Godox iT20 and iT22: Fun Flashes For Unserious Photography

You can't take these two flashes seriously, but I don't mean that in a harsh way at all. The Godox iT20 and Godox iT22 are the fun kind of flashes that you bring out at parties and events where you want to create a vintage, compact camera-like feel to your images. Think of what…

Will Fujifilm Embrace DGO or Stick With DCG Sensor?

Fujifilm camera sensors are pretty great. The company has introduced several exciting models, including the X-Pro 3, the X-T5, and the GFX 100S II. However, the company's future remains unclear, and with Sony launching its Dual Gain Output (DGO) sensor, the question arises wheth…

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From Sight & Sound, a list of the best video essays of...

From Sight & Sound, a list of the best video essays of 2025. I have barely seen or linked to or even heard of most of these. What am I even doing here, besides utterly failing you? (I wonder what would make my list…?) 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

A Veteran Film Photographer Is Turning ISO Testing Into an App

One of the crucial aspects of film photography is the ISO of the roll. While the number is printed on the box, the final results can be entirely different. We have heard of instances where some photographs have been overexposed, or the development process resulted in ruined shot…

200,000 Years Of Human History In One Hour

From Kurzgesagt, an hour-long animated music video that shows all of human history in an hour. So here’s an experiment: every second, 2 generations or 50 years will pass. You are on a musical train ride looking out the window, as you watch our ancestors hunt large animals,…

Why Japan’s internet looks weird — unless you live here. “Japanese customers...

Why Japan’s internet looks weird — unless you live here. “Japanese customers are used to seeing a lot of information packed into tiny spaces — consider how much text you can find on the label of an onigiri…” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

Underneath a Breaching Humpback Whale

Underwater photographer Álvaro Herrero positioned himself in the midst of a humpback whale pod and captured on video several of the whales breaching high out of the water, including one that landed incredibly close to him. Since he was floating in the water, you get to see th…

American Classmates Having Difficulty Understanding Better Educated Foreign Exchange Student. “Kids say...

American Classmates Having Difficulty Understanding Better Educated Foreign Exchange Student. “Kids say it’s really hard to understand what he’s talking about due to his precise English diction and extensive vocabulary.” 🫠

Trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey

Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey is my #1 most anticipated film of 2026 and this trailer has got me revved up! Nolan’s trailers never reveal much, but still, it looks gooood. I am still skeptical of Matt Damon at Odysseus. Zendaya as Athena, Charlize Theron a…

Runaway supermassive black hole? Did not know this could be a thing....

Runaway supermassive black hole? Did not know this could be a thing. It’s moving at 2.2M mph and “is pushing forward a literal galaxy-sized ‘bow-shock’ of matter in front of it, while simultaneously dragging a 200,000 light-year-long tail behind it”. ���…

Everwhen

Humans 1, Robot 0 The Wall Street Journal fuzzed the non-brain of a trial vending machine operator. Dreck Marketing In The Death of Merchandising in an Online World, Dana Blankenhorn correctly observes that brand value is declining as merchandising shifts from stores to online s…

The Two Best Canon Hybrid Cameras for Content Creators

Canon cameras have experienced significant evolution over the past few years. The company's offerings, such as the Canon RP and the R6 III, each offer different features for users. However, today, photographers are no longer limited to just images. Many have to dabble with video…

A full archive of The Hairpin (iykyk)....

A full archive of The Hairpin (iykyk). 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

Godox AD300Pro II: Your Favorite Outdoor Strobe Gets Better

Godox is making smart moves with its professional strobe models. Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel every few years, they seem to be fine tuning what already works by listening closely to how photographers want to use their gear on location. The newly launched Godox AD300Pr…

Review Update: Sony a9 III Brings New Features for Still Photographers

In late October 2025, Sony released multiple firmware updates for various cameras, including the Sony a9 III. With this new update came an expected change to how the camera utilizes its connectivity features – WPA and WEP functionality are no longer supported – as well as ch…