Photography

In the summer, around June and July, firefly season kicks into full swing in Japan and watching (and photographing) the natural light show is a popular pastime. Photographer Daniel Kordan shot a beautiful set of photos that captures the magic of hotaru season. In the summer of 2019, Kodan was shooting in a remote location on Kyushu, the third-largest island of Japan’s five main islands, and he…

Bevis Gear is closing in on the end of a Kickstarter campaign that has so far raised over $600,000 for the Top Shelf, a camera bag that promises fast, easy access to gear in a way that has never been done before. Bevis Gear claims that all bags to this point have struggled to create a design that properly allows fast and easy access to equipment while also keeping that gear secure. Its solution…

Samsung has announced the next generation of its 50-megapixel sensor called ISOCELL GN2. It follows last year’s GN1 and promises significant autofocus improvements thanks to a new phase-detection advancement the company calls “Dual Pixel Pro.” Dual Pixel is a technology most commonly associated with Canon cameras and splits a pixel to allow it to sense a phase change on a per-pixel basis…

Editor’s Note: (Monday, February 22, 2021 at 1:43 PM): The original version of this article originally stated the Canon RF version of the Laowa 11mm lens was $699. That is incorrect and we have updated it to the correct price, $799. Venus Optics has announced it’s adding new mount support for two of its Laowa lenses. The Laowa 11mm F4.5 FF RL (full-frame rectilinear) lens is now available for…