Gear

    See just how many photos a Canon DSLR shoots before the shutter dies
    Jul 6, 2017 John Aldred

    They say that a camera’s shutter life expectancy is only a guide. Chances are your shutter will die either long before that expectancy, or long…

    RED officially announces their first smartphone, with hologram and 3D VR and AR
    Jul 6, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Remember we tried to guess whether RED is working on their first smartphone? Well, we guessed correctly. After the vague announcement from last week, RED…

    This is why you absolutely need a polarising filter
    Jul 6, 2017 John Aldred

    Filters have largely gone the way of the dinosaur with digital photography. Lens filters, that is. The simple fact of the matter is that they’re…

    Astronomer uses 2bit Game Boy Camera to capture craters of the Moon
    Jul 5, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Although I’ve (sadly) never owned a Nintendo Game Boy Camera, I love to see how artists, scientists or nineties kids play with it in the…

    Godox now has full native support for Fuji Cameras – but not for the GFX 50s
    Jul 5, 2017 John Aldred

    This has been a long time coming, and much anticipated. Godox have now finally announced their X1 transmitter & receiver for Fuji cameras. Fuji medium…

    This vintage “bazooka lens” takes the word “shooting” almost literally
    Jul 5, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    From time to time, Mathieu Stern presents us with a cool, unusual lens. This time, he found Novoflex 600mm f/8, or as he calls it:…

    Why I’ll Never Use FEDEX Again to Ship My Camera Gear
    Jul 5, 2017 Marc Weisberg

    Who can you trust to ship your photo and camera gear?  Not FEDEX!  What follows is the story of how FEDEX utterly screwed up my…

    I swapped out my macro to shoot butterflies with a 300mm lens on a Nikon D500
    Jul 4, 2017 Jake Mosher

    Every year, on the cusp of true, Rocky Mountain summer, I travel to the high country to photograph butterflies. For a brief couple of weeks,…

    Future Fujifilm X cameras could get in body image stabilization
    Jul 4, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

      Even though in body image stabilization (IBIS) isn’t compatible with Fujifilm X-mount, this could change in their future cameras. According to Fuji Rumors, Fujifilm…

    Were “shot on smartphone” commercials actually shot on smartphones?
    Jul 3, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Smartphones have certainly gone a long way and they can take fantastic photos and videos. However, not all of the inspiring “shot on smartphone” commercials…