Why We Turned Down Every Major Camera Brand (And What We’re Building Instead)

Here's a story you're not hearing anywhere else. 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. For star…

The 6 Cameras That You Can Get for $1000 in 2026

When it comes to buying a camera today, one has to look through hundreds of options. Although this is a good thing, the biggest challenge is the fact that one also needs to consider the price tag, and see which of the devices meets their needs. For many young photographers, the…

 Top 4 Cameras Everyone’s Hunting For Right Now

When it comes to choosing a camera, one has multiple options they can work with. While some are more expensive than others, there are a few that cost less than others. If you are someone who wants to buy an inexpensive device, here is a look at a few models that can be of help.

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This Week in the IndieWeb

May 8-15, 2026 Recent EventsFrom events.indieweb.org/archive: Homebrew Website Club - Pacific Wednesday, May 13 at 6:00pm Fist of FLOSS (episode 1) Wednesday, May 13 at 6:00pm Cancelling this for now. FreeBSD chat Wednesday, May 13 at 6:00pm Homebrew Website Club Europ…

Physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on who should read...

Physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on who should read books about physics. “The question of ‘What is space-time?’ doesn’t belong only to scientists. It belongs to everyone who has ever wondered about the bigger picture.”

The World’s First Third-Party AF Zoom Lens Is Here Under $700

Third-party lenses have been favored by many photographers. With various brands popping up in China in recent years, these manufacturers have also tried to push innovation at very cost-effective rates. While third-party Chinese lenses have largely been primes, it appears that Th…

Quaker principles line up quite well with modern...

Quaker principles line up quite well with modern parenting research. “Infused in all of these practices is the conviction that children are not lesser proto-adults, but fellow beings worthy of respect and agency regardless of their behavior.”

The Revolt Against the Girl Bosses…...

The Revolt Against the Girl Bosses… “Empowerment won’t fix the mess we’re in. Women know it now. They’re mad as hell. Anyone trying to sell them advice instead of a way to use that anger to build a better world for women deserves to be fired.”

The Night Witches: The Female Nazi Hunters of WWII

The Night Witches were an all-female Soviet bomber regiment that attacked Nazi forces during World War II. An attack technique of the night bombers involved idling the engine near the target and gliding to the bomb-release point with only wind noise left to reveal their…

25 Books That Capture This American Moment . They...

25 Books That Capture This American Moment. They include Caste by Isabel Wilkerson, Toni Morrison’s A Mercy, Make the Impossible Possible by Bill Strickland, and Rabbit Redux by John Updike.

Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains ....

Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains. “[Some] developers who use AI at work report that they feel like they are de-skilling themselves and losing their ability to do their jobs as well as they used to.”

On “rich guy has an opinion” journalism ,...

On “rich guy has an opinion” journalism, i.e. “entire news stories dedicated to the otherwise unremarkable opinion of a rich person, or news stories that fold the opinions of rich people into their otherwise neutral coverage”.

Filtered for bad addresses and good emotions

1. I love this terrible fake address generator: We have spent 3 years collecting data from every country to generate this enormous database. …it promises. These are not English addresses: "2 Scott Common Jenniferstad S60 2PT" "4 Matilda Via North Emilychester M20 1BT"…

Flinks

The first version of this post became Snucked and sucked, but never mind that. I'm also packing to fly tomorrow, so I'm just sharing a link pile for the rest of what's left of today. If you want stories that aren't from the amen corners of the left and the right, Reason is usef…

I Recreated the Golden Age of Digital Photography—Here’s How You Can Too

Trust me, we miss the era when images actually looked real. We've gone too far in the other direction. 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 abo…

World History Timeline

This World History Timeline (2016) shows how nations, empires, and ruling groups shifted and evolved across the globe from 3000 BCE to the present. It takes a second to understand what you’re looking at — I thought it was a sort of stretched geographical map at first. Get…

New York’s Neue Galerie Will Merge With the Metropolitan...

New York’s Neue Galerie Will Merge With the Metropolitan Museum. “The merger will significantly bolster the Met’s holdings of early 20th-century Austrian and German art…”

The Neanderthal dentist: archaeologists found evidence...

The Neanderthal dentist: archaeologists found evidence of a decayed tooth being drilled out with a stone tools 59,000 years ago. “It’s now the oldest known evidence of dentistry — or any direct medical treatment.”

Snucked and sucked, but never mind that

When you read a gruesome story on a polite service, and it sources a story on another polite service that still doesn’t give you the information you want—the gory stuff—you continue digging. The story in question here is a FlightAware one titled Frontier plane kills fence…

The Best Sony Lenses for Landscape Photography Under $400 

Sony was one of the few companies to see the future of mirrorless cameras before anyone else. Today, they offer over a dozen lenses, and they are pretty good at what they do. For landscape photographers, there are multiple offerings as well, and today, we are looking at some opt…

Sarah Rose (who is blind): “Meta glasses are...

Sarah Rose (who is blind): “Meta glasses are absolute game changers for the blind community…they are completely revolutionary.” And: “It really is incredible to talk to your glasses and ask them what they see and have them tell you.”

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: Although action vs state is a controversy in _buttons_, it’s not in toggles. Toggle icon should show current state! That’s the way it always worked in physical toggles #Toggle

5 Photographers Shaping the Future of GQ Magazine

Recently, GQ has made a pivot in its use of images to tell the stories within its pages, and in doing so, has changed the way we think about not just fashion photography but masculinity itself. These five photographers are the new vanguard that’s breathing new life into the st…

The Best Film Conversion Software

Film photography requires patience to practice, but it obviously doesn't end with just a click of the shutter button on your analog camera. If you're someone who doesn't just process your negatives for print, and wants to make digital copies of those photos, then you know how pa…