Markus Hofstätter Monday November 18, 2024
YouTuber Markus Hofstätter noticed that a lot of photographers were “moving away from” camera viewfinders, preferring instead to use live view, so he asked the reddit community why. In a new video he reveals what he found out. He also explains why he thinks photographers should go back to viewfinders—especially, notes DIY Photography, when shooting with telephoto lenses. More points of contact, which you get this way, provide greater stability and allow for lower shutter speeds.
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Huck Monday November 18, 2024
“I really wanted to go somewhere off the beaten track, especially down in the southern states,” says London-based photographer Theo McInnes. That he did by attending Rednecks with Paychecks—a four-day extravaganza in rural Texas that includes over 1,200 acres of amusement rides and attractions, with monster truck racing, music, and camping. “The way I wanted to shoot this project was not to go there with judgements,” McInnes tells Huck. “I went there to document them and these people’s culture and what they were doing.”
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PetaPixel Monday November 18, 2024
Fujifilm, Nikon, and Sony all released second-quarter financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, offering a look at what PetaPixel calls a stable camera market. Fujifilm posted record-high revenue of 765.7 billion yen ($5.02 billion), up 5.2 percent from Q2 FY2023. Nikon’s imaging products business grew year over year in the first half of FY2024 in terms of revenue (14.1 percent) and operating profits (3.6 percent). Sony’s Imaging and Sensing Solutions segment performed very well in the first half of the year, “demonstrating operating income growth of 70 billion yen ($458 million),” notes PP.
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Hamdan International Photography Award Monday November 18, 2024
Chinese photographer Liping Cao has been named winner of the $200,000 grand prize in the 2024 Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) contest, which this year featured the theme “Sustainability.” Cao’s winning image, “Quiet Power,” depicts a black-and-white scene of wind turbines against the Australian landscape. This year, HIPA increased its prize pool to $1 million, making it the world’s richest photography contest, notes Digital Camera World.
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