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Click here to read part three of my Olympus E-M1X Field Test

 

 

[Ed. Note: We just realized that this field test had accidentally been taken offline by some in-house testing. We're re-featuring it briefly to give it a little love and make up for the mistake. Apologies to those of you who'd been trying to...

 

 

In Daniel Norton's ongoing education video series for Adorama, OnSet, he shows off different portraiture and portrait lighting techniques. Oftentimes, he is photographing from the waist or shoulders up. When lighting a full body portrait, the situation can be quite different and there are more things for the...

 

 

In the summer of 2014, we published our first High ISO Print showdown, and the results proved intriguing while also raising some interesting questions about the nature of ISO in general. Since that time there have certainly been advances made in modern digital cameras along multiple lines where overall image...

 

 

It's not too hard for us to prove our love for higher-end products from Fujifilm. For starters, we gave our highest coveted yearly award to the worthy X-T3 this past December, naming it Best Camera for all of 2018. And the love extends to their Medium Format offerings in the GFX 50S and 50R, now the only two...

 

 

At Imaging Resource, we have prided ourselves on being a leader in the technical analysis of camera equipment. From lenses and cameras to lights and hard drives, we've done our best to evaluate equipment in a very detailed manner so that you know what piece of equipment will best suit your needs.

But in recent...

 

 

This week's Firmware Friday roundup is unusually short and sweet, bringing with it news of just four updates, three of them from Leica and one from Ricoh. And with not a lot to discuss for any of these updates, we're going to skip the usual formalities and just get down to what's new, instead.

Leica's...

Click here to read my Panasonic S1R Field Test

 

 

The Lumix S1R is Panasonic's first high-megapixel full-frame mirrorless camera, which alongside the 24-megapixel S1, kicked off their new Lumix S full-frame mirrorless camera system. There are many full-frame mirrorless cameras nowadays, so what sets the S1R apart?...

 

 

One of the most exciting aspects of photography is that you can practice and put in the effort to improve your work and actually see the improvement taking place. If you go back and view your oldest images, you will often be able to see first-hand how far your skills have come. Further, no matter how talented a...

 

 

Earlier this week and just in time for students heading back to school, Canon announced a quartet of new PIXMA printers. The PIXMA printers: the TS8320, TS6320, TS5320 and TS3320, are designed to easily handle homework, term papers and projects with convenient set-up and usability features.

Some of these new...

 

 

Adobe has released its August updates for the Lightroom ecosystem and Adobe Camera Raw. The updates are focused on improving performance and giving users new workflow options.

The largest update in terms of performance improvements comes in the form of GPU-accelerated editing. This update is for Lightroom Classic...

 

 

Ideally, when you are out in the field, you compose images just the right way while shooting. Unfortunately, photography doesn't always go according to plan and sometimes you return home with images you wish were a bit different. In some cases, simple cropping can fix the issue. However, sometimes you need space to...

 

 

This week's Firmware Friday roundup brings news of updates from four manufacturers in total, although the bulk of these are from one company and are yet to be finalized. It's Canon which is providing the majority of the update news this week, as it works to correct six security vulnerabilities recently uncovered by...

 

 

Venus Optics has announced pricing and availability for their latest fisheye lens, the Laowa 4mm f/2.8 Circular Fisheye. This lens has been designed for Micro Four Thirds cameras and can capture a 210-degree field of view. The lens is an 8mm equivalent fisheye prime and unlike Laowa's Zero-D lenses, the new fisheye...

 

 

Portrait photographer Daniel Norton is back with another pair of episodes in his ongoing OnSet video series for Adorama. In the new videos, seen below, Norton shows how to use a strip box to create dramatic soft light and shares tips for capturing better portraits using a ring light.

First, how can you create...

 

 

Capture One has launched a new student initiative to "equip, engage, and inspire the next generation of photographers to thrive in today's world and tomorrow's." This initiative, dubbed "See Beyond. Trust your vision. Trust your tools," also comes with a 65 percent savings on Capture One Pro for eligible students.

Click here to read my Nikon Z6 Field Test Part II

 

 

Since debuting last fall, the Nikon Z6 has been given a major firmware upgrade, and the native Z-mount lens selection has essentially doubled. Both of these changes have positively impacted the overall utility of the Z6, especially for landscape and wildlife...

 

 

Sigma has announced its schedule of August dealer photography workshops, which includes five workshops in the western United States and a single workshop in New York. The hands-on workshops are aimed at photographers of all skill levels and allow photographers to learn from Sigma experts and try out Sigma's latest...

 

 

Development on Adobe's mobile video editing platform, Rush, has been quiet since the launch of the product in October of 2018. When it was first announced, it looked and felt like an evolution of Premiere on a new codebase that would not only be faster than the current Premiere, in theory, but also could be...

 

 

Human eyes are able to see only a fraction of the light in our universe. This spectrum of light that we can see is called the visible spectrum and it is underpinned by our eyes having three different types of cones, which are sensitive to short, medium and long wavelengths of light. These wavelengths correspond...