Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court...

Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail. “The Postal Service has designed a system to disenfranchise millions of Americans.”

What’s Missing From the Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra’s 200MP Camera

Reports of the Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra have been grabbing headlines. The upcoming phone is said to carry a 1/1.31-inch, 200-megapixel ISOCELL HP6 sensor, a 6.3-inch display, and softer edges. But this is not a story about the phone. Rather, it is about how the phone camera is n…

How Blackwing Pencils Are Made

The thing about me is if I see a making-of video for pencils, I’m gonna stop and watch it and then post it to my website, especially if said pencils are Blackwings, made in Japan. Take a first-ever, in-depth look at the Blackwing pencil manufacturing process. This short f…

Industry Standard Tools . “Every trade has a small...

Industry Standard Tools. “Every trade has a small number of items so entrenched that they’ve become the de facto tool that nearly everyone in that trade uses.”

This is a fun read: If You Build It, Will They Come? On...

This is a fun read: If You Build It, Will They Come? On the Sperm Racing World Cup. “The cells then race through courses less than a half-centimeter long that are etched into microfluidic silicon chips.”

Nationally, unsubsidized ACA premiums to jump *another*...

Nationally, unsubsidized ACA premiums to jump *another* ~15% next year. We can’t continue like this (but I feel like this has been the case for the last ~10 years and will in fact likely continue…)

Your Zeiss Lenses Can Now be Repaired by KEH

If you own a Zeiss lens, then know that repairs are about to become a whole lot easier for you. KEH today is announcing that they're the exclusive repair center for Zeiss in North America. This is very reassuring news if you're into some of the earlier lenses that the brand has…

Recently

I skipped August's Recently because this summer has been relentless, mostly in the positive sense. July and August were filled with bike rides, 5K races, friends in town, life changes and logistics. For a friend's birthday, we rode the rickety Coney Island Cyclone, which was fa…

Here’s how noise-cancelling headphones work (and when...

Here’s how noise-cancelling headphones work (and when they don’t). “This is why ANC is better suited for reducing low, sustained sounds like those of motors and airplane engines, and it’s why such headphones can’t filter out screaming kids.”

The Sony a6900 is Likely to Feature a Global Shutter

Reports about the upcoming Sony a6900 have been online for a while, with the latest addition highlighting a new stacked sensor and possibly a new 24fps readout. And considering what Sony did with the Sony a9 III and giving it a global shutter, who's to say that that won't come t…

4 Things to Know About Using Kodak Tri-X in the Studio

With the influx of new film photographers that have come into the photo world, there is now even more experimentation with film emulsions like Kodak Tri-X 400. One of the things that you, yes you, are bound to do at one point or another is work with the film in a studio environm…

One of Sony’s Oddest Lenses Also Makes Beautiful Photographs

10 years ago, I reviewed the Sony 85mm f1.4 G Master original. In 2024, they released the second version of this lens which we reviewed as well. But ultimately, we thought that the much more affordable 85mm f1.8 FE was too good of a deal to pass up on. In fact, I even think that…

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Geology Class

This Could Be Why Your Scanned Film Looks Weird

What do I mean by weird? Well, the truth is that it may not look the way that you expect it to look. And that it's odd. My autistic best friend would kind of react like it's breaking his brain because it's not, "how it should be." Well, the truth is that sometimes scanners don't…

The Curious Story of How the Camera Came Before the Egg

When cameras were first made commercially viable, they were built incredibly solid and durable. The glass slides that they photographed on, on the other hand, were pretty fragile and needed to be treated with immense care. It's a wonder that Ansel Adams was able to haul camera g…

Google Maps Changes Lake Ontario to Lake America ....

Google Maps Changes Lake Ontario to Lake America. Totally pathetic and stupid. Maps are wayfinding tools and this toadying political change will help no one find their way.

Is the Nikon F2 Still Worth Buying in 2026?

In 2023, I was gifted a Nikon F2. And since then I've continued to use it. This camera is pretty legendary. It has gone to war zones and survived, been used by many photojournalists, and has a whole ton of versatility. To this day, I still use it and have used it earlier this ye…