Gear

    The Fotodiox DLX Stretch adapters let you turn any lens into a macro

    Jul 7, 2017 John Aldred

    With the advent of mirrorless, lens adapters have become very popular. With such a short flange distance, mirrorless cameras offer so many more lens options….

    Citograph 35mm lens turns your DSLR into an instant camera

    Jul 7, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

    If you’ve ever wanted to bring together the quality of the DSLR and the spontaneity of an instant camera, C.P. Goerz joins them in Citograph…

    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

    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

    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

    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,…