A couple of days in the past, I had the pleasure of recording one of many interviews for our upcoming Wildlife Images On-line Workshop. I used to be sitting in a comfortable tree home overlooking the treetops, sipping a cup of fantastic South American espresso, and chatting about pictures with the good wildlife photographer Ondrej Prosicky. Throughout our dialog, we touched with regards to unforgettable wildlife encounters. For Ondrej, it was his first encounter with a lynx within the wild Finnish wilderness. For me? Most likely my sighting of the majestic Crested Eagle about fifteen years in the past. However just some weeks in the past, one thing else made my coronary heart race – this gorgeous Agami Heron. Most likely probably the most lovely member of its household.
I want you equally joyful encounters, not solely throughout this Creation season, however past. Could you at all times discover good gentle – each in entrance of your lens and in your coronary heart.
Current Bulletins
- Samyang AF 35mm f/1.4 P FE: The primary lens of Samyang’s new Prima sequence, specializing in “Compact & Light-weight and Practicality.” The optical design consists of 12 components in 10 teams (ASP 3, HR 1, ED 1). Focusing is feasible from 0.3m (0.98ft). This autofocus lens is (thus far) solely suitable with the Sony E-mount. The burden is 470g (for comparability: the Nikon Z 35mm f/1.4 weighs 415g). In line with the producer, the lens is weather-sealed “at 5 essential factors to safeguard in opposition to water droplets, gentle rain, snow and mud”. Future firmware updates might be completed through the USB-C port on the lens mount. The worth is anticipated to be round $550.
- Samyang AF 12mm f/2.0 RF-S: Samyang now enters the (beforehand forbidden) waters of the Canon RF mount. Because the title suggests, this autofocus lens (with a linear STM motor) is designed for cameras with an APS-C sensor, on which it offers a 19mm full-frame equal subject of view. With a size of 57.2 mm (2.25 in.) and a weight of 213 g (7.5 oz), this can be a pretty compact lens. The optical development consists of 12 components in 10 teams (together with two aspherical and three ED glass). The minimal focusing distance is 0.2 m, which opens up fascinating close-up prospects. The lens accepts filters with a diameter of 62mm. The worth is $449.
- DJI Energy Growth Battery 2000: The existence of digital nomads is nothing new. However DJI additionally foresees the existence of digital hermits who can now spend lengthy days and even months remoted from an influence socket. It is because the present DJI Energy 1000 Transportable Energy Station has received a 2048Wh enlargement. As much as 5 of those batteries might be linked collectively, giving the DJI Energy 1000 a bottomless 11264Wh. Add to that the potential for photo voltaic charging, and you’ll equip your new cave studio with, for instance, a espresso maker and a TV. The one catch is that airways have set a restrict of 100Wh (27,027 mAh) for energy banks, so that you received’t be flying with it. The DJI Energy 1000 prices $699, and the DJI Energy Growth Battery 2000 prices $899.
The Rumor Mill
Nifty thirty-five for Nikon
I do know it doesn’t sound nearly as good as nifty fifty, however for Nikon Z DX cameras, we expect to see a brand new 35mm f/1.7 AF from Viltrox. From what has been leaked concerning the lens, we must always see 11 components in 9 teams, a minimal focusing distance of 0.33m, an old-fashioned Nikon prime filter diameter of 52mm, an autofocus system, and a weight of simply 170g. Most fascinating is the rumored worth of round $100.
Through Nikon Rumors
World shutter in a Canon digicam? Possibly subsequent 12 months.
The worldwide shutter is a characteristic that solely a comparatively small group of photographers will really respect, but it’s one thing that producers really feel compelled to supply. Following the Sony a9 III, we might even see a Canon digicam with a world shutter as early as subsequent 12 months. In any case, Canon has been toying with the expertise since 2016, when it launched the EOS C700 GS cinema digicam for $38,000.
Some technical trade-offs, corresponding to the next base ISO, decreased dynamic vary at decrease ISO settings, and elevated value, might have saved Canon from bringing the characteristic to its nonetheless cameras. Nonetheless, in keeping with Canon Rumors, the debut of a world shutter in a Canon nonetheless digicam may occur with a “high-volume” mannequin, maybe even an APS-C sensor. Will we see an EOS R7 GS? What about you – would you prefer to have a world shutter in your digicam?
