The Southern California-based startup company Aurora Aperture has just announced a new variable neutral density filter called the PowerXND 2000. With a range of 4 to 11 stops, the filter is the world’s most powerful, according to the company.
“Normal” stock photos often feature scenes and situations that would be incredibly strange if you ever saw them actually happening in real life. DigitalRev made this humorous 3-minute video that reveals what’s actually... more
The British company Bullitt yesterday announced its new Cat S60 rugged smartphone, the world’s first to feature a built-in thermal imaging camera. The product is essentially a fusion between Bullitt’s Cat smartphones and... more
Rumors suggest Sigma is getting ready to launch a 50-100mm F1.8 lens for APS-C cameras. Full specifications and convincing images of the lens have been leaked, suggesting the lens will be part of the company's impressive 'Art' range. Such a lens would offer a fast partner to the company's 18-35mm F1.8 Art lens, giving the same angle-of-view, depth-of-... more
Have you ever wondered why some Canon lenses are white while most other lenses in the industry are black? No, it’s not just for aesthetics and marketing… Canon has a technical reason for it: heat reduction.
It’s a pretty known camera industry factoid, but perhaps some of you have never heard about it before.
A number of Canon’s professional L series lenses — all super-telephoto lenses — are “white” with the distinctive red... more
For a short time every February, when conditions are just right, Horsetail Falls in Yosemite gets transformed by a phenomenon known as “firefall.” When the sunlight hits the water just right, the waterfall looks like molten lava flowing down the side of El Capitan.
'If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff.' - Jim Richardson, National Geographic Photographer
Born into a family with a taste for the 'restless life,' Max Lowe was indoctrinated into a life of far-flung travel basically at birth. 'Traveling,' Lowe says, 'more than anything, has inspired me.'
It was during his years in college in Salt Lake City that Lowe first picked up a camera. In... more
NPR’s All Things Considered aired this interesting 5-minute segment that discusses Japanese internment camp photos of photographers Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, and Toyo Miyatake.... more
