Leica cameras are renowned for their expense which normally puts them out of the reach of most photographers. But this wooden replica of a Leica M3 looks like one that nearly any photography fan can afford.
Leica Rumors has added a limited batch — specifically called a “test run” — of the replica wooden Leica M3 cameras to its online store to gauge the popularity of the product, and…
Located east of the Horn of Africa, Socotra was famously described by English anthropologist George Wynn Brereton Huntingford in 1980 as “the most alien-looking place on Earth.” Photographer Daniel Kordan visited the island and captured the otherworldly beauty of the…
Sigma will donate 5% of sales from 24 participating retail partners to charitable organizations to aid communities most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic as part of its Focused on the Fight initiative.
Sigma says that in 2020, that Focused on the Fight campaign raised over…
Scientists have been able to capture the real-time electrical activity of a beating heart using a sheet of graphene to record an image. The result is almost like a video camera, and the generated images show the electric fields that trigger a heartbeat.
Graphene is a material that has a high ceiling of potential that could be used to make a wide range of products and services. As explained by…
Video: Photographer uses a 4x5 large format camera and expired film for wildlife photography
June 19, 2021
Austrian photographer Markus Hofstätter is known for his analog photography. He primarily works with the collodion wet plate process and primarily does portraiture. The educator and photographer has spent time during the pandemic getting out and exploring nature. At a local…
Since Canon’s initial development announcement for the EOS R3, rumors have swirled that the company — despite its statement otherwise — was not the manufacturer of the backside illuminated sensor at its core. A report published on June 17 stated factually that the R3…
The Nizhne-Svirsky Nature Reserve in Russia has shared a video that shows a local black woodpecker methodically destroying a camera trap that was hidden in the trees.
In a post on Facebook, the Nature Reserve writes that the black woodpecker “easily” discovered the camera, despite its camouflage and spent several days attacking the camera as if it were a part of the tree.
Black woodpeckers…
Samsung has filed a patent for a folding smartphone with a rotating camera as well as another for an under-display camera as well as other sensors such as an in-display fingerprint sensor.
Although Samsung has already released a smartphone with rotating camera technology…
The LargeSense LS911 is definitely a camera that is not for everyone. It is well-suited to individuals who want to thoroughly explore large format photography or who already have experience working with large format camera systems. Either way, the venture depends on having a…
Photographer Markus Hofstätter discovered a family of swans and, over time, gained their trust enough to approach and photograph them. Eventually, he decided to do so with his large-format camera and an expired Kodak Readyload film.
Hofstätter, based in Austria, is primarily a collodion wet plate artist and teacher who focuses on portraiture. During the quiet periods of the pandemic lockdown…
