Photography

A promotional image from Nikon showing off just some of its expansive lens lineup. According to a report (translated, partially walled behind a free account) from Nikkei Shimbun, Nikon is set cease operations at two of its Japanese interchangeable lens manufacturing factories next month, leaving just a single factory to produce lenses domestically. As part of its ongoing effort to reduce…

Drew MacCallum is Canon’s Technical Advisor and one of my go-to resources for complicated camera questions. I also happen to follow him on Instagram, which is where I noticed he started posting some stellar bird photos. After seeing a plethora of incredible images make it to his feed, I decided to reach out to MacCallum to ask him about his art, which is the first time we’ve started a…

The demand for Fujifilm’s latest medium format camera, the newly-announced GFX100S, appears to have exceeded the company’s expectations as it has published a “notice of delay” on its website. Published in Japanese, Fujifilm has stated that demand has exceeded the initial supply of cameras, and as a result, shipping will be delayed. Below is the notice, translated directly from Japanese…

Astronomical filmmaker Seán Doran has processed the multitude of images captured by the Japanese Kaguya (Selene) lunar orbiter into a stunning four-hour real-time journey in orbit around the moon. In September of 2007, Japan launched its Kaguya (Selene) lunar orbiter that was equipped with two high-definition TV cameras which it used to capture photos and videos of the moon. That mission ended…