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Happy Sunday, folks. This week, I tackled something I haven't done in quite a long time: I installed photographs for a group show. It is a very casual show with two friends in a tiny gallery tucked in the building where I teach. Even so, seeing my photographs printed fairly large and hung on the wall felt genuinely good. |
Preparing for this show reminded me how important it is to print your work. I harp on it to my students, yet I rarely listen to my own advice. But every time I do, I get something out of it. It’s especially helpful to see a whole series printed together, as I did this time, because it’s easier to spot what's working and what isn't. It truly is the best way to move a series forward. |
If you don't currently print your photographs very often (or even at all), here's a gentle push to try it out. There are plenty of affordable yet high-quality online services available, and you don't need to do anything fancy. Even the classic postcard size can help you see your work in a new way. |
With that, let's dive into this week's DPReview news and inspiring finds. It was a quiet week for new gear, but Dale Baskin shared his testing with the new Pixel 11 Pro XL, and Polaroid went all-in on Pokémon with its latest collaboration. Plus, we've improved how images are handled on the new site, ensuring you are always able to see straight-out-of-camera JPEGs. Here's what else has been going on this week. |
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How often do you print your photographs? |
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Posts That Stopped the Scroll |
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In "On the clock," photographer Alexey Yurenev ties shutter speed to how long each subject takes to earn a dollar; slower earners dissolve into blur, faster ones stay sharp and clear. I love how the series blends conceptual and documentary photography, and the resulting images are fascinating. Be sure to click through to watch the interview. |
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I've written briefly about how important failure is in photography, but it's still nice to hear that same message from someone as accomplished as Joe McNally. |
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Finally, I’m not a videographer or cinematographer even in the slightest, but lately I’ve been finding lots of visual inspiration from video work. This video is very simple, but the visuals are beautiful, and they sparked ideas for photos I’d like to create. |
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12K likes & 89 comments getmezzy |
Full in-camera take of the window from “hula girl” set to the great @wackjob_gentle No AI. 3perf 35mm, slow shutter with a fabricated plug by @mattt.toth rigged in a pass van. Grade by @ryanurzi
Prod by @mrseri @jeffreyschroederfanpage". |
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Photo by Mitchell Clark |
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The Caira is a connected AI camera from Camera Intelligence that pairs a Micro Four Thirds lens mount and 11.4MP Four Thirds sensor with smartphone-powered generative editing tools, including Google's Nano Banana. It's an ambitious attempt to bridge the gap between a dedicated camera and a phone accessory, though our testing found the camera still has some rough edges. |
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Important Dates In Photo History |
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August 19 – World Photography Day: Today marks 187 years since France declared the daguerreotype process "a gift to the world," officially handing photography to the public in 1839. August 20 – Bernd Becher's birthday (b. 1931). Along with wife Hilla, Becher turned water towers, blast furnaces, and grain silos into deadpan, obsessively cataloged art, and in doing so founded the influential Düsseldorf School of photography. August 22 – Henri Cartier-Bresson's birthday (b. 1908). He gave us "the decisive moment" and co-founded Magnum Photos, shaping candid photography as we know it today.
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Nikon is back at it with firmware updates this week, including another update for an old model. Plus, DJI has already released some notable upgrades for the Osmo Pocket 4 and 4P. As always, if you saw any firmware updates that I missed, send them my way! |
Nikon has released firmware v1.9 for the Coolpix P1000, a minor update that fixes a rare glitch where the camera would stop responding when adjusting zoom during burst-mode shooting. The Z5II gets a more substantial v1.20 update. It refines the available shutter-speed range for the minimum shutter speed setting, adds a save-focus-position option and automatic monitor-display switching, introduces a Wi-Fi Always ON toggle for smart-device connections, and removes the aperture restriction previously imposed when recording video in Shutter-priority auto mode. The DJI Osmo Pocket 4 and 4P both gain automatic cloud uploads. The Osmo Pocket 4 also gets improved tracking and customization options, while the 4P adds D-Log slow motion, new LUTs and diagonal joystick movement.
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Photo by Mitchell Clark |
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The Viltrox Vintage Z2 flash may not look vintage, but it's designed to take photos that do. So much of that mid-2000s style comes from photos taken with cameras that relied on their built-in flash, illuminating the subject with direct light and leading to a darker background. And the bottom line is that if that's the look you're going for, this flash will get you there (though that's pretty much all it can do). |
For most of the time I used it, I kept it in TTL mode, which let my camera decide how much light it wanted the flash to output. While the Z2 isn't particularly powerful, it puts out enough light that I could still use it outside in the shade to get the look. It also has a manual mode for more control; something I occasionally found useful, since the relatively coarse steps between its power levels meant that it sometimes put out too much light based on what my camera was telling it, overexposing my subject. One other small annoyance: its two-second recycle time meant I had to wait a bit between turning it on and taking a shot, and I had to be leisurely when taking multiple pictures in a row. |
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Photo by Mitchell Clark |
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Viltrox says the hinge doesn't let you change the flash's angle, but it was stiff enough that I could adjust it just a touch and have it stay where I put it (though who knows if that will continue to be the case). But at the end of the day, you can't bounce it, rotate it, or do anything but change its brightness. It's meant to do exactly one thing, and has a price to match. If this is your first foray into flash and you think you may want to do literally anything else besides getting that retro look, you should heavily consider spending extra to get something that's more versatile, like the Godox iT32. But if all you want is that look, this delivers value that's hard to argue with... at least now that manufacturers no longer include this kind of flash in the box with your camera. |
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Photo by leunam |
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For World Photography Day, we asked forum members to get out over the weekend and photograph the landscapes they know best. What came back is a genuinely lovely cross-section of the places our readers live. Thank you to everyone who took the time to share, and the thread is still open if you'd like to add yours. |
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"You only get one sunrise and one sunset a day, and you only get so many days on the planet. A good photographer does the math and doesn't waste either." |
GALEN ROWELL |
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