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How does the image quality of a top-of-the-line smartphone camera stack up against a top-of-the-line professional camera these days? Photographer Tyler Stalman decided to find out by pitting a Google Pixel 2... more

There are plenty of stories of people finding old camera films and finding images on them. Photographer Daniel Keating recently got his hands on something a bit different: a 100-year-old... more

Photo Gear News recently visited the Sony factory in Chonburi, Thailand, where the highly-acclaimed Sony a9 mirrorless camera is being manufactured. This 6.5-minute video offers a behind-the-scenes look into the factory.

Richard Sibley of Photo Gear News explains that Chonburi was chosen by Sony as the site of the factory due to its close... more

Image quality, weight and value for money. We have come to accept that most lenses are strong in only one or two of these three factors, that I personally focus on when researching lenses to buy. Sometimes though, we stumble upon a great lens design which is strong in all three. One of the prime examples of such a design is the "nifty fifty"the 50mm F1.8 lens construction that many lens manufacturers provide. Another example is the 100mm (or sometimes 90mm) F2.8... more

In recent years, the number of new ND filter manufacturers has risen quite dramatically and this, of course, is great for competition. This competition has helped push companies to create even better filters that are sharper with better color rendition.

Both of these are very important factors when deciding between filters and considering the price, it helps to do a little research before you buy. Although the price of the average filter systems has gone down, theyre still... more

Sony’s latest mirrorless cameras are much improved when it comes to shooting with adapted lenses from other manufacturers. To test just how well it works, photographer Manny Ortiz... more

Portrait Mode on the Google Pixel 2

Google's Pixel 2 comes with one of the best-rated smartphone cameras in the world, and is one of very few single-lens devices to offer a background-blurring, fake bokeh portrait mode. Unlike dual-lens setups,... more

The other night I couldn’t sleep (too much coffee at 5 pm) and was in bed scrolling through my Facebook feed, when this ad for the Samsung Gear 360 camera came up (below), with the instruction to “capture more of the moment.” Through my groggy state of semi-consciousness, it hit me in a new way. We don’t need to capture more, we need to hone a vision. If anything, we need to capture less. More wheat, less chaff.

We’ve hit a point with media where... more

Take a look inside Hasselblad's camera factory in Sweden

Hasselblads factory is located in Gothenburg Swedens second largest city. The company has operated in Gothenburg since 1841, but it only became a camera manufacturer in 1941. Today's HQ, down the river from the city centre, is where the company makes both the H-series cameras and the newer X1D... more

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We recently spent some time in Moab, Utah with seasoned adventure photographer Scott Rinckenberger. The area's incredible landscapes and wide array of outdoor activities made for a very photogenic few days here are some of the still images Scott captured along the way. For the full story behind the... more

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