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When sharpening your digital images, such as in Photoshop, what is actually happening? As Unmesh Dinda of PiXimperfect explains in the video below, digital sharpening involves adding contrast around just the edges. When you sharpen an image, you often see more apparent visible detail, but by adding contrast around...

 

 

If you have ever photographed buildings, you have likely had to deal with the issue of distortion and imperfect perspective in your images. There are numerous ways you can deal with this, including the method outlined by Aaron Nace of Phlearn in the video below.

The technique involves utilizing custom grids...

 

 

Portrait and commercial photographer Daniel Norton is back with another episode of his OnSet video series for Adorama. In the video below, Norton shows how to use one of his favorite light modifiers, one which is not particularly common, the lantern.

The lantern is more often used for video when trying to light...

Click here to read part two of my Ricoh GR III Field Test

 

 

It's been a few weeks since my first field test with the tiny Ricoh GR III, an unassuming little street shooter that offers image quality you wouldn't expect from its compact form factor. In that first test, which you can read here, I took a look...

 

 

Skylum Software has announced that the next iteration of its flagship image editing software, Luminar, will be arriving this fall in the form of Luminar 4. While more details on Luminar 4 will be available as we approach its launch, Skylum has shown off one of the software's primary new features, AI Sky...

 

 

Landscape and nature photographer Adam Gibbs is in Scotland doing landscape photography. In the video below, we join him in the field in Glencoe, which is in western Scotland, to photograph streams and waterfalls.

The first scene Gibbs chooses to shoot is a twisted tree alongside a stream. He quickly identifies...

 

 

Even a photographer as accomplished as Nigel Danson still makes mistakes when out in the field. Oftentimes, his mistakes are ones he has made many times over the years. In his newest video, seen below, Danson shares 13 common photography mistakes he continues to make and provides tips to help prevent photographers...

 

 

Our Firmware Friday roundup this week is a single-company affair, with only Japan's Sigma Corp. having released any updates in the past seven days. If you're not shooting a Sigma lens on a Sony E-mount body, you can move along now, safe in the knowledge that there's no new firmware for your gear this week. If...

 

 

While the A7R IV is still be reviewed by our team, we decided to take some of the internet's loudest complaints about the new camera directly to Sony for an exclusive on-camera interview. Sony's latest full-frame mirrorless camera has many new features over its predecessor, but some critics have complained many...

Click here to see our Sony A7R I V Gallery

 

 

On Tuesday earlier this week, Sony announced the latest-generation of its high-resolution, full-frame mirrorless camera, the Sony A7R Mark IV. We were at the product launch in New York City and had an opportunity to get some hands-on shooting time with the new camera...

 

 

Fujifilm has announced a pair of new lenses, one for each of the company's interchangeable lens mirrorless camera systems. One lens is the X Series (APS-C) Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR zoom lens. The other optic is a prime lens for the medium-format GFX system, the Fujinon GF 50mm f/3.5 R LM WR.

Looking first...

 

 

DJI has announced the new Ronin-SC single-handed stabilizer for mirrorless cameras. The compact, lightweight Ronin-SC features an updated design, which incorporates DJI's latest intelligent features. Of the Ronin-SC, DJI Senior Product Manager, Paul Pan, says, "The Ronin-SC took the powerful technology from the...

• Click here to read our Sony A7R IV Preview •

 

 

From the press conference earlier:

Sony's scheduled to announce at least one new product of some kind this morning in New York City. We're on-scene for the press event and will update this news post with all the announcement details as we get them --...

 

 

Earlier this week, we shared tips from Ross Hoddinott focused on capturing macro photos of butterflies, dragonflies and other insects. To continue the macro theme of the week, we are sharing a video from photographer Micael Widell below featuring seven steps for a perfect insect macro photo.

The first step before...

 

 

One of the more challenging aspects of macro photography is working with the shallow depth of field afforded to you by macro lenses and close working distances. Through the use of software, such as Helicon Focus, you can use a technique called focus stacking to create images with greater depth of field. In the...

 

 

If you've just bought a Canon EOS M50 mirrorless camera kit with 15-45mm lens and you're puzzled by a charger and battery pairing that don't quite seem to fit with each other, fear not. There's a very simple explanation, as the company yesterday revealed that it accidentally shipped the wrong charger in the...

 

 

After a shorter-than-typical roundup last week, our Firmware Friday post this week returns with renewed vigor and news of no less than 16 cameras receiving updated firmware in the past seven days. Admittedly, most of these are from one company, and several are very closely-related models. Still, we've a lot...

 

 

Nature and wildlife photographer Morten Hilmer recently had a very productive and enjoyable day of wildlife photography. Dressed in a camouflage suit, Hilmer was able to get close to a wide variety of animals, including birds and foxes.

In the behind the scenes video below, we join Hilmer as he photographs with...

 

 

Skylum Software has released a new version of its Luminar Flex plugin, bringing the software to version 1.1.0. This free update adds several improvements for Mac and Windows users and is headlined by Accent AI 2.0.

Accent AI 2.0 utilizes artificial intelligence to quickly and automatically apply adjustments to...