Beware This Fuji GFX Scam Happening in Europe

Every now and again, I look on eBay for real cameras designed for real photographers. And most of the time, I want to turn to medium format. This begins the search for some good used gear like the Fujifilm GFX 100RF. Last year, we reported on the pricing problem that these camer…

Hollywood’s World Map of California

This is a map published in 1927 by Paramount Studios showing the areas of California & Nevada that doubled as shooting locations for far-flung locales, including Siberia, Wales, the Nile, New England, the Red Sea, and the Alps. Tags: Hollywood · maps · movies

If Your Sony Camera Freezes Up, Remember This

Oftentimes, camera insurance is cheaper than a repair or a replacement -- especially on time! Here's a little-known fact: the warranty of your camera or lens doesn't necessarily cover what happens to it in case of dust, inclement weather, etc. That's why we created the Photogra…

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: You know what? I’ve had enough. Interactions on hover are fucked up. Being afraid to move my mouse is fucked up. Blocking content with stuff nobody asked for is fucked up. LET ME MOVE MY MOUSE WITHOUT FEAR! If I’d want to see something I’ll click on it. #Hover…

Researchers have found that some aspects of sperm...

Researchers have found that some aspects of sperm whales’ communication are “remarkably similar” to human languages.

Everwhen

As always Jamie Smith nails it with No one is listening to Steve Jobs’s advice about the EU Digital ID Wallet.  Still the only way Interesting how old posts get new traffic. The biggest this morning on the ProjectVRM blog is to Health Care Relationship Management, which ran…

Threat models

People talk about the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of large language models as though all tasks are comparable. But it strikes me that there are three broad categories of work that large language models are applied to: Compression. Transformation. Expansion. Compression is…

The Only Mirrorless Camera You Need For Street Photography

Mirrorless cameras are all the rage in the industry. With companies like Canon and Nikon switching to the same, photographers today have only two options: stick to the aging DSLR system, or get a new camera with a fast system. For those in street photography, the latter makes mu…

What Was the Very First Plant in the World?...

What Was the Very First Plant in the World? “Scientists believe the first true plants evolved from green algae around 470 million years ago.”

The Brennan Self-Balancing Monorail

This is so cool: in the early 1900s, a mechanical engineer named Louis Brennan invented a self-balancing train that ran on a single track. This video demonstrates how the train worked using a clever system of gyroscopes. This is the Brennan Monorail, a train from the early…

Trust This Signal

Next Wednesday, 21 April, at 4 pm Eastern, Judith Donath will speak here at Indiana University and online on The Alchemy of Confidence, addressing the most pressing question in our still-new digital age: Why do we trust some signals—and fall for others? She explains, In a time…

I mentioned this book in a previous post but it deserves...

I mentioned this book in a previous post but it deserves its own thing: Timothy Ryback’s 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy will hit shelves in September. A must-read for me.

The People’s Clock: a Timepiece Made of People

As part of his Real Time series, artist Maarten Baas has created The People’s Clock, a timepiece that lives in Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. To create the clock’s “workings”, Baas recorded more than 1000 volunteers moving as the clock’s hands over a 12-hour period…

The Great American GLP-1 Experiment . In the last few...

The Great American GLP-1 Experiment. In the last few years, people have come up with all sorts of off-label uses for GLP-1s, including treating concussions, menopause, long Covid, IBS, drug addiction, anxiety, hair loss, and arthritis.

Thrustday

A hopeful sign My News Commons site and series are getting action lately.

Why is This Nikon Film Camera Outdoing the Z8 in 2026?

Nikon has been one of the few companies that has always had to work hard to prove itself; and that's especially been the case since the inception of mirrorless camera. Sometimes, we all forget that they started the same way that many Chinese manufacturers have today: by imitatin…

The Monochrome WLV-01 Waist Level Camera Review: The Sony E Mount Just Got Better

I've long shot and loved analog film photography, an experience that cannot be reproduced digitally. Until I tried the Monochrome WLV-01.

Is a New Third-Party Lens Brand Making Lenses for Canon RF?

Canon users have never had an opportunity to use a nice autofocus lens from third-party lens makers. One of the reasons being that the company was not ready to give access to other brands. Despite the challenges, some people did rely on them and worked with manual focus instead.…

Will Nikon Get Creative With Its Lighting System Again?

A little over a decade ago, Nikon had arguably the best speedlight system of any camera brand on the market. The lights could all talk to each other wirelessly without much hassle, and the system helped many a photographer become a creative professional. But with their last spee…

A rare event to capture on video: an underwater volcanic...

A rare event to capture on video: an underwater volcanic eruption in the Solomon Islands.

Make It Myself

The Best Travel Photography Lens You Can Find for Under $700

A travel photographer knows how important a good lens that can photograph anything. For more photographers who like to go out, they often have one of the basic requirements; the ability to keep their gear minium. Most enthusiasts, thus, rely on a super zoom that allows them to w…

From a few weeks ago: Bush’s Tiny Desk Concert ....

From a few weeks ago: Bush’s Tiny Desk Concert. Machinehead and Glycerine still hit.

Your Backpack Got Worse On Purpose . “From a...

Your Backpack Got Worse On Purpose. “From a shareholder’s perspective, the bag that falls apart is the better product. That’s the business model. Repeat failure, repeat purchase, repeat revenue. The quality decline isn’t a side effect. It’s the strategy.”