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Tiny cube camper might be the stealthiest nano-home money can buy

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From the outside, the new Lutz 2513 Minicamper looks like a basic utility trailer. And that's because it is, a single-axle white cargo box from German trailer and truck body specialist Humbaur. Open the large rear door, though, and you'll find a simple but homey space that invites you inside with its sofa bed, soft-touch surfaces and rustic-chic accents. Buyers can walk away with a basic trailer for under €9K or spec out a full RV floor plan with kitchen, toilet, dining area and electricity for under €15K.

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Fujifilm GFX100RF first look video: compact medium format

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Earlier this week, Fujifilm announced the GFX100RF, a fixed-lens camera featuring the 102MP medium format sensor from cameras like the GFX100 II and GFX100 S II. We've been able to spend some time with it and put together a first look video for those who want a quick overview of the camera.

Of course, if you want something more in-depth, you can check out our initial review using the link below. It may be worth reading even if you're not in the market for a $4900 camera, as the GFX100RF is, at the very least, a camera with a strong focus on photography that's doing a lot of things differently.

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Accessory roundup: lights, a grip, backpacks and more

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Images: Godox, Tilta and Think Tank

Happy weekend, everyone! This week was fairly busy in terms of announcements. The most notable, of course, was the Fujifilm GFX100RF fixed-lens medium format camera. There were also plenty of accessories, too. But before diving into those, here are the deals we spotted this week.

Pro-grade goodness Photo: Richard Butler

The Canon EOS R3 was released in 2021, so it is getting a bit long in the tooth for modern camera standards. However, it's an impressive device that's well-positioned for sports and wildlife photography thanks, in part, to its advanced Eye Control AF. Making it even better right now is the fact that it's currently $1000 off, bringing it to the lowest price I've ever seen.

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A 50mm prime is a great lens to have in any kit. Sony's FE 50mm F1.4 GM is a lighter, more affordable alternative to the F1.2 GM version. It still offers plenty of quality, though, and hits the sweet spot for most photographers. In fact, it earned Honorable Mention in the 2023 DPReview Annual Awards. This capable lens is $100 off right now at multiple retailers.

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Lights seem to be a constant trend here in the accessory roundup lately, and that continues this week. Godox has recently released two different lights. First up is the Godox ML100R, the successor of the ML100Bi. It is a compact, lightweight, full-color LED video light meant for content creators and vloggers. It offers temperature ranges from 1800K to 10,000K and is equipped with the Godox Mount, making it compatible with a wide range of compact modifiers.

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Godox also announced the M1000R full-color LED light, a more powerful light for film, broadcast and video production. It delivers 1000W in a lightweight package and offers a color temperature range from 1800K to 10,000K. The light is IP54-rated as well, providing more protection when shooting outside.

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The new Tilta Fujifilm X-M5 Cage is a lightweight option for X-M5 cameras that adds an L-bracket with a built-in walnut handgrip, an Arca-Swiss quick-release plate and a vintage-looking hot shoe thumb grip. It also comes with two leather strap attachments (not a strap), adding to the vintage appeal. Plus, the kit comes in a unique and vintage-looking metal gift box complete with a postage-style wrap.

Buy at Tilta Carry your gear Photo: Karen Lane featuring Nicole Chan

Think Tank Photo has announced a new lineup of backpacks. The Walker Pro Backpacks come in 16L, 24L and 30L capacities, providing plenty of room for gear. Each features a dedicated laptop sleeve, trolley handle pass-through, multiple attachment points for tripods and plenty of pockets for water, snacks and accessories.

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Here's an accessory of sorts that's totally free. Blackmagic Design has released a free, 684-page step-by-step training guide for DaVinci Resolve 19. The Beginner’s Guide to DaVinci Resolve 19 is aimed at new and experienced users of the powerful video editing software. It walks users through all of the tools available in DaVinci Resolve, including video editing, color grading, audio enhancement and visual effects. The guide uses a project-based approach, giving you hands-on experience while working through the lessons. You can download the PDF from the Blackmagic Design website.

