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Do you use your lens hood... backwards?

Do you use your lens hood... backwards?

| Nando Harmsen | 3,481 views | 34 comments

A lens hood can block light entering at an angle, reducing the chance of flares or haze in your photos. It also offers protection. But you need to use the lens hood properly. Otherwise, just leave it at home.

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Canon's Lens Dust Cap RF mark II

Canon's Lens Dust Cap RF mark II

| Nando Harmsen | 1,161 views | 2 comments

Canon has improved the lens cap on the rear of its RF lenses. You heard that right, the Lens Dust Cap RF mark II. This might well be Canon's most popular new product in 2026. It solves an annoying problem.

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The best affordable computer for photo editing is an Apple

The best affordable computer for photo editing is an Apple

| Elja Trum | 4,633 views | 31 comments

Apple computers are known for being expensive. Surprisingly, I think the best affordable computer for editing your photos right now is an Apple Mac Mini. You can get one for just over 600 euros.

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The Earth's Rotation and Image Stabilisation

The Earth's Rotation and Image Stabilisation

| Nando Harmsen | 1,547 views | 5 comments

Image stabilisation compensates for the movements you make. This lets you keep the camera steady even with slower shutter speeds. But there is a limit. The Earth's rotation plays a part in it.

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A skin wrap or armour for your camera

A skin wrap or armour for your camera

| Nando Harmsen | 2,026 views | 10 comments

The camera you buy is almost always black. Or you get a partly or fully silver-coloured one. Sometimes you have a few fashionable colours to choose from. You can also choose a skin wrap or armour. What do you think of them?

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Photographer builds 3.2-gigapixel camera

Photographer builds 3.2-gigapixel camera

| Elja Trum | 1,525 views | 0 comments

German photographer Yannick Richter has built his own medium format camera that can take photos with a resolution of 3.2 gigapixels (80,000 by 40,000 pixels). The camera was built using existing parts and uses a CCD sensor from a scanner to capture the image.

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Large-format analogue photography

Large-format analogue photography

| Nando Harmsen | 3,369 views | 2 comments

I regularly hear that a photographer has gone back to using an analogue camera. Sometimes 35mm, sometimes medium format. Every now and then, you come across a photographer who shoots large format. I met one at my last masterclass in the French department of Tarn.

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Is the photographer still needed? ChatGPT gets a major update

Is the photographer still needed? ChatGPT gets a major update

| Elja Trum | 4,001 views | 5 comments

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