Archive | March 31, 2012

Sigma Announces The Price and Availability of the 50-150mm f/2.8 EX DC APO OS HSM

Posted on March 31, 2012 by in Lens Announcements, Quick News

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Quick News - Sigma US and UK has announced both the suggested retail price and available time frame of the upcoming 50-150mm f/2.8 EX DC APO OS HSM, the successor to the current 50-150mm F2.8 APO EX DC II, featuring Sigma’s patented OS (Optical Stabilization) technology, Hyper Sonic Motor (HSM), Super Multi-Layer Coating, and six SLD glass elements.

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More Samsung Leaks… First Look at the Mirrorless NX1000

Posted on March 31, 2012 by in Mirrorless Cameras, Quick News

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Quick News – Whether by marketing design, or by legitimate cracks in the vow of pre-camera announcement secrecy, Samsung has now experienced their second upcoming mirrorless camera leak in the past two weeks, this time confirming the existence of the NX1000, a camera rumored to be in the Samsung’s pipeline for quite sometime.

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Behind the Cover Photo: Platon Antoniou’s Anxiety-Filled Burmese Journey En Route to Aung San Suu Kyi

Posted on March 31, 2012 by in Through the Viewfinder

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Evident from the video shown below of an interview with TIME Magazine and photographer Platon Antoniou, the southeast Asian country of Burma isn’t exactly a shining example of media hospitality.

Almost all foreign journalists and photographers are barred from working in the country, a tightly controlled, military-ruled state. When Platon and his team traveled to Burma in hopes of taking a portrait of  Burmese opposition politician and National League for Democracy Secretary, Aung San Suu Kyi, they had to go incognito to prevent themselves from possibly being following by Burmese intelligence, which usually monitors the moves of the foreign press and national press, anyway. Luckily for Platon, he was able to accomplish what he sent out to do, capture the beautiful portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi displayed above.

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