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For users of interchangeable lens cameras, having an issue with sensor dust is something of an inevitability. Many camera retailers and even camera manufacturers offer sensor cleaning services, but these can be expensive and time-consuming, especially if you must send your camera away for it to be cleaned.

Click here to read our Canon G9X Mark II Field Test

 

 

A couple of years ago, Canon released the compact, pocketable Canon G9X. Its successor, the Canon G9X Mark II, remains very small and uses the same 20.2-megapixel 1-inch-type sensor. The G9X II brings with it a new, faster image processor, which helps make the...

 

 

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I reviewed the Think Tank Photo StreetWalker HardDrive backpack a few years ago and loved it. It’s a fantastic backpack and it’s my go-to carrying solution when I need to carry a lot of gear and my tripod. There were no glaring weaknesses with that backpack, but nonetheless, Think Tank Photo wanted...

 

 

In a move that will expand their ability to stay at the forefront of 360 degree and VR video editing, Adobe has announced their acquisition of all SkyBox technology from Mettle, a global developer of best-in-class 360-degree and virtual reality software. The Skybox toolset at present is already designed exclusively...

 

 

Benro and Vü are both brands distributed by the MAC Group, and since both produce filters, it's not surprising to hear today's news. Likely in a move to consolidate their product and eliminate confusion, Benro (known mostly for their tripods, sliders and video heads) and Vü (known for their high-quality filters)...

 

 

Update at 5:20 PM ET: Corrected minimum focus distance and working distance information.

Zeiss has announced a new full-frame lens for Canon and Nikon mounts, the Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/1.4. This 35mm f/1.4 prime lens joins the Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/2 lens as a faster alternative. Of the new lens, Christophe Casenave,...

 

 

Shutter Release is an ongoing series where we share news and other interesting content from around the web. Today we look at Adobe Lightroom’s new Instagram account, a neat method for making large prints when you have a small printer, shooting sunset dog portraits and point you toward the Sony World Photography...

 

 

Legendary tripod manufacturer Gitzo is celebrating their centenary this year in style. To celebrate the milestone, Gitzo is releasing a pair of special edition tripods, the 100 Year Anniversary Edition Traveler Tripod and the Arsène Gitzhoven Traveler Tripod.

100 Year Anniversary Edition Tripod

The limited...

 

 

B&H has published many video tutorials from B&H Optic 2017 to their YouTube channel. B&H Optic videos are an excellent resource for photographers of all skill levels and well worth taking the time to watch. Topics covered include Jeff Mauritzen on landscape and wildlife photography, Art Wolfe on his creative...

 

 

Shutter Release is an ongoing series here at Imaging Resource where we search the internet to find interesting photography-related topics to share with you. We don’t have time to cover everything we see in depth and Shutter Release is our way of boiling down a carefully-selected assortment of articles, news and...

 

 

Dutch water company SPA Nederland believes in the purity of their product. To prove how clean and clear their water is, they employed scientists to use a drop of SPA Nederland water as a camera lens.

It sounds crazy, right? Ultimately, anything can act as a functional lens so long as it can refract light to...

 

 

We hope you all had a great weekend! Let’s get the new week started off with a bang. In this edition of Shutter Release, our regular roundup feature in which we share and briefly discuss interesting photography articles and videos from around the web, we look at DxOMark’s Sony A9 review, the potential for log...

Click here to read our Fujifilm Field Test Part III

 

 

We've just published our third and final Field Test for the medium format mirrorless Fujifilm GFX 50S camera. In this third hands-on report, we test out the GFX 50S’ new Color Chrome Effect, investigate its image sensor further, test remote shooting...

 

 

Blake Rudis of f64 Academy made a video to help breakdown a couple of powerful, but very different, blend modes in Photoshop: the color and luminosity blend modes.

To borrow an example from Rudis, suppose you are making a curves adjustment in Photoshop. If your blend mode is “normal,” the adjustment will change...

 

 

Another week has whizzed by, and it's time once again for Firmware Friday, our regular roundup of what's new for your camera gear. This week, we have news of firmware updates for two still cameras, three video cameras and a lens, as well as of a software update applicable to two further cameras.

We'll kick...

Click here to see our Sony A9 Overheating Test

 

 

When the Sony A9 first became available to the public, just about immediately a video surfaced online complaining about it overheating in what should have been a relatively unchallenging environment. In that video, the photographer said that within 20 minutes of...

 

 

Photographer Steve Perry is an award-winning landscape and wildlife photographer who regularly publishes excellent tutorials covering artistic and technical topics. His latest video tends much more toward the technical side of things and it will help you capture much better images. That topic is histograms. For...

Click here to see our Olympus TG-5 First Shots

 

 

Earlier this year, Olympus unveiled their refreshed TG-5, their flagship rugged, waterproof, shockproof compact camera. We've already sent it out into the wild some for an initial Field Test, but between outings, it spent time down in our lab for testing. We're now...

 

 

Macphun has launched a new update to their powerful photo editing software, Luminar, dubbed Luminar Neptune. Luminar Neptune’s biggest addition is Accent, an intelligent filter powered by artificial intelligence. Accent can quickly improve your photos in mere seconds by leveraging its AI technology, which was...