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Hear hear, the sign-up for April Foolishness 2021 is now open

April Foolishness 2021

So select one or two primes, or a zoom at a fixed position, and sign up here: in this thread!

It is a great pleasure to announce the winner of the DPC #286 "The best of 2020"

Please join us in the above thread to congratulate brian33!

p.s.

You can check The Dyxum Photo Contest Index to see the list of all DPCs that we had so far (and also see what is in cooking).

The Week 50 2020 exhibition is up ! Go and take a look:

Week 50 2020 Exhibition

See the best shots from all participants here"! And it also contains two "top" outtakes!

It is a great pleasure to announce the winner of the DPC #285 "The Color Orange"

Please join us in the above thread to congratulate svjetlana!

p.s.

You can check The Dyxum Photo Contest Index to see the list of all DPCs that we had so far (and also see what is in cooking).

Always wanted to to do a 365 pic-a-day but never had the courage, energy or time for it. Well, here's a way to ease into that mode with the Photo 150 challenge we're running for the first time in 2021. Just choose 3 projects/topics and post one photo per week on each. If you like it and do well maybe 2022 (or later) will be the year you finally take up the 365 challenge you've been dreaming about.

Photo 150

So take the plunge and join us in this thread!

The Oktoberfest 2020 exhibition is up ! Go and take a look:

Oktoberfest 2020 Exhibition

See the best shots from all participants here"!

December is nearing, get out your nifty 50's and join! Pic-a-day from Monday December 7 to Sunday December 13

Oktoberfest 2020

So clean the dust from one or all of your 50-59 mm lenses and join us in this thread!

July is the month to use your primes, even the ones you forgot you had

July Primes 2020

So clean the dust from your prized prime lenses and join us in this thread!

This is a request to help by providing raw files of several Sony cameras to measure their performance like noise and dynamic range as a function of iso used
We hope you all want to help. More background and details can be found in the following posts:

A-mount Full Frame A-mount APS-C E-mount Full Frame E-mount APS-C

New article written by our colleague eddyizm has just been published:

Long Exposure Star Trails Guide

Some of you probably remember some of the amazing star trails photos that eddyizm posts here from time to time. Now eddyizm kindly agreed to share his technique with us.