The first thing you'll notice about the Fujifilm X70 is that it looks an awful lot like an X100T. The second thing you'll notice is how similar some core specifications are to an established cult classic among street photographers, the Ricoh GR II. And despite featuring retro-inspired dials-on-dials design coupled with a 16MP APS-C sensor and 28mm equiv. F2.8 lens, the X70 turns out to be very distinct from both of those cameras in real-world use.
Life took a 180-degree turn last week for one woman in Nigeria. While walking through town to sell bread, she stumbled into the frame of a pop star’s photo shoot. One thing led to another, and now that accidental photo bomb has earned the woman a modeling contract.
Swiss International Air Lines, the flag carrier airline of Switzerland, just released this 5-minute short film titled “The people behind SWISS.” It’s a look at the work done by over 100 of the company’s 8,000+ employees spread across 30 different divisions, and how their efforts all come together for the service provided to passengers.
The video was created by director Kevin Blanc, the founder of the Zrich-based... more
If you’ve received any photography and Photoshop training and news from Scott Kelby’s KelbyOne, you probably recognize the names Pete Collins, RC Concepcion, Brad Moore, and Mia McCormick. Those are a few of the big names who are now looking for a new job — they are being laid off by... more
The Guangzhou, China-based company Techart has officially unveiled the Techart PRO AF adapter, world’s first autofocus adapter for manual focus lenses. The adapter, which was teased... more
Wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas was asked by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) last year to shoot high-quality photos of some of Africa’s most elusive animals. It’s extremely difficult to stumble upon some of them, so Burrard-Lucas decided to set up 5 Canon DSLR camera traps.... more
Just check it and fix it, it can't be that hard. Can it?
Why can't you just make them better? It sounds like a reasonable question until you start unpacking exactly what it entails. This is exactly what Roger Cicala and company do in the latest LensRentals blog post. As usual with Cicala's posts, the closer he looks, the more complicated the question becomes. So why can't everyone just (repeatably and affordably) make lenses, you know... better?
The inventor of the synchronized camera flash has died. Artur Fischer, a German inventor who registered more than 1,100 patents in his lifetime — beating Thomas Edison — passed away in Germany back on January 27th, 2016. He was 96 years old.
