Hasselblad To Offer Upscale Studio For Rent

We almost never hear anything out of Hasselblad any more, and that's a shame--the company produces some of the world's most amazing (and expensive!) camera gear.  So that's why I'm happy to tell you that, if you're anywhere near London September 1st and 2nd, you'll be able to attend Hasselblad's open studio days, where you ...

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British Camera Vandals Condemned–Town Raising Money For New Camera

Well, if this isn't either one of the most amazing or most terrifying camera-based news stories I've ever brought you then I'm not sure what is.  Seriously, this is nuts.  Pure-t nuts. See, remember when I told you about the speed camera in England that got necklaced?  As in someone set a tire around it, filled ...

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Traffic Camera Set On Fire In England

If you'll pardon me a moment of gloating, folks, I saw this coming. Apparently someone, dissatisfied with having their driving behavior monitored by remote, took a tire, set it on top of a speed camera and set it on fire. The camera was destroyed, of course--being the victim of a so-called "necklacing" will generally do that to ...

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