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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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Fujifilm X-T6 Reportedly Will Fix the X-T5’s Biggest Problem
Fujifilm introduced the X-T series, keeping in mind the needs of street photography, travel, and hybrid content creation. The X-T5 was launched in 2022, and since, it has been four years, with photographers waiting to see what's next. It now appears that the Fujifilm X-T6 is sup…
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kottke.org (Feed)
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Open Thread #Potato
Seems like it’s a good time for an open thread. I cannot remember what number we’re up to, so it’s “Potato”. I just had french fries for lunch and ate the longest french fry I have ever seen.1 I should have taken a photo, but I was in consumption mode and not attention…
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Dear Canon: We Need a Real Pancake Lens
Canon lenses are pretty incredible. Models like the 70-200mm, the 24-70mm, and the 15-30mm are some good additions and examples. While the EF lens range had some pancake lenses, the RF range has only one such option. Keeping the need for such lenses in mind, we believe that panc…
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Sigma FP2 Review: This Wasn’t Made for Photographers
The Sigma FP2 is the upgrade to the original Sigma FP, and back in 2020 I called it the camera that no one asked for. At a presentation for the press and media (because there is a difference) in NYC, Sigma called up a few content creators to talk about their experiences — none…
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The Sigma FP2 is Bound to Confuse Photographers
Reports of the launch of a new Sigma camera have surfaced online a while back, and today the company is announcing the new Sigma FP2. The new Sigma FP2 is a full-frame, compact L-mount camera, which is aimed at those who create hybrid content. Most of all, it really just bring i…
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This Weekend: Get Your Free Tickets to the 5 Boro Foto Fest
This is the last reminder before it actually happens: the 5 Boro Foto Fest is this Sunday, October 25th, from 11am to 6pm, at Culture Lab LIC in Long Island City. If you haven't grabbed your free ticket yet, now's the time.
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“an interesting linguistics find! so I’m reading this...
“an interesting linguistics find! so I’m reading this text from 1908 and it keeps referencing ‘hp’ in the context of ‘not being at full hp’ ‘applying your full hp to a task’ etc.” But it’s not hit/health points…
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The Flipbook of the Rings
For more than a year, marshalled by animator Andy Bailey, more than 1000 artists collaborated to create a hand-drawn, shot-for-shot, animated, flipbook version of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The entire three hours. 120,000 individually dr…
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An archive of Omni magazine (1978-1995), courtesy of the...
An archive of Omni magazine (1978-1995), courtesy of the Internet Archive. “Omni was a science and science fiction magazine published in the US and the UK. It contained articles on science, parapsychology, and short works of science fiction and fantasy.”
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Railpass simulates a train ride in your browser window...
Railpass simulates a train ride in your browser window using real video footage. Choose from trains from around the world or add some weather to the mix. Sound on for the best ride.
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The LUMIX S1II E Got an Update Photographers Will Love
The Panasonic LUMIX S1II E has a new firmware that's going to excite specifically photographers who shoot with flash. Thankfully, I'm one of those photographers and this is truly something very special and meaningful; especially because it means they're paying attention to photo…
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This Is What It’s Like to Spend Your Life in Prison....
This Is What It’s Like to Spend Your Life in Prison. “None of us want to be defined solely by the person we were in our youth, or by the worst thing we ever did. The men serving life without parole feel the same way.”
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The Winners of the 2026 International Pano Awards
The winners of the 2026 Epson International Pano awards were announced recently, featuring some of the best panoramic photography in the world. Alan Taylor at the Atlantic shared some of his favorites and I shared some of mine above. Starting at the top, photos by…
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“Scientists have made a breakthrough toward the...
“Scientists have made a breakthrough toward the mind-bending goal of creating computers made of brains by demonstrating that human neural tissue can classify letters of the Braille alphabet.”
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The title of this video is The Fastest Downhill Run Ever....
The title of this video is The Fastest Downhill Run Ever. I don’t know if that is true, but oh my god does it look dangerous to go this fast on a mountain bike through the streets of Genoa. (It looks slightly less nuts in the non-POV, but not by much.)
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The Argus 50mm f3.5 Cintar Hacked for Modern Cameras
Just recently, I was hanging out with other photographers for World Photography Day. And one of them adapted an old Minolta lens onto his Fujifilm GFX 50R. With it, he made some beautiful portraits and photographs that brought him lots of joy. The images, indeed are beautiful. W…
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What Happens to a Photographer When There Is Nothing Left to Prove
One of the few things that a photographer talks about is the moment that comes after recognition and awards, commericial sucess, and immense Instagram following. This moment arrives when external validation suddenly stops and one begins to look at their creative decision making…
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