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Why white-balance lens caps don’t make sense

Flickr confirms: ‘Pro’ memberships can be retained

Flickr confirms: ‘Pro’ memberships can be retained

The Flickr Spectaculr: what’s right, and what’s wrong

The Flickr Spectaculr: what’s right, and what’s wrong

Brand new site celebrating Timelapse Photography!

Brand new site celebrating Timelapse Photography!

Using time-lapse to help make babies

Using time-lapse to help make babies

People in glass houses

People in glass houses

May’s other-worldly photo competition

May’s other-worldly photo competition

Get your entries in for the 2013 IdeasTap Photographic Award

Get your entries in for the 2013 IdeasTap Photographic Award

Think Tank Photo’s super-huge Logistics Manager 30

Think Tank Photo’s super-huge Logistics Manager 30

On not taking photos and black eyes: Team Photocritic in conversation

On not taking photos and black eyes: Team Photocritic in conversation

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People in glass houses

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May’s other-worldly photo competition

May’s other-worldly photo competition

On not taking photos and black eyes: Team Photocritic in conversation

On not taking photos and black eyes: Team Photocritic in conversation

After the storm: where we stand with Adobe’s Creative Cloud

After the storm: where we stand with Adobe’s Creative Cloud

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Flickr confirms: ‘Pro’ memberships can be retained

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Daniela Bowker in Newsflash! No Comments
Flickr confirms: ‘Pro’ memberships can be retained

It seems as if creating a fuss can sometimes reap rewards. One of my, and just about every other ‘Pro’ user of Flickr’s, concerns regarding the site overhaul and changes to its business model has been clarified. ‘Pro’ members do now have the chance to renew their membership at the existing price (about $25 for [...]

View Post business model, engadget, flickr, fuss, rewards

Brand new site celebrating Timelapse Photography!

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Haje Jan Kamps in Newsflash!, Team Photocritic No Comments
Brand new site celebrating Timelapse Photography!

It’s pretty incredible what you can knock up in a day if you’re suitably caffeinated – or slowly on your way to getting sozzled. In the case of the Triggertrap Company Hackathon, I decided to build a site celebrating one of my favourite hobbies: Timelapse photography.

View Post hell, hobbies, photography, poison, sozzled

Masterclasses from Sony

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Daniela Bowker in Newsflash! No Comments

As part of the World Photography Awards, Sony is laying on a series of photography masterclasses at London’s Somerset House on Friday 26, Saturday 27, and Sunday 28 April. Michael Wayne Plant will be demystifying photography, there will be session aimed at students looking to make photography their careers led by Magdi Fernandes, and the [...]

View Post 28 april, exhibition, masterclasses, sony, world photography

Celebrating a scandal

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Daniela Bowker in Newsflash! No Comments

Scandal ’63 has opened in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery, marking the 50th anniversary of the Profumo Affair.

View Post christine keeler, national portrait gallery, secretary of state, spy thriller, st martin

Farewell to Hasselblad’s 503CW

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Daniela Bowker in Newsflash! No Comments

The last 503CW, and indeed the last of Hasselblad’s V System cameras, has just rolled off of the production line, and with it has ended over 50 years of development of Hasselblad’s original camera line.

View Post 17 years, hasselblad, larry hansen, legacy, medium format camera

Sony’s HX50 – very small and light, with 30× optical zoom

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Daniela Bowker in Newsflash! No Comments

The quest to bring ever smaller and lighter cameras with a decent set of specs to the masses continues with Sony’s HX50. This one places a 1/2.3″, 20.4 megapixel CMOS sensor behind a 30× optical zoom lens that’s supported by a healthy dollop of image stabilisation in the smallest and lightest body for a camera [...]

View Post deploy, electronic viewfinder, hotshoe, resolution technology, sony
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