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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.”

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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

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Tacked onto the end of the Sony E-mount 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS lens announcement late last night was a short line that is very easy to miss:

Also announced today, Sony will be releasing a new... more

Have Your Say 2017: The Winners

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.

We first reported on the metalens research by Harvard scientists back in mid-2016, when they... more

Oops. Godox recently leaked its own strobe lighta new model called the AD600 Provia a product listing published briefly on its website. That product listing has since been pulled and no official announcement has been made, though a version of the light sold under the Flashpoint name is already up for preorder on Adorama for $900 USD as of this writing.

The Godox AD600 Pro retains the same 600 watts of power as the original model, but improves other elements such as decreasing recycle... more

Another notable photographer is being accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct. This time it’s photographer... more

Researchers onboard the Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus recently captured rare images of a jellyfish that looks like exploding fireworks when it’s illuminated.

The Halitrephes maasi jelly was spotted at a depth of 4,000 feet (1,200m) at the Revillagigedo Archipelago off Baja California, Mexico.

“When something remarkable floats by in the middle of sampling operations, our team quickly switches gears to marvel and document,” the researchers... more

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