This Week in the IndieWeb

July 31 through August 7, 2026 Recent EventsFrom events.indieweb.org/archive: Homebrew Website Club - Pacific Wednesday, August 5 at 6:00pm Homebrew Website Club - Asia Pacific Wednesday, August 5 at 5:30pm Online! Zoom! Homebrew Website Club - Philadelphia Sunday, August…

Phoblographer Members Get a Special Viltrox Discount and More

Did you know that the Phoblographer doesn't get funding from the large camera and lens brands? In fact, we're super transparent about where our funding comes from on our disclaimers page. Can you say the same thing about your favorite YouTuber or other photography publications?…

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Is Canon Slowly Discontinuing the R8?

When it comes to Canon cameras, there are multiple reports coming in every day. From lens patents to the potential introduction of new full-frame cameras, Canon's potential fall announcements are buzzing. However, while people are looking at greener pastures, the future of a mod…

The Report That Every Nikon Shooter Needs to Read Right Now

Nikon is one of the few camera brands that have taken a backseat from further camera launches. While it is not a bad idea to take a break, the Q1 financial forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027, have revealed a complicated story for the imaging business division. W…

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: This ChatGPT UI (left) rubs me the wrong way. I looks like we are editing field called ‘High’ (hello) and its leftmost value is ‘Advanced ’. Right is my attempt to fix it. #ChatGPT #OpenAI #Slider #Labels

Radiant Star by Ann Leckie

I absolutely loved Ann Leckie’s Imperial Radch trilogy, particularly the first book, Ancillary Justice which blew me away when I first read it. Since then I’ve enjoyed the other books she’s written in the same universe, dealing with the fallout of the events in the origin…

Maven Magnifying Diopter Filters: Making Macro Photography Affordable

Those wanting to get into macro photography usually stumble when they check out the prices of dedicated autofocus macro lenses. Cheaper manual lenses are an option, but they do need quite some patience to work with. Then there's the question of whether you really need them and i…

Singapore’s Most-Googled Cameras Right Now

Digital cameras are quite in demand, but this is more so true for older cameras that have found new life on the market. We have already covered the best cameras on Amazon Singapore, and now, we take a look at Google Trends to see which ones have been selling well in the past wee…

Caption Caddie Review: Ethical AI for Sports Photographers

As a photojournalist, you know the drill quite well by now. Get out there in the field, grab the kind of photos you're well known for, and send them ASAP to your news editor. But what about when you're also responsible for adding captions and keywords to the images before sendin…

The Internet of Stuff

We now have an internet of stuff, at the heart of which are the distribution and fulfillment centers that have been replacing farmland and former broadcast transmitter sites near highways and airports everywhere. (The one above straddles I-65 in Whitestown, Indiana, northwest of…

Europa or Frying Pan?

This image was tweeted out by the NASA Europa Mission account the other day: One of these images is of Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon, and the other eight are frying pans. Can you pick Europa out? Hint: frying pans tend not to have impact craters. Update: The photos of the…

Throbsday

On AI wronging and writing I hate AI writing and can spot it in a second. It's not just the piles one-line paragraphs, the contrasty "not that, but this" argument constructions, the excessive use of em dashes. It's a tone that sounds like a million well-put hunks of text publish…

The video rental store as “third place” . “Decades...

The video rental store as “third place”. “Decades before recommendation algorithms, video stores served as social hubs where conversation and camaraderie became a form of taste-making.”

The End of Google Search . The internet giant is...

The End of Google Search. The internet giant is “changing the formula” of its products and media folks are beginning to assume that there will be no search traffic in the future…and fretting about their survival.

Any Photographer Can Now Apply for 5 Boro Foto Fest

The 5 Boro Foto Fest is now open for any photographer to be able to apply. What's that? We'll tell you. This year, we're throwing something special in celebration of photographers: it's called the 5 Boro Foto Fest. We've been working on something very big here at the Phoblograph…

Media Matters : “ABC, CBS, and NBC aired a...

Media Matters: “ABC, CBS, and NBC aired a combined 194 segments about the three major heat events” that hit the US this summer and not a single one of them mentioned climate change. Not one!

Fun little review by Marcin Wichary of a 1984 flying...

Fun little review by Marcin Wichary of a 1984 flying video game called Sopwith, which was never supposed to be released to the public (an event that the game’s creator didn’t learn about until years later).

I love this little video of burbling pasta sauces...

I love this little video of burbling pasta sauces (sound on). Wish there was a 10-hour YT version for work background noise…

I’d Be Lead Harpooner on the Pequod If It Wasn’t for...

I’d Be Lead Harpooner on the Pequod If It Wasn’t for These DEI Hires. “I’m just telling you that it’s getting hard out there for us blue-collar Nantucket lads when all the ships’ owners are catching the Abolitionist Mind Virus.”

Sony Might Finally Be Making Its Own Fisheye Lens

Sony has some magnificent lenses in its portfolio. Models such as the 24-70mm f2.8 GM, 85mm f1.4 GM, and 70-200mm f2.8 GM OSS are worth investing in. While Sony has a broad range of lenses, it now appears that they are planning to achieve the impossible: a fish-eye zoom. What ca…

25 things that explain America , including personal...

25 things that explain America, including personal injury lawyer advertisements, Crest Whitestrips, Costco rotisserie chicken, and the Pizza Hut lamp. “The T-shirt cannon merges three American obsessions: guns, sports and freebie giveaways.”

How Does an Enigma Machine Work?

This is a completely fantastic look at how the Enigma Machine works. Jared Owen constructed a 3D model of the German cipher device and clearly walks the viewer through how the electricity flows through the machine to scramble and unscramble secret messages. When electricity…

The Nikon J5 Is Still Their Most Underrated Camera

Mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras are everywhere now. They are definitely being touted as the future, with the not-so-old DSLR being looked at like a dinosaur now. While brands are bringing out more and more full-frame and APS-C models these days, a decade and a half ago N…

How Wildfire Smoke Is Reshaping Childhood ....

How Wildfire Smoke Is Reshaping Childhood. “Repeated smoke events are changing children’s daily routines, limiting opportunities for outdoor play and social interaction and reshaping how many families experience summer.”

This guy hooked his hamster’s wheel up to Strava —...

This guy hooked his hamster’s wheel up to Strava — Mollie is logging 5-6 miles per day.