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.