When it comes to photo gear, there's not much to the model names for cameras—each manufacturer has its own line with relatively simple, short model numbers. But the lenses that work with ...

Have you ever seen those awesome photos that have a blurry background? It’s a very popular effect in the photography community, and it has long been associated with expensive cameras with specialized ...

F-Stop (or Aperture Camera), the long-rumored and unreleased prequel that Valve Corp. intended for Portal, has finally gone public — with Valve’s permission. This video, from LunchHouse Software, ...

Photography has undergone a remarkable transformation in the last half century. Steven Sasson developed the first digital camera for Eastman Kodak in the mid-'70s, but that model was larger than ...

The f-stop is the focal length of the lens divided by the diameter of its opening. Each consecutive f-stop halves the opening of the previous. For example, an 80mm lens with its f-stop set to f8 means ...

That canvas camera bag you love looks great with your designer stubble and retro-style Fuji, but heading into the backcountry you’re going to want something a little more up to the task. Hauling an ...

The F-number of a photographic lens is a measure of its light-gathering ability, and is expressed as its aperture diameter divided by its focal length. Lenses with low F-numbers are prized by ...