Just another article about film photography? Well yes, but bear with me and hopefully youll see why film really does still have a place in my heart and might have a place in yours too… even when digital is such excellent quality and so convenient.
We all know digital is great and has many advantages over film — Im not disputing that and Im not abandoning digital. In fact, Ive now been shooting digital longer than I shot film (17 years digital vs 12 years film), and... more
After a long series of new products for its full-frame E-mount camera lines, Sony is turning its attention back to its crop sensor mirrorless cameras. The company just announced its new... more
With its beautifully-manufactured metal lenses, Moment has firmly established itself in the 'high-end' bracket of the market for smartphone accessory lenses. And now, the US-brand is taking it to the next level by launching an accessory that'll make its products even more attractive to anyone who takes their mobile photography seriously:... more
I bought this “digital” camera last summer. I saw it on a table at a boot sale (if you’re American, that’s a bit like a yard sale). As I picked it, up the seller snapped: “4. Screen is broken. Won’t turn on.”
Er… OK.
I then tried to explain why that “screen” didn’t “work” and tried to explain what the camera was, but she just barked, “It doesn’t work. Take it or leave it.”
Nokishita has gotten their hands on two lens photos that have Canon users buzzing this morning. Just days after Yongnuo announced its (probably very cheap) YN 14mm F2.8 for Canon, Samyang/Rokinon are reportedly... more
As 2018 gets started in earnest, it's time to look back at what you thought of the best-of-the-best in photography gear in 2017. We first whittled everything down to your final choices after two rounds of voting, and our final poll culminated in thousands of votes cast across 16 choices. Without further ado, let's see which product you've crowned as the absolute best of 2017.
Runner-up: Sony a9
In third place for our final poll is the sports-oriented Sony... more
Sony has introduced an optically stabilized 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 zoom lens that is 'an ideal fit' for its a6000 series of mirrorless cameras. The lens, equivalent to 27-202.5mm on APS-C bodies, features 2 ED and 1 aspherical elements, a minimum focus distance of 45cm and a weight of just 325 g.
The 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS will be available in February for $599/570. We wouldn't be at... more
Bill Stockland and Maureen Martel, founders of the photo-representation agency Stockland Martel, have announced that the agency permanently closed on December 31st, 2017.
The famed agency was founded in 1983 in New York City, where it went on to represent some of the most notable photographers of the last three decades, including Walter Iooss, Art Streiber, Lauren... more
Researchers have created the first “metalens” that can focus the entire visible spectrum of light onto a single point in high resolution. The breakthrough brings metalenses one step closer towards replacing bulky camera lenses with much smaller chips.
