Tech News: Tamron's 18-300mm Lens is the First Third-Party AF Zoom for Fujifilm X Systems
Tamron has announced the development of what will not only be its first lens with a Fujifilm X mount, but also the first third-party autofocus zoom lens for the X mount system. The Tamron 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A2 VC VXD APS-C superzoom lens is coming later this year; it’s also going to be available in the Sony E mount flavor, notes DIY Photography. Read the full Story >>
Honor Roll: Winners of the 2021 iPhone Photography Awards
The winners of the 2021 iPhone Photography Awards have been announced. The Grand Prize Winner and Photographer of the Year Award goes to Hungarian photojournalist Istvan Kerekes for his image of a pair of Transylvanian shepherds bearing a pair of lambs in their arms. “The grit of the men and the bleakness of their environment are a moving contrast to the hope and innocence of the lambs in their care,” notes organizers of the contest. Kerekes shot the image with an iPhone 7, in case you’re wondering. Read the full Story >>
Insight: How Much Do Top Landscape Photographers Actually Earn Selling NFTs?
Want to know how much your landscape photography would be worth if sold as NFT?s Landscape photographer Daren Cox has crunched some numbers and created a report on the topic. His conclusion: “To date, most landscape photographers are quite rightly sticking to the tried-and -tested methods of re-packaging and re-monetizing their existing back catalogs rather than reimagining the NFT space as a new place to create original artwork.” Via PetaPixel. Read the full Story >>
Books: New York's Forgotten Springs and Wells
Epidemics spread by untreated water sources prompted New York City to bring water from upstate reservoirs in Manhattan in the 1840s. But by the turn of the 20th century thousands of New Yorkers still got their daily drinking water from natural springs and wells, notes Hyperallergic, which spotlights photographer Stanley Greenberg’s book Springs and Wells, Manhattan and the Bronx. Greenberg has retraced springs and wells photographed between 1897 and 1903 by an amateur historian, James Reuel Smith. Read the full Story >>