Fujifilm X100S – A First Look & Full Specs

"A day before the official announcement, Fujifilm UK has leaked the full details of the new Fujifilm X100S.

The X100 originally launched 2 years ago and has put Fujifilm back on the map like no other camera in a long time. Beautiful design and great performance were packed into the X100, whose successor we can take a first look at today.

The design language, vintage inspiration, stays the same, yet a series of new innovative features has made its way into the camera. With the X100S, Fujifilm introduces a new higher-definition Hybrid Viewfinder and a new sensor and processor. A newly develped 16.3 megapixel APS-C X-Trans CMOS II sensor allows for incredibly high quality images, compared to the ones of a full frame camera. The camera also comes with the world’s fastest AF with just 0.08 seconds.

Here are the full specs of the new Fujifilm X100S:
· 16.3 megapixel APS-C X-Trans CMOS II sensor
· EXR Processor II
· High Definition Hybrid Viewfinder (OVF / EVF)
· FUJINON 23mm f/2 lens
· Intelligent Hybrid AF (with the world’s fastest AF speed of 0.08 secs (*1))
· Start-up time of 0.5 secs (*4)
· Shutter time lag of 0.01 secs
· Shooting interval of 0.5 secs
· High-contrast and wide viewing-angle 2.8-inch Premium Clear LCD (460K dots)
· Super Intelligent Flash
· Burst shooting rate of up to 6 frames per second at full resolution (max. 29 frames)
· Focus Peak Highlight function
· Digital Split Image display
· Artistic filters
· Full HD movie recording (60fps / 30fps)

Tomorrow we should be able to give you a closer look at the camera, as well as the new Fujifilm X20, the successor of the X10." - High Snobiety
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Kate Upton ‘American Bombshell’ Outtakes by Terry Richardson

"Terry Richardson today presents a great set of outtakes from his photo shoot with top model Kate Upton for the July 2012 issue of GQ magazine. We showed you the full spread a while ago here. Entitled ‘American Bombshell’, the beauty poses in bikinis for the star photographer at various locations.

Make sure to check out the full set of images in the gallery above!

Photography: Terry Richardson" - High Snobiety

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The Skullcandy x Kate Upton Lookbook

Kate Upton and her latest collaboration with Skullcandy audio equipment...

"Skullcandy has recruited a supermodel squad for its latest campaign. Next to Jessica Stam, Chrissy Teigen, and Chanel Iman, Kate Upton is also part of the team and today we present you the Skullcandy x Kate Upton Lookbook. The brand has produced a photoshoot with the topmodel, featuring some of their latest products.
While going through the photo series in the gallery above, do not forget to also look at the headphones.

From high fashion to street, Upton is one of the few that can do it all and actually does it all!" - High Snobiety


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COMME des GARÇONS 1975-1982 – Vintage Edition

This is definitely something for the most devoted fans of CdG and Junya Watanabe...

"For the most ardent devotees of the brand, this extremely rare publication documenting COMME des GARCONS‘ rise during the period between 1975 and 1982 is sure to constitute a must-have collectible. The softcover volume was published in Tokyo in 1982 and assembles a comprehensive set of images from the seminal label’s early campaigns, featuring works from the likes of Peter Lindbergh, Deborah Turbeville and Bruce Weber. The photos are printed full-bleed mostly in black and white, along with a small number of full-color images. The vintage book is available now through LN-CC’s online store.

Late Night Chameleon Cafe (LN-CC)
18 Shacklewell Lane | Map
London E8 2EZ England" - Freshness

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The Nude Body as a Landscape for Miniature Scenes by Allan Teger

While NSFW, this is genius. An incredibly clever use of the female body...

"Artist Allan Teger presents the Bodyscapes Photographic Series. In the series the artist uses the nude body as the landscape backdrop for his miniature scenes. The tasteful black and white images make interesting and fun use of the nude body, sometimes in a very obvious way and other times in a more subtle way.

Click through the entire series in the gallery above." - High Snobiety


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Superheroes Living Ordinary Lives in Hong Kong | By Chow Kar Hoo

Even superheroes need a break...

