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Today on the B&H Photography Podcast, we catch up with the new photography gear that has been announced over the past few months. Attention goes to the Canon EOS R3 and Nikon Z 9 as big deal mirrorless reveals, the Nikon still scant on details, but what’s clear from these releases is the continued shift away from the DSLR format for these manufacturers. FUJIFILM, Pentax, Olympus, and Sigma added mostly updates to existing cameras over recent months, while Panasonic and Sony offered new models aimed at vloggers and streamers. An odd couple of Sony a7R series updates also made our list of new cameras, a list that will surely have many additions by the time we host our “cameras of the year” episode, in December.

The second half of the show is dedicated to lenses and accessories. Canon’s funky new RF 5.2mm f/2.8L Dual Fisheye 3D VR lens is highlighted and we mention several new Canon RF lenses, including the Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM. FUJIFILM introduced two new fast aperture lenses to go with the X-T30 II camera announcement and a beautiful 18mm f/1.4 R WR lens. Nikon put out several lenses for the Z system, including the affordable NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2 lens. Of the other manufacturers, all of whom released new lenses recently, Tamron was the busiest, with five entries. Also of note is Sigma’s new “Sports” designated 150-600mm f/5.6-6.3 DG DN OS telephoto zoom lens available in Leica L, Canon EF, Nikon F and Sony E mounts and the Venus Optics Laowa Argus 35mm f/0.95 lens.

We conclude the gear update with new light systems from Profoto, Godox, and Aputure, and we also mention webcams, drones, and new tabletop tripods from Joby.

EPISODE 109 - TURNING THE TABLES - 1917

Team Deakins gets the tables turned on us led by esteemed still photographers, Alex Webb (Episode 30) and Rebecca Norris Webb. They ask us questions about the film 1917. We talk about the one-shot concept and how we worked to not make it a gimmick. We examine the choice of camera and lens and we compare this choice in still work and motion picture. We talk about collaboration, the last shot of 1917 and the trees that bookends the movie. We also speak of the impossibility to explain the power of a photo. We even got into a little discussion of the lighting of the film Chinatown! It’s a fun episode you won’t want to miss!

RECOMMENDED EPISODE VIEWING: 1917

On this week’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we offer an insightful overview of the best cameras released in 2020 and discuss significant trends in the photography industries. Our guest is Kevin Rickert, Senior Sales Trainer for B&H Photo. Rickert is often the first person at B&H to get new cameras in his hands and is responsible for training our staff on the features of a wide variety of gear. He knows his stuff.

We start by mentioning the Canon EOS R5, which many members of our team listed as their favorite camera of 2020, and then we move to new cameras from Leica and FUJIFILM and the unique full-frame entry from ZEISS. We then discuss the compact Sony Alpha a7C full-frame camera and other new cameras from Sony and Nikon, including the D780 DSLR. Also, Ricoh, Olympus, and the impressive Panasonic Lumix DC-S5 get mentioned, and we wrap up cameras by discussing the new iPhones and Hasselblad’s incredible 907X 50C medium format mirrorless camera.

Throughout the conversation, we muse on important developments and trends of the year, including Canon’s and Nikon’s continued investment in their full-frame mirrorless cameras and lenses, the increasing number of high-resolution entries from a range of makers, the importance of firmware updates, the use of artificial intelligence in cameras, and, of course, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. We close by mentioning a few of the more interesting lenses to arrive this year, including fixed-aperture telephotos from Canon, a great telephoto zoom from Olympus, and fast-aperture prime lenses from Sony, FUJIFILM, and Nikon.  Join us for this informative episode.

Guest: Kevin Rickert

On this week’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we offer an insightful overview of the best cameras released in 2020 and discuss significant trends in the photography industries. Our guest is Kevin Rickert, Senior Sales Trainer for B&H Photo. Rickert is often the first person at B&H to get new cameras in his hands and is responsible for training our staff on the features of a wide variety of gear. He knows his stuff.

