Category: Blog

Photographer Invents Clever Reflection-Blocking Box for Shiny Products

Photographer Erik Espinosa was tired of fighting with his own…

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Building a 16×20 Camera with a Giant Aerial Lens and Cardboard

A few years ago I built an ultra-large-format (ULF) camera…

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Tiny Size, Full Frame 61MP Sensor, Hybrid AF

Sigma has announced the fp L, a 61-megapixel, L-mount, full-frame…

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Ricoh’s Updated Theta Z1 Has Double the Storage, Otherwise the Same

Ricoh has announced an update to its Theta Line: the…

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A 50mm Lens is All You Really Need in Landscape Photography

I’m photographer Jay P. Morgan from The Slanted Lens. In…

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How To Make a Photo Trap With a Raspberry Pi and a Sony Alpha

Recently a squirrel noticed our nut box that was waiting…

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Nikon Plans for Profitability by 2022, Will Aggressively Expand Lens Line

Nikon has financially struggled over the past year due to…

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OnePlus Launches OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro Featuring Hasselblad Cameras

OnePlus has announced the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro…

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Sony 24mm f/2.8, 40mm f/2.5, and 50mm f/2.5 Review: Tiny But Mighty

In response to Sigma’s push into compact mirrorless prime lenses,…

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Sony Unveils 24mm f/2.8 G, 40mm f/2.5 G, and 50mm f/2.5 G Lenses

Sony has announced three compact and fast prime lenses designed…

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Canon 5D Mark IV Versus EOS R6: Which is Better?

It’s really easy to get caught up in mirrorless versus…

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New Storage Company Promises the Fastest External SSD In the World

New storage company GigaDrive has debuted what it is calling…

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Photography Life 2021-2022 Workshop Announcements

I am very excited to announce Photography Life’s 2021 and…

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Gitzo Legende Backpack and Tripod Review: Well-Intentioned

Gitzo recently announced a new travel tripod and backpack designed…

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The Intrepid 35mm/120 Compact Enlarger ‘Redefines The Darkroom’

Intrepid has announced a versatile darkroom enlarger that the company…

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Canon Patents a Lens That Replaces the Focus Ring with a Touchpad

Canon has recently been thinking out of the box with…

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Canon Patents Set of Lenses Designed for Curved Sensors

According to a new report, Canon has patented 10 new…

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How I Built An Affordable, Custom PhotoBooth and How You Can Too

These days people love photo booths and once you have…

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How To Set Up Back-Button Autofocus And Why You Should

I really do enjoy taking my time to get to…

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Panasonic Unveils Enhanced Performance Updates for Lumix S Cameras

Panasonic has announced firmware updates for the S-series cameras that…

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This is the World’s First Ceiling-Mounted, Motion-Controlled Camera Dolly

YouTuber, actor, and content creator Josh Yeo created a device…

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Canon is Releasing Webcam Kits for its DSLRs and Mirrorless Cameras

Canon has announced a set of webcam accessory kits for…

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New Collab Sees Lacoste-Themed Camera and Polaroid-Themed Clothes

Polaroid and Lacoste have announced a partnership that combines the…

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Diver Captures Beautiful Nighttime Underwater Photos and Slo-Mo Video

Photographer Gary Tyson recently took a Sony Alpha 7S III…

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Shooting Landscapes with the Horizon 202 Panoramic Film Camera

The Horizon 202 is an analog panoramic camera from a…

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Sony Unveils the 50mm f/1.2 G-Master Prime Lens

Sony has announced its 60th E-mount lens — the 50mm…

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Debunking the Outrageous Claims Made by the Starscope Monocular Lens

The StarScope Monocular is advertised as both a hand-held scope…

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Laowa 15mm f/4.5 Shift Lens: Perfect for Architecture Photography?

Photographer and content creator Manny recently tried out the Laowa…

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Macro Photography Ideas to Try at Home

Most of us have gotten rather used to our homes…

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How to Pronounce German Camera and Lens Brands ‘Correctly’

Germany has a long history of producing some of the…

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