According to the DxO tests, the camera of the iPhone 8 Plus is the best they’ve tested so far. It scored the impressive result of 94, but could Samsung Galaxy Note 8beat it? DxO hasn’t tested this phone’s camera yet, but SuperSafTV’s Safwan Ahmedmia has. In this video, you can see a side-by-side comparison of iPhone 8 Plus and Galaxy Note 8. He tests the quality of the video, audio and photos, in terms of sharpness, low-light performance, dynamic range, background blur and so on....

Is the most egalitarian form of photography, ‘street photography’, being destroyed by its own popularity? Is such a thing even possible? I won’t profess to have a clear answer to this question, but I do have some thoughts. Those thoughts may turn into a rant, but I will try to contain myself! Egalitarian = Good, Right? This question hits right at the heart of photography and, most specifically, digital photography. If something is easy, more people will do it....

Japan’s National Institute of Informatics (NII) recently warned the public about taking and publishing photos with popular two-fingered pose. They claim that flashing “V” sign in photos may lead to your identity being stolen. The reason is that fingerprint recognition technology became so advanced and widely available, that a simple snapshot of a person holding up the “peace” sign may lead to someone stealing their identity. NII warns about two main potential dangers....

The free version of Telegram will likely continue despite the arrival of the Premium tier The free version of Telegram will likely continue despite the arrival of the Premium tier The arrival of paid subscriptions doesn’t necessarily mean the free version of Telegram will cease to exist. This is just a method to increase revenue in a highly competitive market, where Meta’s WhatsApp continues to dominate. Currently, first-time users of Telegram are greeted by a welcome page that claims the service is “free forever” and that it won’t have ads or subscriptions....

So before the film school nerds explode, let me just explain what a ‘scrim’ actually is and what the term colloquially means to us photographers. Technically scrims are large sheets of black woven fabric that reduce the brightness of a light when placed in front of them (these are usually constant HMI lights that don’t have individual brightness adjusters). There are alternative large sheets of fabric that are placed in front of lights called ‘silks’ and these are actually white in colour....