Will Nikon Be Taken Over?
Speculation is circulating again that the Ray-Ban owner's steadily growing position in Nikon could be a first step toward buying the camera maker outright.
The latest round of chatter, flagged by Nikon Rumors citing Yahoo Japan, revives a theory that has come and gone several times. The idea is simple: EssilorLuxottica keeps buying Nikon shares, so some people read that as groundwork for an eventual acquisition. That reading runs ahead of anything the companies have actually said or done, as there is no bid, no filing, and no confirmation from either company.
How the Polaroid SX-70 Became the Most Beautiful Camera Ever Made
In April 1972, at Polaroid's annual meeting, Edwin H. Land reached into his jacket, pulled out a camera folded flat enough to hide in a suit pocket, and in about ten seconds fired off five color photographs. There was no timer to watch, no negative to peel away, no wet chemistry to wipe off your fingers. That was the SX-70, and more than fifty years later, it still looks like it wandered in from a future that never quite arrived.
Five Tips to Improve Your Panning Images
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Panning is an integral part of sports and action photography, but mastering the technique can add interest and intrigue to many genres. I am going to break down the five things I consider when trying to create a good panning image.
Step 1: What Kind of Photo Do You Want?
A successful panning shot starts by thinking about what you want the shot to look like. How much motion blur do you want/need? Are you going for an artistic, slightly abstract feel, or do you want a very detailed subject with enough blur to convey motion to the viewer?
Why the Background Makes or Breaks Every Shot
The subject in your photograph is often the easiest part to get right, and the hardest work happens everywhere else in the frame. Power lines on the horizon, a chimney breaking a clean skyline, or a background cluttered with too many competing shapes can quietly wreck an otherwise strong image.
A 50-Year-Old Canon Lens That Out-Resolves a 100-Megapixel Sensor
A discontinued Canon lens from the 1970s can fully resolve the 100-megapixel sensor sitting inside a modern medium format body. Old glass carries a look that clean digital optics rarely match, and that character is exactly what draws people back to gear that stopped being made decades ago.
Why f/22 Might Be Ruining Your Sharpest Shots
Every aperture on your lens does a different job, and the wrong one can quietly soften an image you thought was tack sharp. The choice sits at the center of exposure, depth of field, and the entire feel of a photograph, which is why arguments over the "best" aperture never really end.
Why Chasing Money Early Can Wreck Your Photography
The advice that stings a little is usually the advice worth hearing. Money, gear, and social media can quietly stall a photographer's growth long before technique ever does, and understanding when each one helps or hurts changes how you spend your time behind the camera.
Logitech Sued for Keeping Tariff Refunds Instead of Passing Them to Buyers
A class action filed in California accuses Logitech of raising prices to cover Trump-era import tariffs, then keeping both the higher prices and the federal refund it collected once the Supreme Court struck those tariffs down. The suit wants that money returned to the people who actually paid it: customers who bought a mouse, keyboard, or webcam at the inflated price.
Would You Want a 125-600mm Lens? A Patent Says the Math Works
A newly published Panasonic patent describes an alternative optical configuration for a 125-600mm f/5.6-8.3 full frame lens.
The Camera Lost on Mount Everest in 1924, and the Photograph It Might Still Hold
Somewhere on or below Everest's northern side, perhaps buried in snow, rock, or moving ice, there may be a camera the size of a bar of soap. If it is ever found, and if the film inside survived, it could answer a question that has hung over mountaineering for 100 years: did George Mallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine stand on the summit of Everest in 1924, three decades before Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay?
The ‘Student’ Legend: Why the Pentax K1000 Still Commands Respect
There is no camera more synonymous with "learning" than the Pentax K1000. For nearly 50 years, it has been arguably the best-known student film camera ever made. But in 2026, it's time to stop looking at the K1000 as a "beginner" camera and start appreciating it as a masterclass in "three-dial" simplicity. It does exactly three things: shutter speed, aperture, and focus. In an era of "feature creep" and menu bloat, that simplicity is a professional asset.
One Lighthouse, Eight Ways: How to Squeeze Every Shot Out of a Single Location
A lighthouse surrounded by a field of yellow flowers at its peak is the kind of alignment that happens once in decades, and one landscape shooter spent an entire week working it from every angle he could find. The blue sky, the red-and-white tower, and the yellow field give you three primary colors sitting together, which is close to ideal for anyone who wants saturated, punchy landscape work.
Why Amateurs Post 100 Photos and Pros Post 15
An art director at Nike once told a photographer that the reason he got hired was because his website had very few images, and every single one looked incredible. That single piece of advice about restraint sits at the center of how strong portfolios get built.
A $329 Lens That Punches Above Its Price on APS-C
A telephoto lens that weighs 325 g, holds corner-to-corner sharpness wide open, and sells for $329 sets a high bar for anyone shooting portraits on APS-C. The Viltrox 75mm f/1.8 Evo is the first APS-C lens in the Evo lineup, arriving alongside a 90mm f/2.2 sibling.
Why Golden Hour Might Be Quietly Wrecking Your Photos
Golden hour gets treated as the one condition worth shooting in, yet the same warm, angled, flattering light that makes photos look easy can also flatten your instincts and hide your subject. Leaning on it too hard limits the range of colors, moments, and conditions you learn to handle.
The Photograph That Proved Einstein Right: The 1919 Eclipse Plates
For about five minutes on May 29, 1919, the Moon blotted out the Sun over an island in the Gulf of Guinea and a hard-baked plain in northern Brazil, and two teams of astronomers pointed their cameras at a patch of sky no one could normally see. They were not photographing the eclipse for its beauty. They were trying to measure whether a handful of stars had moved.
Thinking About Trying Film Photography? Here Are 5 Tips
For the past couple of years, I've found myself reaching for film cameras more often. Not because they're better than digital—they’re not. For the analog look then? No, I believe you can get a film look with digital, if you know your way around an editing app. It’s really because they remind me why I fell in love with photography in the first place.
The Camera That Refused to Change for Seven Decades
The Leica M has stayed in production for over 70 years, and the rangefinder inside a 2026 model works almost exactly like the one Leica shipped in 1954. That kind of stubbornness runs against every other camera company, all of which abandoned the rangefinder for SLRs, then mirrorless.
Fewer Locations, More Days: How to Plan a Better Photography Trip
Overpacking your camera bag and cramming five cities into a week are the two habits that quietly wreck a photography trip. Both feel productive while you plan them, and both leave you exhausted and short on the shots you actually wanted.
An $89 Full-Frame Autofocus 50mm That Has No Focus Ring
An $89 full-frame autofocus 50mm sounds like a typo, yet the TT Artisan 50mm f/1.8 Neo is real, and it does exactly what a 50mm should do.