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FujiFilm Shows Us What They Went Through To Get The X100 Back On Track

FujiFilm recently released this heart-warming video showing their efforts to get the X100 back in production after the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

By Tim Barribeau on July 1, 2011

Everyone wants to get a Fuji X100, but they've been rarer than hen's teeth ever since the camera launched. When the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, production of electronics was shut down around the country. Responding to the intense demand for the X100, Fuji had a construction line up and running less than two weeks after the disaster, pumping out new bodies at a fast rate. This little video from FujiFilm shows just how much effort they put into getting everything back together as soon as possible so that the X100 could head out to stores.

Video: Fireworks at 2,000 Frame-Per-Second and Beyond

An amazing camera gives us a unique look at familiar fireworks

By Stan Horaczek on June 30, 2011

By now you've see fireworks photographed in every way possible. But, our sister site PopSci.com decided to point a Phantom v641 ultra-slow-motion camera at a bunch of explodeables to see what's really going on behind the light show. The results are extremely entertaining.

Watch A Canon Lens Made From Raw Materials To Finished Glass

Canon has a website which takes through the step by step process of putting together a lens.

By Tim Barribeau on June 30, 2011

Canon's Virtual Lens Plant may have been kicking around the vastness of the internet for a while, but this is the first time we've seen it. It's an incredible journey from taking the raw silica, processing the materials, machining the lenses, and then finally assembling together the glassware that you'll attach to the front of your camera. This mini-documentary about fifteen minutes long all told, and an intriguing look into the process.

Olympus Announces Four PEN Accessories, Including Two Prime Lenses

Along with their trio of new PEN cameras, Olympus has announced four accessories: two lenses, a flash and a grip.

By Tim Barribeau on June 30, 2011

In addition to announcing a trio of new PEN micro four-thirds cameras today, Olympus also unleashed two prime lenses, a flash, and a grip designed specially for the PEN E-P3.

New Gear: Olympus PEN E-P3, E-PL3, and E-PM1 Interchangeable-Lens Compacts

A trio of new ILCs from Olympus brings faster AF and a new interface

By Stan Horaczek on June 30, 2011

The interchangeable-lens compact war is raging harder than ever. This morning, Olympus updated their PEN line with three new options, including a new flagship in the E-P3. The new line-up is rounded out by the E-PL3 and the smaller E-PM1.

The LightScythe Makes Incomparable Light Paintings

This hacked together strip of LEDs turns light painting up to 11.

By Tim Barribeau on June 29, 2011

Gavin from Sydney, aka Mechatronics, has hacked together an unbearably impressive but comparatively simple piece of hardware. Dubbed the LightScythe, it's a two-meter long strip of programmable LEDs, controlled by a small receiver, and data sent from a nearby computer.

The TriggerTrap Project Will Trigger Your Camera With Just About Anything

A new Kickstarter funded project to make a camera trigger to interface with just about anything you can think of.

By Tim Barribeau on June 29, 2011

Photographer and DIY geek Ziah Fogel has just announced a new Kickstarter project in order to raise funds for one of the most interesting pieces of kit we've heard of in a long time: the TriggerTrap. This Arduino powered universal camera trigger would be able to send signals to your camera using a wide array of sensors.

Stereoscopic Images of the Civil War Turned into Animated '3D' Gifs

The Smithsonian Institute offers a way to view these images as they were originally intended, by quickly alternating between the left and right frame

By Dan Bracaglia on June 29, 2011

"The famous Relay House, on the Baltimore and Ohio R.R." Photo: The Smithsonian Institution

Sigma 105mm f/2.8 Macro Now Available

Sigma has just announced the pricing and availability of their newest macro lens. The lens is available immediately for an asking price of $1400.

By Tim Barribeau on June 28, 2011

First announced back in February, Sigma has just sent their newest macro lens out into the wild, and the lens is now available from the usual outlets for $1,400. The new Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro can be purchased on a Sigma, Canon or Nikon mount, depending on your preferred body, and can focus down to 1:1 magnification at 12.3 inches.

How To: Photograph Patterns in Nature

Take the time to look around and study the intimate details, and you’ll see nature’s infinite variety of patterns

By Ian Plant on June 28, 2011

There is almost no end to possible pattern subjects in nature: a patch of wildflowers, textured or weathered wood, the details of a bird’s feathers, bubbles in ice, or shapes carved in a beach by a retreating tide. They can be found in the smallest of subjects or in the grandest sweep of the landscape. And patterns don’t exist only as static elements. Dynamic elements—such as passing clouds, or a flock of birds, or flowing water—can converge or interact in compelling patterns.