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For a few years now, Ive had in my collection one very strange lens. I bought it primarily for its value as a collectible so, up until now, I havent really spent much time playing with it.

Made in 1975, this manual focus Minolta MC Rokkor-X 40-80mm F2.8 lens is one strange puppy. When it was first introduced, no other zoom lens could top its image quality and it really didnt have much competition until more recent years. This is largely due to its very unique Gearbox design that sought... more

For a few years now, Ive had in my collection one very strange lens. I bought it primarily for its value as a collectible so, up until now, I havent really spent much time playing with it. Made in 1975, this manual focus Minolta MC Rokkor-X 40-80mm f/2.8 lens is one strange puppy.

When it was first introduced, no other zoom lens could top its image quality and it really didnt have much competition until more recent years. This is largely due to its very unique ... more

Switching brands is a painful and expensive process, but a new "trade up" promotion from Sony is trying to take a little bit of the sting away. For a limited time, people interested in stepping up to a Sony a7 II, Sony a7S II, Sony a7R II, or Sony a9 can get several hundreds of dollars in credit + trade-in value when they hand over their working DSLR or mirrorless camera.

These kinds of trade-in programs are not uncommon in the photo world, but we're more accustomed to... more

A developer going by the handle B-S-G has created an unofficial port of Google's Camera app, allowing a larger number of Android users to utilize the software with much-loved features like HDR+. Though the app is only officially available on the Pixel smartphones, this port makes it available to any Android smartphone running a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, 821 or 835 processor.

Phones that can now... more

If your camera or lens goes for a swim in salt water, most service centers will just write it off as unfixable. But one man in Singapore, known locally as the 'Camera Whisperer,' won't give up on you. In fact, he's made a name for himself by fixing cameras nobody else wants to or can.

David Hilos, 49, is a fixture in the Singapore hobbyist photography community. So much so... more

If you recently purchased a $160 Lee Solar Eclipse filter to photograph the upcoming solar eclipse, beware: Amazon has sent out emails warning photographers not to... more

Photographer Rob Whitworth has created some of the most popular timelapse videos ever using his trademark “flow motion” techniques.... more

Data storage solutions manufacturer Synology has added a new, lower-cost NAS to its DiskStation j line that has a maximum capacity of 40TB, and is aimed at the home user and photography enthusiast.

The DS418j has 4 disk bays, each of which can accommodate HDDs or SSDs of up to 10TB. Data is controlled via a new 64-bit dual-core processor and the device has been fitted with 1GB of DDR4 RAMdoubling the memory of the previous model.

Synology claims the DS418j can read at 112MB/s and... more

Over in Singapore, there’s a 49-year-old man who’s known by photographers as “The Camera Whisperer.” He’s a camera repair whiz who helps photographers revive broken equipment that professional repair centers won’t (or can’t) bring back to life.

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Here’s a beautiful new short film by time-lapse photographer Tyler Hulett of... more

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