We start by mentioning the Canon EOS R5, which many members of our team listed as their favorite camera of 2020, and then we move to new cameras from Leica and FUJIFILM and the unique full-frame entry from ZEISS. We then discuss the compact Sony Alpha a7C full-frame camera and other new cameras from Sony and Nikon, including the D780 DSLR. Also, Ricoh, Olympus, and the impressive Panasonic Lumix DC-S5 get mentioned, and we wrap up cameras by discussing the new iPhones and Hasselblad’s incredible 907X 50C medium format mirrorless camera.

Throughout the conversation, we muse on important developments and trends of the year, including Canon’s and Nikon’s continued investment in their full-frame mirrorless cameras and lenses, the increasing number of high-resolution entries from a range of makers, the importance of firmware updates, the use of artificial intelligence in cameras, and, of course, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. We close by mentioning a few of the more interesting lenses to arrive this year, including fixed-aperture telephotos from Canon, a great telephoto zoom from Olympus, and fast-aperture prime lenses from Sony, FUJIFILM, and Nikon.  Join us for this informative episode.

Guest: Kevin Rickert

It is not only important what we listen but also how we listen. Kris Vallotton teaches on the importance of the lenses we process life through. May we see through the eyes of Christ.

This is a wonderful conversation for fans of mirrorless cameras, of classic lens design, of the venerable M-mount, and, really, of photography. The joy that our host Allan Weitz exudes while discussing a few of his current favorite lenses is as contagious as it is educational. And I feel that this episode provides a bolt of creative curiosity that might infuse my own photography.

For this week’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we asked Weitz to draw up a list of 10 favorite lenses from his personal collection. To be sure, these are not lenses sitting on a shelf or behind glass; these are accessible, affordable lenses that he incorporates regularly into his photography practice, but each has a certain signature or special feature that merits recognition.  Most, like the Voigtländer VM 40mm f/2.8 Heliar Lens for Sony E-Mount or the 7Artisans Photoelectric 50mm f/1.1 Lens for Leica M can be purchased new, while some, such as the Zeiss Hologon T* 16mm f/8 lens, are still readily found in the used market. Others, like the Nikon NIKKOR 50mm f/1.2 lens, are perennial favorites, while the Voigtländer Nokton 75mm f/1.5 Aspherical Lens seems classic but is relatively new to the market.

While discussing these lenses, we stumble upon a mound of good photography chatter, including practical uses for these optics, tips for using extension tubes and mount adapters, notes on camera history, and plain simple fun facts. Toward the end of the episode we talk about the B&H Used Department, and Jason Tables and I share our current favorite lenses as well.

Join us for this breezy but informative episode and let us know your favorite lenses in the Comment section below.

Photograph © Allan Weitz

This is a wonderful conversation for fans of mirrorless cameras, of classic lens design, of the venerable M-mount, and, really, of photography. The joy that our host Allan Weitz exudes while discussing a few of his current favorite lenses is as contagious as it is educational. And I feel that this episode provides a bolt of creative curiosity that might infuse my own photography.

For this week’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we asked Weitz to draw up a list of 10 favorite lenses from his personal collection. To be sure, these are not lenses sitting on a shelf or behind glass; these are accessible, affordable lenses that he incorporates regularly into his photography practice, but each has a certain signature or special feature that merits recognition.  Most, like the Voigtländer VM 40mm f/2.8 Heliar Lens for Sony E-Mount or the 7Artisans Photoelectric 50mm f/1.1 Lens for Leica M can be purchased new, while some, such as the Zeiss Hologon T* 16mm f/8 lens, are still readily found in the used market. Others, like the Nikon NIKKOR 50mm f/1.2 lens, are perennial favorites, while the Voigtländer Nokton 75mm f/1.5 Aspherical Lens seems classic but is relatively new to the market.

While discussing these lenses, we stumble upon a mound of good photography chatter, including practical uses for these optics, tips for using extension tubes and mount adapters, notes on camera history, and plain simple fun facts. Toward the end of the episode we talk about the B&H Used Department, and Jason Tables and I share our current favorite lenses as well.

Join us for this breezy but informative episode and let us know your favorite lenses in the Comment section below.

