Category: From My Tabs

September 2026 Links

The 1-Inch Sensor Is Not One Inch, and the Name Is a 70-Year-Old Fossil ­— what size actually is a 1-inch sensor?

What is ISO invariance, and should I care? — Should you?`

Woodland Photography for Beginners: The Basics That Really Matter When You’re Just Starting Out — Getting started with woodland photography.

Thanks to Nikon, Canon’s Closed RF Mount Could Be Forced Open — An explanation of why Viltrox doesn’t produce Nikon Z or Canon RF lenses: these companies are trolling with patent. Nikon’s got invalidated in China though. When you can’t compete, you just bully.

Full Frame Is 24x36mm Because a Leitz Engineer Doubled a Movie Frame in 1913 — It always boil down to a decision taken a long time ago.

The ColorChecker, a Photographer’s Best and Most Colorful Friend, Turns 50 Years Old — It didn’t realise this was so old.

Sask. company uses new technology to preserve memories caught on film — (From March 2024) Restoring / digitising film is important. So Film Rescue International developed a new device to digitise film, including old film that was left unprocessed.

Exhibits

‘Lunch Atop a Skyscraper’: Unraveling Photography’s Most Famous Mystery — An historical review the image. It’s a workplace safety violation, for sure.

Inside Lenne Chai’s Nostalgic Vision of a Queer Singapore

Nicolas Rachline’s Haunting Photos Capture the Solitude and Beauty of Modern Life — A new book.

The Winners of the 2026 Pure Street Photography Awards Invoke Happenstance and Commotion — Some very nice photography.

Film

Seems like Petapixel has been posting a lot about film lately.

We Are Living in a Panoramic Film Renaissance — New panoramic film cameras that are not the WideluxX.

The Excellent Kodak Ultramax 400 Is an Unfortunate Victim of Bad Branding — Spoiler: it is just Gold in 400.

Kodak Gold is Somehow Both Very Popular and Underappreciated — I have shot the old Gold from the 90s. I have a box of Gold in 120 to try out.

Kodak Ektar 100 Brings Fine Grain and Vivid Color Saturation — A fine film. Shot many times mostly in 120. And on the olden days it was a high sensitivity film.

GoPro

Following RIP GoPro:

Markiplier Says He Is ‘Genuinely Sad’ About GoPro’s Merger — Markiplier just happened to have become the single biggest shareholder of GoPro days before the anoouncement. One notable quote:

“If [GoPro] stops making cameras or starts making Flock-based cameras, I am out 100%,” Fischbach says.

GoPro’s Founder Promises It Isn’t Done Making Consumer Cameras — Just words.

DIY

This New Open-Source Camera Has Swappable Sensors and Lens Mounts — This project is not DIY as it comes from a company named Circuit Valley but it sure feels like it could be and encourages it with its open-source nature. Interesting concept. Digital Camera World also talks about it: In a world-first, this open system is a camera tinkerer’s dream with swappable sensors, global shutter options, programmable software, AND multiple lens mounts.

August 2026 Links

American Urban Life and the Influential Photographers Who Captured It — A documentary photography of urban life in America is hosted at Dulwich Picture Gallery in London.

Exhibition Uncovers Historical Photos From a Century of US Deportation Campaigns ­— at the California Museum in Sacramento will be on view through January 10, 2027.

How Nolan used a modified Pentax 67 to make IMAX history with The Odyssey — 6×7 is close to IMAX size so the viewfinder is quite close, and thus makes for a good viewfinder to block shot on set.

Film

Kodak Verita 200: No Consumer Version of This Film Exists But I Shot It Anyway — Interesting. Not sure why Kodak is protecting these motion picture stocks ; even Vision 3 is not available unless you are a movie production which makes it hard for film packagers to resell.

Kodak Ektapan 100 Is a Smooth, Sharp, and Beautifully Detailed Film — aka TMax 100. This is not a new film but it’s good to revisit what make people chose it for Black and White photography.

