Photo Geek Weekly

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Steve Brazill returns for the anniversary episode! We chat about cautiously optimistic cinema gear, the continued evolution of Flickr, the pressures of street photography and the fate of small sensor cameras. A lot crammed into a single episode, and it’s well worth the listen! Story 1: Cinemartin launches [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don is joined by the delightfully wise Andy Ihnatko to discuss photo industry trends towards instant gratification with little or no editing, along with the next steps for companies like Canon, Yongnuo, and even RED. Finally our late-breaking discussion on the first round of “improvements” to Flickr and [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Martin Bailey joins Don for a discussion about rangefinders – good and bad – as well as camera teardowns, colour science and VERY temporary lenses you make yourself. Enjoy the photo geekery! Story 1: Yashica’s ‘Unexpected’ Y35 Camera is Worse Than Anyone Expected (via PetaPixel) Related: Pixii is [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Allan Attridge jumps into the discussion on all the Adobe updates, a 10 trillion frame per second camera, the final fate of Meyer Optik Goerlitz and a service using Kodak branding to scan your analog media. All this and more in a fantastically geeky discussion! Story 1: Tons [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don reminisces with Bryan Weiss about the joys of Google+, and we talk about this weeks stories: Eight new lenses under the Laowa brand, the AI tech used to polish photos taken with the iPhone XS, and a lot of fun do-it-yourself tricks for creative exploration that won’t [...]

Episode 40 of Photo Geek Weekly brings back PhotoJoseph (a.k.a. Joseph Linaschke) for a discussion about cameras on asteroids, 360 degree 3D video and what it can be used for, The first camera from Zeiss and it’s odd feature set, and more information about the Panasonic / Sigma / Leica partnership that will shape new [...]

So much to talk about on this episode of Photo Geek Weekly with guest host Steve Brokaw! The biggest announcements around Photokina bring us a new full-frame initiative from Panasonic, a new mount alliance to fuel it, and so much more. From Fujifilm making huge pushes in the medium format space to ON1 announcing the [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Steve Brazill returns for a discussion on copyright, data storage, shooting the dark side of the moon and what the future may hold for medium format cameras. The geekiest opinions we can muster – give it a listen! Story 1: Photographer Sues Netflix for Using His Storm Photo [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don is joined once again by the wonderfully geeky Steve Brazill for a discussion on new camera systems, engineering marvels of past and present, and technology that I still can’t completely fathom is possible… all related to photography and how it impacts our lives. Get ready for another [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don brings Mike Howard back for a discussion on where the mirrorless market is going for Nikon and Sony, what happens when crowdfunding-as-preordering for vintage lenses doesn’t shape up to be profitable, advancements in storage and advancements in how we perceive the content that we shoot. All this [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Allan Attridge rejoins the conversation to discuss the possibilities of macro cinematography, mobs of selfie shooters destroying it for the rest of us, modifying lenses for creative effects or buying a ready-made lens to beautifully mess with light. We also touch on Allan’s involvement with the Invisible Camera [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don is joined by Chris Marquardt to dive into the reasons behind a confusing new smartphone sensor design from Sony, the cryptic launch messaging from Nikon about their new camera system, when and why you’d like to use a 4×5 camera (and how to get one inexpensively), and [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don Komarechka is joined by Bruce Clarke to discuss the recent advancements in computational photography and why we should keep a close eye on it, interesting investments from Leica in the same area, strange patents from Nikon and an unfortunate mishap involving the Kodak brand with bitcoin mining [...]

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On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Bryan Weiss returns to the co-pilot seat to discuss gargantuan camera sensors, using x-rays to recover images nearly two centuries old, the value and integrity of photojournalism and the latest and greatest memory card format! Lots of great discussion here weaving around some excellent topics. Story 1: Canon [...]