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Olympus 17mm f/1.2 Pro Lens Review: The best wide-angle prime for Micro Four Thirds
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Having earned the top spot as our Best Wide Angle Prime of 2017 in our annual Lens of the Year awards, we've now finalized our lab testing of the Olympus 17mm f/1.2 Pro lens. This 35mm-eq. wide-angle prime lens is undoubtedly a professional-level optic...
Sigma announces availability and pricing of its upcoming 70mm f/2.8 Art Macro lens
Sigma has announced availability and pricing for its upcoming 70mm f/2.8 DG Macro Art lens, the first macro prime lens in its ever-growing “Art” series of high-end lenses.
The lens will be available in Canon, Sigma and Sony E-mount versions and will cost $569 USD in all three cases. However, the release dates for...
Panasonic introduces new rugged compact camera, the TS7, capable of shooting underwater at 102 feet
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In 2015, Panasonic released the TS6, which featured a 16-megapixel sensor but lacked the 4K video features of numerous Panasonic cameras at the time. Now, Panasonic has announced the TS7, which not only includes 4K UHD video at 30 frames per second, but also includes a...
Calibrating every device in your workflow and ensure color and print consistency
Have you ever printed an image and found that it looked much different than it did on your computer monitor? Prints being too dark or having slightly "off" colors is a very common issue for photographers. By utilizing color calibration, you can easily sync your different devices and ensure that your images look...
Seascape photography on the Icelandic coast: Choosing composition and camera settings
Landscapes and seascapes may seem similar, and in many ways, they are, but they each provide their own unique challenges. Photographer Mads Peter Iversen was recently in Iceland with fellow photographer Nigel Danson, and they did some seascape photography, among many other types of photography.
In the video...
Is the 24-70mm f/2.8 or a similar general zoom lens a must-have for every photographer?
There are certain lenses which are staples of many professional photographers' kits. Alongside the 70-200mm f/2.8 zoom, which nearly all manufacturers produce, there's also the 24-70mm f/2.8 zoom. The 24-70mm f/2.8 is great for landscape photographers, street shooters, event photographers, portrait photographers...
Shoot in style with the new gold-plated Lomography Daguerreotype Achromat 2.9/64 Art Lens
Do you like unusual lenses? Do you like gold? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then Lomography's new limited-edition Daguerreotype Achromat 2.9/64 Art Lens may be right up your alley. The gold-plated brass lens promises "dreamy" imagery with a soft focus appearance and distinct aperture.
On the...
Mastering Adobe Lightroom Classic CC with Anthony Morganti’s new free video series
Anthony Morganti of Online Photography Training has started a brand-new educational video series centered around learning how to use Adobe Lightroom Classic CC.
In the first episode, seen below, Morganti introduces the new Mastering Lightroom Classic CC series, discusses the series itself and then shows off how...
Serge Ramelli’s favorite camera settings for different landscape photography situations
Photographer Serge Ramelli captures a lot of landscape images. He often edits them using his own presets, but what about his in-camera settings? We join him in Los Angeles in Paris in the video below, in which he'll discuss his favorite camera settings when shooting landscapes.
First things first, Ramelli sets...
Face your failed photos head on, it’s the best way to learn and improve as a photographer
If you're like Nigel Danson, you take a lot of photos. Despite being very experienced, even he takes photos he doesn't like. Rather than immediately deleting failed photos, Danson uses them to help him improve his work. It's important to look at the images you capture and don't like and identify what it is about...
Photographing migratory birds in low light with a Nikon D5 and 180-400mm f/4 telephoto zoom
Danish nature photographer Morten Hilmer has been visiting the western coast of Denmark, which is one of his favorite areas to photograph birds and landscapes.
Every spring, kittiwakes, a migratory seabird, comes to cliffs in the Thy National Park to breed. It's a stunning scene as we see in Hilmer's...
Craft your own RAW recipes: How to create your own profiles in Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom
Profiles have been a part of Adobe editing software for a long time, although they haven't always been easy to find. Now, with the latest updates to Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom, profiles have a more prominent role in the software. Blake Rudis of f64 Academy takes a look at profiles in his latest video, seen...
Imperfections can lead to a powerful shot: Steve O’Nions shoots with a pinhole camera
Photographer Steve O'Nions found a derelict slate works building in a remote area in Wales and the scene immediately struck him as a viable candidate for shooting with a pinhole camera. That's exactly what O'Nions did. He used a Zero Image 2000 pinhole camera with Fomapan 100 classic film. Let's join him behind the...
5 hidden gems in Adobe Photoshop which will help you get the most out from the photo editor
If you use Adobe Photoshop, you likely know how powerful the software is. You probably also know that there are so many different ways you can use the software. With so much flexibility comes numerous opportunities to add new tricks to your Photoshop repertoire.
Photographer and educator Blake Rudis of f64...
BenQ launches new affordable 24-inch photographer-oriented monitor, the PhotoVue SW240
A capable computer is a must-have for photographers. However, a good monitor is perhaps even more important. BenQ has introduced a new monitor aimed squarely at photographers, which hopes to blend high performance with a consumer-friendly price point.
The new BenQ PhotoVue SW240 builds upon the previous BenQ...
Using a reflector for portrait headshots: The basics and the mistakes to avoid
Sony Artisan Miguel Quiles is back with another video for Adorama's The Breakdown video series. This time, the professional portrait photographer is tackling the topic of reflectors and how to use them for headshots.
Reflectors are a great, easy-to-use and inexpensive tool for photography. You can use them to...
Capture Dedication contest winners announced: First prize earns a photography trip with pro Paul Reiffer
Recently, Phase One's Capture One launched a photography competition on Instagram as part of the Dedication Campaign. The competition invited entrants to share an image which was very important to them and explain what made the image personally special. The winners have now been announced.
Taking home the first...
Fujifilm X-H1 Field Test Part III: The X-H1 has new video features, but is it a great video camera?
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In my first two Field Tests for the new the Fujifilm X-H1 flagship X Series camera, I looked at its revised design, image quality, performance and shooting experience. Now it's time to turn our attention toward the X-H1's video features and performance.
The X-H1...
On location with photographer Nick Carver: Scouting, planning and photographing a liquor store
Photographer Nick Carver utilizes many different types of cameras in his work, including both analog and digital cameras. Based in California, Carver recently came across an "unmaintained" liquor store in Santa Barbara County, California, and returned to photograph it with his Polaroid SX-70 and then later with a...
RED Cinema is building Facebook’s VR camera & the result may be what Lytro dreamed of creating
Facebook and RED Cinema announced a partnership to create the world's first commercially available camera to capture scenes with six degrees of freedom (6DOF), the next generation of virtual reality. Facebook has had their feet in the door of this space for quite some time, especially after the acquisition of...