The Solarcan Puck is a reusable time exposure pinhole camera that is designed to capture the path of the Sun as it moves across the sky over the course of a day.
Solarcan’s original product, the Solarcan Classic, is an experimental camera that was successfully backed on Kickstarter in 2017. That product was designed to produce extremely long time exposures that captured the Sun’s…
TTartisan reveals Leica M-mount to Sony E-mount lens adapter with pre-encoded focal length selector
April 19, 2022
Chinese accessories and optics manufacturer TTartisan has revealed its new Leica M-mount to Sony E-mount adapter. What’s unique about this adapter is the inclusion of a little rotary dial on the barrel of the adapter that lets you select the focal length of the attached…
The Tamron 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD is an all-around zoom lens for Sony and Fujifilm APS-C cameras. Impressively, it provides a full-frame equivalent range of 27-450mm – all in a compact package you can shoot without a tripod.
In this video, we go behind the…
A detailed investigation has revealed what happens to all of the stolen cameras and electronics that are pilfered from cars across San Francisco: they are all sold on the street — often within a matter of hours of theft — and in broad daylight.
PetaPixel has widely covered the car break-ins and robberies in San Francisco. Photographers were robbed while stuck in traffic, a photographer…
The ShiftCam SnapGrip is a MagSafe-compatible attachment that adds a grip and shutter button in a way that instantly makes a smartphone operate more like a full-size camera.
ShiftCam has been making smartphone camera enhancement accessories for some time, and over…
The day after photography was invented in 1839, somebody pointed out that the photographs were just shades of gray – there was no color. The photography inventors knew this was a problem and probably hoped that no one would notice. Paintings were in vivid color and if…
Does Your Lens Rattle? Here’s What You Need To Know
April 18, 2022
It’s quite a scary thought when you hear your new lens rattle for the first time. Let’s face it, you most likely spent a stack of cash to obtain new gear, and if it’s failing out of the box, you’re not going to be too impressed. So rather than ringing the manufacturer’s support line to complain, know that there is nothing wrong with your rattling lens.
The rattle or clunking…
Mitochondria in Human Eyes Found to Act Like Tiny Lenses
April 18, 2022
Compound eyes are a common feature in many insects and for years their vision has been treated as very different from that of mammals. A new study, however, may have found that human eyes might be more like an insect’s than previously believed.
In a study…
Canon Rebel: A Guide to the Popular Beginner Camera Line
April 18, 2022
It’s been just over four decades since autofocus 35mm cameras have become a reality. In 1987, Canon had just released their first autofocus 35mm film camera called the EOS 650, with the EF lens mount and lightning-fast autofocus. It was a bold new design that many thought…
A mysterious mosaic created during the heyday of Kodak has been rediscovered after decades when the owners of a former Kodak research building knocked down a wall during renovations.
Rochester, New York’s local CITY News reports that the tech company Delta-X Global had been rehabilitating the old Kodak laboratory in Eastman Business Park (formerly known as Kodak Park) to create its new…
