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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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Is Sony About to Drop the A7R VI and a Brand New 100-400mm Lens This May?
Sony pivoted to mirrorless cameras well over a decade ago, and the company has expanded its alpha series portfolio in myriad ways. The A7 series had three variants, each designed to meet the needs of different photographers. While Sony has already updated to the a7 VI, the quest…
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Doc Searls Weblog (Feed)
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Default Lines
Where and how everything might be wrong Riley Hughes says we live in an age of default disbelief. As an example of this at work, Phil Windley and I went through the doomscroll-bait in my Facebook feed, and co-decided what was fake and what wasn't: Mountain goats doing impossibl…
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We Refused $100K+ in Camera Ads—Here’s Why Photography Needs Independence
I'm confident when I say that no one else is doing this. We're one of the only publications working to help you make images that AI can't really create. In 2025, I started to do things that otherwise would seem crazy for a publisher of a niche photography online magazine to do.…
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Is Thypoch About to Make History With the First-Ever Third-Party Zoom Lens?
Chinese third-party brands have been giving a tough competition to their Japanese counterparts. Companies such as Laowa, TTArtisan, 7Artisan, and Thypoch have introduced some wonderful, cost-effective lenses that can be used by beginners and serious enthusiasts. All of this, wit…
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The Best Mirrorless Camera For Travel Photographers
Mirrorless cameras are now chosen by millions of photographers, both young and sensory. While each brand is trying to introduce some exciting products, the one company that managed to launch something noteworthy is Panasonic. If you are a travel photographer who aims to buy a ca…
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Samyang and Schneider-Kreuznach Bring Their 14-24mm to L-Mount
The L-mount is perhaps the most sought after mount for photographers. One of the reasons being the plethora of optics one can get. An example of this is the recently launched LK Samyang x Schneider-Kreuznach AF 14-24mm f2.8 zoom lens, which was introduced last year for Sony user…
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This Week in the IndieWeb (Feed)
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This Week in the IndieWeb
April 24 through May 1, 2026 Recent EventsFrom events.indieweb.org/archive: 1RG's Side Project Social Thursday, April 30 at 6:00pm TORONTO, Ontario: 1RG Homebrew Website Club - Pacific Wednesday, April 29 at 6:00pm 🎪 IndieWebCamp Düsseldorf April 25 - April 26 DÜSSEL…
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Nutherday
Agents by agents for agents with agents around agents over agents without agents beside agents… I'm at the Agentic Internet Workshop, where most of the sessions are about what personal AI agents can do: for you, with each other, and (choose a preposition) each other. Wow: http…
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Did Profoto Finally Fix Their Issues with Nikon Cameras? We Found Out
In March 2026, Profoto announced a firmware update to its Connect Pro series of triggers that for Nikon users, aimed to fix a number of communication issues that photographers encountered. From issues with accurate/consistent TTL metering, to the outright inability to use these…
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kottke.org (Feed)
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Ohhhhh dear, Richard Dawkins: Is AI the Next Phase of...
Ohhhhh dear, Richard Dawkins: Is AI the Next Phase of Evolution? Claude Appears to Be Conscious. “My conversations with several Claudes and ChatGPTs have convinced me that these intelligent beings are at least as competent as any evolved organism.” 😬
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Unruly Play : “A collection of 169 works of play...
Unruly Play: “A collection of 169 works of play in unlikely places. Games about unusual things. Unexpected encounters.”
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Why I’m Not Using AI to Edit Photos (And You Shouldn’t Either)
When we made our presets, we made them with the intent of having photographers be able to work without the need for AI replacing what they do. Indeed, these presets are all about authenticity and replicating a look that AI can't necessarily do.
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Ada Palmer & Bruce Schneier: AI Learns Language From...
Ada Palmer & Bruce Schneier: AI Learns Language From Skewed Sources. That Could Change How We Humans Speak – and Think. “Our sense of the world may become distorted in ways we have barely begun to comprehend.”
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Who Merits the Longest NY Times Obituaries?
Using the NY Times Archive API, journalist Ted Alcorn built Below the Fold, a dashboard through which you can explore the last 25 years of Times coverage: 2.2 million articles containing 1.5 billion words. You can slice and dice this data in a bunch of different ways — it’s…
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Am…am I “alternatively influential” ?...
Am…am I “alternatively influential”? Defined roughly as “public thinkers and tastemakers who have real clout in their own demesnes despite only modest internet followings”.
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