We’ve shared a number of projects over the years in which photographers create working cameras using wood, but we haven’t seen a wooden lens yet… until now. That’s what photographer... more
Heads up: digital rights management (DRM) could be coming to the JPEG image format. That’s right… the same kind of controversial technology that’s currently being used to protect movie, music, and book copyrights could one day be used to restrict the... more
Lexar recently introduced a 128GB version of its Professional 2000x SDXC UHS-II memory card. Once it launches, this new version will be the fastest 128GB memory card to utilize the Ultra High Speed II, UHS Speed Class 3 standard. The card is built to support capturing 4K video and other demanding content. Read more
“Sunset Selfies” is a project by photographer John Marshall of Frye Island, Maine, who photographers silhouettes of himself posing with creative cardboard cutouts.
“Today, I was enjoying a sunset banana down by the lake when the most amazing thing happened,”... more
SanDisk is a huge name when it comes to memory cards used by photographers, but it’s actually a relatively small company compared to other heavyweights in the memory chip industry — one of the biggest of which is Samsung. A new report says that SanDisk is actively exploring the potential sale of its business, with at least two competitors expressing interest in the deal.
Sony has just unveiled the new RX1R II, a palm-sized 42.4-megapixel full-frame camera that features the world’s first optical variable low-pass filter that can be turned on and off.
Inside the camera is a back-illuminated 35mm full-... more
Sony has announced its Cyber-shot RX1R II, an update to 2013's RX1 and RX1R full-frame, fixed-lens compact cameras. The RX1R II brings a 42.4 Megapixel BSI-CMOS sensor borrowed from the a7R II, 35mm F2 Zeiss Sonnar T* lens, retractable viewfinder, variable low-pass filter and greatly improved autofocus. Read more
If you’re just starting out in photography, you may be confused with the term “crop factor” that’s thrown around when talking about cameras and lenses. Here’s a 10-minute video in which Mark Ryan Sallee of Michromatic explains the concept... more
