As Camera Components Get More Expensive, Consider Insurance

Cameras are just way too expensive without being luxury products right now. Considering the state of the global economy, you shouldn't neglect protecting your camera gear. Our photography insurance program is designed to be there when photographers really need it! We're giving y…

Chipotlai Max is an AI agent that runs on “stolen...

Chipotlai Max is an AI agent that runs on “stolen compute” from Chipotle’s AI chat bot. They are looking to borrow from bots from Ikea, Expedia, Home Depot, and others.

The Life and Death of Sports Fans

Team Spirit is a wonderful short film for ESPN by Errol Morris about the funerals of die-hard sports fans. I love the Steelers fan laid out in a recliner under a Steelers blanket in front of a television with a Steelers game on as if “he just fell asleep watching the game…

The official trailer for season three of Silo . Looks...

The official trailer for season three of Silo. Looks like we finally get some origin story stuff (well, more than a brief scene at least).

On this date in 2004, the Killdozer rampage took place ....

On this date in 2004, the Killdozer rampage took place. “The bulldozer effortlessly demolished cars and buildings, including the home of a former mayor, the office of a newspaper that had sided against him in an editorial…”

Jamelle Bouie: The cruelty is still the point of the...

Jamelle Bouie: The cruelty is still the point of the Trump regime. “This isn’t a border security policy. It’s cruelty as governance — directed at people this administration has decided don’t deserve dignity.”

Godox AD300 Pro II Review: The Best New Light for Photography?

Most upgrades to strobes and flashes these days tend to be incremental, but Godox seems to have missed that memo. Bringing another update to their popular AD line of strobes is the new Godox AD300 Pro II, a device that can be stowed away inside your backpack when you need to. Wi…

We Are Manipulating the Weather Every Day

Throughout most of human history, the weather has resisted humanity’s desire to change it. For thousands of years, we have sacrificed children, sung songs and danced, brewed alchemical concoctions, chanted prayers, fired cannons, and made many other futile efforts in the att…

As time passes, efforts to document the Tiananmen Square...

As time passes, efforts to document the Tiananmen Square protests intensify. “History cannot only be written by officials. If you don’t have real information, it’s difficult for you to have independent thought.”

“ Cameron’s World is a web-collage of text...

“Cameron’s World is a web-collage of text and images excavated from the buried neighbourhoods of archived GeoCities pages (1994–2009).”

The Panasonic LUMIX GH6 in 2026: Solid Hardware Is Not Enough

In 2026, Micro Four-Thirds as a system is fully matured with hundreds of lenses to choose from and various types of cameras to pair those lenses to. So, how does the GH6 perform four years since its launch?

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A section of trail in SwitzerlandMay was a big month! The highlight was a cycling trip around Lake Konstanz, passing through Konstanz, Bregenz Austria, Stein am Rhein in Switzerland, and Meersburg. A farm in Bodenseeufer, GermanyWe passed a lot of operating agriculture, growin…

USPS Reissues Popular Mister Rogers Stamps

Every so often, the US Postal Service reissues old stamps. This time around, they polled the public about which past stamp they’d like to see reissued and the results were decisive: the people love Mister Rogers. The Mister Rogers stamp, originally released in 2018, is ne…

Ted Chiang is emphatic: LLMs are nowhere close to being...

Ted Chiang is emphatic: LLMs are nowhere close to being conscious. “We don’t need to fully understand the nature of consciousness to definitively say that certain things are not conscious, and conversational transcripts fall in that category.”

Marjane Satrapi, author of the excellent Persepolis, has...

Marjane Satrapi, author of the excellent Persepolis, has died at age 56. Friends said she “died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life”.

Knicks Rule

I expected the Knicks to win tonight. I also expect them to win the NBA championship. Two reasons. One is what I said about the Cavaliers ten years ago: they’re a better story. And something I said about the Warriors in that post applies to the Spurs now: they feel entitled. T…

Panasonic L10 Review Update: This is Better Than We Thought

There are a few reviews ot the Panasonic LUMIX L10 out already. And earlier last month, we published our own. Since then, we've continued to work with it even more and have made significantly more findings. So we're updating our Panasonic L10 review.

The 4 Best Compact Cameras from 2012

Digital cameras are becoming important for those who want to leave their phones behind. Whether it is a full frame, an instant camera or a compact camera, there are various options to choose from. However, if you are someone who wants a step-up only from your phone, these four m…

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Can you go 82-0? “The objective of 82-0 is to...

