We got the following press release confirming the dates for the Canon South Africa Expo in December which also explains how the year end EOS Roadshow will be a part of the Expo. Press release after the break.
Events
Photos For Hope – Submission Closes 12 July 2011
This Saturday the 16th July 2011 is Photos For Hope at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg. As we still need to get all the images to Foto First for printing and then on to sorting etc we will be closing the submission at midnight tomorrow (12 July 2011). We still have room in the 1000 picture … Read morePhotos For Hope – Submission Closes 12 July 2011
Gary Knight Lecture at Market Photo Workshop – 12 Jan 2011
Gary Knight’s entry into photojournalism began as a bid to fulfill his idealistic and romantic impulses and escape whathe saw as the monotony of life in middle-class England during the Thatcher years. Working extensively in Southeast Asia, the former Yugoslavia and more recently in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan; Knight has photographed throughout the world, documenting … Read moreGary Knight Lecture at Market Photo Workshop – 12 Jan 2011
AVA Expo Opens at Sandton Convention Centre
The AVA (Audio Visual Appliance) Expo is opened today at the Sandton Convention Centre. We will be attending tomorrow and bring you any interesting bits and pieces we see there via Twitter. Some of the brands that are at the show – photographically that is – include Canon, Nikon, Sony, Samsung, Manfrotto, Lowepro, Elinchrom, Lexar, … Read moreAVA Expo Opens at Sandton Convention Centre
Video Interview with ELLE Magazine Finalists
It has taken a little longer than expected but here is our interviews with the Top Ten Finalists from the ELLE Magazine and Samsung New Young Talent Photographer Search. Enjoy.
Event: Yeoville Photo Walk – 27 Nov 2010
The Weekend Culture Club and the Joburg Photowalkers are having a photo walk in Yeoville on Saturday 27 November 2010. They will be meeting at the Shoprite rooftop at 3pm. Shoprite on corner of Raleigh/Rockey St and Bedford Rd. Parking entrance at the back: 70 Hunter Street. For more, check out the Facebook event.
College Of Digital Photography Exhibition & Open Day
We have all been invited to the College of Digital Photography’s open day next week friday, November 26th. PhotoComment will be there and hop to see all of you there too! We think this will be a great event!
Photokina Report: Sony Alpha SLT-A55 Speed Priority Mode
Sony has introduced a new range of SLT cameras, the A33 & A55. SLT stands for Sinlge Lens Transluscnet. These cameras feature a transluscent mirror. This means that the mirror doesn’t move when you take a picture, the picture is transmitted through the mirror to the sensor. What does this mean in real life? Well the point I am focusing on in this post is the speed priority mode. In this mode you are able to shoot 10, yes thats right ten frames per second.
Here is a video you may already have watched in our post on the Sony Press Conference here at Photokina, if not take look at the difference between 3fps and 10fps, if you have already watched watch it again it’s pretty cool!
Here is a series of still I shot today on Sony’s stand at Photokina 2010. There are 26 shot in this sequence shot at 10 frames per second. The only reason I had to stop was that I was using a slower memory as my fast card was already full of other stuff. But the important thing to note here is that you are only limited by the speed of your card when shooting in high speed, the faster your card the more shots you get. In an ideal world where we could fast enough cards you could probably shoots 10fps all day.
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Photokina Report: Flight Delayed
Ok, this picture of a sunrise is not a German or London sunrise, it still a South African sunrise. Yesterday afternoon we arrived at the airport for our flight to London only to find the flight was delayed for almost 12 hours. So here we are, at the airport waiting to board our plane. As … Read morePhotokina Report: Flight Delayed