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    This bridezilla threatened to withhold pay unless the photographer shot everything on her list
    Mar 21, 2019 John Aldred

    This is why I don’t shoot weddings. Ok, it’s not the only reason why I don’t shoot weddings, but having to deal with people like…

    Winning photo of $120K HIPA prize was allegedly staged
    Mar 20, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Prestigious competition the Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA) recently announced its 2019 winners. Among them was Malaysian photographer Edwin Ong Wee Kee, whose photo of…

    Nikon sweetens the deal with free FTZ F Mount adapters with Z6 & Z7 camera purchase in the USA
    Mar 20, 2019 John Aldred

    Originally reported as just a weekend sale, it appears this deal might actually be a little more long term. Nikon previously bundled the FTZ F…

    Profoto threatens to sue Godox for patent infringement claiming they stole the A1 design
    Mar 14, 2019 John Aldred

    Launched in 2017, the $1,000 Profoto A1 was a pretty unique design amongst speedlights. Finally, the world had a round head speedlight – something that…

    For a third time, Huawei is busted using stock DSLR photos to advertise their phone camera
    Mar 12, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Huawei was busted two times before for passing off DSLR photos as their smartphone camera images. Well, it has happened again. To show off camera…

    Flickr protects Creative Commons images and “In Memoriam” accounts from deletion
    Mar 11, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Since Flickr got acquired by SmugMug, there have been some significant changes on the platform. One of them is the 1000-image limit for Free accounts,…

    Flashpoint-branded Godox AD200Pro appears on Adorama website
    Mar 10, 2019 John Aldred

    As a follow up to my post from a couple of days ago, it looks like there is indeed a Godox AD200Pro coming quite soon….

    Meyer Optik Gorlitz admits the $3,000 Nocturnus 50mm f/0.95 was just a modified $850 Chinese lens
    Mar 8, 2019 John Aldred

    Under the new ownership of OPC Optics, Meyer Optik Gorlitz has now confirmed what many have long suspected. The $3,000 Nocturnus 50mm f/0.95 lens was indeed…

    Hipster upset his photo was used to claim all hipsters look alike – discovers photo was a different hipster
    Mar 8, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    When he recognized himself in a photo following an article about “all hipsters looking the same,” a hipster got furious. He sent an angry email…

    Sony laughs at tiny E Mount criticisms claiming they can make f/0.63 lenses
    Mar 6, 2019 John Aldred

    Last October, when Leica manager Stephan Schulz was badmouthing Sony’s E Mount, and how it simply couldn’t handle faster lenses due to its small stature,…