The Best Gear for the Serious Amateur Photographer in Your Life

The Best Gear for the Serious Amateur Photographer in Your Life

Whether you’re looking for accessories that will lift a loved one’s phone-tography to higher ground or trying to help them step up to a full-fledged camera, we’ve got you covered. It’s all in this list of gift picks for serious …

    



It’s Always Awesome To Start a Fire with Water

You think of water and fire as opposites, but it doesn’t have to be that way. If you’re clever enough about it, they’ll get along together just fine. And there’s just always something so paradoxically cool about starting a fire with H2O.

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This Filter Prevents Water Drops From Sticking To Your Camera Lens

Shooting in a downpour is not unheard of, in fact, most high-end DSLRs are completely waterproof for that reason. However, photographers still need to ensure their lens isn’t covered in water droplets that can end up obscuring a shot—either by wiping the lens every few seconds, or trying out this new filter from Tokina that prevents water from forming drops in the first place.

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Fujifilm 23mm f/1.4 Lens: The Street Photographer’s New Best Friend

Fujifilm 23mm f/1.4 Lens: The Street Photographer's New Best Friend

Fuji knows that a lens ecosystem is one of the most important things when choosing a camera to invest in. That’s why it’s full speed ahead in developing options for its stylish X series of mirrorless cameras. The new 23mm f/1.4 prime lens is yet another piece of quality glass for the stable.

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Sony QX Lens Cameras work without smartphone aid

Though we’ve seen the Sony “Lens Camera” devices appear connected to smartphones before, today a set of press photos suggests that the user might be able to use these devices without a companion smart unit at all. Where before we’d assumed that it was the smartphone – or tablet – that allowed a Sony Lens […]

Review: The Retro-Fabulous Fujifilm X100S

Review: The Retro-Fabulous Fujifilm X100S

Fujifilm’s $1,300 shooter hits that elusive sweet spot between DSLR quality and point-and-shoot portability.

    



An iPhone Camera Periscope Makes Stalking a Breeze

An iPhone Camera Periscope Makes Stalking a Breeze

Whether you’re documenting something bizarre you saw on the subway, or secretly capturing images of your crush, this rotating spy lens from Photojojo makes it incredibly easy to covertly capture images on your iPhone. Think of it as a tiny periscope for your smartphone, but instead of torpedoing frigates, you can use it to sink reputations, or just collect some useful blackmail material.

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Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 Review: The Best Low-Light Zoom Lens By a Mile

Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 Review: The Best Low-Light Zoom Lens By a Mile

Zoom lenses are the quintessential frenemy of photographers everywhere. They provide great versatility, but not without trade-offs such as weight and aperture size. Sigma’s new lens brings zooms where they have rarely ventured before with an unprecedented f/1.8 aperture. The future is bright.

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Leaked Manual Reveals More Details on Sony’s Smartphone Lens Cameras

Leaked Manual Reveals More Details on Sony's Smartphone Lens Cameras

It looks like SonyAlphaRumors has managed to get its hands on what it believes to be a few leaked pages of the manual for Sony’s rumored all-in-one lens cameras, designed to work alongside a smartphone. And they look even more promising than before.

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Sony Lens Cameras teased: attaching to all, from Xperia to iPhone

As tipped all the way back near the middle of July, Sony’s Lens Cameras (DSC-QX10 and DSC-QX100) once again appear to be upon us. These cameras are appearing in press images this afternoon courtesy of Sony Alpha Rumors both on their own and attached to the Sony Xperia Z and Sony Xperia i1, aka Honami. […]