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Nine-Ninety-Nine! The OM SYSTEM PEN Is the Most Fun for $999

Swindy — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:18:28 +0000

Here it is. The fun-for-everyone camera. The new OM SYSTEM PEN arrived on September 9, 2026 and ships in late October at Nine-ninety-nine for the...

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Lula Show & Tell – August: Reflections (Part 2 of 2)

Swindy — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 13:16:08 +0000

From quiet waters to unexpected reflections, Part 2 brings together another wonderful selection from our community.

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Jay Maisel Kept Looking

Swindy — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:02:14 +0000

Jay Maisel died in August 2026 at the age of 95. Most of the obituaries reached for the same picture first. Miles Davis lowers his...

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Lula Show & Tell – August: Reflections (Part 1 of 2)

Swindy — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:26:10 +0000

A look at the creative ways our community captured reflections.

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DxO PhotoLab 10 – worth the upgrade?

Terry McDonald — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

New AI masking, improved performance and more control for photographers.

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Claire Rosen’s Birds of a Feather

Swindy — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 04:46:15 +0000

Claire Rosen builds portraits with subjects who hold all the power. Any bird in front of her camera can end the session by simply turning away,...

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Same Cameras, Same Film, Thirty Years Later

John Shephard — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 13:48:09 +0000

Thirty years ago I picked up a rotating-lens panoramic camera and a box of transparency film, and I never really put either one down. It’s...

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From the Farm to the Darkroom: Jean Curran and the Glorious Art of Dye Transfer

Swindy — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:19:09 +0000

There's a moment in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo - a flash of color so saturated, so electrically alive, that it doesn't look like film. Jean Curran wondered about it and asked why.

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LuLa Show & Tell – July: Composition (Part 2 of 2)

Swindy — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:50:21 +0000

Different scenes, different approaches, one shared focus: the art of composition.

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Sony FX5: Where’s the ND?

Swindy — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 04:13:38 +0000

Sony has introduced the FX5, a new cinema camera placed between the FX3 and FX6 in its lineup. It’s not a still photography camera even...

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