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These are some must-have accessories for smartphone filmmaking

Aug 7, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Ryan Connolly of Film Riot recently gave us an example of a neat-looking video shot on a smartphone. Of course, if you’re limited only to the…



Can radioactive lenses be harmful to your health?

Aug 1, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

If you use vintage lenses, you might have heard that some of them are radioactive. As a matter of fact, many lenses produced between the…



This is how you clean your camera sensor and lenses by yourself

Jul 26, 2017 John Aldred

If you listen to the wider DSLR & mirrorless owning community online, cleaning your own sensor is the scariest thing in the world. We’re talking…



7Artisans launches fast and affordable lenses for micro four-thirds and mirrorless cameras

Jul 12, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

7Artisans has launched four fast prime lenses for different mirrorless and Micro Four Thirds cameras. They are available for Fuji, Leica, MFT, and Sony cameras,…



Mesmerizing lucid dreams photos and how to create them

Jul 5, 2017 Dan Lior

Last year I attended Midburn, a regional burning man event taking place in the hot Israeli desert. I filmed nonstop for five days and created…



This vintage “bazooka lens” takes the word “shooting” almost literally

Jul 5, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

From time to time, Mathieu Stern presents us with a cool, unusual lens. This time, he found Novoflex 600mm f/8, or as he calls it:…



I swapped out my macro to shoot butterflies with a 300mm lens on a Nikon D500

Jul 4, 2017 Jake Mosher

Every year, on the cusp of true, Rocky Mountain summer, I travel to the high country to photograph butterflies. For a brief couple of weeks,…



Delta Air Lines caused $8,000 worth of damage to my camera gear, but they don’t care

Jun 29, 2017 Jake Mosher

I’m breaking tradition here, both in style and also in asking for help. Please, if you read this, share it. Link to it. Copy from…



Tamron 18-400mm f/3.5-6.3 “all-in-one” zoom lens officially announced

Jun 23, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

After the unofficial news about the release of Tamron 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD, the company now officially announces it, along with the price…



A guide to prime lenses and why you should use them

Jun 22, 2017 John Aldred

After getting one’s first camera and kit lens, the first question that inevitably follows is “What lens should I buy next?”. For any given manufacturer,…