Can a simple filter help you make your digital images more cinematic and movie-worthy? The answer is yes. K&F CONCEPT offers a series of Black Diffusion filters (sometimes referred to as “Black Mist”) which contain small particles embedded in the glass designed to diffuse light and create a soft, glowing mist effect. This series of … Read more
I’m a sucker for gadgets, but I’m also a skeptic, so when I dove into a cheap handheld digital microscope I found for macro photography, I didn’t have high expectations. I am happy to state my low expectations on the $25 Jiusion Digital Microscope have been largely exceeded. In this cheap little device I’ve discovered … Read more
OM Digital Solutions has announced an update to its lens roadmap, and macro photographers will be delighted with what’s there. Additionally, they have a new Linear PCM sound recorder. I have always laughed at the doomsayers and fearmongers on the internet who predicted the demise of OM Digital Solutions (OMDS) when it parted ways with … Read more
Today, many large banks have moved from physical branches to the digital realm. Customers expect to be able to do all their banking online: open new accounts, check balances, transfer funds or apply for loans. For many of the world’s largest banks and other financial services organizations, these websites, mobile apps and other digital experiences … Read more
We are living through some of the most influential decades in human history. The speed and creativity with which technological advancements are made is quite amazing (at least for a regular guy like me). Photography – and the ways we share our photos – is developing at breakneck speed. But we risk losing the security … Read more
In the digital age, a photograph is not limited to the image itself. When most digital cameras capture an image, they save certain settings and write them to the image file for later use. These settings are called metadata and are stored as Exchangeable Image File data, or EXIF for short. EXIF is useful, but … Read more
When I received my Nikon Z9 at the end of December 2021, I was a bit anxious. Would it live up to the hype? Was it going to be the camera Nikon had promised (and many Nikon users had been waiting for)? From day one, my worries were put to rest, and over the next … Read more
Every few months we publish a list of popular gear based on what our readers buy on Amazon.* Here’s our latest list of the most popular digital cameras! As with our list of popular lenses, this list of digital cameras has traditionally been dominated by Canon and Nikon cameras. But their reign seems to be … Read more
Earlier this year, OM Digital launched the OM-1, which achieved the highest weather resistance rating of any camera on the market. PetaPixel received exclusive behind-the-scenes insight into the intensity of the company’s torture testing to ensure this unparalleled rugged design. Formerly Olympus, OM Digital designs its cameras to withstand many more elements than what is … Read more
There are many ways to create a glow effect in Photoshop using layers and blending modes. What if you could do it in a fraction of the time and get even better results? Would you be interested? Oniric Glow is a plugin that allows you to easily create realistic and beautiful glow effects in your … Read more