The current photography market is following a path that misleads everyone. It is nothing like the pre-digital era and many large manufacturers have fallen because they did not know how to adapt to the new times. In this year that begins, it seems that no other brand is going to disappear, but one type of camera: the SLR.
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“The cameras devour each other, unable to collaborate, while the mobiles laugh from above”. This is more or less how we could summarize the video that the guys from DPReview TV have created, and although we have already anticipated the final effect, we had to show you this fun little story starring these three leading cameras, because it has no waste:
The year 2021 is already history but many of the things that happened will remain in our retinas forever. That is why it is a good time to look back and see what his 365 days in the field of photography gave of themselves. As we usually do, for this compilation of the images of the year we have based mainly on the winning photos from the 2021 contests, but we have also included others that were very significant.
Today is New Year’s Eve but, since it already happened on Christmas Eve, that will not mean that you will miss the Friday appointment with Hunting Bargains. The section designed for you to find the gift you are looking for, be it a camera, lens, tripod, bag or backpack, flash, memory card, hard drive or photographic mobile, the best price.
This is the last article I will write in this year 2021. I am sure that I will take a few more photographs, because I can stop typing but never look. The challenge of a photographer is to keep taking photos, nothing more and nothing less.
This year that is ending has been especially tough in all aspects. Yesterday, the family of Sabine Weiss announced her death on December 28. With her disappears the last representative of the French photographers who focused on the human being in the second half of the 20th century.
We cannot say that it is something unexpected but, of course, it will be historical: the Canon EOS 1Dx Mark III, professional SLR launched in 2020, it will be the last high-end DSLR from the Japanese firm that definitely will focus on developing your mirrorless systems. This has been confirmed by Fujio Mitarai, CEO of Canon, in an interview with Yomiuri Shimbun, one of the most important media in Japan.
As announced, Xiaomi has presented its family of Xiaomi 12 smartphones, which are destined to be its most important phones for the year 2022. And among them stands out the Xiaomi 12 Pro, which in the absence of knowing if the hypothetical Xiaomi 12 Ultra with Leica lenses becomes a reality, is the model that has a greater bet when it comes to the photographic section.
At Engadget Foto we talk a lot about black and white photography. After some hesitant principles in the digital world, it is a process that has been gaining more and more followers and has regained the place that it should not have lost. So let’s dissect how can we get a good black and white image.