Posted by Constantin Chirila on Aug 27, 2009 in Web
Today I had some spare time on my hands and found this interesting “call to action” video made by Jeremy Cowart. Basically this video tries to make all of us, photographers, professionals or not, to take a photograph and print it, of someone who can’t afford it. It’s an amazing idea that has to remind us that photography is not about the money or the fame, it’s about the happiness of you, the photographer, can offer to anyone despite the social differences. Anyway, I will let you watch the video.
Posted by Constantin Chirila on Jul 6, 2009 in Photography
I recently watched this video, and it’s amazing. I am a fan of Chase Jarvis. I recommend it to everyone that are suffering from “photographers block” or anyone who likes to boost his creativity. I really like it and changed my perspective about a lot of things.
Enjoy.
Posted by Constantin Chirila on Jun 3, 2009 in Releases
Not being used to Pentax releasing innovative cameras, when I first saw the news, I didn’t paid to much attention. But today, from pure curiosity, I watched the presentation of Pentax K-7 DSLR camera, and I am simply stunned of all the cool feature it has, at a very affordable price, 1300$.
That being said i would like to point out some very cool features:
first and foremost it’s the improved high dynamic range that allows the camera to capture more details in darker area of a photograph
another feature first seen in a DSLR camera, it’s the ability to produce a HDR image in camera from 3 different exposures.
77 metering sensors improves the ability of the camera to automatically set the correct exposure of the photograph
ability to embed copyright information into the EXIF of all the photograph, feature seen only in pro DSLRs like Canon 1Ds Mark III or Nikon D3
improved weather sealing on the body of magnesium/steel alloy with steel sub-structure
ability to correct chromatic aberrations and lens distortions in camera.
live view with contrast and face detection focusing
improved vibration reduction with Sensor-shift system
ability to scan the image sensor and exactly points out where you have dust on your sensor, and ability that can help a lot when manually cleaning your sensor
video capture as the rest of the cameras from this generation
dedicated RAW button that allows easy switching between RAW and JPG file formats without wasting time changing it in the menu settings
allows you to custom change the name of the images
another useful feature is the dedicated white balance sensor
and last, but not least cool feature is, THE SIZE, having a very small size compared to Nikon or Canon.
Bottom line is that, they pulled out a cool camera, that I would love to have it in my equipment arsenal. These were only the features that appealed to me, but if you wish to read more about it’s specifications you can go to http://www.pentaximaging.com/slr/K-7/.
Posted by Constantin Chirila on Mar 1, 2009 in Photography
I was pretty moved by this short film, “Transform”, made for Scott Kelby by Zack Arias, a full time photographer. He said so many true things, than I felt very inspired an very ambitious, considering I am a photographer still at the beginning of the journey.
Not being used to Pentax releasing innovative cameras, when I first saw the news, I didn’t paid to much attention. But today, from pure curiosity, I watched the presentation of Pentax K-7 DSLR camera, and I am simply stunned of all the cool feature it has, at a very affordable price, 1300$.
