NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has captured its first visible light images of the surface of Venus from space, piercing the thick clouds that obscure the planet.
Reveals Continents, Plains, and Plateaus
NASA reports that in two recent flybys by the Parker Solar Probe, it was able to use its Wide-Field Imager, otherwise known as WISPR, to photograph the entire night side of Venus in wavelengths…
Sigma 20mm F2 DG DN sample gallery
February 12, 2022
Earlier this week Sigma announced its new 20mm F2 DG DN lens for E-mount and L-mount cameras, the widest in the company’s all-metal ‘I series’ of compact prime lenses. Check out our sample gallery to see how its image quality stacks up.
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Using a 12-Year-Old Bachelorette-Themed Disposable Camera
February 12, 2022
In a new video from Fotodiox, photographer Sean Anderson, he shows the results from using a long expired disposable film camera with pre-exposed, bachelorette-party-themed messages imprinted on the roll.
Anderson, who is known for making several interesting DIY…
Canon USA successfully stops a new method of importing counterfeit goods into the US
February 11, 2022
Canon U.S.A., Inc., and Canon Inc. of Japan have announced that they have ‘successfully reached an agreement with one of China’s leading logistics and fulfillment companies in a dispute over the warehousing and shipping of counterfeit ‘Canon’ camera batteries into the United States for China-based sellers.’ As part of the agreement, the fulfillment and shipping…
Canon Has Discontinued All But Nine EF Prime Lenses: Report
February 11, 2022
Canon has been quietly discontinuing many lenses in its EF catalog over the last year, and a new report alleges the practice has gotten particularly aggressive in the last month.
Rapidly Shrinking EF Lens Support
Japanese photographer Kimio Tanaka tweeted a photo that…
Study Reveals the Most Complained About Cameras in the World
February 11, 2022
Electronics Hub has published a study that looked at the most complained about tech products in the world. Its determined that the top two most complained about cameras were GoPros.
The Top 10 Most Complained About Cameras in the World
Electronics Hub recommends…
Photographer Captures ‘Space Photos’ in Parking Lot Gasoline Puddles
February 11, 2022
Finnish photographer Juha Tanhua has been shooting an unusual series of “space photos.” While the work may look like astrophotography images of stars, galaxies, and nebulae, they were actually captured with a camera pointed down, not up. Tanhua created the images by capturing gasoline puddles found on the asphalt of parking lots.
“I didn’t look up but down when I took these…
3 Steps to Creating a Dramatic B&W Infrared Photo in Photoshop
February 10, 2022
Like most photographers, I love black-and-white infrared images. There is a purity and intensity to a well-crafted monochrome image, and there are many software options out there to help convert an image to black-and-white.
In my experience, the best way to convert an…
Canon has been at war with producers of counterfeit batteries for almost a decade and has announced that it just won a major battle in a targeted settlement with a major shipping and fulfillment company that supplied them to the market.
Canon Has Stopped One Major…
The Winning Photos from the 2022 Underwater Photographer of the Year
February 10, 2022
The annual Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) competition has announced this year’s winners across numerous categories that all celebrate the best photography taken beneath the surface of the ocean, lakes, rivers, and swimming pools.
Promoting Underwater Photography Worldwide
Based in the United Kingdom, the competition is open to entries from all around the world. It features 13…
