The Damage Waiver Bearly Covered This One

A lot of photographers are glad they took out LensRentals’ damage waiver on equipment when accidents happen.

See the article here:
The Damage Waiver Bearly Covered This One

Twitter

Video Review of the Leica Monochrom M (Parody)

Our own Steve Meltzer offered his provocative take on the Leica Monochrom M last week and now here’s a video “review” of this $8K black-and-white shooting digital rangefinder. But before you take this “first YouTube review of the new Leica Monochrom” too seriously, be advised that it’s clearly meant as a joke.

Follow this link:
Video Review of the Leica Monochrom M (Parody)

Twitter

Canon PowerShot G1 X review posted!

Every once in a while, a camera comes along that offers a genuinely different approach to its rivals. Some–like the first mirrorless models–go on to fundamentally change the market. Others aren’t quite so successful.

Read this article:
Canon PowerShot G1 X review posted!

Twitter

SLR image quality? Read our Canon G1x Review to find out!

Every once in a while, a camera comes along that offers a genuinely different approach to its rivals.

Read this article:
SLR image quality? Read our Canon G1x Review to find out!

Twitter

Father of GearJunkie, Age 63, Treks 96 miles Thru Badlands

This week, Chuck Regenold, age 63 and the father of GearJunkie editor Stephen Regenold, hiked the 96-mile Maah Daah Hey Trail in western North Dakota’s Badlands. He went solo and carried all food and water for the trek, battling blisters, vague trail spurs, and free-range steer not happy to see him along the route

View article:
Father of GearJunkie, Age 63, Treks 96 miles Thru Badlands

Twitter

Sony NEX-F3: New entry-level mirrorless previewed (with samples)

Sony’s NEX-series of compact system cameras today gains an affordable new model, with the debut of the Sony Alpha NEX-F3 , and we’ve just posted our preview.

Read More:
Sony NEX-F3: New entry-level mirrorless previewed (with samples)

Twitter

China builds $3.7 billion, 1,373 mile power cable, how was your afternoon?

The State Grid corporation of China is constructing a power line capable of transmitting a staggering 37 billion kWh per year. The record-breaking cable stretches from the power rich eastern Hami Prefecture to the energy-starved city of Zhengzhou towards the east. Costing a twitch-inducing $3.7 billion, when it’s completed in 2014, it’ll be the most capacious link in the world.

Originally posted here:
China builds $3.7 billion, 1,373 mile power cable, how was your afternoon?

Twitter

Bracketron MetalDock Charging Dock for iPhone 4/4S

When it comes to iPhone charging docks, they are dime a dozen out there in the market. The thing is, just which model should you choose?

Follow this link:
Bracketron MetalDock Charging Dock for iPhone 4/4S

Twitter

Adobe Camera Raw, DNG Converter 7.1 release candidates arrive

Adobe has today published new v7.1 release candidate versions of its DNG Converter application and Camera Raw plugin, hot on the heels of the just-issued v6.7 versions that shipped last week. This is the first Camera Raw release which requires Photoshop CS6 to function, and hence cannot be used with CS5 or earlier versions of Adobe’s flagship imaging app. Adobe Camera Raw 7.1 RC and DNG Converter 7.1 RC both add support for the same impressive list of 21 camera models from eight manufacturers, which were added in the V6.7 releases for CS5.

See more here:
Adobe Camera Raw, DNG Converter 7.1 release candidates arrive

Twitter

The Tutu Project: How Photographer Bob Carey Donned a Pink Tutu to Fight Breast Cancer

I am built like Bob Carey, a bit on the chunky side, but I do not think I have his nerve. After all, Bob put on a bright pink tutu and created a series of photos of him in all sorts of crazy settings and postures. If that wasn’t enough, now he is using these images to help fight breast cancer

Continue Reading:
The Tutu Project: How Photographer Bob Carey Donned a Pink Tutu to Fight Breast Cancer

Twitter