Gyms are commonplace in the 21st century as are the machines within them. But back in the 19th century when lifting weights didn’t exist, it took a series of bizarre photographs to educate the world on a new way to improve fitness.
Dr. Gustav Zander is the physician credited with inventing the first exercise machine and gym in 1865. His work was so successful that by 1911 there were…
As photographers, one of the most exciting parts of our job is to print the fantastic photos we capture. As eager as we are to get the prints, we need to ensure we follow the entire pre-printing process to the T to ensure you have realistic prints. One crucial step in the…
Ancestry, the largest for-profit genealogy website on the planet, has integrated an automatic colorization feature that it says lets users bring make black and white photos more lifelike.
The company says it already enables the ability to capture, digitize, retouch…
It probably won’t become quite as ubiquitous as the Rebel DSLRs it’s likely to replace, but the Canon EOS R10 is likely to attract new users to the APS-C format.
Sure, coincidence is likely to be playing a fair role, but the last few days have left me feeling more confident about APS-C’s survival as a standalone format than I’ve felt in a while. As a primarily APS-C…
Panasonic, Leica sign strategic agreement for joint development of Leica and LUMIX products, technology
June 2, 2022
Leica Camera AG and Panasonic have announced that the two companies have signed a comprehensive, strategic collaboration agreement. As a result of the agreement, Leica and Panasonic will work more closely to jointly develop new technologies under the name L2 Technology (L…
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June 2, 2022
Sigma’s new 16-28mm F2.8 lens offers an ultra-wide focal length range, fast continuous maximum aperture and impressive close focus capabilities. All in a remarkably small and lightweight package.
So how well does it perform? Check out our sample gallery, shot around…
Sigma has announced the 16-28mm f/2.8 DG DN, a wide-angle zoom lens designed for Sony E-Mount and Leica L-Mount and can be used on full-frame cameras.
The new 16-28mm is the latest high-performance zoom lens in the Sigma Contemporary line, and is the “perfect companion” to the 28-70mm f/2.8 DG DN.
Sigma says that the wide lens provides “exceptional optical quality, a bright f/2.8…
Sony has announced three new lenses that have been designed with the hybrid photographer/videographer in mind: the 10-20mm f/4 PZ, 15mm f/1.4, and 11mm f/1.8.
Sony says that the number of creators producing both photo and video content has greatly increased in the last…
Thousands of hacked Chinese police photographs of interned Uyghurs have shed light on Beijing’s treatment of its Muslim minority in Xinjiang.
Dubbed the Xinjiang Police Files, the photos were passed to the BBC and other media earlier this year. After a…
A pair of Soviet film cameras that were among the first to ever go into space is up for auction and one of the vintage 35mm cameras captured the world’s first spacewalk.
Two Konvas Automat cameras that were involved in early Soviet space missions are up for sale tomorrow, June 2, in Heritage Auctions’ Signature Space Exploration Auction.
The current seller is a Soviet camera collector…
