There’s a viral video floating around that appears shows a photographer accidentally dropping what looks like a Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS lens into a swimming pool while crouched at the edge. Photographer Steven Ho of Macau, China, posted the video to his Facebook page, where it quickly received hundreds of shares and tens of […]
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Talk about the ultimate camera flip: it has come to light that some savvy camera collector (or investor) won a rare Leica camera at auction in 2019 for $24,000 before turning around two years later and re-selling it at auction for a staggering $480,000. petapixel.com »
2021-08-23 23:52
The Hasselblad H6D-100c is a 100-megapixel medium format DSLR that costs $33,000 without a lens. Throw in a Hasselblad H lens and the resulting camera kit can easily cost over $40,000, or more than the average car. petapixel.com »
2018-04-14 21:39
That was fast. Just 48 hours after the Canadian retailer The Camera Store announced a burglary, loss of $27,000 in equipment, and a $5,000 reward, most of the camera equipment has been recovered and suspects have just been arrested. petapixel.com »
2017-12-20 19:12
The oldest surviving Nikon camera is now also the most expensive. We reported back in October that the third Nikon 1 rangefinder ever made would be hitting the auction block at Westlicht with an estimated max value of $200,000. petapixel.com »
2016-12-01 23:03
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2016-11-30 23:35
Camera companies often slice cameras and lenses in half to show off the inner workings at trade shows. If you’re wondering how the slicing is done, check out the 3-minute video above that shows a Canon EOS ELAN 7E 35mm SLR getting cut in half by a 60,000 PSI waterjet. The video is by a […] petapixel.com »
2016-11-11 22:18
This is what 20,000 miles of hard travel by thumb, foot, van, and train does to a camera. My name is Mike Quain, and I’m a photographer based in Arkansas. Beginning in 2014, I hitchhiked and train-hopped for two years working on my first photo project, called The Nikon Kidd, a photo essay focused on […] petapixel.com »
2016-11-01 18:15
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2016-10-24 20:48
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2016-10-13 21:00
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