Why Tamron is a Far More Powerful Company Than You Think

For the past few years, I've been a convert to the L-mount alliance. As a stills-photographer who cares absolutely nothing about video, they've been giving me a lot of what I crave. Those things include better autofocus, live composite, LUT adhesion, multiple exposure RAW, build…

Oh wow, The Verge made a 70-minute video on how The...

Oh wow, The Verge made a 70-minute video on how The Clapper became a viral sensation. When I was a kid, we didn’t have a Clapper, no one I knew had one, and I couldn’t understand why every single household didn’t have one of these magical devices.

Frozen Polygon Waves

Well, this is just absolutely lovely: photographer and artist Jan Erik Waider shot these videos of cracked-but-unbroken Baltic Sea ice undulating with the gentle motion of the sea. Mesmerizing…I could watch these for hours. Tags: Jan Erik Waider · mesmerizin…

We are Removing the Editor’s Choice Award for Echolens

Of any of the large photography publications, we've been one of the ones to really embrace the digicam trend and the birth of all these new point and shoot cameras. When we reviewed the camera, we gave it an Editor's Choice award. We also named it one of the best screenless digi…

What do America’s earliest restaurant menus teach us...

What do America’s earliest restaurant menus teach us about America? “A menu describes what a restaurant serves — but a menu also describes who is being served. They reflect the class, gender, political, technological, and environmental shifts of history.”

A list of Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail...

A list of Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail, including an Apple Powerbook 100, a SGI R4000 Indigo, the Motorola Envoy (PDA), and some Thinking Machines CM-5s. “This is a Unix system, I know this!”

There is nothing more I love in this world right now than...

There is nothing more I love in this world right now than these two lunch ladies performing Firestarter by The Prodigy.

Unclassifiable Artists

Using William Blake (aka “the patron saint of unclassifiable artists”) as an example, Evan Puschak’s latest video explores how society often rejects artists whose work doesn’t fit neatly into established categories and frameworks of criticism and commerce. What you�…

A digital museum of video game levels …you can move...

A digital museum of video game levels…you can move freely around each level using your keyboard. Heavy on Nintendo games (Mario Kart 64, Wii Sports, etc.) but also includes Portal, Halo, Katamari Damacy, GTA III, and World of Warcraft.

I have lived more than two score and twelve years on this...

I have lived more than two score and twelve years on this Earth and somehow I didn’t know that there are two copies of the Gettysburg Address written in Lincoln’s own hand in the Smithsonian (and five overall).

The Ultimate Bokeh Lover’s Guide to the Different Kinds

Not all bokeh is made the same. Some are clearly superior to others in the way that the bourgeoisie snubs their nose at the proletariat. Of course, I'm kidding about that. It's all personal preference. But objectively speaking, there are many different types of bokeh out there.…

Calibration Nobel

The Cassette Tapes of the Great Migration , a collection...

The Cassette Tapes of the Great Migration, a collection of oral histories recorded in Michigan in the 1970s of Black people who had previously escaped the Jim Crow South. “If we don’t get it from those individuals, then we can’t get it from anyone else.”

“ Researchers let AI models run a simulated society...

“Researchers let AI models run a simulated society. Claude was the safest — and Grok committed 180 crimes and went extinct within 4 days.”

The Hasselblad 907X CFV 100C Got So Much Better

Earlier this month, Capture One and Hasselblad finally put aside their feud that had been going on for way too long. Part of this was because Capture One and Phase One were so closely tied together. But since the companies split apart years ago and went into different directions…

Brian Eno on the Cherished Sounds of Failure

Near the end of 1995, the artist and producer Brian Eno wrote the following about new media in his diary, which entries were later collected in a book called A Year with Swollen Appendices. Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will sure…

Google Is Building an A.I. Fence Around the Internet It...

Google Is Building an A.I. Fence Around the Internet It Once Championed. “Google has often said it was ‘sending out more traffic & the web is bigger than ever. And then right next to that is a bunch of publishers whose businesses are getting destroyed.’”

Should You Get the Fujifilm GFX 100S II in 2026?

Back around 2024, I reviewed the Fujifilm GFX 100S II. And since then, the review has been updated by more than just me. As I look through the images that I've shot, I really do like the images. Yet at the same time, I also really do wonder about why someone would ever consider…

Fuji Cameras Can Get Worn Down. So Protect Them With This

Fujifilm's cameras are plenty durable. But after a while, problems develop that we never thought we'd see. That's why we created the Photography Care Program, in collaboration with Full Frame Insurance. Dust affects your camera and lens performance more than you think, and unle…

Did You Get Scammed? A Photographer’s Guide to Buying Used Cameras

Fact: brands like KEH, MPB, and others tend to flood the internet with a ton of ads to get people to come to them to buy used cameras. But are they always honest? Luckily, I've been buying used cameras for around 20 years. The used camera market is also really hot. And inspired…

Verilies

The continuing end of broadcasting  Jason Lewis: It's Over—Talk Radio (as well as traditional media) has run its course.   A newer beginning Nitin Badjatia has been laying out more and more reasons—and ways—that enterprises will adapt to customers, rather than the rever…

Elephants May Hear Ground Vibrations Through Their...

Elephants May Hear Ground Vibrations Through Their Bones, Helping Them to Communicate Over 6 Miles. “Studying elephant hearing isn’t as simple as asking an elephant to wear headphones…”

Vertical Panoramas of Churches

From photographer Richard Silver, vertical panoramic photos of churches that emphasize their often incredible ceilings. (via ignant) [This is a vintage post originally from Oct 2015.] Tags: architecture · photography · religion · Richard Silver · timeless…

This New Voigtlander Telephoto Lens Focuses Closer Than Ever

Third-party lenses have been some of the best options for many young and senior photographers. Voigtlander, owned by Cosina, makes some fantastic options for Leica users. This includes the newly launched telephoto lens that can do a lot for portrait photographers. Have a look.

Twistday

Uh oh Tornado watch for all five New York City boroughs. How the radar & lightning map looks now. And the last center that holds Mediapost: Sports Is The Last True Mass Medium.

I’m a Scholar of Genocide. We’re Entering a Terrifying...

I’m a Scholar of Genocide. We’re Entering a Terrifying New Era. “It is a future in which other nations or leaders may have an incentive to pursue genocidal policies knowing they will not only get away with murder but may even benefit from it.”

What to Read & Listen to After Seeing The Odyssey

I’m currently doing the thing I do after seeing a movie (The Odyssey) I really enjoyed or found interesting: digging into related media. Yesterday I had an hour in the car, so I listened to this episode of The Daily podcast with Madeline Miller and Emily Wilson. I think i…

The trailer for Behemoth! , a forthcoming film written...

The trailer for Behemoth!, a forthcoming film written and directed by Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton, Andor) and starring Pedro Pascal & Olivia Wilde. Great trailer: it pulls you in without revealing anything about the plot.

On the use of AI for creative work (type design in this...

On the use of AI for creative work (type design in this case). “A tool that shields us from the friction of the work is compelling, but if we don’t experience the friction, we will never change the work.”