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Anime photoshoot featuring Zeiss new lens causes backlash; Zeiss apologizes
Jul 8, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Earlier this year, Zeiss announced the Otus 100mm f/1.4 lens and it was promoted at Anime Fest in Brno (Czech) this May. After the event,…
Cosplay photoshoot with giant fake rifle sparks public warning from California authorities
Jul 8, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Last week, a cosplay photoshoot involving a large fake rifle caused quite a stir on the public Seacliff State Beach in Monterey Bay, California. The…
If you shoot through prisms and own a 3D printer, you’ll want to make this
Jul 5, 2019
John Aldred
Shooting through prisms and glass or crystals of all kinds of shapes has become quite popular over the past couple of years. Lensbaby even put…
Nikon D6 rumoured to have in-body image stabilisation and be released in early 2020
Jul 5, 2019
John Aldred
This will be an interesting move for Nikon if it turns out to be true, but the word is that the Nikon D6 is going…
If you can’t beat ’em, copy ’em – Yongnuo announces YN200 portable strobe
Jul 4, 2019
John Aldred
Yongnuo has just announced their new YN200 “Speedlite”. Following their tradition of making products that are highly “inspired” by other products made by other companies,…
Your brain is seeing these colours wrong and here’s why
Jul 4, 2019
Udi Tirosh
Readers of this blog know that we are kind of obsessed with color and color perception. Here is a great example of why color can…
The Film Carrier Mk1 is yet another film holder for “scanning” your film with a digital camera
Jul 3, 2019
John Aldred
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/negativesupply/film-carrier-mk1-35mm-roll-film-holder-for-camera-scanning There’s a new Kickstarter up from a company going by the name of Negative Supply. It’s for the “Film Carrier Mk1”, a 35mm roll…
Nikon is killing off some of their DSLR product lines, rumour claims
Jul 2, 2019
John Aldred
A post has popped up on Nikon Rumors suggesting that Nikon is killing off some of their most popular DSLR lines. Specifically, the D3x00 and…
German lighting manufacturer Hensel goes into provisional insolvency
Jul 2, 2019
John Aldred
We appear to have another casualty in the increasingly competitive strobe market. According to ProfiFoto, The District Court of Würzburg has ordered the provisional insolvency administration…
Canon goes the crowdfunding route with their new IVY REC “Clippable” camera
Jul 2, 2019
John Aldred
This is a little strange. Canon appears to be going the crowdfunding route with their new IVY REC camera. It’s the one they showed off…