Google Street View is celebrating its 15th birthday by unveiling a brand new compact and lightweight camera system. This new camera weighs less than half of the current Google Street View cameras and is more customizable. [Read More]
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With the brand new OM System OM3 being announced today, street photographers can know that a brand designed a camera for them. The company is specifically targeting this camera to city photographers -- which is pretty much where some of the most famous street photography happens. thephoblographer.com »
2025-02-06 09:02
Google has just certified the Insta360 Pro 360-degree 8K camera as the first “Street View Auto Ready” camera, capable of contributing to Street View after being mounted to a car. Insta360 says it has been collaborating closely with Google to ensure a seamless capture and sharing experience between its spherical camera and Google’s popular Street […] petapixel.com »
2017-10-03 22:20
When street photographer Robin Schimko made the leap and purchased a Leica Q in 2015, he was hesitant. The price was steep, and the fixed lens made it a “glorified point-and-shoot. ” And yet, it has become his unequivocal favorite. petapixel.com »
2017-05-08 23:07
I like to work a scene when I'm out shooting the streets. I find a vibe or background or light or whatever that exudes life, and I drain every last drop of potential the hell out of it. In attempting to capture a split-second candid moment, it's absolutely critical that I use a camera that's quick, easy and inconspicuous. thephoblographer.com »
2017-04-06 01:00
Arriving in Kyoto, I am holding onto Fujifilm’s X-T20 pre-production unit #48. I’ve had it for 3 months now and, to be honest, it competes for attention with the other cameras in my dry-box, all of them waiting for their turns to come out and play. Mostly in a hurry, I would grab the Fujifilm […] petapixel.com »
2017-02-28 23:02
It's no secret that Japan Camera Hunter Street Pan 400 film has become very popular with street photographers and just those curious about film. It's available in 35mm right now, but Bellamy Hunt, the Japan Camera Hunter himself, tells us that it's coming in 120 and that we should expect it before the end of the year. thephoblographer.com »
2017-02-07 23:04
We know that the analog world is alive and well, and so for that reason I went in to update our review of Japan Camera Hunter Street Pan 400. We're doing this a little differently though: we know that analog still isn't "as popular" as digital photography. So it's being done in a more complex way. thephoblographer.com »
2017-02-06 11:04
I've been playing with more Japan Camera Hunter Street Pan 400 film and shot a scene that I always photograph just to compare what this film and Kodak Tri-X do when rendering a specific scene. thephoblographer.com »
2017-02-04 08:02
A Google Street View image led police to solve the mystery of a woman who wandered off from her home and couldn't be found. [Read More]
A Google Street View image of a man unloading what appears to be a body from the trunk of a car is a clue in a Spanish murder investigation. [Read More]
A British woman has been left "flabbergasted" after she was captured on Google Maps Street View standing in the exact same spot nine years apart. [Read More]
To celebrate Google Street View's 15th birthday, the tech giant has rolled out its historical Street View imagery to mobile after it was previously only available on desktop. [Read More]
Google Street View was created using an army of iconic camera cars driving up and down all the streets of mapped areas. Starting today, though, anyone with an Android camera can effectively become a Street View car and contribute to the massive trove of explorable location photos. Google just pushed out a new update for […]
Creative Director Yousuke Ozawa—whose ‘Satellite Fonts‘ project went viral back in 2014—is at it again. In order to keep his sanity during lockdown, he started taking “digital vacations” through Google Maps, and capturing Street View travel photography.