Video and capabilities Insta360 frames the X6 as a 3-in-1 device, aimed at serving content creators for more than just 360-degree video needs. Because of the native 8K/50 resolution captured upfront, its in-camera reframing and subject-tracking capture mode can track subjects and reframe to flat 4K after the fact without locking in a composition at […]
I’m just as passionate about gaming as photography, so you can imagine my elation when my team mentioned to me Toem 2 is about to release. Toem 2 is an upcoming casual indie adventure about photographing a character’s world as they adventure through it. Something We Made, the developers behind the game, recently announced that […]
VSCO is selecting one photographer from every state to have their work licensed for use on public billboards across the country. The campaign, called The Fifty, is a free open call for VSCO members with submissions running through September 10, 2026. To enter, photographers simply post an image to VSCO using the hashtag #TheFifty with a […]
The eclipse path crosses Spain at sunset, and one cinematographer has a plan to capture something dramatic. Arthur Detienne A mockup of the hero shot Detienne and his team are going for. \On August 12, a total solar eclipse will cross mainland Spain for the first time in over 120 years, with geometry unlike almost […]
The eclipse path crosses Spain at sunset, and one cinematographer has a plan to capture something dramatic. Arthur Detienne A mockup of the hero shot Detienne and his team are going for. \On August 12, a total solar eclipse will cross mainland Spain for the first time in over 120 years, with geometry unlike almost […]
Christopher Nolan’s recent blockbuster hit, The Odyssey, was the first full-length narrative movie shot entirely on 15/70mm IMAX film, with each frame exposed onto a 70×48.5mm negative. There’s been a countless amount of ink spilled over the challenges of working with the massive cameras needed to shoot the format for every scene (and about how […]
Total solar eclipses are one of those serendipitous astronomical phenomena of a special time we live in. If you are in Spain on August 12, you won’t want to miss the next one. Erez Maron Total solar eclipses are special. Imagine a giant suspended rock in the sky (the Moon) that just so happens to […]
Blackmagic has released a firmware update that adds continuous phase-detect autofocus, complete with object tracking and face detection, to its full-frame Cinema Camera 6K. This makes the camera more competitive in an increasingly crowded landscape of video-centric cameras focused on owner-operators and creators. When the $3000 Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K launched, it could acquire focus […]
The nostalgia for specific formats makes less sense in the digital era, especially if you’re not already using the best available. Abby Ferguson “I just wish someone would make a proper 6×7 camera.” It’s the logical endpoint of every discussion in which someone loftily dictates that modern digital medium format is somehow not “real” because […]
Photographers are often drawn to crystal-clear scenery in brilliant golden light. Yet some of the most evocative images are created under precisely the opposite conditions. Ben Hattenbach Fog strips away distraction. It conceals rather than reveals, simplifying a landscape until only its essential forms remain. Ordinary subjects become mysterious, and scenes that would appear cluttered […]