"Summer is the season of superheroes, at least at the multiplex. On the silver screen, caped crusaders rule, saving humanity from diabolical forces time and time again. Photographer Chow Kar Hoo wonders what these larger-than-life figures would look like if they walked the streets among us — specifically, the streets of Hong Kong. Through a clever series depicting comic book heroes leading ordinary lives, we see Batman sticking out like a sore thumb at a nighttime market, Wolverine taking orders at a butcher shop and Hellboy forgoing pancakes and candy bars for alfresco hot pot. See more in the gallery below. via: PetaPixel" - Freshness

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Kate Upton By Terry Richardson | For GQ July 2012

Miss Upton at it again, with Terry Richardson for GQ...

"The bodacious blonde is back! Super model Kate Upton will be your next GQ cover girl for July 2012. Compiled by the one and only Terry Richardson, who’s risqué out take of Upton doing the “Cat Daddy” had YouTube censored the video (which returned with a parental warning). In her most comfortable setting, among back yard pool and bikinis, the GQ spread doubles as a timeline of Upton’s raise to stardom from her doing “The Dougie” video last April to the most recent dating rumors with dueling quarterbacks Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow. You can view the complete coverage here or at your nearest news stands in the coming days." - Freshness

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After Skate Moss Comes Skate Upton

Ah, Kate Upton is back again, this time in the form of a "s-kate" deck...

"It was only a matter of time – last week we presented Skate Moss, the Tumblr that features top model Kate Moss on skate decks and this week we can present Skate Upton, featuring top model Kate Upton.

While Skate Moss obviously made much more sense, because of the correlation of the name of the site and the model, we appreciate that Skate Upton is actually also doing interactive skate decks, including such beautiful video moments, such as Kate Upton dancing the Cat Daddy for Terry Richardson.

Anyways, check out the site here." - High Snobiety

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Kate Upton by Terry Richardson – The Outtakes

Some outtake photos from the recent shoot of Kate with Terry. These are a bit more revealing, so please view where appropriate...

*Note: NSFW

"Superstar photographer Terry Richardson recently produced a fashion spread with top model Kate Upton for Harper’s Bazaar. Just the other day we presented some behind the scenes shots and the infamous Cat Daddy dance that Richardson produced in his studio recently. Here are now some outtakes from the Harper’s Bazaar story.

Photography: Terry Richardson

More to follow after the jump." - High Snobiety


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Kate Upton by Terry Richardson

Kate Upton, I feel, is today's modern Marilyn. Terry Richardson (as creepy as he may seem at times) has one of the best jobs known to man, photographing some of the most beautiful women and iconic celebrities in pop culture...

*NOTE: The video may be NSFW

"Kate Upton is all over the place and has become in no time one of the most successful American models. The cover of Sports Illustrated certainly did not hurt. Here is now a studio session with Terry Richardson.

Photography: Terry Richardson

Upton also performs the Cat Daddy for Terry Richardson, as seen here below on Terry TV." - High Snobiety

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Elroy Shoots: Tutu

Some amazing and absolutely beautiful shots from Elroy...

"This week we are starting a new original photo series with French, Berlin based, photographer Damien Elroy Vignaux. We start the series with a nice photo spread, featuring model Tutu.

Photography: Damien Elroy Vignaux

Check out the full series after the jump." - High Snobiety

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Amazing Places To Experience Around The Globe (Part 1)

For the jet setter and globetrotter types...

Blue Caves - Zakynthos Island, Greece

Skaftafeli - Iceland

Four Seasons Hotel - Bora Bora

Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia

Multnomah Falls, Oregon

Sky Lantern Festival - Taiwan.

Keukenhof Gardens - Netherlands.

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The Making of Leica Lenses

If you've ever wondered about the craftsmanship behind Leica...