Through Canon Rumors
Good Offers and New Gross sales
Whereas Black Friday and Cyber Week are formally behind us, loads of fascinating reductions are nonetheless obtainable underneath the banner of vacation offers. Listed below are a number of cameras and lenses nonetheless with a steep low cost.
Canon cameras:
Nikon cameras
- Nikon Z9 was $5,497, now $4,997
- Nikon Z8 was $3,997, now $3,497
- Nikon Z6 III was $2,497, now $2,197
- Nikon Zf was $1,997, now $1,797
- Nikon D850 was $2,997, now $2,197
Sony cameras
OM System digicam
Canon Lenses:
- Canon RF 28-70mm f/2 L USM was $3,100, now $2,800
- Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM was $2,900, now $2,600
- Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS USM was $2,400, now $2,100
- Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8 L IS USM was $2,400, now $2,100
- Canon RF 14-35mm f/4 L IS USM was $1,400, now $1,300
- Canon RF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM was $1,200, now $1,000
Nikon lenses
- Nikon Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S was $2,497, now $1,997
- Nikon Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S was $2,397, now $1,997
- Nikon Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S was $2,697, now $2,197
- Nikon Z 35mm f/1.8 S was $847, now $597
- Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 28mm f/1.4E ED was $1,997, now $1,397
- Nikon Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S Macro Lens was $1,047, now $847
- Nikon Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S was $3,247, now $2,997
- Nikon Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S was $4,797, now $3,997
- Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S was $6,497, now $5,697
- Nikon Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S was $13,997, now $12,997
- Nikon Z 600mm f/4 TC VR S was $15,497, now $14,497
Sony lenses
Different Pages of Curiosity
On the age of 86, Josef Koudelka has launched a brand new guide of panoramic images referred to as Ruins. Like a few of his different sequence, this work focuses on landscapes formed by human affect – this time, nonetheless, utterly devoid of human presence. The monumental remnants of long-lost civilizations have been captured by Koudelka between 1991 and 2015. Along with the guide, you may expertise these images in individual on the Museum of Ornamental Arts in Prague, the place they are going to be on show till March 30, 2025.
In case you’ve been ready for a successor to the Nikon D500 – a pro-level digicam physique with superior options and an APS-C sensor – you might be ready in useless. PetaPixel interviewed Takashi Aihara, Division Supervisor of Nikon’s Imaging Enterprise Unit, who hinted that APS-C cameras and lenses are and can seemingly stay an entry level for amateurs and entry-level photographers who’ve outgrown the capabilities of their smartphones and desire a “actual digicam.”
Seems just like the evening of Could 10 this 12 months was really magical. Not less than for aurora photographers. The phenomenon that’s often seen within the polar areas was photographed as far south as Italy, the Canary Islands, and California. In fact, it was not solely from this present day and these areas that the very best pictures of the seventh version of The Northern Lights Photographer of the 12 months have been taken.
The Royal Society Publishing Images Competitors highlights images that reveal fascinating scientific phenomena and use their visible attraction to make science extra accessible to most of the people. On the competitors web site, you may discover the very best pictures in classes corresponding to Astronomy, Habits, Earth Science and Climatology, Ecology and Environmental Science, and Microimaging. I personally imagine that popularizing science is nearly as essential as doing science. So take a second to look, marvel, and be amazed.
Photograph Theme Problem, Week #79
Final week’s theme was vacancy, and you’ll see the outcomes on this thread. Thanks to everybody to your submissions! This week’s theme is rain, and you’ll submit your outcomes on this thread by Saturday, December 14, 2024!
Week #78 Outcomes
Let’s try a few of the pictures we obtained for the “vacancy” theme, beginning with DL84’s photograph:
A picture with massive areas of deep blue, empty area make the topics stand out much more.
For an excellent emptier photograph, we now have this picture from Andrew Gusew:
There are hardly any tones right here besides pure black and pure white. Andrew reveals how vacancy in a photograph also can give a way of loneliness and isolation. A giant a part of pictures is to convey feelings, and this photograph definitely qualifies.
Lastly, we now have vidmarko’s photograph:
This summary architectural photograph is fascinating as a result of the vacancy within the body is complemented by the dearth of rapid which means or logic within the photograph. Very good work, vidmarko!
Thanks everybody for submitting their pictures within the problem, and we hope to see extra subsequent week within the rain theme.