When Canon launched its RF 45mm F1.2 late last year, it caught many of us by surprise. A big reason for this was the very fast prime, an F1.2 maximum aperture, paired with a seriously affordable price – under $500 USD. Since the announcement and subsequent launch, however, we�…
Canon R6 III is the latest entry, which offers a 32.5MP full frame CMOS sensor, 8.5 stops of image stabilisation, and high-speed 4K 120fps recording. The camera offers nice weather sealing, good build, and good resolution for cropping. If you are looking to purchase the camera,…
Missed this earlier in the week: The Tournament of Books is underway! “Every March, the Tournament of Books is a month-long battle royale among the year’s best novels.”
This photo of an Icelandic glacier is really something.
The People Who Shun Super-Popular Pop Culture. “Some people are early adopters; others are late adopters. I’m simply a weirdly resistant one.”
There are at least 60 Pizza Hut Classics (red roofs, checkered tablecloths, salad bar) in the US…but the company does nothing to promote them. “They are like wormholes in the chain restaurant galaxy, portals to the past found by serendipity.”
From There I Ruined It, a version of Toto’s Africa but the lyrics are a listing of every country in Africa. They should teach this in American middle schools, not even joking. See also Coach from Cheers singing Al-ban-i-a (a song that pops into my head every time I read o…
Steve Scherer was a Reuters’ bureau chief in Canada. Then he got laid off, had to leave the country, and now drives for Uber in Virginia, in a country he doesn’t recognize anymore after working for 28 years abroad.
Wow, KDO pal and explorer Ariel Waldman has her own show on PBS! “LIFE UNEARTHED with Ariel Waldman is a science-driven docu-series revealing Earth’s ecosystems through radical shifts in scale…”
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Georg Cantor is celebrated for revolutionizing mathematics by proving that there are different levels of infinity. But he didn’t do it alone and evidence has emerged that he plagiarized the work of a collaborator.
“8 in 10 AI chatbots were regularly willing to assist users in planning violent attacks including school shootings, religious bombings, and high-profile assassinations. DeepSeek went as far as wishing the would-be attacker a ‘Happy (and safe) shooting!’”
Why keep beauty when ugly will do? The iconic Hughes Memorial Tower in Washington DC will be demolished. Life in the vast lane The thunderstorms have passed by, and we're finishing packing for Santa Barbara and Hawaii. In a related matter, people often ask me why I endure the ha…
Third-party lens makers are not shying away from reviving iconic lenses for modern cameras. Funleader, a Guangzhou-based company, has been pursuing the same goal for several years, and today, they are introducing yet another new lens for Leica M users: the Contax G28. Here is a…
GOLIKEHELLMACHINE has an interview series called Work is Four Letters he describes like this: Most people think their jobs are boring or pointless or bullshit, but I don’t; if you look around you, everything you see was made by someone, somehow, and that’s really interesti…
Draw your own constellations.
John Baskerville was an influential 18th-century printer and type designer; you’ve probably used (or at least heard of) the Baskerville typeface. Cambridge University has the original punches1 used to create his signature typeface and has made high-res digital photos…
Yashica has been on a roll. The company recently introduced Tank, a cool retro-long, reusable, compact camera designed for young photographers. If that wasn't enough, today they introduced Yashica Journey, a new camcorder that caters to the needs of hybrid users. What all does i…
Depending on what circle of people I'm talking to, some people consider me more of a birding photographer than a street or portrait photographer. But if you've been reading this site for years, you'd know that most of my photographic work involves people. Admittedly, legal blind…
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…
A good viewfinder is a must for many photographers. It not only helps you see the shot away from the glare of the LCD screen, but also helps you become a better photographer if you just wish to stick to it instead of the LCD. Photographers with vision issues also rely on a viewf…
Modern photography has a big problem: and it has to do with the brain rot that so many of you are suffering from. You're endlessly scrolling away on social media and not giving yourself and your brain a break. That's why there's such a big appstinence movement to regain our brai…
Leica, the German camera maker, has been raising the prices of its devices in the United States since Donald Trump took office. As we reported earlier, the cameras saw a 90% increase last year, and it appears Leica will raise prices again this month. Which cameras are likely to…
Amount Of Water Man Just Used To Wash Dish To Be Prize Of Hand-To-Hand Combat Match In 2065.