Now that Yongnuo is more established as a third-party lens maker, the company is slowly distancing itself from the lens designs it copied from Canon lenses early on. In addition to replacing its original 50mm f/1.8... more
Capture Clip V3 $70 | Peak Design.com The original Capture Clip was a darling of Kickstarter, raising nearly $15 million back in 2011. V2 debuted in 2013 and was replaced by V3 at the beginning of 2018.
First released on Kickstarter in 2011, the Peak Design Capture... more
The Skydio R1 aerial "self-flying camera" received its first major software update today, gaining four new cinematic modes: Quarter Lead, Quarter Follow, Car Follow, and Car Tripod. Skydio underscores the new Car Follow mode as the biggest new feature, one that enables the drone to follow vehicles autonomously while capturing footage.
Talking about the software update is Skydio CEO Adam Bry,... more
The Sigma 70mm f/2.8 DG Art Macro is the first prime macro lens to sport Sigmas ART badge. Unlike most of the Art lineup, the size is closer to the Contemporary... more
The EU has a new data protection law, the so-called GDPR, the General Data Protection Regulation, or as we Germans like to call it: Datenschutzgrundverordnung (Gesundheit!). The rules took effect on May 25th and so far its... more
Camera+ was launched almost eight years ago and since then has become one of the most popular third-party camera apps for iPhone and iPad. Now its makers have given the app a complete overhaul and launched Camera+ 2.
Camera+ 2 is a universal app and as such provides the same user experience across all compatible iPhone and iPad models. Unlike on the original app, all features and tools are included from the start,... more
In 1921, the satirical magazine The Judge published this two-panel comic about how you look in photos. It’s strikingly similar to the “Expectation vs. Reality” memes that circulate the Web today, and the comic is one of the earliest recorded memes.
In the comic, we see comparison portraits of “How you think you look when a flashlight is taken” compared to “How you really look.”
During the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway this past weekend, one fan apparently decided that his camera wasn’t close enough to the action, so he decided to climb the 30-foot-tall+ catch fence for ultra-close up photos of racecars speeding by below him.
If you’re interested in branching out your photo business to include corporate headshots, here’s a helpful 24-minute tutorial that can help you get started. In it, photographer Sean Tucker shares... more