Photograph © Allan Weitz

L'épisode 10 est en ligne. Episode de la fièvre du mois d'Août. Surtout celui de la dengue et de l'asmr <3.

Gozer aborde en solo une rapide introduction sur le sujet des objectifs, de manière à survoller le sujet et placer quelques bases pour des discussions futures et passées.

Quelles sont les familles d'objectifs, qu'est-ce qu'une optique fixe, ultra lumineuse, pourquoi travailler avec un standard plutôt qu'un zoom, le champ focale de l'oeil humain ...

Toujours en mode 404, le son souffre un peu du tropicalisme, mais les choses reviendront dans l'ordre dès le prochain épisode et pour la fin de saison

 Suivez l'actualité du podcast en cliquant ici !

Photo d'illustration : Dwayne Johnson aka The ROCK 

Deux articles passionnants, par Patrick LOUICHE du site "Comment apprendre la photo"

"Focale et angle de champ" en lecture ici

"Mieux comprendre votre objectif" en lecture ici

This Alpha Universe Podcast is all about lenses. AlphaUniverse.com's Christopher Robinson speaks with Lensrentals founder and all around optical mad scientist, Roger Cicala to talk about what makes a great lens and a proper lens review.

We connect with Sony's El-Deane Naude to get the inside story on what makes a G Master lens a G Master.

And Roger Cicala comes back to offer up some Do This Now Tips  about how to clean a lens the right way.

Lisa Bodell is a globally recognized innovation leader and futurist. She founded futurethink in 2003 and is the author of the book, Kill the Company. Lisa sits down with Mark to discuss how leaders can become more efficient in the work place and how they can properly simplify the work process for everyone in the company.

What Was Covered

• 01:50 - Why did Lisa start her company, futurethink?
• 03:10 - Lisa talks about her book, Kill the Company.
• 04:35 - Asking people to take on more work, doesn't work.
• 05:50 - What does Lisa look for when she needs to get a better feel of company culture?
• 07:20 - Leadership is the number one barrier to change.
• 07:40 - What characteristics do good leaders have when trying to enable change?
• 09:10 - Good leaders are open to collaboration.
• 09:40 - The leader’s team can help define the barriers and break them down.
• 10:15 - Leaders should focus on asking the right questions first, before coming up with the answers.
• 12:30 - Leaders spend most of their time in meetings and answering emails.
• 18:35 - Don't call it innovation, call it efficiency.
• 21:30 - Lisa talks about the book she is currently writing.
• 21:45 - Lisa believes organizations are addicted to complexity.
• 26:00 - People want to do meaningful work, not answer emails and attend meetings.
• 29:00 - Lisa talks about diversity thought; how people think differently.
• 32:05 - What has Lisa changed her mind about recently?
• 33:50 - What advice would Lisa give to her 25-year-old self?

Safi Bahcall is a second-generation physicist and entrepreneur, whose first book, Loonshots, has been described as a cross between Freakonomics and the da Vinci Code. At the heart of the book is a philosophy which is foundational for everything we do at OutsideLens: that you can learn a great deal by applying the tools and techniques from one world, in this case the world of physics and to a lesser extent psychology, to the world of innovation in business. 

Read the full article here: https://outsidelens.com/loonshots-innovation-through-the-lens-of-a-psysicist/ 

What Was Covered:  

• How the structure of a company, rather than its culture, enables or disables innovation 
• The two basic phases in any organisation – who are “artists” and “soldiers” and how to achieve an equilibrium between them  
• The three key elements to build a sustainable innovation system – the metaphor of the ice cube, the garden hoe and the heart 
  

Key Takeaways and Learnings:  

• Using the lens of phase transitions to understand and benefit from structural forces which operate in any organization    
• Why leaders need to keep their artists and soldiers separate when they want to engage in innovation  
• Persistence as the main factor of innovation and how “the rule of three deaths” applies to science and business breakthroughs  

Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, a book by Safi Bahcall
• Safi Bahcall’s website
• Connect with Safi on LinkedIn and Twitter
• McKinsey & Company – Global Management Consulting
• The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology – PCAST
• Science the Endless Frontier – A Report to the President by Vannevar Bush
• Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics, a book by Richard Thaler
• Thinking, Fast and Slow, a book by Daniel Kahneman

Hello, and welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guests on today’s show are Drs. Jennifer Stewart and Jeremy Ciano.

