Meet Canon's New EOS-1D X Pro DSLR. Plus: Tips For Better Fall Photos

Meet Canon's New EOS-1D X Pro DSLR. Plus: Tips For Better Fall Photos View this email online October 20, 2011 Breaking news from America's top photo magazines New Gear: Canon EOS-1D X Full-Frame Pro DSLR Almost everything in Canon's new pro body has been redesigned from the ground up If you¹re looking for more pixels in Canon¹s newest flagship DSLR, avert your eyes from the EOS-1D X, due out in March 2012. With its full-frame sensor, the 1D X replaces both the 1Ds Mark III and the 1D Mark IV, eliminating the APS-H sized sensor from the Canon line. While it boasts only 18 million effective pixels, that fact doesn't bother us at all. READ MORE >> 5 Tips for Better Fall Foliage Photos Follow this advice to capture the very best shots of the season This Is What a 14-FPS SLR Looked Like in 1984 Decades before the 1D X came around, Canon had a 14-FPS DSLR in the F-1 High Speed Motor Drive Check Out The New AmericanPhotoMag.com Make a place in your bookmarks bar for a new site focused strictly on fantastic photography Photo of the Day See the whole gallery here.  Be the first to hear about new stuff on PopPhoto.com by subscribing to our revamped RSS feed! TECH SUPPORT Photo Glossary: Bokeh A Japanese word that roughly translates as “blur” or “haze,” bokeh refers, photographically, to defocused areas of an image either in front of or behind a sharp subject. It’s a phenomenon associated with lenses and is primarily influenced by the size, shape, and smoothness of the opening defined by the aperture blades of the lens. Lenses are said to produce “fine” or “coarse” bokeh, the former being more desirable than the latter. Fine bokeh is characterized by smooth, circular shapes in the defocused highlights created by specular reflections off shiny objects or directly from light sources. Coarse bokeh is identified by oval highlights or by highlights shaped as pentagons or octagons, a direct reflection of the number of blades making up a given diaphragm. The word is pronounced “boh-keh,” with one long and one short vowel and equally stressed syllables. Do you have Tech Support Question? Post it on our Facebook Page.   More from PopPhoto.com:   Change your preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy | Forward this email Add newsletter@email.popphoto.com to your address book to ensure our emails reach your inbox. Copyright © Bonnier Corporation, 460 N. Orlando Ave., Suite 200, Winter Park, FL 32789 Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are those of the sponsors and are not an endorsement nor do they reflect the opinions of Bonnier Corporation or any of its publications.

 

Software Workshop: Editing Eyes for Better Portraits

Software Workshop: Editing Eyes for Better Portraits View this email online October 13, 2011 Breaking news from America's top photo magazines Software Workshop: Editing Eyes for Better Portraits Make those gorgeous peepers pop, from eyelash to iris Some aspects of beauty retouching are more difficult than others. Skin and hair, for example, can be particularly challenging. But one thing everyone can do, without a whole lot of Adobe Photoshop experience, is eye enhancement. Here are some of my favorite, and most dramatic, techniques for making eyes in portraits look gorgeous. READ MORE >> I Photographer: Bridal Traveler Dina Douglass makes a living shooting Indian and destination weddings Camera Test: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3 ILC Panasonic's smallest Micro Four Thirds model yet delivers delicious images Nikon Releases Statement About Floods In Thailand Record flooding in Thailand has hit Nikon's factories, putting a halt to production. Photo of the Day See the whole gallery here.  Be the first to hear about new stuff on PopPhoto.com by subscribing to our revamped RSS feed! TECH SUPPORT Tricky Exposures Q. I have two black Labrador retrievers that are very photogenic. Their favorite things are swimming and playing in the snow. Unfortunately, it is difficult to capture them in the water or snow because the background is always very bright. Are there any tricks to getting a good photo of black dogs? A. Dark subjects against snow or spectral water highlights can wreak havoc with light meters, even the “smart” evaluative types. We would advise RAW capture in this case, as well. We’d also suggest switching your camera to manual exposure, taking a spotmeter reading directly from a doggie’s fur, and underexposing about 2 stops from that (you can do this by setting exposure compensation to –2). Keeping your camera in manual will prevent its built-in meter from making wild swings of exposure settings. Experiment with the exposure level to get a look you like. You could also try adding a little pop of fill with the camera’s built-in flash. With flash exposure compensation set to –2 EV, it will add detail to the fur without looking too “flashy.”  Do you have Tech Support Question? Post it on our Facebook Page.   More from PopPhoto.com:   Change your preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy | Forward this email Add newsletter@email.popphoto.com to your address book to ensure our emails reach your inbox. Copyright © Bonnier Corporation, 460 N. Orlando Ave., Suite 200, Winter Park, FL 32789 Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are those of the sponsors and are not an endorsement nor do they reflect the opinions of Bonnier Corporation or any of its publications.

 

20 Incredible Photos Captured Through a Microscope

Great Gallery: The Best MicroPhotography of 2011 View this email online October 06, 2011 Breaking news from America's top photo magazines Gallery: The Best MicroPhotography of 2011 Nikon announced the winners of its annual Small World Photomicrography contest and once again, the results are mesmerizing Every year, Nikon's Small World competition puts a call out to photomicrographers, asking for their best ultra-magnified images. The following photos were all captured using light microscopes. The subjects are incredibly small, the capture process is extremely complex, and the results are nothing short of incredible. These 20 are the best, as picked by a panel of expert judges. READ MORE >> How To: Create and Audio Slideshow from Start to Finish Audio slideshows are the perfect multimedia marriage between sound and still images What Do Photographers Really Want From a Cell Phone Camera? We'll still take a dedicated camera over a cell phone camera any time, but the difference isn't what it once was Apple's iPhone 4S Gets an 8-Megapixel CMOS Sensor and an F/2.4 Lens Plus, faster processing, shorter lag times and 1080p video Photo of the Day See the whole gallery here.  Be the first to hear about new stuff on PopPhoto.com by subscribing to our revamped RSS feed! TECH SUPPORT Decisions, Decisions... Reader Arkaprava Acharyya wants to get into wildlife photography with a Nikon D5100 and asked us about the relative merits, particularly image quality at the tele end, of two lenses: Tamron’s 70–300mm f/4–5.6 Di VC USD and Nikon’s 70–300mm f/4.5–5.6 AF-S. These two virtually tied in SQF at 300mm (both with a Good rating) but the Tamron did better at all focal lengths in control of vignetting and distortion. Given that it’s priced at $450, street, compared with the Nikon at $530, it’s an attractive option—but you wouldn’t go wrong with either lens. Do you have Tech Support Question? Post it on our Facebook Page.   More from PopPhoto.com:   Change your preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy | Forward this email Add newsletter@email.popphoto.com to your address book to ensure our emails reach your inbox. Copyright © Bonnier Corporation, 460 N. Orlando Ave., Suite 200, Winter Park, FL 32789 Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are those of the sponsors and are not an endorsement nor do they reflect the opinions of Bonnier Corporation or any of its publications.