Photographer Joey Ready wanted to take his Super 8 film camera into the water to snap some clips of surfers. There aren’t any underwater housings designed for his old Canon camera, so he fashioned his own.
The video above is what resulted. Here’s a 9-minute video in which Ready shows how he adapted an old VHS camcorder housing he […]. petapixel.com
“Camera obscura” refers to a device for viewing an image that makes use of the principles of pinhole imagery, and is usually made with a box of sorts. It’s this that was eventually turned into the first pinhole camera – and now you can make your own! In the above video 11-minute video by AdoramaTV, photographer Marcin Lewandowski looks […] petapixel.com »
2017-07-07 20:25
Are you a keen DIY hand? This do-it-yourself pinhole camera is the brainchild of Kelly Angood. This is her third project involving pinhole cameras, and it’s something that she’s had great success with in the past. petapixel.com »
2017-06-21 20:39
Camtraptions, the brainchild of wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas, has released the latest infrared motion sensor in its line-up. Used for wildlife camera trapping, these sensors activate a camera should an animal move past it. petapixel.com »
2017-06-12 21:20
I'm gonna let you in on a dirty little secret of mine: I never liked the original Fujifilm X100. When it first came out, I was -like many others- enamored by the beautiful styling, but the operation of the camera just never gelled with me.
As we wrap up 2023, a year that featured a ton of incredible photography gear that will undoubtedly feature in many a photographer's kits for years to come, we began to wonder, "What popular photography gear from years past is much less common now?" [Read More]
Godox's new Lux Cadet Retro Camera Flash embraces old-school style, following up on last year's Lux Junior and Senior on-camera flashes. [Read More]
I consider myself an ardent supporter of Ricoh/Pentax products and have always endeavored to review its cameras and lenses when many others have chosen not to. I also think that the Pentax brand has really found its niche as more of a boutique manufacturer, focusing on the classic SLR design -- a move that I think makes a ton of sense in today's waning market. [Read More]
Relegated to hard disks, USB drives, and the lately often unseen CD ROMs, digital photos aren't as lovingly stored as their predecessors. This wasn't the case with negatives and photo prints, which had a tactile experience when viewed.
As Gen Z snatches up 20-year-old point-and-shoots to get crappy photos without the distraction of a smartphone, an Australia-based start-up has a different approach. The Flashback ONE35 is a cheap digital point-and-shoot with the soul of a disposable film camera.
A Massachusetts couple tasked with cleaning out a storage unit was blown away after finding that it contained roughly 2,000 vintage cameras and lenses. [Read More]