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LaCie’s 2big RAID is a sleek, solid drive if you don’t need Thunderbolt

 
 

Near the end of 2017, LaCie released the 2big Dock, a two-disk RAID 0/1 desktop drive designed to be a part of a ingest/work/store solution that took advantage of Thunderbolt's speed and daisy-chain capabilities. But the 2big Dock, as good as it is in its use case, was built with a very specific workflow in mind:...

Firmware Friday: New features for Canon, Panasonic video cameras, Leica digicams; big Nikon catchup


 
 

Our Firmware Friday roundup for this week is a biggie, with no less than eight video cameras and nine still cameras on the list, plus another five updates on the software side of things. Truth be told, though, part of the reason for the size of the roundup is that I've just caught an error that stopped any of...

Sony enters the “rugged” portable SSD space with what promise to be some of the toughest and fastest available

 
 

In a space typically dominated by LaCie and G-Technology, a surprise challenger has decided to enter the ring. Today, Sony announced two new external SSD drives: the high-performance SL-M series and the standard compact SL-C series. These external SSD drives boast what Sony bills as "ultra-toughness and high-speed"...

Ricoh GR III First Shots: Sample images from Ricoh’s higher-res 24MP streetshooting pocketcam


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After being able to spend a couple of days with the new and improved Ricoh GR III in Yokohama, Japan at CP+ and gathering a batch of real-world gallery images, we've finally received the camera into IRHQ for review. As always, we immediately sent it down into the...

Canon says lots coming in 2019! Lens strategy, the future of A.I. and more… Executive Q&A


 
 

We had a chance recently to speak with four top executives from Canon's Image Communication Business Operations group, the division responsible for all of Canon's photographic products. I probed into Canon's focus on photography in the face of its expansion into many related businesses. Does their significant...

Panasonic announces new Lumix G95, blending features of photo-centric G9 with video-heavy GH5


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Panasonic G95 PreviewFirsts Shots (beta)

 
 

While many camera manufacturers are focusing on full-frame mirrorless cameras nowadays, Panasonic included with their new Lumix S1 and Lumix S1R cameras, let's not forget that Panasonic is also a key partner in...

PolarPro joins with Peter McKinnon for new variable neutral density filters & we have gone hands-on

 
 

I recently had the opportunity to use a pair of PolarPro's QuartzLine filters, a circular polarizer and a solid ND16 neutral density filter. These represented my first foray into PolarPro's extensive line of products and their offerings have expanded today with the release of two new Variable Neutral Density (VND)...

Skylum announces Luminar Flex: Versatile, AI-driven plug-in featuring the power of Luminar

 
 

Skylum Software has announced Luminar Flex, a brand-new plugin for Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, Photoshop Elements and Photos for macOS. The Luminar Flex plugin allows even more photographers to utilize the AI-powered technologies featured in Luminar to improve their photo editing while saving time.

Of Luminar...

Adobe announces video-centric new tools, including Content Aware Fill in After Effects

 
 

Adobe has updated a host of their video products ahead of the NAB show in Las Vegas this week. Premiere, After Effects, and Audition are all seeing brand new features added today, with the most standout being Content-Aware Fill for video inside After Effects. Adobe is billing that update as "ground-breaking"...

Skylum’s Luminar 3 lauded as the best image editing software in 2019 TIPA awards

 
 

Following numerous meaningful updates to the popular photo editing software Luminar 3, Skylum has won the 2019 Best Imaging Software award by the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA).

Granting the all-in-one photo editor and management software its award, TIPA stated, "Simplicity in an image editor need not...

Mastin Labs brings its popular Kodak film emulations to Capture One

 
 

Mastin Labs is known for their authentic film emulations for Lightroom, Adobe Camera Raw and iPhone and they are now bringing their film know-how to Capture One via their new Kodak Everyday Original Styles Pack.

Of the new Styles pack and his collaboration with Capture One, Kirk Mastin says, "I'm so happy to...

Alien Skin announces Exposure X4.5, a major update to their raw photo editor and organization software

 
 

Alien Skin Software has announced a major update to their Exposure X4 Raw Photo Editor, Exposure X4.5. The new update adds numerous new features to the award-winning, non-destructive raw photo editing and organizing software, including LUT support, new organizational tools, improved workflow options and more.

The...

Firmware Friday: Sony A9 reinvented by major update; news from Blackmagic, Canon and Panasonic too

 
 

Our weekly Firmware Friday roundup returns with the arrival of another weekend, and this time around it's a story that's dominated by Sony and its flagship A9 mirrorless camera. The Sony A9 v5.0 firmware update is clearly this week's showstopper news, and so we'll be covering it first of all in this week's article....

Mount Wars: Guess what? Z-mount really DOES help lens design… and AF! (Nikon technical Q&A)


 
 

I had a chance to sit down with a group of top Nikon executives and engineering managers last month, as part of my yearly pilgrimage to Yokohama, Japan for the annual CP+ trade show. We talked about lens design and how it's impacted by the new Z-mount -- we're frankly amazed by their new 14-30mm f/4 lens,...

Olympus E-M1X Field Test Part I: Shooting landscapes & wildlife with Olympus’ new flagship OM-D camera


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Olympus E-M1X Field Test Part I

 
 

Although both my colleague Dave Pardue and myself have had some hands-on shooting time with the big, beefy and pricey Olympus E-M1X, we thought it would be a great idea to have our resident landscape and wildlife photographer, Jeremy Gray, take...

Join Adam Gibbs as he photographs in China and processes a landscape image in Lightroom

 
 

Photographer Adam Gibbs recently traveled to China. One of the areas he visited is the mountainous Huangshan region. In the pair of videos below, we first go behind the scenes with Gibbs as he searches for images on a snowy morning in China, sharing a variety of selected images with their accompanying settings. In...

How to dodge and burn in Adobe Lightroom using filters and the adjustment brush

 
 

While dodging and burning is often considered within the context of editing in Adobe Photoshop, you can also dodge and burn inside of Adobe Lightroom. As photographer and educator Serge Ramelli showcases in his latest tutorial video below, by mastering dodging and burning techniques in Lightroom, you will be able...

Desert landscape photography guide: Tips for capturing compelling shots in deserts

 
 

Here at Imaging Resource, we have featured numerous photography guides from photographer Anton Gorlin, including tips for better sunrise photography, a guide to seascape photography and a lengthy guide covering composition. Gorlin's latest photography guide is centered around desert landscape photography. Of desert...

The optional video firmware upgrade for the full-frame Panasonic S1 will arrive in July 2019

 
 

Though they are not yet revealing the price, Panasonic has announced a time frame for the highly-anticipated video-centric firmware upgrade that will be available for the Panasonic Lumix S1 full frame camera. When Panasonic's latest camera comes to market in early April, it will come loaded with many video features...

Sony announces new RX0 II, an ultra-compact waterproof photo/video camera now with a flip screen

 
 

Sony has announced the RX0 II, what they are billing as the "smallest and lightest premium ultra-compact camera." A waterproof, dustproof, shockproof, crushproof and extremely small "premium" camera, the RX0 II is capable of internal 4K recording and now includes a flip-up screen that tilts upwards 180 degrees and...