Landscape photography is as much about photography as it is about travel. I believe it would not be very outlandish of me to assume that for most of us, our hunt for stunning landscape images began at some moment of epiphany, in some corner of the planet, when some awe-inspiring vista was rude enough to make us realize how underprepared we were to photograph such a scene in all of its glory.
In…
Manfrotto and Gitzo have registered a new testing practice with the UNI — an Italian standardization body — which creates a new international standard for tripod load capacity, though it has yet to be adopted outside of the two companies.
As spotted by DIY Photography…
T-Mobile has announced that it will equip players at Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2021 Home Run Derby in Denver with point-of-view (POV) cameras on their helmets and allow viewers to witness the game as if they were on the field.
Viewers will get the unique opportunity…
Nikon’s recently announced Z fc is a camera that shows how not only can the company learn from and fix past mistakes, but also illustrate how it plans to succeed today as well as where the company can move in the future.
Designed based on the classic Nikon FM and FM2 film bodies, Nikon did an exceptional job at marrying the analog body with the requisite features that we all expect in a digital…
Photographer Timothy Boomer captures beautiful macro photographs of plant galls, which are growths that form in response to some outside stimulus. For his work, Boomer focuses on growths caused by the tiny gall wasp.
Boomer is a natural history photographer based in…
The COOLPIX 100 was Nikon’s first consumer digital camera. It launched in 1996 at around $500 and sports a one-third-megapixel sensor, a fixed 52mm equivalent lens, and one megabyte of memory.
The COOLPIX 100 solved the thorny issue of connectivity by building the entire…
Photography Instructor Bans Kit Lenses
July 6, 2021
It’s often said that “the best camera is the one that’s with you,” but one college photography instructor doesn’t seem to agree: she has banned the students in her course from using kit lenses.
In case you’re not familiar with camera equipment, entry-level cameras are often bundled with cheaper (generally 18-55mm zoom) lenses that allow aspiring photographers to immediately start…
Kolari Vision has developed a filter that works with Canon’s EF to RF adapter with support for drop-in filters that can add a swirly bokeh effect to any EF lens. This would theoretically let those who enjoy the unique bokeh of lenses like the Petzval 80.5mm or 55mm achieve…
I have been shooting 4×5 color transparencies or commonly known as color slide film for many years but the best that I could enjoy them was to put them on the light table and viewing them through a loupe. Unlike my 35mm and 120 slides, I have never seen them projected big…
Nikon Unveils a New Boxed Set of… Candies
July 6, 2021
While Nikon may be a camera company, its museum in Tokyo is known for selling some unusual and limited non-photography Nikon-themed products. Announced today, a set of 10 different flavored yokan candies packaged in a collectible box are available for 1,200 yen (about $11).
Yokan candies are a type of Japanese confection that is made of a mix of red bean paste, agar, and sugar. Yokan are…
