How Getty covers championship basketball with a small army of cameras—and robots

Jalen Wilson #10 of the Kansas Jayhawks shoots the ball as Brady Manek #45 of the North Carolina Tar Heels defends in the first half of the game during the 2022 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament National Championship. Jamie Squire/Getty Images Jamie Squire has been shooting for Getty Images for 27 years. Now a Senior Staff… Continue reading How Getty covers championship basketball with a small army of cameras—and robots

Preprocess Raws files with machine learning for cleaner-looking photos

A high ISO photo of a Bristlecone Pine processed through DxO PureRAW 2. Jeff Carlson Machine learning technology is used in many aspects of modern photography, from shooting images that would otherwise be difficult to capture to speeding up sorting and editing. This week I want to focus on a targeted implementation that ripples through… Continue reading Preprocess Raws files with machine learning for cleaner-looking photos

Best spotting scopes of 2022

Pablò, Unsplash Best for photographers Nikon Fieldscope ED50 Angled Check Price Attaches to your DSLR with a 50mm lens that helps you focus on every color.  Best for stargazers Celestron Regal M2 100ED Check Price A 100mm lens delivers vivid images and the 20x minimum magnification brings the night sky to your backyard.  Best budget… Continue reading Best spotting scopes of 2022

DJI’s tiny, affordable drone is officially coming to the US

It uses the same body as the regular Mini 2. DJI After launching in Southeast Asia and South America last month, the new DJI Mini SE is finally available in the US for $299. It’s an upgrade-with-a-lower-price to DJI’s previous entry-level consumer drone, the original DJI Mini, although the internals and camera are the same.… Continue reading DJI’s tiny, affordable drone is officially coming to the US

7 sure signs spring is here: Our favorite reader-submitted photos of the day

“Confinement From My Window”. Carla Francisco For this week’s Photos of the Day gallery, I’ve got spring on the brain. You know what they say: April showers bring May flowers, and this Californian Southern transplant is learning that this is very true in Alabama. But for all the torrential downpours and booming thunderstorms, the payoff… Continue reading 7 sure signs spring is here: Our favorite reader-submitted photos of the day

The Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S is a smaller, lighter, more affordable super-tele

Nikon With only a few gaps over the years—most notably from 2005 to 2013—Nikon has nearly always included a powerful 800mm telephoto lens in its lineup, going all the way back to the mid-1960s. Yet for its fledgling mirrorless Z-mount, the lens selection has until now been curtailed at the 400mm mark, at least without… Continue reading The Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S is a smaller, lighter, more affordable super-tele

New gear: Samyang AF 35mm f/1.4 FE II focuses faster, handles better

Samyang Back in 2016, South Korean optics manufacturer Samyang (also known by Rokinon) made headlines with its first-ever autofocus-equipped lenses, a pair of primes for Sony E-mount. It has since expanded its AF-capable lens lineup considerably. And late last year, Samyang began overhauling those earliest designs, first with an update to the 50mm f/1.4 prime.… Continue reading New gear: Samyang AF 35mm f/1.4 FE II focuses faster, handles better

Amplifying voices and causes through NFTs

As the world watched the invasion of Ukraine, artists worldwide rallied together to help, with many using NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, to provide aid. In early March, UkraineDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization, released an NFT of the Ukrainian flag, raising $6.7 million for relief. In 72 hours, the sale drew more than 3,200 individual contributions.… Continue reading Amplifying voices and causes through NFTs

Celebrating creativity with spring-inspired minimalism

From Vincent van Gogh’s delicate almond blossoms, set against the clear blue sky, to Katsushika Hokusai’s vivid prints of birds and cherry blossoms, artworks have, for generations, heralded the coming of springtime. You might remember that in the spring of 2020, at the height of the pandemic, the artist David Hockney even released a series… Continue reading Celebrating creativity with spring-inspired minimalism