Author: Nicolai Grossman

Pinhole photography workshop with Even Reece, Manukau, NZ

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Don’t miss this great opportunity to take a pinhole workshop with Dr. Evan Reece at Te Tuhi in Manukau City, Aotearoa/NZ. I’ve followed Reece’s work for some time on f295, and it’s excellent.

The nature of pinhole photography, with its hand made cameras, lies more in serendipity than automated control. In this workshop we will explore the traditional and contemporary pinhole artists. Students will make a 35mm panorama camera as well as others constructed from everyday objects.

Weekend workshop: Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th November [2008] 10am – 4pm | $150
For further information and to enroll contact 577 0138 or email enquires@tetuhi.org.nz.

Valerie J. Cochran’s "23 Months" show Oakland, CA, US

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Ms. Cochran says:

i am honored to announce and invite all of you to my solo photography show @ mignonne in oakland. i will be attending both of the receptions and yes, there will be wine.

opening reception:
friday, november 7, 2008
6-9 pm
part of the oakland art murmur’s first friday events

closing reception:
thursday, december 11, 2008
6-9 pm

mignonne
1000 jefferson street
oakland, ca 94609
510.444.5288

jesuismignonne.blogspot.com
mignonnedecor.com

rsvp @ facebook

larger version @ yourwaitress.com

Polaroid Week Fall 2008 starts tomorrow!

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Polaroid Week Fall 2008 starts tomorrow—Monday, 27 October, 2008! Shoot some Polaroids and upload them to the Polaroid Week 2008 group on Flickr—you can participate with a free account!

About ‘Roid Week Fall 2008

It’s that time again…..POLAROID WEEK! This one is a little bittersweet — as you all know, Polaroid has . It very well could be the last Polaroid Week we have…

But until that happens, it’s time to play! Post a Polaroid a day.

OCTOBER 27 – OCTOBER 31, 2008

Five days. Five polaroids. (or more if you’re so inspired, just not more than 3 a day)

Here are the simple rules:

* It’s five days. Monday thru Friday.

* Pool opens at 6:00 am on Monday, Eastern Standard Time.

* Pool closes at 12:00 am on Friday (technically, Saturday), Pacific Standard Time [GMT -8].

* Members can post up to 3 photos a day.

* Though we call it "Polaroid Week," any instant film is fine.

* Post photos you haven’t posted on Flickr before. Give us something new.

* And give us something good. This is our seasonal eye candy. Make it sweet.

Love,

Cate n’ Lori

PS: Check out last year’s Polaroid Week 2007 for inspiration!

New $11,000 Leica f/0.95 50mm Noctilux ASPH lens

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According to Wired, a French magazine leaked details of a new Leica aspherical f/0.95 50mm Noctilux, coming in at a predictably heavy 8,000 euros.

While that’s cool and all, I’m not sure I see the point… as the article points out, the depth of field is "ridiculously small — focus on a pupil and the edge of the eye will blur". I don’t equate sharpness with goodness, but if you want to make blur, there are a lot cheaper ways to do it. Quality of blur does matter—greatly, in my opinion—but this seems like it’s going to be marketed as a tool for taking very low-light photos in. Or maybe they don’t care about the actual utility and are counting on the people who will undoubtedly buy it just because the numbers will be limited and it says Leica on it.

Also rumored to be announced at Photokina [photo equipment trade show] by Leica are:

M Summilux 21mm f/1.4, 5,000 Euros
M Summilux 24mm f/1.4, 5,000 Euros
M Elmar 24mm f/3.8, 1,800 Euros

New Zeiss lenses for Canon

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Zeiss are [finally] releasing Canon EF mount versions of their Z series manual focus 35mm/digital SLR lenses! First out will be the Planar T* f/1.4 50mm (SRP of 579 euros) and the Planar T* f/1.4 85mm (SRP of 999 euros (both prices include 19% German VAT)).

From the current "issue" of Carl Zeiss Camera Lens News:

Carl Zeiss is expanding its successful line of SLR lenses: ZE lenses with EF bayonet for all analog and digital EOS camera models. As with all EF lenses, the new ZE lenses from Carl Zeiss transfer all information exclusively via electronic contacts. This means that all exposure modes such as programmed auto exposure, shutter priority, aperture priority and manual setting are supported. The camera’s automatic focus confirmation also remains available to an unlimited extent with these manual focus lenses. With digital SLRs, the lens data and all exposure data can also be accessed via the camera’s EXIF file. Even E-TTL flash metering is supported. The first lenses to be available will be the Planar T* 1,4/50 ZE and the Planar T* 1,4/85 ZE in the last quarter of this year. Further focal lengths will be added to the line within the next few months.