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This is… different. Casionot a company we write about muchhas just debuted a rugged, outdoor adventure camera in their Japanese market that can actually be broken apart and put back together 4 different ways.

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Recently, I had a portrait shoot with the legendary poet, rapper, and actor Saul Williams. It began with a simple stroke of luck: I saw he was scheduled to perform at a local... more

Photographer Jimmy Nelson has spent over 3 decades traveling around the world and taking photos of people and places. He’s best known for... more

When it comes to critical feedback, knowing who to listen to and who to ignore is challenging. While I am by no means a known photographer, Ive put enough of my work out into the wild that Ive run into the inevitable criticism that it catches.

This article will cover my thoughts and advice on the question of which critics to listen to. It is based partially on my own experiences, as well as some of the incredible of wisdom Ive absorbed from some of the great... more

If you often take pictures with a “small-capacity” 16GB iPhone, one thing you may often experience is the dreaded popup that tells you you’ve run out of storage space. It’s particularly painful when the popup appears while you’re trying to capture a special moment. This 1-minute ad shows that Google feels your pain.

It’s a commercial for Google Photos that’s being aired during the Rio 2016 Olympics. We see a barrage of perfect photo (and... more

The Samyang summer lens release bonanza continues. Last week it was a super-fast 35mm f/1.2 for mirrorless APS-C cameras; today, we get a new ulra-wide angle, the... more

Samyang's summer lens party continues with the announcement of a 20mm F1.8 full-frame prime. The manual focus lens offers seven aperture blades and a minimum focus distance of 0.2m/0.6ft. Two aspherical lenses and three extra-low dispersion elements are included in the lens' 13 elements in 12 groups. The 20mm F1.8 will be offered in ten mounts:

  • Canon EOS
  • Nikon AE
  • Pentax K
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Backers of the KitSentry Kickstarter by F-Stop Gear are out of luck. Just days after... more

After showing you how to make a tripod using a piece of string, Im going to go a little more surreal this time by explaining how an old... more

Our test scene is at the core of our camera testing, designed to allow like-for-like comparisons between cameras. Here we explain how the tests are conducted and why we work this way. We will publish a video explaining what we look for in the scene and where we look, in the coming weeks.

Philosophy

Our studio test scene is used to give a consistent and reproducible means of comparing camera output. We have a well-established testing methodology designed to shed light on the performance... more

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