Is the Nikon 14-30mm f4 S Still Worth Your Time in 2026?

The Nikon 14-30mm f4 S lens is a wide-angle optic that is primarily meant to be used by landscape and architectural photographers. And in 2026, it's still a very decent option. Nikon has created wonderful lenses in recent years. Models such as the 50mm f1.8 S, the 24-70mm f2.8 S…

Community

I’ve been taking a break from Mastodon as my social home on the web for about six weeks. It has been more difficult than I’d usually admit. I have an amazing local community in my town that I love and am deeply involved in. But nobody here is a programmer, or even a compute…

The Race Street Photographers Keep Running and Never Win

Likes, follows, and reposts feel like proof a photograph worked. A decade-old quote from photographer Ronya Galka argues that chasing those numbers is exactly the wrong goal -- and it still holds up.

Bunkering down

I shut down my web servers on Thursday. I’ve had a home of my own on internet for 27 years. A good innings but a sad day. A home-owner no more! I’m renting now. Old websites have been archived to static HTML and moved to a shared host. I said goodbye to some old apps. You…

How Long Does a Panasonic LUMIX Camera Really Last?

Panasonic Lumix cameras are no longer catering to 4/3rd users anymore, but also hybrid users who want the best of stills and videos. If you are someone who uses any camera from the series, here is a quick look at how long the device can really last. The answer may vary based on…

The Fossil Present

The Web isn’t dying, but it is being removed from our experience. As a place to seek knowledge and connections, it is being replaced for many (including me) by AI chatbots that harvest findings from it, rewrite and summarize what they find, and—as gravy on that steak—point…

Forms of Water

You Don’t Need Every Frame. You Need the Right One.

Modern cameras can fire off dozens of frames a second, which makes it tempting to just hold the shutter down and sort it out later. There's a real argument for doing the opposite.

This Week in the IndieWeb

October 16-23, 2026 Recent EventsFrom events.indieweb.org/archive: Homebrew Website Club - Eastern Wednesday, October 21 at 6:00pm Online! Zoom! Homebrew Website Club Europe/London Wednesday, October 21 at 7:00pm Homebrew Website Club - Asia Pacific Wednesday, October 21 a…

Friday Tab Clearance Sale

Stormy Whether GDPR services is a market we shouldn't need at all, but it's growing like a thundercloud. (Source: Mordor Intelligence) Toward Agentic VRM vCon is "A new IETF open standard defining how conversation data — audio, video, text, and metadata — is structured, sig…

The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon

This is an infuriating book. So much so that I didn’t finish it. Don’t get me wrong; I love the idea of The Pirate Queen. Telling the life story of Gráinne Ní Mháille is an excellent premise for some rip-roaring historical fiction. It’s even got an interesting structur…

The New Artizlab Classic-M 50mm f1.4 is Based on a Cult Classic

Artizlab, the same company behind FunLeader, is today announcing their new Artizlab Classic-M 50mm f1.4. Designed as an ode to the classic Leica E43 Summilux 50mm f1.4, it's bound to be something really special for the droves of us who prefer classic lenses. In fact, with the wa…

The One Question I Can’t Stand at Restaurants. “The idea...

The One Question I Can’t Stand at Restaurants. “The idea of a restaurant I’d never been to using a dossier on me to decide, say, where I should sit, what I was likely to order, even whether I should be given a reservation at all, gave me chills.”

“US households are paying 62% more for drinking water...

“US households are paying 62% more for drinking water than they did a decade ago — outpacing inflation, grocery prices and household incomes.”

Fujifilm X-T6 Reportedly Will Fix the X-T5’s Biggest Problem

Fujifilm introduced the X-T series, keeping in mind the needs of street photography, travel, and hybrid content creation. The X-T5 was launched in 2022, and since, it has been four years, with photographers waiting to see what's next. It now appears that the Fujifilm X-T6 is sup…

Open Thread #Potato

Seems like it’s a good time for an open thread. I cannot remember what number we’re up to, so it’s “Potato”. I just had french fries for lunch and ate the longest french fry I have ever seen.1 I should have taken a photo, but I was in consumption mode and not attention…

Dear Canon: We Need a Real Pancake Lens

Canon lenses are pretty incredible. Models like the 70-200mm, the 24-70mm, and the 15-30mm are some good additions and examples. While the EF lens range had some pancake lenses, the RF range has only one such option. Keeping the need for such lenses in mind, we believe that panc…