Longtime listeners will know that both of them have been on the show a number of different times. Their business knowledge and practice insight has helped them each build and run very successful private practices.

On today’s show, we discuss one of the biggest decisions and factors that influence the gross revenue and thus profitability of an optometry practice: vision plans. Jeremy and Jennifer discuss their viewpoint on vision plans, the purpose with how they think about insurance plans, and how they understand the profitability of the plans in each of their respective practice.

We also discuss how vision plans can be used as a way to “jump start” a practice that is thinking about adding an associate but why it’s still important to make sure that you’re being calculated and measuring the progress and impact of the plans after you add the associate to make sure that it’s still a “win-win-win” for everyone involved in the equation.

And be sure to stick around to the end of the program, where Jeremy and Jen again revisit why it’s so important that you, as both the doctor and business owner, create a process in the practice that allows everyone to understand the different options that are available for patients and why it’s so important for everyone (the doctor, the team, and the patients) to see through the trivial many features of each respective vision plan for the vital few benefits that are going to directly impact the patient.

As a reminder, you can get all the information discussed in today’s conversation by visiting our website at integratedpwm.com and clicking on the Learning Center. While there, you can also set up a 15min pre-discovery conversation to learn a little bit more about what it means to work with our firm or check out any number of additional free resources like our eBooks and on-demand webinars.

And with that introduction, I hope you enjoy my conversation with Drs. Jeremy Ciano and Jennifer Stewart.

Resources:

Edge PMS

Adam’s sessions at Vision Expo East

Jennifer’s sessions at Vision Expo East

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We speak with Mike Hundert, the former CEO of REM eyewear about the Coronavirus, China, and Supply Chain Management. We discuss how this might affect MIDO and Vision Expo East as well as resupplying backstocks in inventory. 

It’s that time of year again at the B&H Photography Podcast. Now firmly established as a tradition, with the end of the year in sight and gifting season in full swing, we take an episode to talk about the most interesting—dare I say, best—cameras of the year. Our guests include podcast regular Levi Tenebaum and B&H SuperStore camera expert Georgina Diaz.

This year, we start with an overview of mirrorless cameras announced in 2019, including the new full-frames from Panasonic, Sony, Leica and Sigma. We also mention the new APS-C and Micro Four Thirds format cameras such as the FUJIFILM X-Pro 3, the Sony Alpha a6600, the Nikon Z50, and the Olympus OM-D E-M1X Mirrorless Digital Camera. Perhaps most interesting are the mirrorless medium format high-resolution cameras that were introduced, including the FUJIFILM GFX 100 and Hasselblad X1D II 50C.

Jumping ahead to DSLR cameras, we see that Nikon and Canon updated their flagship models, Canon offering the EOS-1D X Mark II DSLR and Nikon, the D6 DSLR Camera. Canon also announced its compact mirrorless full frame, the Canon EOS RP. High-end point-and-shoots from Sony and Canon were released, as were three new waterproof tough cameras from Ricoh, FUJIFILM, and Olympus.

After a break, we take on the subject of lenses and accessories and highlight a few lenses that caught our attention, such as the FUJIFILM XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR, the Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS, the Nikon NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct lens, and several others. We wrap up the episode with a discussion of lights, tripods, drones, and other accessories.

Our guests bring their expertise to this conversation as we compare new cameras to their predecessors, discuss specs, and get insight from the SuperStore floor regarding what have been the hot items from 2019. Join us for this timely and educational episode.

Guests: Levi Tenenbaum and Georgina Diaz

It’s that time of year again at the B&H Photography Podcast. Now firmly established as a tradition, with the end of the year in sight and gifting season in full swing, we take an episode to talk about the most interesting—dare I say, best—cameras of the year. Our guests include podcast regular Levi Tenebaum and B&H SuperStore camera expert Georgina Diaz.

