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Tamron seemed to have taken a cue from Sigma when it launched the SP 35mm and 45mm F1.8, following that company's lead in offering fast, high quality fixed focal length lenses. Designed for full frame camera bodies, the SP 35mm and 45mm boast weather-proofing, fluorine coatings and close-focusing abilities not usually found at these focal lengths. Take a look at two full galleries of real-world sample images.... more

42 years ago, photographer Frank Gross said “I do” to his wife Helene. Since that day, through the ups and downs of his photographic career, Gross consistently pointed his camera at his wife and family, creating beautiful portraits that span over 4 decades of his family’s life together... more

Nestled at the base of a red rock cliff just northof the Utah/Arizona border, Gouldings Trading Post offers a commanding panorama of Monument Valley — its every photographers dream vista. It also invites travelers, through prominent signage, to visit John Waynes Cabin. Now, to a... more

Are you curious about what goes on inside an airliner cockpit during takeoff and landing? If so, the Swiss website Blick recently published the video above to satisfy that... more

Well, well… what do we have here. Another amazing Sony E-Mount lens from those young, hip lens dreamers over at Zeiss. Perhaps you’ve heard of them, they’re the blue logo’d company looking to take a cool $1,499 out of our collective pockets so we get the pleasure of owning the newest piece of the growing lineup that is Loxia E-Mounts. And you know what, they may have just succeeded… just.

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B&H is one of the biggest retail names in the world of photography, but it’s also the one at the center of a new controversy after nearly 200 workers launched a campaign to unionize. The disgruntled employees accuse the photo retail giant of widespread racial discrimination, wage theft... more

Lomography has introduced the Lomo’instant Wide camera. Using Fujifilm Instax Wide film, the camera offers a 35mm equivalent lens and Auto, Bulb, and 1/30sec Fixed Shutter Speed modes. Features cater to those who want to take a little more control over their instant prints, including a multi-exposure button and a lens cap that functions as a shutter remote control.... more

If you have a formal education in photography, there’s a good chance you studied the work of Hilla Becher. Together with her late husband Bernd, Hilla founded what’s known as the “Becher School” in photography, and the couple’s black-and-white industrial photos of Germany — called “... more

In what will rank as one of the most disgraceful uses of social media in 2015, a 23-year-old woman in Florida has been arrested after broadcasting a live stream of herself driving while drunk on Periscope.

Whitney Marie Beall of Lakeland, Florida decided to live broadcast whilst driving under the influence. In one of seven episodes recorded during her binge session, Whitney Beall says to her viewers “I’m driving home drunk, let’s see if I get a DUI.”

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The Sony RX10 II is the follow-up to a camera we already thought quite highly of. While the 24-200mm F2.8 equivalent lens and external body design remain unchanged, the RX10 II sports a new stacked sensor and can record 4k video internally, with full sensor readout. It also features improved AF performance and a higher-res EVF, but is it worth the sticker price? Read more

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