Sony A7 & A7r offer mirrorless full-frame photography in a small portable package

Sony has just announced two new digital cameras that should send some spine-tingling excitement to both professional and enthusiast photographers. Introducing the A7r and A7, two cameras that feature some of the best and latest digital photography technology and yet remains so compact and light that one can fit on the palm of hand. The […]

Sony A7 and A7r: Mirrorless Cameras Have (Finally!) Gone Full-Frame

Sony A7 and A7r: Mirrorless Cameras Have (Finally!) Gone Full-Frame

Mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras have come a long way in only a few years. And after gradually layering on new features and capability, they’ve finally reached an apex in Sony’s new A7 and A7r models, both of which sport that big and beautiful bastion of image quality—the full-frame sensor.

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Watch an Artist Turn Thousands of Photos Into a Single Imaginary Moment

New York-based artist Pelle Cass turns thousands of images into beautiful time-lapse photographs for his series Selected People. It kind of feels like trick photography, but it takes a discerning eye, a quick trigger finger, and a lot of editing. Here’s how he does it.

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6 Photos Of The Government Shutdown

What happens when the United States is closed? We asked you to show us—to capture both areas shut down by the government and just random things you found abandoned, rusted, and closed. And from here, the US looks like a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

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Huge Machines Hurl Artificial Storms Deep Inside This NASA Hangar

Huge Machines Hurl Artificial Storms Deep Inside This NASA Hangar

The colossal wind tunnels at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, have been used for decades not only to test the aerodynamism of planes, but also to subject submarines to simulations of turbulence and drag in aquatic environments.

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There Are 480GB-Worth Of Photos In This Epic Time Lapse Of Barcelona

There are tons of great city time lapses. When you combine beautiful, weird or iconic architecture with changing light at different times of day, and people speeding by you almost always get a winner. But its not easy to make these shorts. This time lapse of Barcelona, shot in the past few months from August to October, is made from 480GB of data. Geez.

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This Aerial of New York Makes One WTC Look Like the Eye of Sauron

This Aerial of New York Makes One WTC Look Like the Eye of Sauron

When James Kastner took off from Newark International Airport he had no idea he’d soon be taking such an incredible photo of One World Trade Center.

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Is This Berenice Abbott Shooting One of NYC’s Most Iconic Photos?

Is This Berenice Abbott Shooting One of NYC's Most Iconic Photos?

Almost everybody knows Berenice Abbott’s famous "Night View, New York" photograph. It’s Manhattan in a nutshell—a solid wall of city, cold and bright. But we’ve never known the whole story behind this definitive image.

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Shooting Challenge: Government Shut Down

Shooting Challenge: Government Shut Down

We’ve all heard, the U.S. government is shut down. And to celebrate the absurdity, we’re going to photograph things that are closed, abandoned, and if you’re really clever, shut down specifically because of the government.

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Flickr’s new iOS 7 app now offers automatic uploading at full resolution, with sharing set to privat

Flickr’s new iOS 7 app now offers automatic uploading at full resolution, with sharing set to private by default. Neat.

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