Nikon Wednesday July 5, 2023
Nikon’s popular Z8 camera only recently began shipping, but, as DIY Photography notes, the company is already offering free repairs over a defect. At its website, Nikon says customers have complained that “in some rare cases, a lens cannot be mounted on the camera because the lens cannot be rotated to the locked position.” Nikon has identified the problem with a specific serial number range. For those affected, Nikon will repair the issue for free and cover shipping charges.
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David Schonauer Wednesday July 5, 2023
"I was invited by the Turkish Tourist Board to visit Cappadocia in Turkey to shoot an innovative profile of the region. Barely a week before we were due to travel, earthquakes struck the regions in
the south of Turkey and north of Syria." So notes London-based photographer Julia Fullerton-Batten, whose fine-art and commercial work has been featured previously at PPD. Today we spotlight her … Read the full Story >>
Japan Vintage Camera Monday July 3, 2023
With the resurgence in film, the term ‘press camera’ pops up a lot these days, often in online auctions and marketplaces,” notes DIY Photography. But what exactly is a press camera, and what makes it different from the other cameras? You’ll find insights on the subject in a new video from Japan Vintage Camera. Press cameras were essentially a lightweight alternative to larger format cameras of yore; this allowed them to be used more easily out and about in the world, notes DIYP.
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Aperture Monday July 3, 2023
Murder ballads—think of Bob Dylan’s “Ballad of Hollis Brown,” Johnny Cash’s “Delia’s Gone,” or Dolly Parton’s “Banks of the Ohio”—have been called “the oldest form of true-crime literature.” Such songs “are part of a larger tradition of celebrating and commodifying violence against women,” writes the Nashville-based photographer Kristine Potter in her new monograph Dark Waters (Aperture). Potter’s images upend the tradition altogether by considering the literal terrain in which murder ballads have traditionally taken place, notes The New York Times.
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