The enlarger lenses used by film photographers to create prints from developed negatives are not meant to be used on a camera. Of course, that doesn’t mean you can’t use one… or that you shouldn’t try.
It seems Canon has got a real winner on their hands with the impressive (and expensive) Canon 1D X Mark II. In fact, it’s now the highest rated Canon sensor DxOMark has ever tested! Move over 5DS…
A rare Nikon 1200mm f/11 lens recently appeared on eBay. The earliest Nikon non-refractive long lenses were the Nikkor-Q 400mm f/4.5, Nikkor-P 600mm f/5.6, Nikkor-P 800mm f/8, and Nikkor-P 1200mm f/11. All of them were on the market around 1964 and withdrawn in the mid-1970. These lenses are actually lens heads and require a focus unit to be functional... more
At some point, Facebook became the de-facto hub to share a photo… or two… or sixteen with your friends. Unfortunately, the interface is poorly designed for scrolling through multiple photos. Enter Facebook’s new ‘Slideshow’ feature.
When spring rolls around in Japan, cherry blossoms (known as “sakura”) cause an explosion of bright pink colors in the natural landscapes. Photographer Danilo Dungo took his camera... more
Whoa… We’ve all seen the so-called “Droste effect” in actionan image that contains itself, so it becomes a photo, in a photo, in a photo, etc. But now you... more
A future version of Photoshop may include some pretty powerful automatic selection tools if the technology in this new paper by researchers at The Chinese... more
Apple has been awarded a US patent for a system that could disable iPhone cameras with infrared signals, allowing photography to be remotely banned in locations such as concerts and sensitive sites.
