The last time PetaPixel spoke with talented macro photographer David Joseph, he was using his smartphone to incredible effect. Joseph has now upgraded to a dedicated camera system and pointed his new macro lens at spiders, an oft-misunderstood and rarely appreciated arthropod that plays a vital role in ecosystems across every continent, save for Antarctica. [Read More]
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A photographer is looking for two brothers after he captured this epic photo of them holding their dad's ashes while hiking on Cathedral Rock in Arizona. [Read More] petapixel.com »
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Norwegian astrophotographer Jan Erik Vallestad captured beautifully detailed photos of the city-sized comet 12P and, thanks to special image processing techniques, revealed a fantastic spiral formation surrounding the comet. [Read More]
The Canon USA store seems to have some EOS R3 camera bodies to move, you can grab one now for $3499! I don't think these will last long. As always, all refurbished gear from the Canon USA stores comes with a full 1-year Canon USA warranty.
Today, Canon released their financials for the first quarter of 2024. Overall the company's sales increased for the year, but operating profit was down. Personally I think the first 3 months of the calendar year are always tough to predict because a lot of it depends on what was left over from Christmas.
The last day or two we have seen a flurry of information for all things RF mount lenses, which also includes the addition of both SIGMA and Tamron to the fray. Simon from The Ordinary Filmmaker is the source for a lot of this information.
SIGMA has announces which lenses will be coming to the RF mount in 2024 and the first one will hit the market in July of this year. The cavaet? Just like the initial launch of Z mount lenses for Nikon, they first round of lenses for the RF mount from SIGMA will be for APS-C.
As part of its Earth Day celebrations, the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, released 144,000 ladybugs into the mall to help keep its 30,000 live plants and trees healthy and happy.
*Update* We have been told that both the RF 24mm f/1. 4L USM and the RF 50mm f/1. 4L (Yes, an L and without IS) are part of a new “hybrid family” of RF prime lenses. The RF 35mm f/1. 4L USM will come first around the same time as the EOS R5 Mark II and the RF [.