PhotoNetCast #87 – Highlights from Photokina 2014

In this episode we discuss some of the highlights from this year’s Photokina announcements.

Highlights from one of the largest photography industry shows – Photokina 2014

 

Every two years, Cologne, Germany, is stage for one of the biggest (if not the biggest) photography industry shows. Thousands or visitors and delegates fill the halls with so much gear that being there is like an gambling addict being dropped in the middle of Vegas…

Anyway, the rumours and announcements abound in the days leading to the event.

In this episode we take a look not at rumours, but at some of the announcements from this year’s show.

Enjoy the show…

 

 

In no particular order:

DSLR Cameras

  • Nikon D750 $2300 (24MP, FX, 6.5fps, 12800ISO, 1080p, tilting LCD, WiFi

  • Canon 7D Mk II $1800 (20MP, APS-C, 10fps, 65 point AF, 16000ISO, GPS, dual cards)

Mirrorless and Compact

Lenses

Accessories etc.

 

Selected from the Web

 

Bob: The Photo Frontier

Sean: Bruce Gilden Critiques Art Photography (NSFW)

Dave: Malkovich, Malkovitch, Malkovitch: Homage to Photographic Masters by Sandro Miller

 

PhotoNetCast #53 – Photokina 2010 and small lights

A review of Photokina 2010, plus we end up talking about small flashes.

 

As we mentioned in our last episode, we wanted to bring on the show someone who has been on the floor at Photokina 2010 to give us a general feeling for the biggest photography fair in the world.

Joining us are Teymur Madjderey (Manfrotto School of Xcellence) and André M. Hünseler, two pros from Cologne working at Photokina.

We talked about Photokina 2010 in general, highlights from the ground, the best and the worst, workshops and events surrounding Photokina, etc. We also had some time to talk about some of the latest cameras and equipment announced at Photokina, and we discussed the market trends and flooding of the semi-compacts as well as the tendency to make the large formats more affordable to the “average” photographer.

We finished it off with listener questions regarding the difference between flashes and continuous studio lights, wireless triggers, and advantages and disadvantages of third-party strobes.

This was also the second time we tried to broadcast the recording live and I have to say that, besides a glitch or ten, it went much better than the first attempt. If you’re curious, the un-edited video is bellow the show notes.

I have to end by apologizing to everyone for not making this episode available sooner (after all it was recorded in the middle of October). Time has been a precious commodity around here. Hope you understand.

 

 

Show Notes

PhotoNetCast #52 – Talking Photography with David Nightingale

In this episode we discuss some of the news coming out of Photokina 2010, and David Nightingale (@chromasia) joins us for a conversation on his work and photographic career.

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David Nightingale

 

Episode 52 is out. In this episode, which marked our semi-successful attempt at broadcasting the recording live (more on this on an upcoming post), we started by discussing a couple of news coming out of Photokina 2010. The new Nikon D7000, some news from Sony, Canon G12 and the small Fuji Finepix X100.

David Nightingale (@chromasia) was kind enough to agree joining us on this episode and we explored his photographic work and career, as a photographer, author and  teacher, starting from his initial postings on his photoblog, to establishing two companies fully dedicated to the photography industry.

David also discussed his three books (Baby Photography Now, Practical HDR and Extreme Exposure) and highlighted some of the process that led to publication.

There was still time to discuss the influence the internet, and more recently social media, had on his establishment as a renowned photographer.

baby_photography_now

practical_hdr

extreme_exposure

A big thank you to David for his time and availability. It was a pleasure having a good conversations with such an inspiring person.

 

 

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Show Notes

 

News

David Nightingale

Selected from the Web