Photokina in 2019 is cancelled – The next one is in 2020
Well, this will come as a bit of a shock, especially to all of those people who decided to skip Photokina this year in order to attend the next scheduled Photokina in May 2019. The German Photo...
View ArticlePhotographing wolves and lynx in the snow with the new Olympus OM-D E-M1X
The new Olympus OM-D E-M1X is being billed as Olympus’ new fast action sports and wildlife camera. So, photographer Matt Higgs took one out for a spin in the snowy Bavarian Forest national park in...
View ArticleDrone sightings delay over 100 flights at Germany’s busiest airport
As we have seen after Gatwick and Heathrow incidents, drones can cause major chaos when flying near airports. The latest incident happened at Frankfurt Airport in Germany. Drone sightings suspended the...
View ArticleTen tips for traveling photographers in Germany
Planning a photo trip to Germany? After three years of living in Germany and visiting countless cities in the country, I have a handful of tips for you. No, they are not about the best shooting...
View ArticleGerman camera lenses could soon become 25% more expensive
After a 15-year-long dispute, The World Trade Organization approved that the United States can impose trade sanctions on some products from the EU. The US is about to apply $7.5 billion in punitive...
View ArticlePhotokina organisers still see no reason to cancel the event in 2020
The coronavirus situation has the world’s population divided. On the one side, many aren’t worried. That it’s just SARS, MERS, Bird Flu or Ebola all over again and that it’ll blow over. On the other,...
View ArticleThis “flying train” film footage shows a fascinating look into 1902 Germany...
In Wuppertal, Germany in 1902 the “flying train” was about to open. Of course, the train didn’t really fly, it is suspended from above. construction of the Wuppertaler Schwebebahn began in 1898 but it...
View ArticleLeica’s “Made in Portugal” lenses are up to $500 cheaper than their...
Leica has just relaunched nine M-mount lenses we’ve already been familiar with. But this time, they’re cheaper. The thing is that they were made in Portugal instead of Germany, but according to Leica –...
View ArticleNew photography show coming to Germany – Could Photopia replace Photokina?
It’s been a sad tale over the last few years for Photokina. After their last great show in 2016, it was announced in 2017 that Photokina would be shrinking in size and duration and shifting over to an...
View ArticleGermany’s biggest electronics retailer removes DJI drones from its shelves...
This has been a saga that’s been building up for a couple of weeks now, beginning with accusations from Ukraine (via Blynk co-founder Bolodymyr Shymanskyy) that Russia is exploiting DJI’s AeroScope...
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