Fujifilm Underestimated the X-M5’s Popularity But It Won’t Become an X100VI Situation
Although the Fujifilm X-M5 launched late last year to mixed reviews, it has proven extremely popular with consumers, especially those seeking to up their photo and video game at a budget-friendly price point. About four months after its release, the X-M5 remains challenging to find, with retailers in Japan stopping orders and American photo stores left in the lurch. Where the heck is the X-M5? [Read More]
Myriad Film Holder Lets Photographers Digitize Almost Any Film With Any Camera
English analog photographer Michael Swift started a new company, CUTASUNDA, pronounced “cut asunder,” and its first product is Myriad, a versatile and affordable film holder to make film digitization easier and more accessible. [Read More]
Fotomat® Settles Decades-Long Class Action Suit & YOU May be Able to Cash In BIG!
An out of court agreement has reportedly been reached to settle a 1981 class action lawsuit initiated when Lucy Jellybean Harrington of Squamous, CA, was told her images were “icky and fuzzy” because she had dropped her roll of 35mm Kodak Tri-X Pan film onto their concrete parking lot, has been finalized according to sources connected to the case. Ms. Harrington, now 94 and still “knocking back Jägermeister shots with the best of them young’uns” is in a Senior Living Facility in Wilkesboro, NC, reportedly received $409.32 plus $1,227.96 in potential punitive damages to abandon her decades-long complaint. She was reportedly paid off with Bottle King gift cards. However, the…
Geekom A6 Review: Sub-$500 Mac mini Competitor Is Surprisingly Good
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been testing the Geekom A6 mini PC as my main working computer for editing/retouching photos as well as streaming and even gaming, (it’s the first “real” PC I’ve used in more than 15 years so I just had to). While this tiny device is not the fastest or most powerful computer out there, it offers a surprising level of performance at a very easy-to-swallow $449 price. [Read More]
Learn How a Simple Flash Will Dramatically Improve Your Photos (VIDEO)
Too many photographers avoid using flash because of a misconception that this versatile accessory is overly complicated to master, but today’s quick tutorial from Newcastle Photography College will quickly allay these concerns and inspire you give basic flash photography a try. Our unnamed Australian instructor demonstrates why “flash photography opens up so many other possibilities to us as photographers,” and he provides several inspiring examples to illustrate how. Best yet, it will only take six minutes for you to be convinced. It’s all about understanding why the use of an affordable flash will create eye-catching results that are difficult or impossible to mimic with available light—even when you turn to…
Camp Snap Camera Review: Light-Hearted and Nostalgia Packed
Every summer as a child, I attended a day camp during the school break because my single-parent mother had to work to make ends meet. Of course, I wanted to stay home and play video games but I soon began to love learning archery, making new friends, and exploring the wilderness without TV or computer screens to distract me. Many wonderful memories were made and I look back on these times fondly. It is this nostalgia for a simpler and more adventurous time that Camp Snap Photo is trying to market with its popular little 103B Camp Snap camera. [Read More]
Save Big On Memory Cards, Hard Drives, and SSDs for World Backup Day
Huzzah! It is March 31, so it is time to celebrate World Backup Day. If you don’t have secondary or tertiary storage for your files, or you just want to save big on hard drives and memory cards, join us in our revelry. [Read More]
March 31st is World Backup Day
Somewhere out in the vast darkness of cyberspace, millions and millions of precious photographs are wandering aimlessly, homeless and lost forever. Each day, more and more photos join the tens of thousands of socks that were lost in clothes dryers, umbrellas left in restaurants and the car keys that never made it back to the safety of a purse or pocket. Not to mention the zillions of smiling golf balls banished forever somewhere in rough. Your data is not safe, but good work habits, starting with a conscientious backup plan, can make data recoverable. 3-2-1 Backup Plan There’s no surefire strategy to recover lost socks, but you can increase your…
Canon EOS R5 Mark II Review for Underwater Photography
The Canon EOS R5 Mark II is 2024’s top underwater camera for underwater photography. It represents a significant upgrade over the original Canon EOS R5 which has reigned as the world’s most popular underwater camera for the last four years. [Read More]
Before the Smartphone’s Multi Lens Cameras, There Was the Kodak EasyShare V705
It was on The PetaPixel Podcast a few months ago that Becca Farsace was talking about her impressive collection of old Kodak digital cameras. That reminded me of a now ubiquitous camera innovation first seen in a Kodak point and shoot from a long time ago and that started my quest to shoot with one again. [Read More]
