Why This f/2.8 Travel Zoom Starts at 20mm Instead of 24mm
Most full frame zooms start at 24mm, but this one opens at 20mm and weighs less than a pound. That extra width changes what a single travel lens can cover, and it forces a real decision about reach.
Five Experimental Film Tricks Tested on a Zero-Dollar Budget
Experimental film photography rarely gets a fair shake because most of the ideas floating around live in old technical manuals or die in a single frustrated attempt. Testing them yourself takes time, cheap filters, and a willingness to waste a few rolls to learn something you can actually use.
This Incredible 'Lunch Atop a Skyscraper' Bobblehead Puts All 11 Ironworkers on a Beam, Limited to 1,932 Pieces
The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has unveiled the first bobblehead version of "Lunch atop a Skyscraper," the 1932 photograph of 11 ironworkers eating lunch on a girder 850 feet over Manhattan, in the week of the picture's 94th anniversary. All 11 men have bobbing heads, the scene is 13 inches long, and the run is limited to 1,932 numbered pieces at $100 each.
Why Your First Tripod Spot Is Almost Never the Right One
Most photography tutorials show you the winning shot and skip everything that came before it. This one does the opposite, walking through six attempts at a single long exposure until the composition finally comes together.
Apple TV Will Shoot Friday's Giants-Dodgers Game With 14 iPhone 18 Pros Hidden Around Dodger Stadium
Apple TV will shoot part of Friday's Giants at Dodgers game, the last "Friday Night Baseball" broadcast of the season, with 14 iPhone 18 Pro units built into Dodger Stadium, including inside the pitch clock, behind the backstop, on a foul pole, and in both bullpens. Eight of the phones will feed live video into the broadcast over a private T-Mobile 5G network, so what they see reaches your screen as it happens rather than as a replay package.
Seven Controls on Your Mirrorless Camera Still Shaped by Cameras That Loaded Film
The 1/125 on your shutter dial is a rounding error that stuck. The scale it sits on halves at every step, which puts that rung at 1/128, and 1/128 is an ugly number to stamp into metal. Your camera is full of settings like that: numbers and buttons whose shape was fixed by brass, gears, and gelatin, and that crossed into digital without anyone stopping to re-derive them.
DJI Osmo 360 II Brings New 360 Imaging Capabilities, Built on 12 Years of Innovation
DJI just gave the 360 camera market something to catch up to. Building on more than 12 years of imaging expertise, the Osmo 360 II delivers new capabilities rooted in a shared lineage from previous generations of DJI's creative camera technology, from the Osmo 360 to the Avata 360.
The iPhone Aperture Controversy
Four days ago I put out a very nerdy video about the variable aperture lens in the new iPhone 18 Pro, and it has since become the most watched thing I have made all year. I did not see that coming. What I really did not see coming was the comment section.
A lot of you disagreed with me, at length, and told me I had missed the point entirely. So I went back through every one of those arguments. I still think you are wrong, and this time I went outside and measured it.
The Sharpest Lens You Probably Shouldn't Buy for Landscapes
Five years of hesitation, one impulse purchase, and the result confirmed every doubt. The Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 delivers some of the sharpest image quality you can put on a Sony body, and that alone makes it a lens worth understanding before spending the money.
Why Apple Put an Aperture in the iPhone 18 Pro
Apple announced the iPhone 18 Pro, and the headline camera feature this year is a physical variable aperture on the main camera. I have been shooting professionally for 20 years, and I sat through that entire section of the keynote thinking the same thing over and over: this does not make any sense. Why would anyone want or need a variable aperture on a phone?
So I went and did a pile of research, and I think I finally know why it is there. It has almost nothing to do with the reason most people online are giving.
I Watched Apple's Entire Keynote So You Don't Have To
Apple just had a gigantic keynote. New iPhones, new AirPods, new Apple Watches, and the one everybody was waiting on, a folding iPhone. I sat through the entire hour and a half and took detailed notes, and I came out of it more curious than convinced.
iVanky FusionDock Ultra Review, The Most Expensive And Powerful Dock On The Market
Laptops have finally gotten fast enough to be true desktop replacements. The one problem is that no laptop can connect to everything on your desk. A MacBook might only give you two or three USB-C ports, so you are going to need a dock.
So I got the iVANKY FusionDock Ultra, which as far as I know is the most expensive and most powerful dock currently on the market. It is $649. I want to explain what makes it special, and then I want to talk almost all of you out of buying one.
The Tiny Ultra-Wide Lens That Punches Above Its Size
An ultra wide full frame prime that weighs just 142 g and stays sharp wide open is a rare find, and the Lumix 20mm f/2.5 pulls it off. If you shoot travel, vlog, or simply want a kit that doesn't weigh you down, a lens this compact changes what fits in your bag.
Seven Fujifilm Settings You Should Check Carefully
Your Fujifilm camera ships with defaults that can quietly sabotage your photos, from blurry low-light shots to white balance that shifts without your say-so. Most of these settings sit hidden in menus you rarely open, which is why so many owners never realize anything is wrong until they review the files.
How Photography Became an Escape During the Hardest Year
People are walking away from photography at the exact moment it could do the most for them. What looks like a hobby about pretty pictures can turn into something closer to therapy when life goes sideways.
Canon Just Patented an Insane f/2 Telephoto Zoom
Canon has filed a patent for a 70-135mm f/2 zoom lens for full frame cameras, an internal-zoom design with a fixed front group that reads like a direct answer to the Sony FE 50-150mm f/2 GM that went on sale last year. The numerical example in the filing runs from 72.10mm to 136.89mm at f/2.05, with an optical length of 211mm from the front surface to the sensor, which puts it in the same physical class as Sony's lens.
Apple Reference Image: How the iPhone 18 Pro Proves a Photo Is Real
Apple Reference Image is a camera mode on the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max that signs the captured pixel data inside the sensor, then turns that signed data into a second, cryptographically signed copy of your photo that anyone can verify as authentic and not revoked. You keep shooting the normal photo. The reference image sits beside it in the Photos app as proof of what the sensor actually saw, and a viewer can compare that reference against the version you publish to see where the two differ.
A Rescue Boat Filmed a Humpback Mother Standing Vigil Over Her Stillborn Calf
A female humpback whale gave birth to a stillborn calf about a kilometer off Australia's Gold Coast on July 17, 2025, then kept diving to the seafloor to lie beside it, nudge it with her head and a pectoral fin, and hold eye contact for a minute or more at a time, until the boat watching her left at 10 a.m. A rescue boat captain floating nearby with the engines off recorded it on a handheld GoPro, and the 12 minutes of usable footage are now the first detailed record of a humpback mother attending a stillborn calf.
The Push-Pull Zoom Was Faster Than Any Modern Zoom Ring and Dust Got the Blame
When Canon announced the replacement for the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM in November 2014, the change photographers argued about was the disappearance of the sliding zoom collar rather than the optics or the stabilizer. The reason repeated everywhere at launch was that a rotating ring stops dust from being pulled into the barrel. That announcement retired what a lot of photographers still consider the fastest zoom control ever fitted to a camera lens.
Pelican Intros First Major TV Ad Campaign with Chris Burkard
Pelican has long been a name associated with gear transport and protection. I personally remember customizing their foam inserts to fit my camera gear and lenses as I transported them in their hard cases across the country and the world. I honestly never really looked to Pelican for anything other than their hard cases, but I have learned they actually offer a number of different camera bags and accessories. One of these camera bag series is called Aegis, and to help promote it, Pelican leadership decided to do something they'd never done before: launch a major TV ad campaign.