Dues Day

Currently I have three of them. Do you have a principle? I hadn't thought about that before reading Justin Mikolay's Inventing on Principle: A Distillation of Bret Victor's Extraordinary Talk About How To Live Your Life. And that's just one of many things that have been written…

Go 1.26 is released

The Go Blog Go 1.26 is released Carlos Amedee, on behalf of the Go team 10 February 2026 Today the Go team is pleased to release Go 1.26. You can find its binary archives and installers on the download page. Language changes Go 1.26 intr…

Agentically Ambitious

One thing I've noticed when working with others while coding with agents is that many people are still working at too low of a level by default. Level 0: Line-by-line dictation Obviously if you're telling it line by line what to type (and no one is -- this is a straw man), you'…

Concertina

I watched a good film last night. Tornado from the same writer and director of the also-excellent Slow West. Tornado is a Scottish Samurai Western set in the 1790s. Although it’s not likely that many Samurai would’ve been in Scotland during the sakoku period, I was willingl…

The OM SYSTEM OM-3 ASTRO Helps You Reach For The Stars

Last Updated on 02/10/2026 by Chris Gampat Astrophotography is something we all love, but many of us struggle with this challenging genre. Camera brands don’t often bring out specialized astrophotography camera models. The two of note from the last decade that come to my mind…

In 2025, We Did Something No One Else Did

So last year, I, as the Phoblographer's publisher, sold no ads to the big camera manufacturers. Instead, I took the plunge into just telling an even more authentic truth. Can any of the other big photography websites say the same and that they weren't at all affected by those ad…

VSCO Revives Its Iconic Film Presets for Lightroom

Over the past decade, VSCO has introduced a range of film packs for digital photographers. The company, which has been pushing photographers to get a distinct look, is now back with a new set of film presets for Adobe Lightroom. As vintage image quality gains popularity, this mo…

Viltrox 50mm f1.4 Review Update: Nikon’s Best 50mm Lens?

With everything going on right now amidst the Nikon and Viltrox lawsuit, Viltrox is still producing lenses for the Nikon Z mount. Today, they’re announcing their 50mm f1.4 being available. I reviewed this lens for Sony E mount in 2025, and found it to be really nice. In fact,…

Viltrox Gave Nikon Users The One Lens They’ll Really Love

Not many companies introduce 50mm f1.4 autofocusing lenses with weather sealing for only $549 -- but that's what Viltrox is doing for Nikon today. Previously released as a Sony E mount variant that we reviewed and loved, this Viltrox 50mm f1.4 isn't exactly challenging Nikon's o…

The Nikon Picture Control Profile Bringing Lots of Joy

Nikon cameras currently bring me a sense of joy that many other camera systems, except for LUMIX and Fujifilm, are capable of doing. And part of that comes from how the cameras work along with the customization of how your images look in-camera. Ideally, I want to shoot a photo…

3 Reasons Why This Lens is Nikon’s Most Versatile Option

Nikon has some spectacular lenses in its Z system. From the 35mm f1.4 to the Z 70-200mm f2.8, the company has introduced a wide range of lenses, each catering to photographers' varying needs. While there are multiple options out there, one lens has changed the way we look at the…

The Modern Photographer’s Guide to Kodak Tri-X Film

For many years, photographers everywhere trusted Kodak Tri-x not only for its reliability, but also because it was simply just an incredible black and white film emulsion. Over the years it evolved and these days only the ISO 400 variant still remains. It's a high speed film tha…

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