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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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The Canon AE-1: 50 Years, And it Still Works
"The surprisingly affordable Canon AE-1: so advanced it's simple." that was the slogan behind an American commercial featuring the now well known Canon AE-1 SLR camera. It was such a hit because of the features that it offered, the automatic program exposure, and the variety of…
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kottke.org (Feed)
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TIL about Fredkin’s paradox . “With this kind of...
TIL about Fredkin’s paradox. “With this kind of decision, what Fredkin’s paradox tells us is if it’s very difficult to decide, it’s probably because the alternatives are equivalent, and therefore it doesn’t matter which one you choose.”
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The Universe of Short Film is an amazing site for...
The Universe of Short Film is an amazing site for watching, sharing, and connecting around short films. This is really cool…not sure why the site isn’t better known.
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Earth’s Holes
From XKCD, a tour of some of the Earth’s deepest and most notable holes, including mines, caves, boreholes, subway stations, lakes, tunnels, neutrino detectors, and, of course, the Mariana Trench. I was surprised to learn that a pair of boreholes, the Kola Superdeep Boreh…
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Ocean Vuong has a photograpy show opening at The...
Ocean Vuong has a photograpy show opening at The Wadsworth Museum in Hartford, CT in August. Vuong used “portraiture, landscape, and snapshots to document queer and immigrant life in the Connecticut River Valley over two decades”.
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When A.I. Is a Member of the Family . How a family of...
When A.I. Is a Member of the Family. How a family of three in a Cleveland suburb uses AI chatbots. This is wild.
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Fujifilm Is Chasing Wide-Angle Superzoom Perfection, Patent Suggests
When it comes to photography, some lenses are preferred more so over others. For most photographers, a zoom lens is the most ideal solution, given the focal range. Fujifilm photographers will certainly be excited to learn that the company has some exciting lenses in their R&…
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The Best Shots From the 2026 Aerial Photographer of the Year Contest
The best aerial photography reminds us that we don’t have to go all the way to space to experience a small helping of the overview effect. The 2026 Aerial Photographer of the Year contest celebrates the best photos taken from the air; here are a few of my favorites:…
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A list of the new foods on offer at the Minnesota State...
A list of the new foods on offer at the Minnesota State Fair this year. They’re all some variation of “jerked pork rolled in butter & sugar, deep fried in dill pickle batter, and served with a side of cheese curd mayo”; I’d happily try any of them.
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Once Unimaginable, Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out...
Once Unimaginable, Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search. “We’ve been clear about what we want. We want a technical solution that allows you to be discoverable without having to give your content away for free.”
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Exploring NYC With Next Generation Skaters
This might be my new favorite skate video? It follows a pair of young skaters around the city as they chat about their friendship, share tips about living life, and try skating everything that is even remotely skateable. Best friends, Ari and Luca are two of the most promis…
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Can we agree to pause the AI race? “If we can’t,...
Can we agree to pause the AI race? “If we can’t, then we are not as sovereign as we imagine; if we can’t, a machine god has already taken over this planet, and it’s called the market.”
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Is Viltrox Working on Micro Four Thirds Lenses?
Viltrox has introduced some amazing lenses for full frame and crop sensor cameras. They have some wonderful pancake options that can help people get desired images with ease. It now appears that the company has an upcoming busy week, thanks to new reports of the expansion of the…
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Dear Camera Manufacturers: Please Stop Taking Away Photo Features
If you've been a photographer long enough, then you're probably aware of all the features that cameras had a long time ago but that were taken away. Why were they removed? Well, camera manufacturers created a detriment to their own cameras. In the quest to make the perfect hybri…
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Make Small Sensor Images Look Like They’re From Bigger Sensors
Take a look at the lead image for this story: what do you think it was shot with? It's a photo I use often here on the site. That photograph was shot with Kodak Portra with a Bronica ETRS. No editing was done. It looks like it could have been done with a modern full frame camera…
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Adactio: Journal (Feed)
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Medea by Rosie Hewlett
In preparation for my jaunt to a Greek island, I figured it would be good to have some Greek-adjacent reading material with me to peruse on the beach. So I scoured the shelves of my local library to find a modern retelling of a Greek myth that I hadn’t already read. That’s w…
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Speak at UX London 2027
Exactly one year from now, UX London 2027 will be wrapping up. Mark your calendar: July 6th, 7th, and 8th, 2027. If you really want to be ahead of the curve, you can grab a very limited super early-bird ticket now before the price goes up. I’m about to start putting the 2027…
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Gaeilge sa Ghréig
“Radharc álainn” I said. Beautiful view. “Nach ea!” he replied. Isn’t it? He sounded surprised to be addressed in Irish. We were, after all, very far from Erin’s shores. The beautiful view in question was of the bay of Loggos on the Greek island of Paxos. But I kn…
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Half a Year Ago, I Went Back to DSLRs. I Don’t Regret It
You should know that I'm writing this article on the day of the Sony a7r VI launch. The new camera has a lot going for it that I'd probably like: a bigger viewfnder for low-vision photographers, megapixels galore, lots of good lenses, weather resistance, a new battery, and AI as…
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Waxy.org (Feed)
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KamTape
parallel-universe video sharing community in the style of 2009-era YouTube via Web Curios #
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Not your keys, not your songs
fascinating postmortem of blockchain music startup Nina Protocol, which is shutting down this week via AUX #
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Wired on NYC’s Summer of Ludd festival
run by anonymous organizers and promoted without social media, the whole thing sounded great #
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Jim’s QR Code Font
OpenType font that turns bracketed text into QR codes #
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What Makes These 4 Old Cameras Special in 2026?
The past decade and a half has seen some wonderful compact camera options. From Nikon to Ricoh, each brand has something exciting for users. But in 2026, does it make sense to get these cameras when there are more sophisticated models out there. If you are wondering about this,…
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