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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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The Coolest Compact Cameras You Can Find Under $400 for Gen Z
Compact cameras experienced a slow but explosive resurgence in the photo industry. With about two years of this trend taking over the industry, we take a look back at some iconic models from multiple brands that continue to hold candle even today. If you are someone who is keen…
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Doc Searls Weblog (Feed)
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Linklings
Hiss After AM Cuts, Tesla Dropping FM Radio From Entry Level Models. I want one Companion Intelligence looks very close to what I've been calling for here. What's the opposite? Darius Van Arman has a lot to say about market concentration. (For reasons I can't grok, the long hea…
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The Best Prime Lenses from Tamron You Can Find Under $500
Third-party Japanese lens makers have earned their spot in the lens market. Companies such as Tamron have been trying to offer a valuable service to photographers while ensuring they achieve the best image quality. If you're looking for a second lens or a budget-friendly option,…
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We’ll see
Daniel Barkhuff has a serious one-liner bio ("Husband, Dad, Emergency Medicine physician, Veteran") and speaks with earned authority from all of them, especially the last two. His latest, On Living Memory, reminds me of two dads. One is my father, who re-enlisted in 1944 at ag…
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Photographers: This is Better Than a Warranty
Hey pros! Listen up! Our photography insurance program is designed to be there when photographers really need it! We’re giving you more than the competition can in different ways! Here’s a little-known fact: the warranty of your camera or lens doesn’t necessarily cover wha…
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Adactio: Journal (Feed)
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Manuel Matuzovič is speaking at Web Day Out
The line-up for Web Day Out is now complete! The final speaker to be added to the line-up is the one and only Manuel Matuzovič. You may know Manuel from his superb Web Accessibility Cookbook (full disclosure: I had the honour of writing the foreword to that book). Or perhaps y…
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Has Camp Snap Secretly Updated Its CS-8 Video Camera?
The Camp Snap CS-8 is one of the more exciting camera releases this year and is easily one of the most recognizable by actual human beings that don’t review cameras for a living. The camera has only been out in the wild for a few months and is constantly on backorder – so im…
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kottke.org (Feed)
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A Bright Light Has Gone Out
I’m headed out on an unexpected trip this afternoon, to attend the funeral of Dr. Steve Feller, who was my advisor in college and to whom I owe a great deal. I talked about Doc, as all his students called him, on this podcast with Craig Mod several years ago. From the transc…
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Leica’s Q3 Monochrom Is the First Q Camera to Offer Authentic, Tamper-Proof Photos
Since the invention of digital sensors, one often photographs in color and then converts the images to black and white. While this may not significantly impact the image, it does limit one's use of extremely high ISO settings. To help purists who want the best of black and white…
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Leica Q3 Monochrom Review: You’ll Make Beautiful Images With This
While I love that the Leica Q3 Monochrom exists, I’m struggling to understand why it exists. There surely are folks who think in black and white and will only ever shoot in black and white. You’d probably think that the sensor would render images similarly, right? Then I rem…
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My Pace
Goro Obata went to the woods because he wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if he could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when he came to die, discover that he had not lived. In the mountains of Hokkaido, Goro Obata traded ci…
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Stigler’s law of eponymy: “No scientific discovery is named after its original...
Stigler’s law of eponymy: “No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer.” Stigler’s law is itself an example of Stigler’s law. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
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Making Your Photos Glow with Halationify Probably Shouldn’t Cost This Much
At ThePhoblographer, we’re lovers of Photography, and I am specifically a lover of analog photography. I love the nostalgia behind seeing the grain, colors, and yes, imperfections. In recent years, several companies have tried to capture the magic and transfer it to digital im…
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PolarPro’s Center-Split Filter Brings a New Perspective to Getting it In-Camera
There’s something about tools that can help you get the image you’ve envisioned in your mind right, and without having to spend hours editing it. PolarPro recently released a Center-Split filter that works similarly to a split diopter filter – creating unique bokeh effects…
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Is Medium Format Film in Trouble?
Not many film cameras are being made these days: but they are indeed being made. Perhaps it has to do with profitability and understanding the market. But what's really fascinating to think about is that we haven't had a major manufacturer make a solid medium format film camera…
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