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The Fujifilm X-Trans sensor is evil, its design is seriously flawed, and it causes all kinds of issues. At least, that’s what pops up on the Internet every now and then.

Since some of these X-Trans sucks comments and articles keep up appearing on the Web, I decided to invest some of my extremely limited free time in order to address some of the issues. Lets get started.

Myth #1: X-Trans III Causes Purple Flare with Grid Artifacts

One of the most discussed X-Trans... more

An incident involving a photographer struck by a car during the outdoor racing event Sno*Drift Rally has spurred discussion and criticism over shooting practices in risky situations. Photographer G David LaClair was standing near a corner of the outdoor racing track when a vehicle lost control and spun out, slid into the brush, and directly impacted the photographer.

The collision was captured in a pair of videos, both of which are graphic in nature. In a post shared via... more

Street photographer Jonathan Higbee is a master of spotting fleeting moments on the sidewalks of New York City in which things come together in strange and curious ways.

Higbee was born and raised... more

No matter how you feel about Instagram, if youre reading this you know that you need it. Period. Social media can change careers. Instead of being stuck working with people in your 15-mile radius, youre now open to the world. But if youre reading this, youre probably also using Instagram wrong.

If you need help with your Instagram, theres one cheat, trick, hack, whatever you want to call it, thats free and more beneficial than anything else you can do.

How often do you... more

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Storage speeds on smartphones, Chromebooks, VR headsets and automotive devices are about to make a huge leap forward. Standards group JEDEC has announced the new UFS 3.0 flash storage standard, which doubles the theoretical speed of the current UFS 2.1 standard to 2.9 GB/s... more

During a new 10-minute TED Talk, famed National Geographic aerial photographer George Steinmetz talks about his experiences photographing Africa while flying around in a motorized paraglider. This vantage point gives Steinmetz a unique look at the world below, including its various cultures and landscapes.

The motorized paraglider is composed of a wing in the style of a parachute and a... more

Here’s an 8-second video showing $5,000 in Nikon lenses getting smashed with a mallet. If you cringe at the thought of harm coming to any photographic equipment, here’s the good news: the video isn’t what you think. It’s a creative video by stop-motion extraordinaire PES.

“Nikon sent me some lenses to test out…is this what they had in mind?” PES... more

When you think of GoPro, you probably picture a neat, compact digital action camera, but theoriginal GoPro was actually a 35mm film camera. Here’s a 7-minute video by... more

"Above the polar bear" by Florian Ledoux -- SkyPixel Photo Contest 2017 Grand Prize winner

Chinese drone-maker DJI and aerial photography website SkyPixel have announced the winners of the... more

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