The Best Canon Lenses for Portrait Photography Under $400

Portrait photography is one of the most popular genres of the medium. Whether it is in a studio or a candid photo during a trip, portraiture continues to help one to save the liking of their loved ones forever. While there are various lenses that can job done, they can also be a…

Introducing the pkg.go.dev API

The Go Blog Introducing the pkg.go.dev API Ethan Lee, Hana Kim, and Jonathan Amsterdam 21 May 2026 Since its inception, pkg.go.dev has established itself as the Go community’s primary resource for package documentation and discovery. Wh…

Why Dust Could Kill Your Autofocus (And How to Protect Against It)

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 what happ…

Water World

Water World, created by Seán Doran from imagery captured by a NASA/NOAA weather satellite, is a gorgeous, swirling, painterly portrait of the Earth’s dynamic atmosphere. Doran calls it “a meditative slow gaze at Earth’s atmosphere, revealing the hidden depths of activi…

The Secret to Winning on Jeopardy . “To win on...

The Secret to Winning on Jeopardy. “To win on Jeopardy, you don’t need to learn everything. You just need to learn one thing about everything.” As an proficient player of Yell Answers At The TV Jeopardy in my teen years, I can confirm this strat.

Paul Brown’s iPod . This is a lovely remembrance &...

Paul Brown’s iPod. This is a lovely remembrance & time capsule: a playable iPod emulator of “the music on the iPod my dad had in 2018 before he died”. Click wheel works and everything.

What Number Was Stephen Colbert Thinking Of?

One of the questions on The Colbert Questionert that Stephen Colbert would administer to his celebrity guests was “What number am I thinking of?” As you can see from this compilation, his answer was often, but not always, “no”. A few of the guests said “42” but…

This is impressive: an AI model has disproved an...

This is impressive: an AI model has disproved an 80-year-old conjecture by Paul Erdős. “The proof came from a new general-purpose reasoning model, rather than from a system trained specifically for mathematics.”

Thypoch’s Ksana 35mm F2 ASPH (M-Mount) Lens Promises Vintage Soul in a Modern Optic

One of the joys of rangefinder photography is the rich history of optics that have defined entire genres of photography. Thypoch’s Ksana 35mm F2 ASPH Lens for Leica M-Mount promises photographers a modern optic that can balance the clinical performance of modern lenses without…

Is a New Pentax 645 DSLR on the Way?

While it appears that DSLRs are phasing out, there is one brand that appears to be trying to change this: Pentax. If you are someone who is looking to buy a DSLR, then reports of this camera can be of help. Here is a look at a report on how Pentax is changing that.

Three Hours of Unbelievable Moments From Nature, Narrated by David Attenborough

Wow, BBC Earth has posted this three-hour-long video to YouTube of David Attenborough narrating Unbelievable Moments From Nature. I’ve had it on in the background for the last little while as I’m working and it’s great. Tags: David Attenborough · video

“US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola...

“US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak after massive public health cuts.” Just so fucking stupid and maddening and wasteful and dangerous and callous and evil.

Trump Destroyed USAID. Now People Are Dying....

Trump Destroyed USAID. Now People Are Dying. “Everyone, especially in South Sudan, wanted to know if the US really had cut off aid. It was easier for them to believe that the aid organizations were lying to them than to think that the US would do this.”

Free admission to Canadian national parks this summer!...

Free admission to Canadian national parks this summer! “From June 19 to September 7, no fees apply for: admission for all visitors to all national historic sites, national parks, and national marine conservation areas operated by Parks Canada.”

Laowa Just Made Fisheye Photography More Versatile Than Ever Before

Venus Optics, parent company of Laowa, has created some fabulous lenses under the Laowa banner. They have introduced options for Fujifilm GFX users, which are not only good but also affordable. As part of their portfolio expansion, the company has now announced a new fisheye len…

At Long Last, I Have Maxximized My Looks ....

At Long Last, I Have Maxximized My Looks. “Apparently, eating a fistful of iguana tranquilizers for breakfast every morning has turned me cold-blooded, and I am no longer appropriately adapted for life on the Earth’s surface.”

Is the PocketWizard Plus VE Transceiver Worth Your Money?

No one on staff that's been around and testing camera gear long enough would've suspected that PocketWizard would've made a new announcement in 2026. Yet, we've got the new PocketWizard Plus VE Transceiver. Before the days of flash and studio strobe systems having dedicated radi…

5 Older Entry-level Full Frame Cameras Under $1000

Full frame cameras are the need of the hour. Many young photographers are looking for options that offer better details, a good lens system, and come at a reasonable price. With various cameras out there from the past decade or so, here are some wonderful options that can get th…

Tamron Officially Confirms What Few Journalists Always Knew

In the past few years, Phoblographer has published reviews where we've often felt like something could've just been a firmware update instead of a brand new product release. And often, we've wondered why there was even a new product in the first place. "In general, some minor pe…

182.8 Meters

Midday

Following fires In normal times, Santa Rosa Island is easy to watch from our deck in Santa Barbara. But right now it's burning up, and smoke from that fire and the Sandy Fire in Simi Valley have added layers of brown to the gray marine haze that comes and goes. So here are some…

What If Lock-In Doesn’t Matter So Much Anymore?

Interesting observation by Mitchell Hashimoto (creator of Vagrant and Ghostty) on how a company’s or product’s choice of programming language matters less in the age of agentic programming: On the interesting side is how fungible programming languages are nowadays. Program…

Why I’m Teaching Meditation to Photographers (And Why You Need It More Than Another Lens)

This has been a very long time in the making, and I'm very excited to finally make this happen. The Phoblographer is launching workshops for photographers who want to find ways to grow beyond just what all the social media content developers and YouTubers tell you you need. And…

All the Star Wars Lightsaber Designs

This scan isn’t very good (best I could find), but these are all the lightsabers used by Jedi and Sith in the various Star Wars shows and movies. I think this is from a few years ago, so I’m not sure how up to date it is. In the SW universe, making your own saber is a J…

My friend Adriana wrote about her story game based on...

My friend Adriana wrote about her story game based on Dante’s Inferno. “In Vya, I modeled Pom after the poet Alice Notley, whose Descent of Alette (1996) is one of the great contributions to the literature of katabasis.”