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This 5x macro is possibly the strangest lens you’ve ever seen

Sep 1, 2020 John Aldred

There are a lot of oddball lenses out there these days. And I mean that in the nicest possible way. Look at Laowa’s crazy lookin’…



Here is a simple $20 studio you can set up anywhere

Aug 31, 2020 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

If you plan to set up a home studio, there can be a lot of things on your mind and on your to-buy list. But…



Tourist damages a 200-year-old sculpture after lying on it for a photo

Aug 31, 2020 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

While visiting the Antonio Canova Museum in Possagno, Italy, a tourist managed to damage a 19th-century statue because – as you could probably guess –…



The Panasonic S5 product images leak ahead of this week’s official announcement

Aug 31, 2020 John Aldred

Well, it wasn’t much of a surprise, really, was it? Images always seem to leak a couple of days ahead of official announcements these days….



Quick Tip: use a single softbox and a towel for wrapping light photos

Aug 30, 2020 Udi Tirosh

Sometimes you need fancy equipment to create a great photo, and sometimes you just need a towel. In the video above, photographer Robert Harris shoots…



How I made a camera from 23,248 coffee stirrers, powered by a Raspberry Pi, and controlled with a Nintendo controller

Aug 29, 2020 Adrian Hanft

This is the story of how I created one of the strangest cameras you may ever hear about. I’ve been working on the design for…



How to create natural looking window light at home with flash and a diffused scrim

Aug 28, 2020 Jake Hicks

Unbelievably soft lighting is actually trickier to do than many think. Sure we can place a large softbox in front of our subject to light…



This photographer built a DIY talking camera from scrap components

Aug 28, 2020 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Iranian photographer Alireza Rostami has come up with some really cool DIY projects so far. This time, he’s made a prototype of a talking camera….



Laowa new super compact ultra-wide 11mm f/4.5 full-frame lens actually has a front filter thread

Aug 28, 2020 John Aldred

Laowa has today announced their new 11mm f/4.5 FF RL lens. It’s a tiny lens for its short focal length and wide field of view…



Testing the ISO of Canon EOS R5 and R6 vs 1DX Mark III and 5D Mark IV

Aug 28, 2020 Jeff Cable

Whenever Canon comes out with new cameras, one of my most important real-world tests is determining how clean the images look at higher ISOs. I…