Dino Bytes by Gordon Laing Monday May 6, 2024
We’ve been seeing a lot of tributes to cameras of the past, in part no doubt because of the popularity of early digital cameras among Gen Zers. A new video from Gordon Laing of Cameralabs looks back at the Sony Cyber-shot R1, first introduced 19 years ago—at the tail-end of the all-in-one bridge-camera heyday, notes PetaPixel. But, adds Fstoppers, the R1's innovative design and large APS-C sensor helped pave the way for future generations of fixed-lens cameras, such as the Sony RX10 series and the Fujifilm X100 series. It’s still in demand.
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npr Monday May 6, 2024
In 2019, Nour El Massry took a photo that would change his life: He snapped a photo of a large terrace in a historical building in the Garden City neighborhood of Cairo. The picture went viral and sent El Massry, a 29-year-old Egyptian photographer, art director and film production designer, on a new mission: to capture images of the city that transport viewers to another time. "Cairo is a diverse city with different histories and styles: Islamic, Coptic, Italian, British, French," he says. "We are living in a museum.”
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DIYPhotography Monday May 6, 2024
Viltrox has announced a 40mm f/2.5 lens for full-frame Nikon Z-mount cameras that will please budget-conscious: The $158 lens “offers a slightly wider field of view than the typical 50mm, making it ideal for street photography, group events and environmental portraits. And it’s light enough that you can carry it around all day without issue,” notes DP Review. Viltrox say the lens “can not only include rich environmental elements, but also delicately highlight the subject,” adds PetaPixel.
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CNN Monday May 6, 2024
“Soft spoken and direct, Vitel’homme Innocent, who is on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List, answered our phone calls over WhatsApp to say he would promise CNN safe passage into his gangland territory in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.” So writes Evelio Contreras, whose words and pictures take viewers inside the dangerous landscape of a city that is 80-percent controlled by gangs. Innocent, whose Kraze Baryé gang controls neighborhoods near the US embassy, is accused on killing US citizens in 2021 and 2022.
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