The Nikon D80 turns 20 years old after its August 2006 introduction, and it is back in conversations about the so-called “CCD look”. The camera matters less as a nostalgic object than as a concrete way to see what changed when digital photography gained comfort, speed and room for error.On paper, the D80 cannot compete...
Continue reading
Cheap 420-800mm telephoto lenses do exist, and the reach they promise is not a marketing fantasy. They do not replace a modern super-telephoto. Their low price shifts the cost somewhere else: less light, fewer automatisms, less room for error, and much more work for the person behind the camera.That is the real catch w...
Continue reading
Leica removed Valery Melnikov from the 2026 shortlist of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award and left the official list at eleven series. For photographers, the fact matters because a documentary award also legitimizes context, access, and provenance, not only visual force.The correction is already visible on the prize’s off...
Continue reading
There is a part of photography that often stays out of the conversation. It is not the camera. It is not the lens. It is the moment when we get home, open the photos and have to turn a good intention into a finished image.The video that accompanies this post starts from that point. It is not only about the launch of a...
Continue reading
There are outings where the photo does not appear right away. You arrive with a vague idea, look at the place, try a path and realize that the image was not where it seemed to be. It was hidden in an angle, in a sound, in a distance or in a small detail that did not draw attention at first.That was the most interesting...
Continue reading
The phone is no longer an emergency camera. For many photos, it is the main camera. It is always with us, processes quickly and delivers images that are ready to share.That point does not need defending. A modern phone can handle travel, family, social media, visual notes, memories and even simple jobs. The problem app...
Continue reading
Some images stop you in your tracks. You look at them for a few seconds and something hooks you, even if you can't quite explain what it is. The curious thing is that they're often not the most technically complex photos, nor the ones taken with the most expensive camera, nor the ones showing the most spectacular lands...
Continue reading
A few weeks ago I launched NDPix, a photo editor designed from the photographer's perspective. In that initial version the focus was to present it and hear what the community thought. I have to say that the response exceeded all my expectations: something I had my doubts about generated an overwhelming reaction.There w...
Continue reading
For years I used Lightroom and Photoshop as part of my photography workflow. They are powerful, well-known and very complete tools. But over time I started to feel that, for many of my real needs, I was paying too much for something I no longer used as much.From there it was born NDPix, a simpler, more direct photo edi...
Continue reading
Yosemite Valley, California · Nikon D40x · 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 · July 2008Some photos remind you why you started shooting in the first place. Not because of the technical details. Because of what you felt when you pressed the shutter.The author of this story arrived at Yosemite one July day in 2008 carrying a Nikon D40x...
Continue reading
