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This Hong Kong Man Has Spent 60 Years Collecting Vintage Camera Gear

The South China Morning Post published this 10-minute short film titled “The Camera Guardian.” It’s about Hong Kong shop owner David Chan, a lover of cameras who has spent over 60 years collecting and selling vintage photographic equipment. Chan considers old cameras “works of art.” “Though Chan buys and sells some equipment, he considers himself more of a guardian of vintage…
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How and Why I Built My Own Bellows-Style Dynamic Digital View Camera

Why does someone build their own camera? Maybe for technical reasons, usability enhancements, or perhaps personal style and artistic outlook. The raison d’ètre for the experimental camera I made here falls somewhere between all of the above. The prototyping process, over the last few years, has been about creating a tool that enables some of my own photographic ideas to be more readily…
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How to Add Believable Snow to an Image in Photoshop

PiXimperfect is an excellent resource for learning Photoshop techniques and in this 10-minute video, host Unmesh Dinda shows you how to add believable-looking snow to any image using Adobe Photoshop. The first step is to isolate the background that you want to add snow to.
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9 Things That Make Leica Rangefinders Different from Other Digital Cameras

If someone would ask me what digital camera brand is the most different from all the others, I would definitely answer Leica. A couple of weeks ago I bought my first Leica rangefinder, after using virtually every other camera brand on the market. I went for the cheapest one available, the Leica M8. In this article, I have written down my notes on what the biggest differences are from other digital…
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Sony is Giving Away Tiny Cameras and Lenses with Purchases

If you buy a new Sony a7 or a9 series camera at certain Sony stores in Japan this month, you’ll get to pick a miniature camera kit or lens as a special gift. The special promotion was announced by a number of Sony stores, including the ones in Ginza, Sapporo, Osaka, and…
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This $22,000 Photobook of the Sistine Chapel Was Made with 270,000 Photos

If you’re always on the hunt for limited edition photobooks and have ultra-deep pockets and bookshelves, here’s one for your collection: the The Sistine Chapel. It’s a giant $22,000 trilogy that contains views of the Sistine Chapel’s art captured in gigapixel glory through 270,000 individual photos. Published by Callaway Arts and Entertainment on November 1st, the book contains 822-pages…
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