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Rachel Gulotta and Daniel Inskeep of Mango Street have published a new video about color theory. Unless you're exclusively a monochrome photographer, and arguably even then color still matters considerably albeit in different ways, color is critical to making good images.

In the video below, Rachel and Daniel...

 

 

What's old is new again for Leica. The German camera company has announced a new THAMBAR-M 90mm f/2.2 lens. Its design is almost identical to the original Thambar lens, including a black paint finish, similar proportions and shape and its aperture engravings. Designed for the Leica M mount, the new version has had...

 

 

Update at 4:00 PM ET: We have clarified the terms of Sigma's offer. Repairs are being offered to covered products free of charge, while trade-in options are being offered at a special price on a case-by-case basis. 

Similar to what they did following Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Sigma has announced that they will...

 

 

In today's edition of Shutter Release, we will look at three pieces of interesting photography content. The first is a video about using a strip softbox for outdoor portraiture. Up next is a story about the first official recording of a drone striking a commercial aircraft. Third is an article from a female...

 

 

I've owned my Really Right Stuff TVC-34L Versa Series tripod for a few years now and have hundreds of hours of use in the field with the 34L. I have put this tripod through its paces in many different situations and it has held up very well and has never once disappointed me.

It's worth stating on the front end...

 

 

Photographer Joe Edelman has been spending the last month working with LED lighting in his studio as part of an "LED Lighting for Photography" video series. He has uploaded the final video in the series, which you can see below.

In this wrap-up video, Edelman discusses his previous work with LED lights and covers...

 

 

Ok, most of the way through 2017 I feel like it bears saying this a little louder: by not including 4K in your new cameras and telling us it’s because it’s not a necessary thing, it makes me feel like it’s kind of a thing. Like if you were to notice something wrong with a situation, question it, and be told "don't...

 

 

Photographer Thomas Heaton's latest video opens up an interesting discussion about lens selection and prime lenses versus zoom lenses. The Zeiss Distagon 21mm f/2.8 has long been an important part of Heaton's gear bag, but after he purchased a Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 lens, he found that he wasn't using the Zeiss lens...

 

 

The Fuji X-Pro series has been a vastly popular "rangefinder-styled" line for Fujifilm for half a decade now, and the baby brother X-E line has followed stride in general popularity. Now, with the Fuji X-E3, this model steps into the 24mp present day and represents the only current X-Trans model with a street price...

Click here to read our Laowa 15mm f/2 FE Zero-D Field Test

 

 

Laowa's new 15mm f/2 FE Zero-D lens for Sony E-mount cameras is the fastest 15mm prime in its class. We have been able to get our hands on this fast wide-angle lens, and you can read our thoughts in the newly-published Laowa 15mm f/2 FE Zero-D Field...

 

 

Iceland is one of the most popular travel destinations in the world for landscape photographers and with great reason. The small Iceland nation offers a wide array of very distinct landscapes and vistas, including glacial lagoons, black sand beaches, sweeping landscapes and many gorgeous waterfalls. I was fortunate...

 

 

Huawei this morning announced the next generation of their popular smartphones, the Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro. The only difference between the two models is the size and screen: The Mate 10 features a 5.9-inch 2560 x 1440 LCD while the Mate 10 Pro’s display is a 6-inch 2160 x 1080 OLED. The two phones are the first...

 

 

In a variety of places around the world, it's foliage season and photographer Nigel Danson recently released a new video full of tips and tricks for improving your autumn photography.

One of Nigel's tips is to never leave home without a polarizer. It's always a good idea to have one for landscape photography, but...

Click here to read our Canon G1X Mark III Preview

 

 

Canon has announced their latest PowerShot, the G1X Mark III, their new flagship G-series compact camera. Changing focal lengths and sensor size over its predecessor, the G1X Mark III sports a 24-72mm-eq. f/2.8-5.6 lens paired with the same 24MP APS-C sized...

 

 

The 50-megapixel medium format Fujifilm GFX 50S released in late February for $6,500 and it has stayed pretty close to that price since its launch. After a trade-up promotion a couple of months ago, Fujifilm has now unveiled big savings on the GFX and its lenses that don't require any sort of trade-in.

You can...

 

 

Fujifilm has started its holiday pricing promotion on its X series and GFX series (you can see the GFX deals here). There are many great deals to be had on Fujifilm X cameras and lenses. We will start with a section about the cameras and then move to the discounted XF lenses.

By ordering through the links below,...

Click here to read our Apple iPhone 8 Plus Field Test

 

 

Although smartphones aren't really our primary area of expertise here at Imaging Resource, they have cameras in them (shockingly popular ones, if you haven't been keeping up with the news.) Therefore, having recently upgraded from the iPhone 6S to the new...

 

 

Our Firmware Friday post this week is going to be extremely short and sweet, because there's only one new firmware release we're aware of since our previous update. Unless you're a Panasonic GH5 owner or simply curious, you can hop over to another news item now. (I recommend our just-published Canon EOS M100...

 

 

Fotospeed sent me a variety of sample packs of their paper to try out. The company has a long history of making darkroom chemicals and fine art paper products and also is a worldwide distributor for papers from other companies, including Hahnemühle and Canson.

The folks at Fotospeed sent me packs of their Glossy,...