Sony has announced three new lenses that have been designed with the hybrid photographer/videographer in mind: the 10-20mm f/4 PZ, 15mm f/1.4, and 11mm f/1.8.
Sony says that the number of creators producing both photo and video content has greatly increased in the last several years. The company cites that around 60% of surveyed creators said they were hybrid shooters in 2019, but in 2022 that…
Thousands of hacked Chinese police photographs of interned Uyghurs have shed light on Beijing’s treatment of its Muslim minority in Xinjiang.
Dubbed the Xinjiang Police Files, the photos were passed to the BBC and other media earlier this year. After a…
A pair of Soviet film cameras that were among the first to ever go into space is up for auction and one of the vintage 35mm cameras captured the world’s first spacewalk.
Two Konvas Automat cameras that were involved in early Soviet space missions are up for sale…
The camera equipment manufacturer Viltrox has launched a Indiegogo campaign for the Viltrox 13mm f/1.4, a large-aperture ultra-wide-angle autofocus lens that is perfect for vlogging, landscape, architecture, street, food, and astro photography.
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The James Webb Space Telescope will release its first full-color images and spectroscopic data on July 12, and a countdown clock has been added to the telescope’s website.
Webb, which is a partnership with the European Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, and…
A student website received a letter demanding thousands of dollars for a copyright infringement after using a Creative Commons image.
Despite downloading the image from a popular Creative Commons (CC) website, the student outfit now owes the photographer several…
Sigma has announced the 16-28mm F2.8 DG DN | C, a fast wide-angle zoom for full-frame that makes up part of the company’s more affordable ‘contemporary’ range.
The lens is a new design for mirrorless cameras and will be available for L and E mounts. It uses a stepping motor and internal focus design to give fast, quiet focus. It’s designed to work well for both stills and…
Sigma 16-28mm F2.8 DG DN Contemporary review
June 1, 2022
Sigma surprised us all with their very compact new ultra-wide zoom, the 16-28mm F2.8 DG DN Contemporary. We took it for a long walk through downtown Calgary to see if there are any trade-offs for the portability.
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Apple has designed a way to hide a camera inside the digital crown of an Apple Watch which would presumably allow users to stealthily take photos directly with the popular smartwatch.
The Silicon Valley giant appears to be researching ways to fit a camera in the…
Best Star Tracker for Astrophotography in 2022
June 1, 2022
So, you have decided you want to take your astrophotography to the next level… maybe you want to capture more detail in the Milky Way core, or perhaps dabble with deep space objects like Andromeda or Orion or maybe you came from my all-in-one astrophotography tutorial. Whatever it is, you know you are looking at buying a star tracker.
So what is a star tracker and how do you use them?
