A Camera Shutter Filmed in Super Slow Motion

Out of the Shadows

A nice book review by Barney Britton (DPReview.com) of the new Vivian Maier book. 

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/9682544241/book-review-vivian-maier-street-photographer

For background of the late street photographer from Chicago, read this previous Camera West Blog post : 

http://camerawestblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/life-in-shadow.html

Join Us on the Camera West Flickr Site

Our Camera West Flickr Photo Group is for friends of Camera West to share their photos. We invite you to post pictures taken with equipment or supplies you have bought from either the Walnut Creek or Rancho Mirage stores.


Please tag the pictures with "Camera West" so they can be enjoyed by others.


We look forward to seeing your work!

http://www.flickr.com/groups/camerawest/

Shoot and Share, Wirelessly

Canon has introduced 2 new point and shoots with on-board Wi-Fi capability.

The Elph 530 HS and Elph 320 HS both have built-in Wi-Fi  that can connect to your home network, a hotspot, or an app on your iOS or Android device. You'll soon be able to wirelessly transmit photos and videos from the cameras to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and other photo sharing sites. 

The Elph 530 HS (pictured above) is a 10-megapixel camera with a CMOS sensor, 12x optical zoom lens, and a 3.2-inch LCD touch screen. It will be available in black and white finishes and is set to hit the streets in April for $349.99. The second Wi-Fi camera, the Elph 320 HS, is a 16-megapixel CMOS shooter with a 5x (24-120mm) zoom lens and a 3.2-inch touch screen LCD. Available in black, silver, red, and blue, you'll be able to buy it in March for $279.99.

Fujifilm X10 Firmware Issue

Photo by Jeff Keller : www.dcresource.com

The  "white orb" or "white disc" problem on the Fujifilm X10 is apparently not fixed with the new firmware Fujifilm released recently. The 1.03 firmware upgrade did nothing to minimize the problem according to sources at the Digital Camera Resource. It is thought now to be a hardware issue.

See before and after firmware upgrade photos from Jeff Keller at Digital Camera Resource :

http://www.dcresource.com/news/newsitem.php?id=4467

3D Light Graffiti

Photographer and expert light painter Trevor Williams blows our minds with his three-dimensional light graffiti. Williams, who is originally from Canada, founded the group Fiz-iks, which is based in Japan.They specialize in light painting photography for the still and animated images.

They chose light painting because of its unique feel that cannot be duplicated with any other method. The basics of light painting involve moving different light sources in front of an open shutter to create different effects. The art combines photography, performance, and use of the local environment.

http://fiz-iks.com/

Nikon D 800 Technical Guide

Nikon USA now has the 20 pages Nikon D800 | D800E Technical Guide available for download. The guide includes samples and covers the basic camera functionality.

http://www.nikonusa.com/en_US/o/Y6wrkA9OU_z04IreazIXl_22UII/PDF/D800_TechnicalGuide_En.pdf