Panasonic will enter the mirrorless full-frame market with the Lumix S1R and S1, the first two models in the new Lumix S series. While S model prototypes are on show at Photokina in Cologne, the cameras won’t be available until … Continue reading
Perth photographer, Chris Saunders, has won the AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year Award for a portfolio of abstract aerial images. While an AIPP member for only three years, Chris has pocketed several awards including the 2018 AIPP WA … Continue reading
Phase One has announced new IQ4 medium format cameras with resolution up to 150 megapixels, which it immodestly and loosely describes as ‘a giant leap forward in photography’. The ‘giant leap’ referred to isn’t exactly spelt out, so it’s probably just … Continue reading
Fujifilm has announced two X-series lenses, the Fujinon XF 8-16mm f2.8 R LM WR ultra wide-angle zoom and XF 200mm f2 R LM OIS WR telephoto lens, along with a XF1.4x TC F2 WR Teleconverter. While there’s no local release … Continue reading
‘Photojournalism has a sexual harassment problem‘. Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), a US magazine for working journalists, is attempting to spearhead a #Metoo campaign within the US photojournalism industry. CJR has published Photojournalism’s moment of reckoning, a 9500-word special report based … Continue reading
The AIPP Epson State Award winners have been revealed, after several months of the event visiting each corner of Australia. In something of a trial of the ‘new regime’, the contest ran smoothly, proving that each AIPP State Council had … Continue reading
Interesting new entrepreneurial start-up businesses are emerging in the photo industry, creating a fresh line of resources for established and up-and-coming professional photographers to tap into. A couple of photography-related start-ups have recently popped up on ProCounter‘s radar (ie, e-mail … Continue reading
While Australian policy makers consider adopting a US-style Fair Use exception to copyright infringement, the rule has bizarrely just failed an American photographer in a seemingly straightforward copyright case. This case of Brammer v Violent Hues Productions LLC is another … Continue reading
The NSW Government allegedly owes creators up to $7 million in unpaid fees from a seven-year period, and is heading to the Copyright Tribunal to defend itself. Intellectual property fee collection and advocacy group, Copyright Agency, filed the case against … Continue reading
The Ballarat International Foto Biennale (BIFB) has purchased the heritage-listed former Union Bank building for $1.3 million, with plans for transforming the old building into a National Centre of Photography. The 436-square-metre historic building on Lydiard Street South will eventually … Continue reading
