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Venus Optics has announced the second full-frame lens in its Argus lineup: the Laowa Argus 45mm f/0.95 FF. The lens follows in the footsteps of the Laowa Argus 35mm f/0.95 announced back in September, which was billed as...

The sad thing about the Sony a7c is that it's probably my favorite Sony camera in that it has the most potential to be exactly what I want from Sony. But as I've learned in the past, what I want from camera companies isn...

On this week's episode of The Phoblographer's Inside the Photographer's Mind, I'm joined by our EIC, Chris Gampat. We have a lot coming up in this episode as we tackle Fujifilm rumors, gear from Leica and Canon, and ever...

g a Leica is often revered as having achieved a certain level of success amongst photographers. It's what many, myself included, aspire to attain someday. Out of all of the 50mm lenses on the market today, Leica's lineup...

In spite of my great fondness for my Fujifilm cameras, I have some constructive criticism. My biggest pet peeve with Fuji is their frustrating lack of consistency among bodies. It drives me a little nuts when switching b...

In the last few years, Chinese lens manufacturer Venus Optic has released a plethora of versatile, unique, and affordable fast aperture lenses for most camera systems on the market. Today the company has officially launc...

Professional wildlife photographer Leighton Lum was shooting in Kenya when he came across a lion known as Morani. At 14 years old, Morani is the current title holder for the oldest known lion in a national reserve in the...

Nude Descending a Staircase, N0 2. The 1912 painting by Marcel Duchamp is what started me on my exploratory journey into cubist photography. I thought to recreate it with a long exposure and multiple bursts of flash. But...

Lead image: An artist's interpretation of a rogue planet with the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex in the background. Credit: Bordeaux University / ESO. A team of astronomers have discovered at least 70 new rogue planets. Ther...

The hobbyist LEGO designer who goes by Pandis Pandus (and who previously created a 1914 Ur-Leica LEGO camera) is back with an even more elaborate concept kit. It’s a 1950 Leica IIIf LEGO camera that comes complete with...

A Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber has been caught flying over farm fields in the Midwest by Google Satellite cameras. It was spotted by a sharp-eyed Google Maps user. The Discovery of the B-2 Stealth Bomber Go...

Venus Optics has released the Laowa Argus 45mm F0.95 FF, its latest full-frame lens in its growing Argus series that also includes its Argus 35mm F0.95 FF and Argus 33mm F0.95 CF APO lenses. The 45mm manual lens is const...

To call 2021 an innovative year for the camera industry is an understatement. Now, you could point out that 2021 was a year of relatively few product releases, hampered by numerous supply chain issues, and you'd be corre...