The Contax G2 Hype is Warranted: This Camera Rocks — A review of that modern classic of a camera, the Contax G2. On the pricey side, not helped by the fact that some pop stars were spotted using one.

DIY

This Photographer Built a Rig that Shoots Trichrome Photos Faster Than You Can Blink — Interesting rig.

How a 20-Year-Old Has Spent 3 Years Building Panoramic Cameras by Hand — Panoramic cameras are specialty, and the most advanced ones are the X-Pan and the rotating lenses model like the WideluxX. The latter is being reinvented and costing a few thousands of euros, while the former commands even more on the used market and is becoming hard to repair.

July 2026 Links

Did you know that every Pixii camera can record B&W DNG files? (the story of how an engineering tool accidentally became Pixii’s most-loved feature) — The Pixii is an interesting camera on many aspects with some design choices I consider terrible (this is not one of them). I’d love to get my hands on one.

What Is the Difference Between F-Stops and T-Stops? — A clear explanation of T-stop vs f-stop.

The Best Tripod for Woodland Photography (Tested in Wind & Rain) — Some comparison of tripods for nature photography in the woodlands. Some applies to other uses.

The Insane Story of Nikon’s Cancelled DL Compact Cameras and Why it Deserves Another Chapter — The compact camera market got killed by the smartphones. And today smartphone image quality is junk on overall: priced to the bottom with computational-goo to fill the gaps while trying to number brag.

Film

Nikon F6: and so it goes — About the Nikon F6.

Running on Film with the Hasselblad XPan — Editorial shoot on X-Pan.

Nikon F3 – Camera Review — A 2016 review of the Nikon F3.

I Shot a Rare Film Emulsion That Sold for $5,000 — Beyond the totally clickbait headline, this is about shooting the discontinued Fujifilm FP100c peel apart on a Polaroid 180, and using the negatives.

Asahi Optical Historical Club: A brief history of the Asahi Optical Corporation — Presented without comments. A reprint of a 2002 article.

Repairs

Sigma 45mm f/2.8 Lens Repair & Analysis — Repairing a Sigma 45mm f/2.8 lens.

DIY

reFrame camera — an experimental camera with a color ePaper display. You can build one yourself.

June 2026 Links

Press Photographer Releases 30-Year Archive of Iconic Celebrity Images — a preview of The Big Shot: Photographs by Greg Brennan.

X-E5

Viltrox AF 75mm f1.8 EVO Review & Sample Photos — Reviewed on the Fujfilm X-E5.

Photographyblog has a triptich of reviews for the X-E5:

Fujifilm XF 23mm F2.8 R WR Review

Fujifilm X-E5 Review

Fujifilm X-E5 vs Fujifilm X-E4 – Which is Better?

Film

Film Friday: Kodak Portra 800 Is High-Speed, Color Perfection — One of the rare choices for ISO 800 film.

May 2026 Links

Photographer Spends Night on Freezing Mountain to Capture Rare Triple Galaxy Arch — Impressive images in a very unfriendly environment.

The Enduring Mystery Behind Iconic American Photograph ‘Lunch on a Beam’ — About the making of the iconic photograph, and the book written.

Reviewing the Most Beautiful Digital Camera Ever Made 22 Years Later — The Epson R-D1. A first (and last). It was the digital rangefinder M mount before Leica.

Film

Custom Camera Builder Dora Goodman Is Closing its Doors — The website doesn’t have details (yet) on the closure.

Inside Harman’s Bet on the Future of Analog Photography — Harman has a very strong role to play in the world of colour film photography.

DIY

DIY Project Turns a Panasonic GF3 and Soviet Fed 5 Into a Digital Rangefinder — another DIY project of build cameras from other camera parts.

This Photographer Built a Camera That Shoots Wider Than Any Camera You Can Buy — wider than the Fujifilm T-X1 / Hasselblad X-Pan.

