How to Photograph the Snow Monsters at Zao Onsen, Japan When it comes to winter photography experiences, the Yamagata prefecture of Japan is hiding something pretty remarkable in the scenic village of Zao Onsen. It’s a landscape and subject I’ve hoped to visit since I was a student visiting a host family in Japan at […]

If you’re struggling to understand hyperfocal distance in photography, then you’ve come to the right place. In this article, I’m going to explain everything you need to know about hyperfocal distance, and how you can use it for photos that are sharp from front to back. In fact, if you desire the sharpest possible landscape […]

Negative HiFi Reviews. WHY I will NEVER do them. For the last four years I have stated around 100,098 times (ok, that’s an exaggeration) that I only review what I really like, love or find to be a great value. Yet again and again, people like to say that I only praise gear. I thought […]

When Democrats reshaped the American health-insurance system in 2010, Republicans accused them of all manner of legislative foul play: Middle-of-the-night votes. Backroom deals. An enormous, partisan bill jammed through Congress before anyone could find out what was in it. “Have you read the bill? Hell no you haven’t!” an indignant then-House Minority Leader John Boehner […]

As creators, we’re constantly managing massive raw libraries and hefty high-resolution video clips. External hard drives quickly turn into clutter, and direct-attached storage can limit flexibility when switching between devices. Network Attached Storage (NAS) is the logical next step, but historically, high-performance solutions with features like 10GbE have been prohibitively expensive. Enter the UGREEN NASync […]

It hasn’t been long since the Fujifilm X half was announced, but as expected, there are now lots of “first look” videos everywhere. So if you’re curious about what those lucky enough to get review units are saying, let’s start going through those videos today with some first impressions from Joshua Martin of CineDailies for Moment. “A digital […]

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50mm-for-leica-users/”> Spread the love There are many iconic lenses created for Leica models that have gained popularity over the years. However, a large chunk is no longer in production since many of them were designed decades ago. For instance, Summicron-M 28mm f1.2 ASPH, Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f0.95 ASPH, and Voigtländer Heliar Classic 50mm f1.5, amongst […]

You might think everyone is on Instagram. It certainly feels that way sometimes and perhaps it is in Meta’s best interest to promote this. Or at least posit the idea as an inevitability. Blue red and green letters illustration of social media icons. Photo by Alexander Shatov Well, you’d be wrong because apparently there are […]

Technology company PNY has announced new microSD Express memory cards, joining the newly formed fray ahead of the Nintendo Switch 2’s global launch on June 5. As PetaPixel reported in early April, SD Express — a generally ignored memory card format — is finally getting a bit of time in the limelight thanks to the […]