Photography

According to the product listings from multiple retailers, the Sony Alpha 7R II has finally been discontinued after six years of production even though it had been technically replaced by both the Alpha 7R III and Alpha 7R IV in recent years. As noticed by Sony Addict, the camera is now listed as no longer available by, for example, Adorama: The camera is listed as an active product on…

I recently shared about how I turned my Afghan Box Camera into a 4×5 slide projector. In this article, I’ll share another idea based on the Afghan Box Camera: to make use of my humble mobile phone camera to create a large format look with the box camera and its lens. This is much inspired by other fellow photographers who have designed similar stuff such as this by Olexiy Shportun and another…

Gpixel has developed a new global shutter 4/3-inch 10-megapixel sensor that it claims will be capable of shooting 4K video at up to 2,000 frames per second. As spotted by Image Sensors World, the 10-megapixel (4608 x 2176) 4/3-inch sensor GSPRINT 4510 is part of the company’s high-speed series. The dimensions aren’t a perfect fit for what most photographers are used to seeing, as it is a bit…

Back in 2008, I was in the Middle East in the military. I wasn’t permitted to have my mobile phone in that location at the time, so I took a relatively cheap digital camera and used it to capture reams of unique photos. When it came time to transfer some of the pictures from the camera, I somehow instead managed to wipe the memory card. I was utterly gutted, but it wasn’t the first (or…