A new analog format

Finally, this week's video is all about innovation. Ethan Moses, also known as Cameradactyl, has crafted numerous unique cameras and remixes of famous formats. He has built a 20x24-inch instant camera, a 3D-printed 4x5 field camera and so much more. Most recently, he's created a new format called the Cameradactyl Master System, which uses color photo paper that is exposed in-camera in a roll format. The video walks through the new process along with some of Ethan's other ambitious projects. It's a fascinating look at some truly wild cameras and processes.

Psychedelic beer used by ancient empire to win friends

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A study published in the journal Antiquity suggested an ancient South American civilization spiked a beer-like drink with psychoactive drugs as a way of maintaining social cohesion and forging new bonds with surrounding communities. The findings offer some of the clearest archaeological evidence demonstrating how ancient civilizations used psychoactive substances for recreation and social cohesion.

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Road-ready tiny house cuts the cord for off-grid freedom

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Huge tiny houses are all well and good, but for those who actually want to travel regularly, something smaller is a lot more practical. This compact model fits the bill and combines an open and airy layout that's all on one floor with a solar power setup that ensures the lights stay on wherever you park it.

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Sleek, smart backcountry camping stove gets easier to use than ever

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Known for its sleek, lightweight all-in-one backpacking stove systems, Jetboil was founded around the ideal of a faster-boiling portable stove. Its latest Fast Boil stove series makes boiling and heating that much quicker and more seamless with critical upgrades that include a smoother quick-dial ignition, better pot-to-stove locking system, and surer, more user-friendly grip. Cooking up breakfast, lunch and dinner miles from the vaguest evidence of human civilization becomes easier than ever before.

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Darkroom on wheels: How photography is helping displaced children heal

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It's easy to get caught up in the gear side of things with photography, but at its core, regardless of equipment, the medium can be a powerful tool for finding healing, hope and joy. Emmy-nominated filmmaker and photojournalist Ilie Mitaru explores this theme in his recent documentary, First Frames.

The documentary follows photographer Serbest Salih and his mobile darkroom project, Fotohane Darkroom. With his darkroom, Salih teaches analog photography to children in displaced and overlooked communities across Turkey. These children face significant challenges, including limited access to education and displacement due to the devastating twin earthquakes that struck Turkey on February 6, 2023. Mitaru specifically didn't portray them as victims, however, instead showing how they are fully complex human beings with agency over how they respond to their situation.

Salih is a refugee himself, coming to Turkey in 2014 when ISIS attacked Syria. Despite knowing multiple languages, he found photography to be a crucial communication tool. "Photography was like its own language, a universal language," Salih explains. "Analog photography is like a form of therapy. And little by little, I felt it helping me, healing me."

Sample galleryThis widget is not optimized for RSS feed readers. Click here to open it in a new browser window / tab. A selection of behind-the-scenes images and stills from the documentary. Photos provided by Ilie Mitaru.

While the documentary highlights Salih and his teaching, it is primarily about the children and unfolds from their perspective. The film even includes video clips taken by the children, giving them some control over the narrative. "Children show us the world,” Salih says during the film. "We just have to provide them with the tools, and they show us."

The children featured share their experiences, explaining why they are taking photos and how learning photography has impacted their lives. "I love the feeling I get when I'm taking pictures. I clear my mind and focus on the one thing I'm supposed to do," 11-year-old Yusuf Emir says. "Art helps us see the world from different perspectives. It offers comfort. That's why taking pictures contributes so much to our lives." Those are wise words from an 11-year-old and a worthy reminder of how powerful photography can be.

You can read more about the project at WePresent and see more of Mitaru's work on his website.

Squirrel-inspired one-legged robot nimbly leaps between branches

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I love me a bio-inspired robot that pulls off challenging feats by taking cues from the natural world. University of California, Berkeley (UCB) researchers have now shown off the one-legged Salto bot mimic the way squirrels leap effortlessly between precarious branches and stick the landing on the very first attempt.

