Lomo’s Sprocket Rocket Pano Film Camera Comes In an Ugly New Color


Lomography’s latest release, a pair of new colorways for its popular Sprocket Rocket 35mm panoramic film camera, is a real Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde situation. One of the new colorways is beautiful and understated, while the other is super ugly. The fun part is that some readers may not know which of the two […]

The Nikon S3 Rangefinder Was Incredible: Nikon Should Do It Again


I like rangefinders. When I got back into photography, it was through the experience I had with the Fujifilm X100VI. While not a true rangefinder, it scratched that itch. Later that year, at the urging of Chris Niccolls, I picked up a Voigtlander Bessa R2a, and my fate was sealed. [Read More]

Filmmakers Captured a Rocket Launch With a Blackmagic Immersive Camera


Chengdu Qiongjie Yingchuang Culture and Entertainment is a Chinese immersive imaging company. It recently captured a rocket launch on the Gobi Desert using Blackmagic Design’s extremely impressive Ursa Cine Immersive camera, capable of capturing greater than 8K resolution video across two lenses, one for each eye in an Apple Vision Pro headset. [Read More]

Sony Is (Probably) Never Making a Medium Format Camera


There has been chatter about Sony making its own medium format camera system for about as long as Sony has made image sensors for other brands’ medium format cameras. Sony’s recent reveal of the 65mm-format Rialto 65 image sensor block for Venice 2 cinema cameras has only strengthened these rumors. However, the speculation is pipe […]