It’s the end of the year and time to reflect. As is tradition, Lensrentals does it with a year-end article slicing and dicing its rental statistics by brand, format and a few other variables. Who’s winning the rental war? The usual suspects. But there are a couple of fun surprises as well.
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While Lensrentals doesn’t share its specific rental numbers (though it…
The Sigma 14mm F1.4 Art is the best Ultra Wide Lens
December 22, 2023
My gear of the year is the Sigma 14mm F1.4 Art lens: a big, heavy and glorious ultra-wide prime lens with a fast aperture.
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I know, I know. I did it again. I picked another fast, ultra-wide lens as my Gear of the Year. At this point, you could call it a…
Fujifilm X-T5: Top 5 Settings to Optimize Your Camera
December 22, 2023
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The Fujifilm X-T5 offers a ton of features. Here are five settings you might explore to get your camera set up right.
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The Fujifilm X-T5, like most of the company’s cameras, is known for the dials and tactile controls, at least on the outside.
The Leica Q3: A Game-Changer in Photography
December 22, 2023
The Leica Q3 was the most fun I had with any gear in 2023.
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No camera stood out to me more this year than Leica’s Q3. But it’s not for the reasons you may imagine.
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It’s expensive, and the fixed 28mm lens limits how far you can go with it, literally and figuratively. The 3-second boot-up time can feel like an eternity when you come…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Deciphers Ancient History of Martian Lake
December 22, 2023
Marking its 1,000th Martian day on the Red Planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover recently completed its exploration of the ancient river delta that holds evidence of a lake that filled Jezero Crater billions of years ago. The six-wheeled scientist has to date collected a total…
NASA’s NEOWISE Celebrates 10 Years, Plans End of Mission
December 22, 2023
NASA’s NEOWISE has had a busy decade. Since its reactivated mission began on Dec. 13, 2013, the space telescope has discovered a once-in-a-lifetime comet, observed more than 3,000 near-Earth objects, bolstered international planetary defense strategies, and supported…
Scientists have known that the giant plume of ice grains and water vapor spewing from Saturn’s moon Enceladus is rich with organic compounds, some of which are important for life as we know it. Now, scientists analyzing data from NASA’s Cassini mission are taking the evidence for habitability a step further: They’ve found strong confirmation of hydrogen cyanide, a molecule that is key to the…
NASA’s Tech Demo Streams First Video From Deep Space via Laser
December 22, 2023
NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications experiment beamed an ultra-high definition streaming video on Dec. 11 from a record-setting 19 million miles away (31 million kilometers, or about 80 times the Earth-Moon distance). The milestone is part of a NASA technology…
As the Arctic Warms, Its Waters Are Emitting Carbon
December 22, 2023
When it comes to influencing climate change, the world’s smallest ocean punches above its weight. It’s been estimated that the cold waters of the Arctic absorb as much as 180 million metric tons of carbon per year – more than three times what New York City emits…
NASA’s EMIT mission has created the first comprehensive maps of the world’s mineral dust-source regions, providing precise locations of 10 key minerals based on how they reflect and absorb light. When winds loft these substances into the air, they either cool or warm the atmosphere and Earth’s surface, depending on their composition. Understanding their abundance around the globe will help…