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A World in Color: Magnum Photos is revealing hidden treasures from its archive

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Magnum Photos, a cooperative agency since 1947, boasts an extensive photographic archive covering a vast range of global events. Naturally, much of that collection is film, with images that haven't seen the light of day in some time. The agency aims to address this with its newly launched "A World in Color" project, aiming to digitize its Paris color library archive.

The French color library, housed in the historic Saint-Cyr Fort in Paris's suburbs, contains over 43,000 slide sheets—approximately 650,000 color slides—from the 1950s to the early 2000s. Organized by country, theme, and personality, these images provide a valuable historical record of the second half of the 20th century.

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Some of the slide cabinets have remained untouched for 20 years, potentially holding surprises. The French color library represents the lesser-seen works of Magnum's members, including images from the foundational years of photography, making digitization and preservation particularly meaningful. "Our commitment to preserving this unique photographic heritage ensures it remains an invaluable resource, honoring the past while inspiring future generations to learn from and build upon this vibrant visual history,” notes Marine Merindol, Chief Operating Officer at Magnum Photos.

The project is supported by Magnum's long-term partner, Fujifilm, and the Médiathèque du Patrimoine et de la photographie (MPP). With that support, the Magnum Archive and Production teams will digitize each sheet of color slides to identify and index every image. Given that Fujifilm is a partner for the project, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that the digitization process will happen with the Fujifilm GFX 100 II medium format camera.

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The Magnum teams will work through the collection country by country, starting with a focus on Europe. Each month, they will share a new selection of images from a different country. The first batch highlights Czechia, featuring images from the 1960s to the 1990s, including the Soviet Union invasion in 1968 and the Velvet Revolution in 1989. "As a counterpart to Josef Koudelka and Ian Berry’s iconic black-and-white images from the Prague Uprising in 1968, the archive now reveals a new perspective in color from Marilyn Silverstone, a year after she became one of the first five women to join Magnum as a Member," explains Magnum. There are also images by Elliott Erwitt, Thomas Hoepker, Marc Riboud and more.

You can follow along on the Magnum website or its social media platforms. In addition to the online content, Magnum will be hosting six in-person events across Europe as part of Fujifilm’s Fujikina events, starting with Prague, where Fujifilm just hosted an event to announce the GFX100RF. The Prague event is on display from March 22–23, with images curated by Magnum photographer Rafał Milach.

MAGNUM PRESENTS: A WORLD IN COLOR

Magnum Photos embarks on a historic project to digitize the agency’s Paris color library archive, which has remained dormant for decades.

Stored away at the historical Saint-Cyr Fort in the suburbs of Paris lies Magnum’s colossal French color library archive. Over 43,000 slide sheets, totaling approximately 650,000 color slides dating from the 1950s to the early 2000s, are estimated to be held there. Classified by Country, Theme and Personality, many of these images have remained, until now, unseen to the public eye. Revisiting the unexplored cabinets today is a step back into the workings of Magnum Photos as an agency in the pre-digital age, as well as a historical visual record of the second half of the 20th century.

Preserving the Magnum Archive

In January 2025, Magnum Photos began the monumental project of digitizing the color library archive, both as a step to preserve Magnum’s legacy for future generations and to unearth the unseen color images that have been hidden away for decades. With the support of long-term partners Fujifilm and the Médiathèque du Patrimoine et de la photographie (MPP), the Magnum Archive and Production teams will revisit the full archive and digitize each sheet of color slides, before identifying and indexing the unseen images, ensuring that they are preserved correctly for future generations.

An Invitation Behind the Scenes

Working country by country, the teams will begin by focusing on Europe, home of the color archive. Throughout the year, Magnum invites the public to join them behind the scenes in the digitization process, using the Fujifilm GFX 100 II medium-format digital camera. Every month, a new selection of unseen images will be unveiled, each reveal focusing on a different country. Six unique in-person activations will also take place across Europe as part of Fujifilm’s FUJIKINA events, giving the public the opportunity to discover a further selection of curated unseen images, as well as the physical slide sheets themselves, with the original photographer and editor annotations preserved. Beginning in March with Czechia, this year will also see exclusive reveals of unseen images from Italy, Belgium, the UK, France, Germany, and more, with aspirations to move beyond Europe and to the United States in 2026.

