Can an ordinary person made a camera lens from scratch? Here’s a 22-minute video in which Andy George of How To Make Everything answers that question by producing clear glass and metal and combining them to create a camera lens.
The video covers everything from creating optically clear glass (using borax from California, river sand […]. petapixel.com
A photography duo from Alamosa, Colorado recently ordered a Sony Alpha 1 camera from Amazon as an investment in their business in a transaction that they report cost them more than $7,000. But instead of receiving the new camera, the two only found empty boxes. petapixel.com »
2021-05-26 23:06
Camera companies are doing all they can to try and stop the onslaught of smartphones and their cameras, and up until recently, they honestly haven't been doing a great job. Times are changing, though, and recent entry-level cameras from Sony (the a6100) and Olympus (the E-PL10) are starting to pull mobile photographers away from their phones. thephoblographer.com »
2020-06-06 07:00
Photographer Toma Bonciu of Photo Tom recently decided to experiment with doing landscape photography with an outdated digital camera. He bought a Canon PowerShot S5 IS from 2007 for $79 from Amazon and took it out into the great outdoors to see what he could get. The 8-megapixel camera only shoots JPEGs and has a […] petapixel.com »
2019-08-16 21:11
With its quad-camera (triple-camera plus ToF-sensor) the Huawei P30 Pro is, from an imaging perspective, definitely the most exciting new smartphone this year. The analysts from French company System Plus Consulting now have had a closer look at the camera hardware, which was co-designed with Leica, and talked about their findings with EE Times. dpreview.com »
2019-04-16 20:47
We’re told from one of our retail sources that the next camera body from Canon is going to be the Cinema EOS C200. We posted recently that the Canon EOS 6D Mark II would be coming some time in July, so this camera will likely be coming in the June/July timeframe. Why wasn’t the Cinema Read more... canonrumors.com »
2017-05-10 01:37
Some of the biggest problems with mirrorless cameras for photojournalists, street photographers, wedding photographers and others has to be the performance. Sometimes it's just too slow when they need to capture a moment super quickly lest they completely miss it. thephoblographer.com »
2017-05-04 07:02
Matt from Alpine Labs sent me this: I thought you might be interested in learning more about Spark from Alpine Labs for your news section as the remote is compatible with Sony cameras. Spark is the world’s most versatile, adaptable and affordable camera remote currently available. sonyalpharumors.com »
2017-05-02 12:15
For years, airline pilots have reported seeing unusual lightning phenomenon that we don’t get to witness from the ground. Luckily for us, astronauts on the International Space Station have a perfect vantage point, and one of them did capture “blue lightning” while orbiting the Earth. petapixel.com »
2017-02-11 22:32
If you enjoy seeing experimental photo projects and unique homemade cameras, check out this “Straw Camera. ” It was created by filling a wooden box with 32,000 drinking straws for light to pass through. petapixel.com »
2017-02-11 21:58
Photographer Mathieu Stern made this 2-minute video walkthrough on how you can remove fungus on the glass elements of a camera lens. Stern recommends removing the affected glass element, cleaning it with dishwasher soap, pouring white vinegar on it, drying everything off, and reassembling. petapixel.com »
2017-01-28 21:15
If you're seated next to a window on a flight to Iceland, it's a good idea to keep your camera close. Landscape photographer Aryeh Nirenberg did, and was treated to an incredible show from the Aurora Borealis at 35,000 feet. dpreview.com »
2017-01-19 12:00
It could be argued that for my generation, no other company had such an impact on our early childhood entertainment than did Disney. Beyond the children watching their cartoons, though, their impact on entertainment and animation technology should go without saying. thephoblographer.com »
2016-12-29 02:04
German photo brand Leica has announced new firmware for its full frame SL mirrorless camera, making it fully compatible with the latest version of the company’s tethered shooting and remote control applications. dpreview.com »
2016-12-13 21:27
2016 Holiday Gift Guide: $500 and up Shopping for photographers is hard. In fact, shopping in general is hard. We'd like to help everyone involved out a little bit, whether you're shopping for a photographer or taking a break from the stress of holiday shopping to #treatyoself. dpreview.com »
2016-11-20 14:00
Animator Portero Delantero of Barcelona, Spain, created this 1.5-minute animation showing a brief history of the photographic camera. Starting with the Kodak Brownie of 1900, the camera morphs into a number of different cameras that have appeared over the next 100+ years before arriving at the iPhone 6 of 2014. (via Portero Delantero via Digital […] petapixel.com »
2016-11-19 22:26
I hold a private pilot certificate, as well as a remote pilot certificate; I am also a photographer. I just wanted to share with you some advice from a budding pilot who comes from the much larger world of flying that is general aviation. petapixel.com »
2016-11-07 22:43
PhotoPlus 2016 – Sony Alpha A99 II Digital Translucent Mirror Camera (A-Mount, Full Frame) The PhotoPlus show opened in new York City. Here are a couple fo videos from the Sony booth: PhotoPlus 2016 – Sony Alpha A6500 Mirrorless Digital Camera (Camera Camera). sonyalpharumors.com »
2016-10-22 19:44
The meltdown from Samsung's Note7 fiasco continues as the Korean manufacturer now has to deal with all the suppliers they angered from the recall of their flagship smartphone. Reports from Korea are suggesting that since Samsung had ordered so many camera parts that they are no longer using, the Galaxy S8 will now have to feature a dual-camera setup and an iris scanner. digitalrev.com »
2016-10-21 03:00
Recently we have seen several camera bags that look like anything but camera bags, and Wandrd's new Prvke 21 is the latest example for this trend. dpreview.com »
2016-08-29 22:14
Dear photography community, I am writing this blog post to warn you from an experience I had in getting my camera stolen from a car, and then finding that my insurance refused to cover it. We live in a modern age with crazy technology — our cameras are proof of that. And so is the […] petapixel.com »
2016-08-17 19:14
During DPReview’s tour of the Utsunomiya L lens factory, they had the opportunity to interview the 3 men that oversee the facility. This factory produced every L lens, cinema lens and broadcast lens in the Canon lineup.