“Real photographers shoot manual.” I think this is one of the first pieces of “advice” a store owner gave me as I was buying my first camera. Back then, I was buying a cheap Canon DSLR to document my first trip to LA, and strangely enough, the friend I was visiting on that trip told me the same thing few days later: “How come you are not shooting in manual?”; Looking back at it, if I am being honest, both were condescending.
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The first time the public ever got to see a close-up image of Mars they were actually looking at a paint-by-numbers picture generated from the real photo's data. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-03-03 15:52
Barnack built three Ur-Leicas between 1913 and 1914 (Pic: Leitz AG) In 1913, Oskar Barnack, an inventor and visionary who worked in the microscope department at Ernst Leitz, captured the first photograph with the Ur-Leica, the first 35mm still camera that would go on to define the Leica brand. dpreview.com »
2021-10-08 17:00
I was born to a Jewish family from Leningrad in 1981. My grandpa on my mother’s side, Arkady [all names changed], died two years before I was born. He was an avid photographer, and a great many pictures you’ll find in this article were taken by him. boredpanda.com »
2021-02-25 02:37
Lead image: 'The 'Blue Marble', the first human-taken photograph of the Earth fully illuminated, December 7-19, 1972, Harrison Schmitt [Apollo 17]. Estimate: Christie's has placed up for auction a massive collection of images, many of which document the American space program from the 1940s through the 1970s. dpreview.com »
2020-11-13 00:15
The Fiesta de Los Vaqueros in Tucson was not my first rodeo. It was, however, my first daytime rodeo and my first one after having embraced film photography. The Tucson Rodeo in 2019 was the first scene I shot on medium format through my brand new 70-year-old Wirgin Deluxe. boredpanda.com »
2020-03-10 17:12
I've been working as an IT professional for years in the bank industry. One year ago, and thinking on enjoy time with my family, has decided that I'll don't wanna stay anymore inside an office all my life. boredpanda.com »
2019-04-09 07:01
When Nikon first introduced the Z mount last year, one of the lenses that launched alongside the Z6 and Z7 was the Nikkor Z 24-70mm f4 S zoom lens. While it was compact and weather sealed, a maximum constant aperture of f4 just doesn't let in enough light, which is where the brand new Nikkor Z 24-70mm f2. thephoblographer.com »
2019-03-07 14:00
Nothing screams analog quite like the Sprocket Rocket. When it was first launched in 2011 by Lomography, it carried a couple of firsts in its plastic body: it was “the world’s first panoramic wide-angle 35mm camera dedicated to sprockets” and was the first film camera to be fitted with a reverse gear to “rewind and remix” photos with. thephoblographer.com »
2018-08-16 01:00
Nothing screams analog quite like the Sprocket Rocket. When it was first launched in 2011 by Lomography, it carried a couple of firsts in its plastic body: it was “the world’s first panoramic wide-angle 35mm camera dedicated to sprockets” and was the first film camera to be fitted with a reverse gear to “rewind and remix” photos with. thephoblographer.com »
2018-08-16 01:00
I must admit that along with the tripod there was also a "better" camera. I am an old surfer, so the drone enables me to view the coastline in a completely different way, to the way that I did when growing up. boredpanda.com »
2018-01-20 03:51
What is your first and your favorite Canon lens? It's not everyday you get to sit down with three master lens designers, but it's also not every day you tour Canon's Utsunomiya lens factory (read the interview and take the tour). dpreview.com »
2017-03-22 11:00
What was your first camera? For this week's Throwback Thursday, I asked fellow DPReview staffers to write a few paragraphs about their first cameras, film and digital. I'll go first. Jeff Keller Unlike most of my colleagues, I wasn't a huge film photographer. dpreview.com »
2017-03-16 13:00
“What was your first camera?” The answer to that question can reveal a lot about a person. Did you start on digital or film? Was it an SLR, a point-and-shoot, maybe even a medium format camera? Was it your mom’s camera? In this fun video, 10 top industry photographers share what their first camera was. […] petapixel.com »
2016-11-04 19:10
We recently asked ten well-known photographers a simple question: "What was your first camera?" Some of the answers may surprise you. What was your first camera? Tell us in the comments! dpreview.com »
2016-11-04 14:00
It's been over ten years since DPReview published the review of the Canon EOS 5D. With the Mark IV version launching today, we decided to take a look at the 5D 'Classic' (as it is now known) as part of our Throwback Thursday series. dpreview.com »
2016-08-26 00:31
7Artisans has announced a 27mm f/2.8 STM autofocus lens for APS-C Sony E-mount cameras, like the a6400, a6700, and vlog-centric ZV-E10. 7Artisans only just recently began making autofocus-equipped lenses. [Read More]
7Artisans announced the 50mm f/1.8 lens for full-frame Sony E-mount mirrorless cameras. It is the company's first-ever autofocus-equipped lens. [Read More]
The early 2010s were the golden age of compact cameras. Many of us stopped calling them point and shoots and instead called them things like serious compacts, fixed lens cameras, or compact cameras.
This past week, the PetaPixel team came across an opinion on another photography blog that we didn't think was fair. In short, it argued that all "small sensor cameras suck," which is just not true. [Read More]
In many of our camera reviews over the years, we've noticed a trend: small sensor cameras are really starting to suck. A good camera does the job you need. But a good camera is also one that you can use repeatedly yet never loses its intrigue.
The FE 24-50mm f/2. 8 G is designed for Sony Alpha full-frame E-mount mirrorless cameras, but it also works with APS-C sensor cameras (with an effective focal length of 36-75mm due to the 1. 5x crop factor).
The new Laowa 10mm f2. 8 Zero Distortion lens is the latest option coming from the company for photographers. And it's doing something that the Japanese manufacturers haven't been doing: delivering a claim of zero distortion at such a wide angle.