April 2026 Links

Fujifilm

Is Fujifilm finally ready to upgrade the brand’s most iconic feature? ­— DPreview talked to Fujifilm at CP+ in Yokohama, Japan, about the X-Half, GFX100RF and more.

Film

Eastman Kodak is distributing all its films again. What happens next? — Stephen Dowling from Kosmofoto gives us a redux on the situation.

Photographers Are Testing the New WideluxX F10 Panoramic Camera Now — WideluxX posted some updates and Petapixel tells us. The previously revealed prototype are now being put into use.

Photographers

Rare Collection of Elliott Erwitt Color Photos Show He Didn’t Just Use Black and White — I’m always game for colour work from the black ans white era. This usually mean Kodachrome as the medium.

Artemis II

Flying to the Moon.

Artemis II: Nikon and GoPro Are Winning Where Canon And Sony Fail — What cameras are on board of Artemis II? Nikon is the de-facto choice, along with GoPro.

Artemis II Astronauts Will Bring 10-Year-Old DSLRs With Them to the Moon — Old doesn’t mean obsolete. This was in February after the delayed launch.

A Nikon Z9 Made it Aboard the Artemis II Moon Mission at the Last Minute — In addition to the D5, the crew insisted to bring also a Z9. These are already in use on the ISS. The Z9 is also the basis of the Handheld Universal Lunar Camera (HULC) that will be used on the Moon, like the Hasselblad 500EL were over 50 years ago. Note the article is incorrect on the mission. Unlike stated, the Moon landing mission will be Artemis IV, and not before 2028, as per the schedule change 27 February.

The Incredible Photos and Videos From NASA’s Artemis II Rocket Launch — The historic launch on April 1st photographed from multiples cameras. Stunning images.

Space program

Kodak’s BIMAT System — From the wayback machine since the blog has disappeared. A summary of the BIMAT Kodak film processing system that was used in the Lunar Orbiter Program in 1996 and 1967 to take pictures and develop them in space. The system was classified until the 2000s as it was also used for spying. The program was designed to identify landing site for the Apollo mission and its landings.

Lunar Orbiter — A more detailed article on the orbiter program.

DIY

IDENTIDEM.design Cameras — Not exactly DIY but not industrially produced but 3d printed medium format cameras, with a LIDAR, using Mamiya Press lenses. CA$1612 bring your own lens.

This New Medium Format Film Camera Can Change its Frame Size on the Fly — maybe more than DIY this medium format camera looks very interesting.

March 2026 Links

Canon

Will it Finally Happen? A New Macro Lens Longer Than 100mm With Variable Magnification — A little refresher on Canon Macro lenses, with the legendary MP-E 65mm f2.8 5:1 magnification and the more recent EF 180 f3.5L USM. The MP-E 65mm was really a unique lens and has been discontinued for a while.

Fujfilm

Fujifilm X-E5 Review: Their Best Camera So Far — A review of the Fujifilm X-E5 by Alik Griffin. Still writing mine.

Panasonic

Panasonic sees the compact camera renaissance as an opportunity for Lumix — An interview by DPReview of Panasonic executives in wish they say that the compact camera market is growing again, that they are still committed to m4/3, and of course the full frame Lumix L. This is before they announced the ZS300/TZ300.

Instax

TTArtisan Wants You to Pay $400 to Beta Test Its Folding Instant Camera — I mentioned the TTArtisan Instax camera last year. There were conflicting report that it might have been cancelled, blocked by Fujfilm. No. It’s just taking time to develop and this update show it might be happening. Albeit this announcement show an unusual (to say the least) practice of selling a “beta” version for US$400. How much will the final product be?

Film

The Darkroom of Death: 10 Forgotten Hazards of Early Photography — Film processing is full of chemicals, some more toxic than other. It’s one of the reasons contributing to some films being discontinued in the 21st century: Kodachrome, Velvia, or process upgraded. Most of these processes have been replaced by less toxic ones.

Photographers

Doriyan Coleman Sees Poetry on the Streets of Cleveland, and He Has the Exhibition to Prove It — An interview with Doriyan Coleman.

