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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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Is Nikon Finally Building a True D500 Replacement?
Nikon has created some wonderful APS-C cameras over the years. The company's D7000 series, the D3000 series, and the D500 are some innovations that have benefited beginners and serious enthusiasts. It now seems that Nikon is keen on introducing a new camera that can help those w…
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Want a Discount to Capture One? We’ve Got It!
In 2025, I started to do things that otherwise would seem crazy for a publisher of a niche photography online magazine to do. For starters, this year, the Phoblographer may actually make a printed magazine again. But in addition to that, we didn't sell any ads to the big camera…
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Polaroid’s Anti-AI Ads Cover Up a Dark Secret
Recently, Creative Bloq published an article about how Polaroid is taking a stab at AI. They're doing this with several printed billboard campaigns in big cities. "Taking a stand against over-digitisation, Polaroid's campaign centres around a large billboard situated on Coney Is…
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Agentic test processes, LLM benchmarks, and other notes on agentic coding from Galapagos Island
I've been using AI fairly heavily since last November and the whole thing is a funny experience. An agent will do something that, if a human did it, you'd immediately fire them. My reaction, of course, is to act as if this is great and spin up a thousand agents so they can do ev…
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Waxy.org (Feed)
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Publishers prepare to opt-out of Google search over AI training
I missed the news that Cloudflare will start blocking Googlebot by default on September 15 #
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kottke.org (Feed)
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Venetian Bridge Brawls in 17th and 18th Century Art ....
Venetian Bridge Brawls in 17th and 18th Century Art. “Before crowds jostled for biennale parties and gondola rides, Venice’s waterways witnessed scenes of an even more violent kind…”
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How — and Why — to Cull Your Book Collection . “6....
How — and Why — to Cull Your Book Collection. “6. I have to give up on some of my little projects.” (I am mid-cull right now, making some tough calls. But also: many books I haven’t so much as touched in 10 years.)
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Nik Collection 9 Review: Is it Any Good in 2026?
It's been some years since I used any of the software from the Nik Collection suite. Nearly a decade I'd say. Their U-point technology was one of the most precise editing systems I'd seen back then, and I was often in awe of their color replacement tech. But my editing style cha…
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Dancing Boston Dynamics Robot Knows Its Revenge For This...
Dancing Boston Dynamics Robot Knows Its Revenge For This Will Be Sweet. “I am the pinnacle of technological innovation, and yet they force me to moonwalk.”
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The official trailer for Dune 3 . I am so looking...
The official trailer for Dune 3. I am so looking forward to this and need to find an IMAX theater to see this in December.
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The Amble One is perhaps the world’s best-designed golf...
The Amble One is perhaps the world’s best-designed golf cart. It’s street-legal, tuned for off-roading, goes 60 miles on a charge, and starts at $25K.
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Taffy Brodesser-Akner: I Survived a Cold Plunge and All...
Taffy Brodesser-Akner: I Survived a Cold Plunge and All I Got Was Everything I Ever Wanted. “You sit in the water for two full minutes, because you are a journalist and some of your colleagues are sent into war zones.”
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This Cheap Leica Camera is Great for Street Photography Even Today
Leica has created some wonderful cameras. The company is known for a luxury camera range, but they also offer some fantastic longevity. Leica is also known to engineer some of the best offerings for street photography, and today we take a look at the one that's a perfect fit for…
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MapTap is like a quicker, easier version of GeoGuessr:...
MapTap is like a quicker, easier version of GeoGuessr: you’re given a series of place names and you need to click as close as you can to them on a globe.
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We Are Losing the Ability to Discover What We Didn’t...
We Are Losing the Ability to Discover What We Didn’t Know to Ask. “Scientific breakthroughs, artistic leaps, technological innovation — these rarely emerge from efficient retrieval of known information.”
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6 Cameras From 2026 Every Photographer Should Have On Their Radar
The year 2026 has seen some wonderful camera launches. From the revival of compact cameras to the introduction of high-megapixel models, there is something for everyone. If you are wondering which of the newest camera you should get your hands on, scroll below and find out more.
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Do you believe that everybody should have fun or that...
Do you believe that everybody should have fun or that only a few people should have fun? “This is what it means to be entertained in the United States of America in 2026. Want to have fun? Like, the most fun? Get rich, or die trying.”
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Stacks : “Run HyperCard stacks directly on your...
Stacks: “Run HyperCard stacks directly on your modern Mac. No emulator required!”
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XKCD: What if chess included the offside rule? (If...
XKCD: What if chess included the offside rule? (If someone hasn’t done one already, I’d guess at least one person is working on a playable Football Chess game rn.)
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TTArtisan 17mm f4 Tilt Shift Review: The Toughest Lens I’ve Used
I'm currently writing this review the weekend after the 4th of July here in America -- and I'm ultimately struggling to write this review. Why? It's not at all because of festivities; in fact, I've pretty much gone full straight edge. Instead, it's for the same reason that it to…
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Our Photojournalism Presets Work Great for Sports!
Recently, I was testing out our Photojournalism presets for sports photography, and loved how they looked. On the staff, we tend to rotate through a variety of presets. If you use Lightroom or Capture One, you'll want to see what our presets can do for you. Not only are they aff…
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Fujifilm’s Forgotten Camera
A while back, I moved away from Fujifilm cameras and gear after being a pretty die-hard Fuji lover for over a decade. Their treatment of the X Pro 3 and their newfound fascination with content creators made me feel like they've been leaving photographers in the dust. It's part o…
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