For people with specific needs (and a lot of money): New Hasselblad A6D-100c

If Professional Aerial photography is your thing and you sit on a shitload of money you can now buy this newly announced Hasselblad 100 megapixel aerial camera:

The A6D Aerial camera includes a feature that allows up to eight cameras to be synchronized within 20 ?s. A simple bus-type cable connection is required between all cameras in the set-up. This feature completely eliminates any issues in post-production caused by un-synchronized exposures.

Nine H System lenses are available in aerial versions with secure locking mounts to minimize vibration and flexing which guarantees the image plane and sensor stay parallel at all times. These units ship with their focus precisely adjusted and fixed at infinity. The focal length range from 24 to 300mm of these lenses results in a horizontal AFOV of 96° to 10.2° covering most applications. The new generation of leaf shutters for the H lenses has an extended lifetime, which ensures reliability during flight.

In addition, the exposure time for the aerial lenses has been improved up to 1/4000 of a second, for sharp and crisp images. Traditionally, FMC systems typically only compensate for movement in a single direction, but the fast leaf shutter-based exposure time can both compensate for ground speed and the roll and pitch of the plane.

Download high-resolution A6D-100c sample images here.

 

GoPro announced the new Hero 6

All info can be found at Explora. And preorders here at BHphoto. They key specs are:

  • Supports 4K60, 2.7K120, 1080p240 Video
  • Capture 12MP Photos at 30 fps
  • Ultra-Wide-Angle Glass Lens
  • Waterproof to 33′
  • Voice Control
  • Rear Touchscreen
  • Wi-Fi for Remote Monitoring and Control
  • Interval Capture for Time-Lapse
  • Linear Video Mode Corrects Distortion
  • Flat and Curved Adhesive Mounts Included

Elementary, My Dear Watson: Canon will announce a FF mirrorless in 2018

Nobody will be surprised to hear this. Latest rumors from CR confirm that Canon is likely to introduce a new FF mirrorless system camera at the same time (or shortly after) the Nikon FF mirrorless launch in 2018.

While no specs are known yet the camera prototypes are being tested in the field right now. Canon Watch summed up all the rumors on this FF camera:

  • Different sources and sites were reporting that early prototypes exist, at least to be tested inside Canon’s labs. This intel came in 2016 and early 2017.
  • Canon is possibly working on a full-frame mirrorless camera with EF mount. There have been rumors saying that Canon is delaying this camera because of issues in implementing the EF mount. There is a lot of talk about this. If Canon manages to engineer a full-frame mirrorless camera with EF mount, thus allowing us to use our beloved EF lenses on a smaller and hopefully performing body, it will be a winner. Imagine what you could do with a MILC that goes along with your EF lenses. There is serious a chance we may see this.
  • The latest bit of info I got suggests Canon will announce a full-frame mirrorless camera with a sensor having a resolution of 36-38MP.
  • A possible announcement date is around Photokina 2018, which happens in September.

Nikon already made the official commitment towards developing a “serious” mirrorless system camera. So it makes 100% sense for Canon to make this step too as quick as it gets.

If you really want to remember a moment, try not to take a photo

TED published an article which photographers may be interested to read. In short it talks about the reasons why sometimes it is useful to not take photos. A few key talking points:

1) In one study, students were told to take photos of objects at a museum — and they remembered fewer of the overall objects they had photographed.

2) cameras, as amazing as they are, can’t compare to what the brain is capable of with input from the eyes and the ears.

I think we should learn the “Art” of not taking photographs too :)