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The father of the flash: Tracing the modern flash back to its scientific beginnings

 
 

A few years ago, BBC Future wrote a feature about Harold Eugene Edgerton, a longtime electrical engineering professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and pioneer of flash photography. A post on Reddit about Edgerton recently appeared, so it feels like a great time to take a look back at his work and the lasting...

The future that never arrived and the now distant past of the Lytro Illum

 
 

Lytro hoped to change the world of imaging with its light field camera, the Lytro Illum, but it never quite happened the way that they had envisioned. Despite having a few years to work out the kinks after announcing its first light field camera, consumers were slow to latch on to the Illum and before long, the company...

Retro styling combines with modern features in the excellent Think Tank Retrospective shoulder bag

If you're looking for a camera bag that is relatively small and light, but can still hold plenty of essential gear, Think Tank's Retrospective series might be for you. Not only do these bags comfortably hold lots of gear, but they're very well-designed and comfortable to wear.

Think Tank sent me the Retrospective 20 to try out, which has internal...

Think Tank says go big or go home by announcing the largest rolling equipment case on the market

 
 

Think Tank Production Manager 50

For photographers looking for the largest rolling photography equipment case on the market, Think Tank Photo has you covered with their Production Manager 50.

The Production Manager 50 allows photographers to pack an immense amount of lighting gear into a rolling case, so that...

Once upon a time, there was a thing called film


 
 

In BuzzFeed user Henry Goldman's short video for children, “Film Photography Explained to Modern Kids”, the narrator says, “The way you shared a photo of someone back then was you put it in their hands and they looked at it.” This wonderful sentiment permeates the whole video, which is designed to teach modern kids...

Limo rides for lenses? Think Tank Photo unveils three new camera / lens bags

 
 

Camera bag specialist Think Tank Photo has just announced three new products due to launch imminently: the Glass Limo, Retrospective 40, and Retrospective 50.

The trio are all set to ship sometime in November 2012, and while you can't yet place a pre-order, the Think Tank Photo website does let you sign up to be...