Can you go 82-0? “The objective of 82-0 is to construct a historical NBA roster capable of achieving a perfect undefeated season.” You get to “draft” 5 players from randomly chosen teams & decades, then that team plays a simulated season.

Early Live Performance by Talking Heads (1976)

In March 1976, Talking Heads played a show at The Kitchen in NYC; you can watch the entire show recorded from two angles in this video. The band had formed the year before and was more than a year away from recording and releasing their debut album. It’s a great insight a…

Paul Giamatti appears on The Tommy Tiernan Show ....

Paul Giamatti appears on The Tommy Tiernan Show. Here’s the catch: “Each episode Tommy welcomes mystery guests and interviews them without any preparation or knowledge of who will be joining him until they meet in studio.”

Lochnessday

Wandering about geology In the vastness of John McPhee's writings on geology (within which he is the field's Shakespeare), he writes (in Annals of the Former World and earlier works), If by some fiat I had to restrict all this writing to one sentence, this is the one I would cho…

Haiku is a generative music album for MacOS....

Haiku is a generative music album for MacOS. “Haiku is a work of generative music that builds its own sound from nothing each time you open it, and never plays the same way twice — a record that exists only while it is playing.”

Tony Gilroy Accepts Award for Andor: “Fuck the Empire!”

Now that Andor has been out for a while, showrunner Tony Gilroy is free to speak his mind on what the show was all about. I mean, it was pretty clear to the audience, but now he can say his piece. Andor won a Peabody Award and at the awards ceremony, Gilroy gave the following…

“As far as artist signatures go, Jan van...

“As far as artist signatures go, Jan van Kessel’s seventeenth-century painting in which he spells out his own name with caterpillars and snakes must be up there with the best of them.”

Good news! As of June 1, a transmission line is...

Good news! As of June 1, a transmission line is delivering hydro-generated electricity into NYC: “1,250 megawatts of clean energy directly into New York City’s power grid”. That’s around 20% of the city’s total electric load, now clean.

The Three Ways to Make a Living

Well, this is kinda depressing, courtesy of Jason Zweig’s father: There are three ways to make a living: 1) Lie to people who want to be lied to, and you’ll get rich. 2) Tell the truth to those who want the truth, and you’ll make a living. 3) Tell the truth to those who…

Why Is It So Hard to Find a Mini Flash That Doesn’t Suck? The $49.9 Zeniko RF12 M Might Have the Answer

The current on-camera flash market is deeply flawed, leaving photographers without a truly perfect option. On one hand, pro-level speedlights offer incredible power and performance, but they are far too bulky for an everyday carry (EDC) setup. On the other hand, the pocket-sized…

TIL that Muji once sold a car . “The Muji Car 1000...

TIL that Muji once sold a car. “The Muji Car 1000 was a debadged and stripped down 2-door version of the Nissan March, with the smallest engine, an automatic, steel wheels, and A/C, available in one color: white.”

Harlowe Hybrid Pocket Flash GN12 Review: The Most Innovative Flash in Years

I've known that Harlowe was working on a flash for many years. The company, known for their gorgeous LED lights, realized a while ago that sometimes LEDs can't do everything. So they started building a flash. With that said, I truly hope that the Harlowe Hybrid Pocket Flash isn'…

This Might be the Successor to a Beloved Canon Lens

Canon has some of the best lenses in its portfolio. The company has a series that can work across various genres: from weddings to stars to people to insects. Canon, as a manufacturer, has been keen to develop its existing technologies, which include sensors and optics. As part…

Could This Viltrox Move Win the Lawsuit with Nikon?

Viltrox has been one of the third-party lens makers that have made things better for young photographers. The company has designed some wonderful focal ranges, some of which work wonderfully with Nikon cameras. However, it appears that amidst the Viltrox-Nikon lawsuit that we re…

Photographers are Missing This Key Thing From Their Workflow

This has been a very long time in the making, and I'm very excited to finally make this happen. The Phoblographer is launching workshops for photographers who want to find ways to grow beyond just what all the social media content developers and YouTubers tell you you need. And…

The Toughest Leather Camera Strap I’ve Ever Used

Something that I've been wanting more and more of as I end my late 30s are products that last the rest of my life. The more I think about it, if I had kids, there are very few things that I could potentially pass onto them. That's because the world has been made more about dispo…