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You can win over $500,000 in gear if you make a really good short
Mar 2, 2017
John Aldred
RØDE Microphones film competition, My RØDE Reel, is now in its fourth year. Established in 2014, it’s rapidly grown to become the world’s largest short…
Camera sales report for 2016: lowest sales ever on DSLRs and mirrorless
Mar 2, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
2016 wasn’t exactly the best year ever, and it appears it was also pretty bad for photography. LensVid has issued a report on the camera…
Fujifilm UK brings out topless model at GFX 50S event sparking tirade of Twitter outrage
Feb 25, 2017
John Aldred
Having models at camera demo events isn’t all that strange. It doesn’t happen at most of them, but it’s not unusual. Especially with cameras marketed towards…
New UHS-III SD Card spec offers blazing transfer speeds up to 624MB/sec
Feb 25, 2017
John Aldred
Just as Sony hits the “world’s fastest” mark with their new SF-G Series UHS-II cards, the SD Association comes along and moves the goalposts. Well,…
These are Nikon’s 100th anniversary commemorative cameras & lenses
Feb 24, 2017
John Aldred
It’s not exactly a secret that Nikon is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. But what has kept many in suspense is exactly what camera…
Neural network turns your Pixelated, black and white gameboy photos into realistic portraits
Feb 21, 2017
John Aldred
Neural networks, deep learning, artificial intelligence, whatever term you prefer seems to be a very hot topic lately. Every couple of weeks there seem to…
Crash drones as much as you like with Microsoft’s new real world simulator
Feb 17, 2017
John Aldred
There’s been quite a lot of drone fails recently. And no, I’m not talking about GoPro Karmas falling out of the sky. I’m referring to…
This model dangled over a 1000 ft skyscraper for a photo without safety equipment
Feb 17, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
I know that people these days really try hard to get likes on social networks. But I still get surprised how far some of them…
Photographer shares the truth behind viral photo of cheetahs killing impala
Feb 17, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Has your Facebook feed been flooded with the photo of impala a few seconds from death by hungry cheetahs? Allegedly, she sacrificed herself to save…
Burhan Ozbilici wins the World Press Photo of the Year
Feb 13, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Burhan Ozbilici, the photographer who documented the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey, won the World Press Photo of the Year. On December 19, 2016,…