortion of a wide-angle lens or the compression of a longer telephoto. Read the full Story >>
Art Institute of Chicago Wednesday May 25, 2022
In his portrayals of circus performers, German photographer August Sander chose not to focus on acrobatic feats or stunning performances. Instead, notes Chicago’s Art Institute in a profile of the famed artist, Sander presented the circus workers as citizens, shown in their homes and with families of their own choosing. Sander’s circus photographs, taken from 1926 to 1932, are from “People of the Twentieth Century," his decades-long project depicting hundreds of his countrymen according to social strata and occupation. Read the full Story >>
