Creating miniature landscapes

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In this post Mark White (Website | Blog | Facebook | Twitter) describes his unique miniature landscapes

So often, the photography industry is full of secrets – everyone feels the need to come across as a master of the technique. As I write this article, I am proud to say that when I began this venture, I had no idea what I was doing! I had never created any sort of environment before. I had never even built a birdhouse or put up one of those little Christmas villages. I come to you with this project as a completely transparent source, resource, and peer. We are all part of the same race here, after all.

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Law firm collects Nikon D600 sensor dust/spot complaints for a potential class action lawsuit

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The US law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein is currently collecting Nikon D600 dust complaints for a potential class action lawsuit – I personally don’t think this will happen since Nikon has been responsive to customer’s complains and has either fixed the issue (replaced the shutter) or in some cases replaced the camera.

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The Benefits of Personal Work

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‘Strange Dream’, March 2013

Today’s guest post “The Benefits of Personal Work” is written by Sean Afnan (Website | Facebook | Twitter):

Until recently I was, like many readers of this site, an enthusiastic amateur with an expensive hobby. Occasionally my photography earned me a little extra income. But when it did, I would reinvest the proceeds into new gear. There is after all so much new gear! Over the years, these occasions gradually became more frequent and in late 2011, when my contract at work came to an end, I made the jump into full-time professional photography. Back then I had grand aspirations of becoming a renowned advertising photographer. But the need to earn an income meant that I took on more or less whatever work came my way. Some weeks were great fun and I might photograph a wedding, a baby, and a more creative project in the space of a few days. Other weeks I would sit waiting for the phone to ring and watch my savings grow smaller and smaller!

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Nikon’s history in pictures: from the Nikon 1 rangefinder to the D70s DSLR

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A reader sent me this history of Nikon poster that contains all cameras from the original Nikon 1 rangefinder to the D70s DSLR. Enjoy:

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Nikon booth at the 2014 CP+ show in Japan

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The 2014 CP+ show is already ongoing in Japan and the Nikon D4s is (again) on display under thick glass. Here are few pictures from the Nikon booth sent by Glenn (see also his flickr stream):

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Nikon D4s is not discontinued

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After Adorama, B&H also took down their D4s listings (with a D4s picture) after it has been online for over a month (initially reported on January 9th). This morning my inbox was full with emails from readers asking me what is going on. The camera is obviously not discontinued – this was just a glitch in their system as a result of the listing removal – see those emails:

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Nikon D4s listed at Adorama as a 24MP camera

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Adorama lists the Nikon D4s camera with a 24MP sensor, 11 fps and 51 points AF system.

Update: the listing is now removed. I believe this was a mistake – I expect the D4s to have the same 16MP sensor from the D4.

The camera was listed to include:

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