Image: Tech Transfer HQ CMOS sensors are now so ordinary that it’s easy to forget how transformative they were. They’re used in an ever-growing list of devices, from dedicated cameras, smartphones and webcams, to security systems, glasses and cars. A new video from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) looks at how the CMOS image […]
Photo: Kamil Budzynski Since 2018, Polish photographer Kamil Budzynski has been placing homemade pinhole cameras throughout the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, leaving them in abandoned buildings, trees and other locations for months at a time. The resulting solargraphs are strange, quiet and even disorienting. Ghostly buildings and overgrown streets sit beneath bright arcs traced by the […]
Photo: Erez Marom In the previous article about photographing mammals in China, I told the story of photographing black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys in Yunnan – the first of two species of snub-nosed monkeys I had the opportunity to capture. I’ll tell you about the second species in the next article, but before we get to that, […]
Photo: Marc Aubry Despite Eastman Kodak making tentative steps back into the consumer photo film market, and its name still being applied to the front of countless licensees’ compact cameras, there’s still a widely-held sense of ‘What if?’ surrounding the Kodak name. Not only did the company dominate the film industry, it also did more […]
Shanghai, China – Bund downtown river view Sony a7R IV | F1.4 | 1/125 sec | ISO 1600Photo: Kevin Zhang Kevin Zhang, known as fatplanediaries in the wider community, began photographing at a young age under his father’s influence, a dedicated Leica street photographer. What started as a focus on street photography evolved over time, […]
When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a commission. Image: LK Samyang LK Samyang’s AF 14-24mm F2.8 is officially available for L-mount. The company previewed the lens at CP+ earlier this year, following the ultra-wide zoom’s E-mount debut last year as LK Samyang’s first co-branded lens with German optics specialist […]
Image: Westend61 / Westend61 via Getty Images Welcome back to our Question of the Week series! This reader-focused series aims to get our photographic community to share thoughts on all sorts of photography-related topics in our forums. We pose questions about gear, favorite camera stores, advice, problem-solving and more, and you share your thoughts and […]
Between delivering commercial work for clients and feeding the ever-voracious YouTube algorithm, Joshua Martin spends more time than most with a camera in his hands. Until recently, that camera was his trusty Fujifilm X-H2S. But after upgrading to the GFX system for his commercial work, Martin realized it was time to part ways with the […]
Photo: WideluxX Jeff Bridges and his SilverBridges team have been hard at work reviving his beloved panoramic, panning-lens film camera, the Widelux. Last month, they shared a video of Bridges and his wife unboxing two prototypes (which was pure joy), and now, they have announced that the WideluxX is officially available for pre-order. The SilverBridges […]
Photo: WideluxX Jeff Bridges and his SilverBridges team have been hard at work reviving his beloved panoramic, panning-lens film camera, the Widelux. Last month, they shared a video of Bridges and his wife unboxing two prototypes (which was pure joy), and now, they have announced that the WideluxX is officially available for pre-order. The SilverBridges […]
