Photography & Art – Tickle Your Fancy #46
Welcome back to our forty sixth post in our new section ‘Tickle Your Fancy’. ‘Tickle Your Fancy’ includes a round-up of between three to five links to articles from around the internet that have specifically interested us during the course of the week. Ones that we feel are relevant to your interest in photography and art. Just to explain the title for this section ‘Tickle Your Fancy’ is an English idiom and essentially means that something appeals to you and perhaps stimulates your imagination in an enthusiastic way, we felt it would make a great title for this new section of the site. We really hope you enjoy these articles…
Simon Norfolk – Wins at 2015 Sony World Photography Awards for Landscape
The Honorary Jury of the world’s largest photography competition today names Simon Norfolk as the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards’ Landscape Photographer of the Year. “Norfolk is an incredible photographer and my husband Kevin, has previously interviewed him and featured his work in The Times”. Norfolk, a landscape photographer who lives and works in Brighton and is represented by INSTITUTE, was selected from over 87,000 entries to the Professional competition for a series called “When I Am Laid In Earth”. In the series the photographer maps with a pyrograph the melting away of the Lewis Glacier on Mt. Kenya. Norfolk had previously been awarded 1st place in the Professional People…
The Guardian – ‘Camera-makers focus on adapting to smartphones’ market surge’
Interesting article by my friend Charles Arthur (Contributing Writer for The Guardian, previously the Guardian’s Technology Editor) this morning. He talks about the demise of camera sales since 2006, starting there of course with film. Arthur discusses the research & development and money that is being poured into smartphone development. He cites my partner (Kevin Carter’s) test results in DXOMark’s testing in October where the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus reached the top of the camera site – see here. The conclusion to this piece focuses on sensors, smartphones are in need of larger sensors. "Sony announced recently that it’s going to increase its production of image sensors…
iOS Photography Tool Apps – REDTools – New App For RED Digital Cameras
RED Digital Cameras are truly symbols and tools of greatness, they have been used to shoot the most influential fashion magazines in the world, Vogue, Harpers and more by photographers from Bruce Weber to Greg Williams. Our Head of Technical Hardware, Kevin Carter, relatively recently reviewed the $45,000 RED Epic with new Dragon Sensor for DxO Mark, if you’d like to read that, please go here. The reason I am mentioning this is because today RED have launched a new app designed for their models RED ONE, EPIC and SCARLET. It’s a multipurpose toolkit deigned for on-set use, it’s comprehensive and free. Click here to download to learn more about…
Hotshoe Magazine – Leica T Review by Kevin Carter
I mentioned a while ago that I’d been living with the Leica T for a while, this was the reason! Kevin’s review is now available for you to read in the latest issue of this magazine. I just love Hotshoe, it ticks many boxes for me. Check it out here
Sony Xperia Z2 overview: Revised model takes first place in Mobile rankings – Kevin Carter
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxOMark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently tested Sony’s Xperia Z2 smartphone. DPReview use Kevin’s scientific data in their reviews, as they quote Kevin here, ‘The DxOMark team reports the Xperia Z2 images show “impressive detail preservation outdoors” and “in low light, a lot of detail is still visible, even if a loss of details is noticeable compared to outdoors.” Noise levels are reasonable at all light levels, with small grain size and no chroma noise. The autofocus works in a fast and responsive manner, with only very few focus errors. The…
RED Epic Sensor Reviews – Kevin Carter/DxOMark and More…
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor/Consultant for DxOMark, the British Journal of Photography among many others has just completed some huge technical reviews for DxOMark. Not least the RED Epic Dragon review ‘the first camera to break the 100-point DxOMark sensor score barrier’. He’s also reviewed the Leica X Vario sensor, the Leica S sensor, the Olympus Stylus 1 sensor, the Sony Alpha A500 sensor and a range of the best lenses for the Sony Alpha A300 both primes and zooms. Phew, no wonder I haven’t seen him! The DxOMark lab tests represent the gold standard for technical tests and these are…
Nokia Lumia 1020’s RAW Image Quality – DxOMark/Kevin Carter Takes A Look
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxOMark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently tested the Nokia Lumia 1020’s RAW Image quality. DPReview use Kevin’s scientific data in their reviews, as they say here, ‘With the device now capturing images in DNG Raw format our partners at DxOMark have been able to put the Lumia 1020 through its Raw-based sensor testing and compared it to hundreds of cameras in its database. Considering that we are looking at a smartphone, the results are pretty interesting. With a DxOMark sensor score of 41 points, the Nokia 1020 ranks 222 out of…
LG G2 Review – DxO Mark/Kevin Carter Take a Look
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxOMark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently as tested the LG G2 smartphone. DPReview use Kevin’s scientific data in their reviews, as they say here, ‘We have added DxOMark Mobile’s report to our camera review of the LG G2. The report includes DxO Lab’s usual industrial-quality scientific measurements. Their imaging experts have analyzed 14 aspects of mobile imaging including detailed image quality assessment, flash performance, autofocus reliability and more to calculate a final score’. Take a look at the DxO link here for Kevin’s review and interesting camera capability findings. To read…
Sony Xperia Z1 Overview – A Serious Challenger To Nokia Lumia 1020?
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxOMark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently as tested the Sony Xperia Z1 smartphone. DPReview use Kevin’s scientific data in their reviews, as they say here, ‘our partners at DxOMark have put the Sony Xperia Z1 through their comprehensive image quality testing regime’. Take a look at the DxO link here for Kevin’s review and interesting findings regarding the video capabilities. To read the dpreview review, go here.
