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Leica Instant M: the first instant camera designed for Leica M lens
Daniel Huang
The first instant camera designed for Leica M lens. Instant M is a minimalist camera featuring a viewfinder display of 1:1 ratio to film. Stripped...
Why you’ll never find a camera that’s been to the Moon on eBay
Allen Murabayashi
NASA’s Apollo Program was an audacious mission to send astronauts to the moon – a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy’s in a...
Sagittarius Rising – Long exposure photography from the stratosphere
Christiaan van Heijst
One of the most frequently asked questions I get is how I shoot long-exposure photos from the cockpit and how they end up sharp, despite...
Social media burnt me out
Jon Hathaway
Photography used to be my main hobby. I did nature, street, travel and other “solo” photography styles. I posted stuff on Flickr and it was...
iPhone XS vs. cinema Camera – Can you spot the difference?
Ed Gregory
As a filmmaker I come across many different types of cameras, lenses and of course all the peripherals that come with movie making. For commercial...
It’s not a triangle: it’s the exposure quadrangle
Edward Crim
The Exposure Triangle; you’ve heard of it, I’m sure. It’s fabled in story and song and celebrated by photo instructors everywhere. We can even buy...
Nikon Z7 disassembly and teardown
Ilija Melentijevic
Our brand new Nikon Z7 full frame mirrorless camera arrived at the office this week, and we immediately got down to business. Four years ago,...
A 48-hour project to merge a Hasselblad 500C/M and a FujiFilm Instax 9
Isaac Blankensmith
Instant photos are magical. They develop before your eyes. You can share them, gift them, spill water on them, draw on them. The only problem...
A review of the most expensive hot shoe strobe in the world – the Profoto A1
Stefan Tell
The Profoto A1 is the new on-camera flash. And off-camera flash. And Air remote. You can use it any way you like. For me as...
You don’t need a new camera
Alexander J.E. Bradley
Recently I worked on an image of the sand dunes of the Namib. I had woke whilst it was still dark and made my way...