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RICOH GR IV Monochrome

RICOH GR IV Monochrome

For those who appreciate the special quality of a B&W photo, RICOH has introduced a monochrome-only fixed-lens digital camera, the GR IV Monochrome. By eliminating the color filter and the interpolation process...

Happy New Year 2026!

In 2025, manufacturers quietly doubled down on what made their cameras attractive to their targeted market segments. Instead of chasing extreme specifications, they focused on refinement, reliability, and clearer...

"The Fall of Icarus" Andrew McCarthy, Cosmic Background

The Fall of Icarus

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy captured this stunning photo of skydiver Gabriel Brown’s dark silhouette against the Sun’s fiery chromosphere. The photo was shot through a telescope equipped with a special...

Steve Sasson

The Story Behind The First Digital Camera

“I’ll just make one [a camera] with no moving parts, and that’ll annoy the hell out of them [mechanical engineers].” The story of how the first digital camera was conceived at Eastman Kodak by a...