Photo Geek Weekly

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Jordan Drake joins the conversation to talk about the new cinema camera options about to hit the market, why in-camera effects matter rather than depending on post-production, the future of prototyping with supercomputers and AI accelerated interchangeable lens cameras. All this and more, thanks for listening! Story 1: [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don is joined by veteran podcaster Chris Marquardt to discuss some silly science lenses, extremely compact full frame cameras, the future of Tetenal and the future of advertising campaigns. All this and much more – thanks as always for listening! Story 1: Engineers produce a fisheye lens that’s [...]

>> Be sure to check out Don’s virtual workshops coming up via Princeton Photo Workshop On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don is joined by Jeff Harmon to discuss the highest resolution camera sensor in a telescope, what will hopefully be the end of our coverage on the heat issues with the Canon R5, [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Steve Brazill comes back again for another round of geek talk – this time about all of the Lumix announcements including the Lumix S5, new sensor tech from Canon and what the heck is Phase One up to with it’s XT System? All this and a story about [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don is joined by Steve Brazill to discuss data loss woes, overheating woes, lens disassembly woes… and a fun AI algorithm that makes our photos cleaner! It’s really not that woeful an episode, it’ll be a good one to listen to. Thanks! Story 1: Photos and presets “Not [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don and PhotoJoseph (Joseph Linaschke) chat about the evolving laws and perception of copyright, what might be coming in September from Panasonic, pushing limits with high-speed cameras and we remember one of the great imaging pioneers. All this and more – thanks for listening! Story 1: Google Images’ [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don is joined by Stephan Bollinger to talk data security, lens hacks, sensor size equivalency and what a photographic legacy can be defined as. A fun philosophical discussion – thanks for listening! Story 1: Report: Canon had 10TB of data stolen from its servers in ransomware attack (via [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Steve Brazill joins the discussion to chat about the Sony A7S III, Kodak not being a photography company anymore, new lenses, updates and potatoes. All this and more – you don’t want to miss this one! Story 1: Sony a7S III initial review (via DPReview) Related: Sony announces [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Alex Lindsay joins the conversation to discuss photojournalism, mirrorless cameras and where the industry is headed, videographers with human rights issues and plenty of banter. I absolutely loved this conversation – thanks for listening! Follow-up: A Real-World Look at Overheating Issues With the New Canon Mirrorless Cameras (via [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don is joined by Allan Attridge to discuss overheating cameras, too many Ks, the hipster approach of Pentax, mirror lenses and more. A great rambling discussion about photography, geekery, and opinions. Thanks for listening! Follow-up: Canon EOS R5 and R6 Overheating During Video Recording – Official Statement (via [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Steve Brazill joins Don Komarechka to discuss the tidal wave of announcements from Canon including new cameras, lenses and sensor technology. We get into the weeds about video encoding technologies and the ethics of admitting your edits and composites. All this and more! Thanks for listening. Story 1: [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don is joined by expert wildlife photographer Juan Pons to discuss his transition from film to digital, proper procedures for dealing with wildlife, medium format raw video, nifty accessories and “wild” cameras. All this and more – thanks as always for listening! Story 1: Opinion: The film vs [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Ant Pruitt joins the conversation to talk about the future of Olympus Imaging (whatever it will be called in the future), the Lumix G100, Smartphone optics that zoom and what happens when a client fires you for a difference of opinion. All this and more in another great [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Steve Brazill joins the conversation to rekindle the distaste of the changes at ShutterStock, Light L16’s consumer failure, cracked bits inside Sony cameras, broken memory cards and robotic pig cameras. Sounds like a good chat, right? Thanks for listening! Follow-up: New Stock Coalition Calls for ‘Global Shutdown’ of [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don is joined by a new voice on the podcast, Troy Miller! Topics include the woeful state of microstock agencies, new (and strange!) lenses from Canon, an unexpected copyright clarification from Instagram and what happens when you kick your clients when their down. All this and more – [...]

Note: This episode is horrendously delayed. I had a major computer failure and was waiting on replacement parts. Sorry for the delay, and there will be a new episode in a few days! On this (belated) episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Bryan Weiss joins Don Komarechka to discuss the building o processors onto sensors, the [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don is rejoined by Steve Brazill to chat about the fastest cameras, the fastest lenses, and the fast evolving landscape of computational photography and photo industry interactions. I think you’ll like this one – thanks for listening! Story 1: The New ‘World’s Fastest Camera’ Can Shoot 70 Trillion [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don is joined by Steve Brokaw to chat about DIY geekery, new cameras and functionality on the horizon, camera retailer woes and what the early defining moments in our photographic careers were. Lots of great topics and a fun discussion – thanks for listening! Story 1: Raspberry Pi [...]

On this week of Photo Geek Weekly, Steve Brazill joins the discussion to geek out about (maybe?) using your NAS storage as Cloud Storage, the current financial state of the photo industry using Canon as measurement, what happens when Sony embraces Light Field technology and optics that can see behind objects. Plenty to listen to, [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Frederick Van Johnson joins the discussion to opine on the trends in pixel binning on mobile platforms, misappropriating images, how much video resolution is really enough, and what happens when your beautiful camera design is counterfeited. All this and more – thanks as always for listening! Bonus: Watch [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Stewart Wood joins the show to opine on macro photography, micro4/3, hacking film cameras to digital, the Porchrait Controversy and “lens bling”. All this and more, thanks so much for listening! Story 1: Panasonic says: “we want to energize the Micro 4/3 as much as possible…please wait for [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don is joined by the ever-geeky Steve Brazill to discuss some new macro cinema lenses from Cooke, colour calibration charts to the next level, a much-needed lens from Tamron and the philanthropic actions of LensCoat in this time of crisis. All this and more – thanks for listening! [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don is joined by Allan Attridge to chat about world events, photography, crazy expensive specialty cameras you will never own, and how the photography industry is helping the world. All this and more – thanks for continuing to listen! Story 1: Camranger will only deliver medical equipment if [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Jordan Drake joins to discuss a new series on DPReview TV, what to expect from the first 8K consumer offerings, the global shutdown of industry, depressing copyright stuff and fake news. It’s all downhill from here. Thanks for listening! Watch Don’s new series debut on DPReview TV! Story [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, we celebrate as best we can that we’ve reached the triple digits! Trying to be positive in the world at large here, Steve Brazill joins the conversation to chat about global events, new business ventures, copyright, extreme optics and more. Join us, and thanks for listening! Story 1: [...]