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Sigma today introduced the FP2, a complete redo of their earlier camera-in-a-small-box.

I know you’re all waiting for my site refreshes and the launch of byThom MAX.

Not that Time Magazine is a particularly good arbitrator of design and innovation, but it was interesting as to what they picked as their top Consumer Electronic gadgets this year.

For the last two weeks I’ve been barraged by people asking me to comment on the appearance of the ArtCraft clones of Adobe and Microsoft products.

An interview with Kazuto Yamaki of Sigma that appeared in LensVid raised an interesting point.

The camera makers weren’t ready for smartphones (again).

PetaPixel came up with their “full-frame power rankings” on a recent podcast.

Agentic AI is becoming somewhat a norm.

Back in 2011 I told Nikon executives that it was not useful to pursue a relationship with a phone maker.

A comment on another site coupled with the upcoming holiday buying season led to this “explainer.”

LEDE ON As you probably know, I teach photo workshops outside the US, and I talk to other photographers doing the same, as well as travel agencies trying to get my attention.

All the feedback I’ve gotten from readers about recent camera launches, particularly Nikon’s Z5IIC one, made me realize that the camera makers haven’t figured something out yet.

LEDE ON The lede seems to never change now: expect price increases and product shortages for the foreseeable future.

LEDE ON The announce-arrive cycle appears to be getting longer.

LEDE ON This week I write about new products, existing (Adobe), announced-but-not-imminent (Ricoh), and upcoming (additional new cameras coming in September).

LEDE ON Turns out that September 1 was an important day, as prices changed for many items starting deep in the supply chain all the way up to finished products.

I’ve wanted to write about this subject before, but it kept sliding down my to-do list until this article showed up and sort of stated my point without realizing it.

Apple launched two new lineups of Mac models today (mini and Studio).

LEDE ON We’re nearing the end of summer (often defined as ending with Labor Day here in the US).

From time to time I get whimsical.

LEDE ON It’s quarterly earnings report time across the tech world.

LEDE ON The camera makers must hate the photo press.

LEDE ON The camera makers are finally waking from their annual and management meetings, and still-greenlit projects are starting to appear as the chips they need get delivered.

LEDE ON Sometimes a week goes by without any interesting or significant camera product announcements, but in which there turned out to be lots of photography-adjacent news.

LEDE ON Along with news comes rumors, as the camera industry tends to be pretty leaky.

LEDE ON You probably thought I was done writing about tariffs.

My Lightroom comments continue to get a lot of attention, so we’ll continue the conversation one last time.

Chas Glatzer, fellow adventurer in nature photography and someone I’ve been with on trips multiple times over the years, has passed after being involved a three-vehicle collision on Interstate 85 on Thursday, June 25th.trna While he was extracated from his

Well, that story woke you up!

LEDE ON Need a state-of-the-art semiconductor produced for your camera?

Adobe’s history with imaging dates far back, and I remember using the original Photoshop alpha version back in the late 1980’s with a Barneyscan (I believe it was Photoshop version 0.65 that was labeled as the Barneyscan application I was using).

LEDE ON It feels a bit like Back to the Future at the moment, as some Web sites are deciding to just talk about future products, such as Sony’s announcement that they’re working on the Rialto 65, a new medium format option for the Venice video camera.

I’ve previously written about imitation (e.g.

Get ready for new controversy.