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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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Optical Zoom vs Digital Zoom: Why a Camera is Better Than Your Phone
When one begins photography, they are often confused about the difference between optical zoom and digital zoom. For people shooting on a phone, they will have to pinch the screen to bring distant subjects closer. But while they do that, they notice something: the textures becom…
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Our Analog Film Presets Turn Any Portrait Into a Roll of Real Film
A portrait doesn't need to be shot on film to look like it. Our Analog Film Presets Pack is built around a set of distinct film-stock emulations, each one tuned to a different grain structure, color cast, and contrast curve, so a single digital portrait can be pushed in a handfu…
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Is The Nikon 70-200 f2.8 F-Mount Lens Still Good In 2026?
It's seventeen years old but my Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR II F-Mount lens remains a legitimate working tool, not just something carried around for a sense of nostalgia. It's still fast to autofocus by modern standards, solidly built and capable of images that hold their own against l…
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Doc Searls Weblog (Feed)
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Enjoying the Shows
The idea was to get my photos from the latest Lotus Festival up right after the three-day event ended on Sunday the 4th. I had too many other things to do, so a week went by. But at least my shots of the last two performances are up. This one is for Nikki D & […]
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Laowa 12-24mm f5.6 Shift Review: The Wide Angle Zoom That Straightens Architecture
The Laowa 12-24mm f5.6 Zoom lens is one of those models that looks like any other conventional zoom, until you notice the word 'Shift' on the barrel. That one feature transforms what could have been another wide-angle zoom into a remarkably useful tool for architecture, interior…
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Interconnected (Feed)
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Mathematics as a new Age of Discovery (and what they might find)
OpenAI just dropped 372 math proofs on the world. They dropped a Navier-Stokes proof about a month back and there was a bunch of controversy so I guess the new PR strategy is shock and awe. I’m not qualified to assess quality but watching the reaction of mathematicians, some…
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Polarizing Filter vs ND Filter: What Each One Actually Does to a Photo
When it comes to photography, there are multiple accessories that are handy for image-makers. For example, lens filters are a few things that can be helpful for certain genres of the medium. While there are multiple kinds of filters today, there are two options that often stand…
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kottke.org (Feed)
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Crossword Clues Where It’s Clear the Puzzle’s Creator Got...
Crossword Clues Where It’s Clear the Puzzle’s Creator Got Themselves into a Jam Letter-wise. Incl. “Could be found on the second to last line of an optometrist’s vision chart” and “The sound a cow might make when spanked”.
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Running
I'm in Chicago for the Marathon and our son's birthday (he's running tomorrow). Also hanging with relatives and enjoying the city, which always feels to me like a giant Boston. (Color me wrong, it's okay.) Meaning it was fully yours Steven Levy: I’m Still Convinced the iPod Wa…
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Does Gear Actually Matter in Street Photography?
Street photography has a reputation for needing almost nothing -- a camera, a lens, and a willingness to walk. But talk to enough street photographers and a more complicated answer starts to emerge.
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Focus Peaking Explained: The Shortcut to Sharper Manual Focus
Anyone who has worked with a manual-focus lens is aware of the sinking feeling when the image looks sharp on the screen, but looks soft on the computer. The images, then, after hours of hard work, go down the drain. If you are someone who is working with manual lenses, or are pl…
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