CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their latest camera production data (orange: 2022, black: 2021, blue: 2020):
The Nikon USA reacts for May are much better and include most Z-mount lenses – see the details at Adorama, Amazon, and B&H Photo (direct link) – even the 24-70mm f/2.8 and 70-200mm f/2.8 Z lenses are now $300 off:
Z lenses
Z cameras
DSLR cameras
Combo Z camera + lens discounts
FTZ adapter
MB-D16 battery pack
The rebates are set to expire on May 29th:
→ Nikon 1000mm f/6.3 Reflex-Nikkor lens listed for sale at KEH for $21,333.
→ The new products announced at the 2022 NAB show can be found here and here.
→ The new application for increasing image resolution, ON1 Resize AI, is now available (direct download link). Like its predecessor ON1 Resize (formerly Genuine Fractals), the new Resize AI software is used for photo enlargements. AI-powered technology allows to enlarge photos and maintain detail and sharpness. More information can be found here.
→ Coming soon: new Brightin Star 16mm f/2.8 lens for Nikon Z mount from the Chinese company Xingyao Optical.
→ Atomos announced a new Shogun connect monitor and connectivity accessories – pre-orders are now open.
→ ITmedia had a survey in Japan on the question “Favorite Digital Camera Manufacturer”– Nikon got the #2 spot.
“The mountains are calling, and I must go.” – John Muir
“Into The Mountains” is a visual journey through the beautiful mountains of Epirus, Greece directed and filmed by Christophe Anagnostopoulos with original music by Dreamstate Logic. This is Christophe’s 3rd personal experimental short documentary film, after the award-winning films “Keep Looking Up” and “Forest of Tranquility“.
The idea for this film was formed in my mind while I was filming “Forest of Tranquility” back in 2019. I had spent many days back then inside the forests and the mountains for filming and it was during that time that I made a promise to myself to create a timelapse film dedicated to those beautiful mountains. I had started working on the preparations of the production at the start of 2020, but then a powerful and unseen enemy, the coronavirus, changed our world and our lives, probably forever. After almost two years of restrictions, curfews, and quarantines, I finally had the chance to travel back to my favorite locations, the mountains of Epirus, which I missed so much.
In this film, I tried to capture some natural and beautiful sceneries into the mountains. Locations that can calm our souls with their simplicity and minimalism, no matter if it has beautiful clear skies or even bad weather. Another goal that I had set, when and if possible, was to avoid capturing anything that it is not created by nature. If I succeeded in this goal, it’s up to you to decide.
Infraterra – A Journey Into the Invisible by Mark White (Website | Facebook | Instagram, see also his previous guest post):
Background
Photography originated as a recording medium. It was designed to create a record of what can be seen in the world around us. To create lasting mementos that will exist long after our living memories have faded. It wasn’t long before artists did what artists do: we learned how to use these tools translate what can be seen into what can be felt. We learned to translate images into emotions. We conceptualized meaning in composition, lighting, and presentation. We understood what was and created something more than.
Like many of us, I picked up my first camera in my early teens. Growing up, I often felt like a forgotten boy in a forgotten city. Photography offered me the escapism I needed to maintain sanity. Intentionally searching for beauty in a place that sometimes felt like its very antithesis helped me gain perspective. Maybe this place was more than, too. Maybe if I just looked a bit harder, there were wonders to be found here.
I spent the better part of my grade school years crawling around the patches of grass in my cement town chasing butterflies with my macro lens. This new-to-me world was both so foreign and so familiar at once. In these microcosms, there was a whole world living within our own. It was in these postage-stamp-sized spaces where I found sanctuary. For a time, I lounged in the spiders’ webs and rode on the backs of aphids. It felt a little bit like magic.
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