A Visual Time Capsule

The color archive has aged to represent a time capsule — a portal back to the second half of the 20th century, with many of the cabinets remaining untouched for over 20 years. The images revealed through this project represent the power of photography to bring the past to life, but they also revisit the lesser-seen archives of Magnum’s photographer Members, and the foundational years in the history of photography itself.

"With A World in Color, we celebrate a visual treasure trove too often overlooked: the color slides from Magnum’s vast archives. Developed in collaboration with Fujifilm and MPP, this project transforms the archive into a wellspring of opportunity — enhancing its value across press, editorial publications, and cultural partnerships. By uncovering unseen material, we open new doors for storytelling, collaboration, and creative exploration. Our commitment to preserving this unique photographic heritage ensures it remains an invaluable resource, honoring the past while inspiring future generations to learn from and build upon this vibrant visual history." writes Marine Merindol, Chief Operating Officer at Magnum Photos.

"We are very excited to know that some of the 650,000 images will now be brought to light and available to the public. This opens up an incredible window into the world and into our past — helping us understand our present. We would like to thank our partners for their interest and support, well as their solid contribution to our visual archive, which belongs to all of us." writes Emin Özmen, vice president of Magnum’s longstanding Paris office.

A New Chapter for Magnum and Fujifilm

A World in Color marks a new chapter for the long-term collaboration between Magnum and Fujifilm, offering the photographic community a rare glimpse into the unseen images of Magnum’s color archive, as well as a newly commissioned, exclusive series by Magnum photographers for each country, made in response to the archive, and shot using the Fujifilm GFX camera.

A series of exhibitions and talks will take place in six European countries throughout the year with Fujifilm’s traveling FUJIKINA global events, starting in Prague in March. Each exhibition, unique to that country, features unseen images from the same geography, tracing its history and culture during the 20th century, alongside the new series made in response to the archive. The Magnum photographer commissioned for each country will be present throughout the weekend, and will give a talk around their practice.

"This new collaborative series with Magnum Photos is key to our mission of contributing to the production and history of photography as it develops over the decades. No camera can shoot the past, and our inability to turn back time is central to the human desire to capture moments and memories through photography today. We are excited to be part of this project, which by using our GFX technology to digitize Magnum’s color library archive, we feel that we are helping to record a moment of history before it is lost — both the history of the countries we will be visiting with our FUJIKINA global events, and the history of photography," writes Kunio Aoyama, General Manager of Fujifilm Europe.

Chapter One: Czechia

The first drop of unseen images will be published on the Magnum website (magnumphotos.com) and social media platforms on March 17. The selection zooms in on Czechia from the 1960s to the 1990s, featuring two pivotal post-war events: the Soviet Union invasion in 1968 and the Velvet Revolution in 1989. As a counterpart to Josef Koudelka and Ian Berry’s iconic black-and-white images from the Prague Uprising in 1968, the archive now reveals a new perspective in color from Marilyn Silverstone, a year after she became one of the first five women to join Magnum as a Member. Images by Elliott Erwitt, Thomas Hoepker, Marc Riboud, and more follow suit, documenting the dawn of a new era following the Velvet Revolution — a visual journey from the deep reds of communism to the vivid blue, red and white of the independent Czech flag, now seen in striking color.

To launch the series of in-person events across Europe, the first FUJIKINA will take place in Prague from March 22–23, with Czechia as the focus. Curated by Magnum photographer Rafał Milach, the exhibition will present 10 unseen images and a number of slide sheets from the Magnum color library archive. Milach, in response to his findings in the color library archive, has also made a new series of 10 images in Czechia using a Fujifilm GFX camera, and will be hosting a talk during the weekend. Further FUJIKINA events will take place throughout the year in Milan, Brussels, London, Arles, and Germany.

Visit https://store.magnumphotos.com/pages/a-world-in-color or connect with Magnum Photos on Instagram to follow the digitization project in real-time and be among the first to discover the drop of unseen images each month.

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