Go 1.27 is released

The Go Blog Go 1.27 is released Nicholas Husin, on behalf of the Go team 19 August 2026 Today the Go team is pleased to release Go 1.27. You can find its binary archives and installers on the download page. Go 1.27 brings major enhanceme…

400-1500mm: Sigma Just Patented the Wildest Super Telephoto Lens We’ve Ever Seen

Sigma has been keen to introduce lenses that fill in the gap for other first-party camera ecosystems. The company has successfully introduced lenses such as the 135mm f1.4, 200mm f2, and the 300-600mm f4, which are popular amongst many photographers. It now appears that they are…

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Thanks! Gabriel Shalom:  In the intention economy, there are two ways that brands are going to show up. One is extractive, and the other is supportive. The extractive brand sees AI as a way to mine consumers for intimate details that feed agentic commerce. The supportive brand…

Here’s How the New US Tariffs Will Change Aerial Photography Forever

Drones have become an integral part of the photography industry. It now appears that the very thing that made landscaping, weddings, or even event photography fun, is expected to get more expensive. A report reveals that a new US tariff will be imposed on imported drones. What c…

Old Samsung Cameras Weren’t So Bad. Their RAW Files Just Sucked

As a journalist who's been shooting for 20 years and testing cameras, I'm currently at a point where I'm indexing my archives. And recently, that brought me back to 2014 when I was testing both the Samsung NX30 and the Samsung 50-150mm f2.8 lens. I've always believed that Samsun…

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6 Street Photography Tips Pros Shared With Us in an Interview

Street photographers such as Robert Doisneau have made us believe in the "marvels of daily life" that ebb and flow all around us without our notice. For those keen on documenting such unexpected moments, there are a few tips that they must practice as often as they can. Without…

The Cheapest Way to Keep Your Camera Functional

For a pretty negligible amount of money, you can save your camera from a disaster. A while ago, the Phoblographer created the Photography Care Program, in collaboration with Full Frame Insurance. It was made directly in response to the camera and lens manufactures not always ho…

This is a wild story: The Scientist Who Lived with...

This is a wild story: The Scientist Who Lived with Dozens of Children from the Pacific Islands. “I realized I’m in the middle of a pedophile operation that has been run out of the N.I.H. by a Nobel laureate for thirty years.”

“Scientists have found that people are being...

“Scientists have found that people are being exposed to more toxins than previously known, and beyond damaging lungs, wildfire smoke may affect hearts, brains and other organs.” (Research is preliminary & ongoing but sheesh…)

Oozeday

I was overheard to have said Exhumed this from a Facebook comment to repost here: About advertising, there have been two state changes in the business. One I unpacked eleven years ago, here: https://dsearls.medium.com/separating-advertisings-wheat… The most quoted line from th…

Ring of Fire in the Sky

Portuguese photographer Rui Santos captured this shot of the recent solar eclipse. Stunning. Here’s what makes this shot look a little different from other eclipse photos; from APOD: Usually the solar corona appears white, and to some observers the corona of last week��…

How to make a good Star Wars movie for once ....

How to make a good Star Wars movie for once. “Stop making stuff that’s so self referential and start focusing on projects that once again are bringing things from the outside and putting them in a Star Wars container.” Fan service is bad storytelling.

And also a trailer for season 2 of Star Wars: Ahsoka ....

And also a trailer for season 2 of Star Wars: Ahsoka. Huh. Lots of Anakin, but where are the space whales?

On What Still Hasn’t Happened

I posted what follows more than twenty-six years ago on Searls.com, which now brings up a danger warning because it’s still http and not https. (Yes, I’ll fix it.) It makes interesting reading today for several reasons, one of which is that much of what it (and The Cluetrain…

The Golden Hour Landscape Photo Tricks People Forgot

Everyone who likes to call themselves a photographer these days tends to focus on the idea of fixing everything in post-production. But that makes the whole process of intentional photography pretty moot. So here is what so many photographers have forgotten about when they make…

Trailer for VisionQuest , the third leg of the...

Trailer for VisionQuest, the third leg of the Wanda/Vision/Agatha trilogy. Huh. “Ultron! Human avatars only!”

In Bourgogne, they’ve been recording grape date harvests...

In Bourgogne, they’ve been recording grape date harvests since 1354. This year’s harvest set a record for earliest start: Aug 8. “From 1354 to 1987 the average start was 28 September. Since 1988 it runs 13 days earlier.”

Karen O'Hara, a 17-year-old from Co Leitrim who helps out on her family’s firm, poses with an an…

Karen O'Hara, a 17-year-old from Co Leitrim who helps out on her family’s firm, poses with an an autonomous tractor which she is learning to pilot. [farmersjournal Instagram]

Post-pandemic vaccination rates of US kindergarteners...

Post-pandemic vaccination rates of US kindergarteners continue to fall and “nonmedical exemptions” based on “personal or religious beliefs” jumped 0.8% in just 1 year.

Whoa, Columbia House (12 cassettes for 1¢) is finally...

Whoa, Columbia House (12 cassettes for 1¢) is finally going out of business after 71 years and several pivots (records to reel-to-reel to 8-tracks to cassettes to CDs to VHS to DVDs to Blu-ray).

Voigtlander Has Two New Lenses for Fujifilm Bokeh Lovers and Street Photographers

Voigtlander, owned by Cosina, has been reviving some wonderful lenses over the years. From the lightweight 40mm f2 Septon to the exciting Portrait Heliar 75QAmm f1.8, one has multiple options to work with. As part of their growing portfolio, the company is introducing two new pr…

The area known as Tornado Alley continues to shift...

The area known as Tornado Alley continues to shift eastward (from Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas to Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin) due to “a warming climate that helps transport warmer and more-humid air farther north and east than in the past”.

Stroppa Review: The Best Strap for Digicams and Point and Shoots

Unlike several other millennials and Gen X, I'm totally into the point and shoot camera world and the digicam craze. Gen Z and Gen Alpha are totally justified in wanting something that doesn't feel fauxtoshopped or touched by a billion processing algorithms. And I'd bring one ar…