Professional telephoto lenses made specifically for wildlife and sports tend to be the most expensive money can buy. They push the envelope of lens technology, not to mention size and weight. What if I told you that Sigma made a lens that delivers the same f/4 aperture combined with a more versatile zoom range but is also only $6,000, substantially less... more (link is external)
Another week down, another chance to check out some new accessories. This time around, we've got some massive printers, a wildly fast SD card, cages for new cameras and more. But first, as always, the deals.
French photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagrze moved to Hong Kong in 2009, inspired by its fast pace and verticality. He now documents the densely populated city rich with life, abundance of details, and visual contrast.
New Jersey-based film development and scanning company Gelatin Labs has announced GelForm, a new advanced scanning innovation that Gelatin Labs promises will simplify the scanning process while preserving the unique character of each film stock.
NASA's SPHEREx space observatory launched into space in early March and began its scientific operations yesterday, May 1 following weeks of preparation. It is now ready to survey the entire sky with 3,600 daily photos at a time.
The month of May brings new opportunities to get your work seen by a large, international audience. While they sometimes get flak, photography competitions, when judged fairly and conducted with integrity, offer exposure to industry decision-makers, an opportunity to get your work published or exhibited and recognition that can elevate your career.
When a photo album was handed into a thrift store in Belgium, workers there couldn't believe their eyes as they flicked through and saw a who's who of Hollywood in the 1990s.
Printing images successfully in a darkroom requires lots of skill, especially if you're printing iconic photographs for Magnum Photos (link is external), a cooperative of photographers going back to 1947. Such is the case for Pablo Inirio, a Magnum master printer. This video profile of Inirio briefly walks through his background and process in the darkroom, giving interesting insight into what a master printer does.
Generative AI technology has undermined what is real and what is not. The old remark That's Photoshop -- previously used to question an image's authenticity -- has now been replaced by That's AI.