This year, we start with an overview of mirrorless cameras announced in 2019, including the new full-frames from Panasonic, Sony, Leica and Sigma. We also mention the new APS-C and Micro Four Thirds format cameras such as the FUJIFILM X-Pro 3, the Sony Alpha a6600, the Nikon Z50, and the Olympus OM-D E-M1X Mirrorless Digital Camera. Perhaps most interesting are the mirrorless medium format high-resolution cameras that were introduced, including the FUJIFILM GFX 100 and Hasselblad X1D II 50C.

Jumping ahead to DSLR cameras, we see that Nikon and Canon updated their flagship models, Canon offering the EOS-1D X Mark II DSLR and Nikon, the D6 DSLR Camera. Canon also announced its compact mirrorless full frame, the Canon EOS RP. High-end point-and-shoots from Sony and Canon were released, as were three new waterproof tough cameras from Ricoh, FUJIFILM, and Olympus.

After a break, we take on the subject of lenses and accessories and highlight a few lenses that caught our attention, such as the FUJIFILM XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR, the Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS, the Nikon NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct lens, and several others. We wrap up the episode with a discussion of lights, tripods, drones, and other accessories.

Our guests bring their expertise to this conversation as we compare new cameras to their predecessors, discuss specs, and get insight from the SuperStore floor regarding what have been the hot items from 2019. Join us for this timely and educational episode.

Guests: Levi Tenenbaum and Georgina Diaz

In Episode 28, theologian and author, Harold Eberle joins us for a powerful and eye-opening conversation about our Western Culture paradigms and lenses through which we view God and the Bible that simply are not right. We'll address what it means in Hebrews when it says that Jesus is "the exact representation of the Father?", why does God seem so angry in the Old Testament? and what is God really like?

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Welcome everybody! Welcome to the 40th episode of 20/20 Money. My guest on today’s show is Dr. Jennifer Stewart. Jennifer is an optometrist and partner at Norwalk Eye Care and Performance 2020 and this is actually the second time that she’s been on our show. I wanted to have Jennifer back on the show to talk about dailies and the role they have played in her career both clinically as well as how educating and encouraging pt adoption of a daily disposable lens have helped the profitability in her practice. During our conversation, Jennifer talks about why pts are more compliant with dailies and what percent conversion rate she has with her pts switching to a daily lens. You’ll also learn how she reframes the cost of dailies on an annual basis and the comparative analysis she uses to help pts bridge the gap between what they currently spend on lenses and supplies vs what they would spend on a year’s supply of dailies.

You’ll also learn examples of really good questions to ask your pts to elicit extremely valuable feedback and information that will help you arrive to a very confident clinical recommendation on what lens will be best for them and how using that discovery process and line of questioning actually helps patients connect the real-life benefit of the lenses as opposed to the optometry jargon that ODs can sometimes spout off as better features of newer lenses.

And be sure to stick around to the end of the conversation where Jennifer shares what question she absolutely cannot stand hearing other ODs or her team ask pts as it relates to their supply of dailies.

As a reminder, you can get all the information discussed in today’s conversation by visiting our website at integratedpwm.com and clicking on the Learning Center. While there, you can also set up a 15min pre-discovery conversation to learn a little bit more about what it means to work with our firm or check out any number of ebooks or other resources that that we’ve created.” In addition, if you’re going to be at Vision Expo West this year in Las Vegas and would like to meet up because you have a quick question that you’d like to ask, drop me a line at podcast@integratedpwm.com and we’ll see if we can make that happen!

And with that introduction, I hope you enjoy my conversation with Jennifer Stewart.

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Keith and Christian are back at it again with a longer show! This episode also features the first ever remote segment of the show as Keith met up with John from Lanterns and Lenses and spent the day in Epcot. Listen for content of Keith drinking around the world, a chat on gun violence and recreation, a news story on a surfer bro walking off a shark bite and other "whatevers in life!"