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 "Every Leica lens is handcrafted and goes through meticulous manufacturing processes to uphold the quality and precision that Leica defines and customers have come to expect. In the age where technology almost inevitably means mass manufacturing, Leica products are still made with exacting precision by the hands of highly-trained technicians. This video gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the craftsmanship and making of Leica lenses in the production facilities of Leica Camera AG." - Hypebeast - L. Ruano

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ODO YAKUZA TOKYO by Anton Kusters

"ODO YAKUZA TOKYO is a personal visual account of the life inside an inaccessible subculture: a traditional Japanese crime family that controls the streets of Kabukicho, in the heart of Tokyo, Japan. Through many months of delicate preparations and negotiations by his brother Malik, their fixer Taka-san, and photographer Anton Kusters, the duo became the only westerners ever to be granted this kind of access to that closed world. With a mix of photography, film, writing and graphic design, Anton tries to share not only their extremely complex relationship to Japanese society, and also to show the personal struggle that each family member faces: being forced to live in two different worlds at the same time; worlds that often have conflicting morals and values… It turns out not to be a simple ‘black’ versus ‘white’ relationship, but most definitely one with many shades of grey. Further information on ODO YAKUZA TOKYO is available here." - Hypebeast

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Dear Photograph...

Reminisce about the past while comparing to the present...

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Style File: The Sartorialist Ponders Street-Style Blogs As Social Documents, The Worldwide Ubiquity Of Denim Cutoffs

Scott Schuman, easily recognized as one of the best photo journalist currently around. From one fashion blog to another...

"More often than not, when Scott Schuman of The Sartorialist speaks, people tend to listen to what the fashion photographer has to say. Style catch up with the New York-based photographer in anticipation of his “An Evening With the Sartorialist” to chat about some of the recent developments in his world. A selection of answers is seen below while the whole article can be seen here.

'The landscape has changed so much since you started taking street-style photos.
There’s definitely a lot of people doing it. I don’t do it particularly as competition, but there’s definitely a lot of people doing it now and I think it’s great; I think it makes a great historical document at this moment. In the past, there were people like [Jacques-Henri] Lartigue, who shot street style in Paris in the 1910’s, 20’s and 30’s. Pretty much I think he was shooting the very high end. He came from a very rich family and he was shooting the very dramatic, high end of fashion. And people like the Séeberger brothers did the same thing—shooting the very high end, people going to the racetracks and all that. Bill Cunningham really was one of the first to start shooting on the street, everyday people, from some dressed at a very high level to some dressed at a very interesting level of less expensive clothes. But I think a lot of times he tended to go to the more dramatic.
Now I think the next step of that evolution is people shooting everything, from the overly dramatic to the very subtle to the very trendy. The technology gives us the ability to make a great document of this time...'" - Hypebeast - Eugene Kan

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Blackstone ‘Urban Quiver’ Camera Bag

Creative and clever naming for a functional and what seems to be a well-designed and though-out camera bag...

"With all the equipment one carries around these days, a smart storage and carrying solution is always in need. Today we come across the ‘Urban Quiver’ camera bag by Blackstone Bags. The bag is an interesting new take on the camera bag, very different from everything else we have seen out there until now. We like the narrow built of the bag, which must result in a nice balance of the weight on your back. The bag goes for 125 USD from Blackstone.

More images of the bag follow after the jump." - High Snobiety

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The Making Of Leica M9 | Video

I've always wondered what went into these cameras making them so desirable, collectible and costly...





"With market share, production capacity, bottom line, and other marketing mumbo jumbo on the minds of most business executives, it is quite difficult to find a company that still values the finite points of creating a work of art. It is harder still to find such company in the competitive world of consumer electronics. Then there is Leica, who kept the tradition of camera making as an art form and craftmenship since 1913, rather than a massive assembly line with insensate workers. Recently, a video crew from Luminous Landscape documented the making of the M9 Digital Rangefinder Camera, the flagship of the Leica product line. A fascinate and rare inside look at one of the most coveted gear in the world of photography. Enjoy! via: ACL" - Freshness

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mashKulture - Today's Photograph (2010.12.14)

Brings a whole new meaning to the term "candy ass..."

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It's All About The Shoes...

Another great photo from Scott Schuman, posted February 16th, 2010. Louboutin and his signature red brightening up that snowy day.

Image: The Sartorialist