The 10 Incredible Women Photographers to Follow Today (NSFW) — Always good to discover new artists.

DIY

Camera Geekery: Kodak Aerochrome cameras — On Japan Camera Hunter, a story of building a medium format camera.

This gorgeous DIY camera looks straight out of Severance — DPReview tested that DIY Saturnix digital camera.

February 2026 links

Film

Keeping up with the Kodak(ians) — What has been happening with Kodak, a tl;dr.

Film recipes

Realaty Film Simulation Recipe — Another film recipe based on Reala Ace.

Canon

Everything You’ll Ever Need to Know About Canon Lens Mounts and Compatibility — Notable omission in the article is the older FL mount.

DIY

BeerPAN 35mm SLR Makes Panoramic Film Photography Accessible — A prototype of a Panoramic film SLR camera. Interesting beast.

This 3D-Printed Camera Can Make You Fall in Love With Panoramic Analog Photography — Another 3D printable panoramic film camera.

This 6×17 Camera Could Revolutionize Panoramic Film Photography — Same camera as above.

January 2026 links

Film cameras

‘Marty Supreme’ Star Brings a Contax G2 Camera Along on Promo Tour — Petapixel tells us that hollywood stars now use Contax G2. The prices are gonna sky-rocket.

They also remind us that Sabrina Carpenter Spotted Using a Gorgeous Contax G2 Camera — and back in October another star using Contax G2. At least she doesn’t seem to go on talk shows with it.

In 2017 Kendall Jenner Shares Her Passion for Photography on The Tonight Show ruining the Contax T-series for everyone with its sky-rocketing prices.

Printing slides

1980s F1 Photographer Sees His Work Printed for the First Time Thanks to His YouTuber Son — a bit click bait. The Toronto based car enthusiast son of the photographer just showed us how he could get the images printed. Nothing ground breaking, but these are slides, and even mini-lab could handle these (not mentioned). He end up with DSLR scanning and pro-lab large format printing. Great pictures. And this should encourage you to print your work.

Film recipes

A Movie-Like Look for Your Images – The Fujifilm “Movie Recipe” — Another film recipe.

Instax

Zinstax — The home of Zinstax and Binstax, Instax Square backs for Mamiya RZ67 and RB67. Made in Germany it seems. Not the only option.

Misc

“Throwing my camera was the right thing to do”: The photographers behind the viral protest photos — a story of photojournalism covering current events in Minneapolis.

December 2025 Links

Fujifilm

Shall We Talk About the Fujifilm X-Pro4? — Kevin Mullins talk about his expectations for the Fujifilm X-Pro4. In 2024. End of 2025 and we haven’t heard of anything.

Ross’s Fujifilm Recipes — Ross and his JPEGs has a bunch of Fujifilm recipes.

Winter Chrome — Just another film recipe.

X-E5 x FS RECIPE: Ben Savage — Fujifilm X story giving 3 film recipes.

X-E5 x FS RECIPE: Davide Gazzotti — Another Fujifilm X story with file recipe.

Panasonic

Digital Kodacolor 200 is Here. And It’s Beautiful — Lumix LUTs are Panasonic answer to Fujifilm film simulations / recipes. This one is for Kodacolor 200.

Kodacolor 200 — The original link for the one above from Ross and his JPEGs. Ross has many other recipes for Lumix, including conversion of other Fujifilm recipes (from the community). And the Fujifilm ones above.

DIY

This Photographer Built an Awesome Medium-Format Rangefinder, and So Can You — 3D printing has a great potential.

Misc

What Bruce Davidson Taught Me About Street Photography — Frederik Trovatten talks about Bruce Davidson, New York based photographer know for his colour scenes from the New York subway in the 80s.

A couple of years with the Minolta P’s — A review of the Minolta P, and “panoramic” format 35mm film point and shoot, from someone who shoot the TX-1 or X-Pan regularly.