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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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Fujifilm Files Patent for Ultra-Fast Lenses With Surprisingly Large Image Circles
Fujifilm lenses have been great so far. The company has introduced some exciting APS-C and GFX models, and it appears they are working on a new 56mm lens. But the catch is that it is not for either sensor; instead, it is for an image circle closer to a full-frame sensor. Here is…
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How Yongnuo’s Latest Breakthrough Could Reshape the Lens Market
Third-party lens makers have been trying to cut costs on their lenses. While companies like Nikon and Canon have blocked their access to their autofocus system, brands like Sony haven't shied away at all. In a bid to change the status of third-party lenses, Yongnuo has announced…
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Doc Searls Weblog (Feed)
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Now We Begin
Yesterday, Customer Commons and MyData Global launched MyTerms at a London event correctly titled The Only Way to Get Real Privacy Online. (I explain only and real at that link.) MyTerms is the nickname for 7012-2025 – IEEE Standard for Machine Readable Personal Privacy Terms.…
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kottke.org (Feed)
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This guy built an autonomous flying umbrella (powered by drones) that automagically...
This guy built an autonomous flying umbrella (powered by drones) that automagically follows you around in the rain. (A possible counter to a personal raincloud?)
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Spurious Correlations
For his Spurious Correlations project, Tyler Vigen compares data sets that are the very definition of “correlation is not causation”. For instance, the number of Walmart stores worldwide correlates very strongly with the current distance between the Earth & Saturn. Or Google…
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The Best 5 Viltrox Lenses for Nikon Users
Nikon cameras are great, and their lenses work perfectly well with the mirrorless cameras. However, when it comes to third-party options, Tamron seems like an ideal pair, given how the autofocus works. Viltrox is another player who has been in the game, and they continue to offe…
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Minnesota community leaders are calling for an “ICE Out” general strike and...
Minnesota community leaders are calling for an “ICE Out” general strike and protests on Friday, January 30. “No work. No school. No shopping. Stop funding ICE.” KDO will be participating.
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A huge collection of graphic design archives and resources, like The People’s...
A huge collection of graphic design archives and resources, like The People’s Graphic Design Archive, Book Cover Archive, and Letterform Archive. This is great!
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“There isn’t a lot of reliable information out there about how to...
“There isn’t a lot of reliable information out there about how to buy a gas mask, especially for the specific purpose of living under state repression. But hopefully after reading this guide you’ll feel equipped to make an educated decision.”
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Prettifying Graffiti
For a project called Tag Clouds, street artist Mathieu Tremblin paints over graffiti tags and makes them more legible. The result looks like when Word says that the Hardkaze and Aerosol fonts are used in the document you’re trying to open but are missing from your compute…
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“AI skeptics need to update their priors: Plenty of cause for concern,...
“AI skeptics need to update their priors: Plenty of cause for concern, plenty of room to hit these companies for unethical behavior, resource demands, etc, but we are so, so far past the era of ‘stochastic parrots’”.
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Vimeo was recently acquired by a private equity firm and you know...
Vimeo was recently acquired by a private equity firm and you know what comes next: Vimeo Lays Off ‘Most’ of Its Staff, Allegedly Includes ‘the Entire Video Team’.
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Petafloptimism (Feed)
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This is tomorrow
“While something is “tomorrow,” institutions can hold it at arm’s length: debate it, study it, delay it, run pilots, treat it as optional. The moment it becomes “today,” the debate stops being about feasibility and becomes about distribution, governance, and conseque…
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Watts Up
You're welcome NASA: Asteroid 2024 YR4 will certainly miss Earth and has a 96.2% chance of missing the Moon. I share this in faint hope that when one sees BS on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or social media wherever saying the asteroid is going to have a spectacular impact on th…
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Leica Breaks Tradition With Its First-Ever 35mm Noctilux f1.2
Leica lenses have been in a league of their own. The company has incorporated some iconic names that have changed the way we look at image-making. Examples such as the Leica 50mm f2 Summicron-M ASPH and the Leica Elmarit-M 28mm f2.8 prove that high image quality comes at a price…
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Leica 35mm f1.2 Review: The Best 35mm Lens on the Market
I'm going to be frank here: I don't know how to start this review. And that's because all that I'd end up saying is that I love this lens. The Leica 35mm f1.2 that I had in for review felt like some of the most fun I've had with photography in a while. The big Japanese manufactu…
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Your Friends Are Still Acting Like Everything is Normal in America. What...
Your Friends Are Still Acting Like Everything is Normal in America. What Do You Do? “The first obligation we all have is an epistemic one: It’s to know what kind of reality we are actually inhabiting.” (gift link)
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Defund Science, Distort Culture, Mock Education. “We have a very focused and...
Defund Science, Distort Culture, Mock Education. “We have a very focused and intense effort across the board to set America back a generation, at least, for education, health, research, climate policy.”
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Thing I did not know I was looking for (but totally was):...
Thing I did not know I was looking for (but totally was): a deep dive into ASCII rendering. Super interesting!
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Adactio: Journal (Feed)
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Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood
Towards the end of 2025, I wrote: I think I might change things up in 2026. Instead of waiting until the end of the year to write all the little reviews at once, I think I should write a review as soon as I finish a book. Instead of holding onto my reckons for months, I can j…
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Lomography Launches Two of the Year’s Most Unique Lenses
Lomography has been known for doing this differently than everyone else for a very long time. And with that said, they've just launched their new 27mm f1.7 and 135mm f2.4 Joseph Petzval lenses. This is a higher-end line than their previous petzval lenses, and makes photography r…
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This Panasonic Camera is Nearly 20 Years Old and Holds Its Value
The year 2025 changed our perceptions of cameras. While a new camera is what most people want, there have also been instances when one prefers to work with vintage gear. An example of this is the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1, a camera launched over 15 years ago that continues to comm…
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How I Changed as a Photographer From 10 Years Ago
I've been a working photographer in some capacity or another for 21 years now. I think that it's incredibly important to gauge yourself as a photographer. And by that, I don't mean that you should compare yourself to others -- comparison is the theft of joy. But instead, I think…
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