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Photographers Use Instagram to Find Fellow Analogers

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A bunch of 20-something photographers in Phoenix buying 50-year-old cameras and putting the resulting images on Instagram, the world of food photos and selfies, sounds like a crazy notion, but it’s happening. And happening a lot.
There’s a bit of a revolution happening in the world of digital photography, and that revolution is a throwback to the days of film. The grit, the grain, and the texture produced by “real” cameras have caught the eye of many young photographers, and they are flocking to websites like eBay to buy up old equipment and put it back into use.
The result is a 21st-century photography club in which everyone uses 20th-century technology. There’s a sense that the waiting and seeing of film photography has its merits, something that many people would thumb their nose at in a day and age in which immediacy is the new normal.
From using old equipment to processing their own negatives to scanning photos and meticulously editing them, this new kind of photographer is kicking it old school, and the results are quite impressive.
Learn more about the film revolution in Phoenix and check out some incredible example images at the Phoenix New Times.

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The Rumor Mill

Enormous 600mm Lens on the Horizon for Canon

If you’ve been waiting for Canon to develop a super-telephoto prime lens, the wait may soon be over.
Patents recently filed in Japan show the design of the EF-M 600mm f/5.6 DO IS lens, and man does it look nice! As the name indicates, the lens will have Diffractive Optics (thus the DO in the name), which uses a nifty new element to improve image quality while reducing the overall size of the lens. The lens will also reportedly have built-in image stabilization, which is a must-have for a lens of this size.
The real kicker is that this lens is designed specifically for a mirrorless camera, which Canon has been rumored to be developing for quite some time. So, not only does it appear that there will be a giant new prime lens for Canon fans, it seems they will finally get their mirrorless camera too.
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Courtesy of: Photography Talk