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Greetings, fellow photographers. I was reviewing some film photos recently and came across an accidental double exposure that turned out remarkably well. It got me thinking about accidents in photography – not the kind you worry about, like losing a camera at the bottom of the Amazon River (though I’ve done that, too), but the kind that gives you a photo you never planned. |
So much of photography is about control: getting the composition just right, nailing focus and exposure, or realizing our creative vision. Photographers tend to be control freaks, and modern cameras are remarkably good at enabling that. But some of my favorite photos are ones I never planned, like when I forgot to reset my exposure compensation and got a dark, moody image instead of the cheery one I’d planned, or when the self-timer fired at just the wrong moment and caught something better. |
A couple of stories in this week’s newsletter reminded me of that, including one about a photographer who thinks decades of water damage made some of his negatives more interesting than the originals. It’s a reminder that giving up a little control can sometimes take you somewhere you’d never have gone on purpose. |
So, a question for you: what’s the best photo you never meant to take? Send it in and share the story behind it. I’d love to see what happens when things don’t go according to plan! |
— Dale Baskin, Managing Editor |
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South African photographer Gideon Mendel first gained attention in the 1980s for documenting the struggle against apartheid in its final years. In this video, he explains how he recently rediscovered negatives he’d accidentally left in a friend’s garage for almost 30 years. The water damage they sustained, he says, may have made the images more interesting than the originals. |
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Part of photography’s appeal is that there’s always something new to try, whether it’s a fresh approach to a subject, a new technique, or something purely whimsical. This week, Instagram channel avant.arte caught our eye with a project in that last category: photographing people through their car windows as they go through a car wash. The results range from funny to awkward to oddly charming. |
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Photo by Richard Butler |
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For the second week running, we’ve reached for a beverage can to show the size of a new APS-C lens. Last week it was the Sigma 50-120mm F2.8 DC OS; this week it’s Tamron’s new 16-50mm F2.8, which is smaller than the can even when fully extended. Now we just need to stop Richard worrying about whether to bring a can back from the UK on his next trip, since cans there are slightly shorter than the ones in the US. |
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There were a few firmware updates this week for GoPro, OM System and Canon. Are there any updates we missed? Feel free to send them our way! |
GoPro (Mission 1, Mission 1 Pro, Mission 1 Pro ILS): A free firmware update adds a zero-lag photo shutter and a Continuous Shutter mode that captures more than 100 12MP photos or more than 20 50MP RAW photos per burst. A separate GoPro Labs beta build adds anamorphic lens support (1.33x–2.0x squeeze ratios) to the Pro ILS only. OM System (M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4 PRO, 100-400mm IS II, 150-600mm IS): Lens firmware 1.1 adds 50fps shooting in Sequential Shooting SH2 and Pro Capture SH2 modes when the lenses are used with the OM-1, OM-1 Mark II or OM-3. Canon (EOS R6 Mark III, EOS R6 V): Firmware 1.1.2 fixes an issue where image recording to the card may not complete. Canon advises updating with only the firmware file on the card.
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Last week in our Question of the Week, we asked readers a simple but open-ended question: what camera feature that doesn’t yet exist would you most like to see? |
More than 100 of the DPReview community responded with ideas that ran from the perfectly practical to the wonderfully unconventional. We rounded up 10 of the most interesting suggestions, plus a few bonus entries just for fun. Some may surprise you, and a few might make you wonder why they don’t exist already. Read the full article to see what our readers came up with. |
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“Photography is the language that gives people the opportunity to see what you saw.” |
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO, PHOTOGRAPHER AND ENVIRONMENTALIST |
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