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We live to tell you what we think about gear, but we also love to hear what you think! Most of our readers are like us -- diehards for great gear -- but, unfortunately, there's not enough time in the day for us to get to all the lenses we'd love to review. That's where your thoughts can help us and all the other...

 

 

There are many location apps available for photographers on iOS, but one of the best I’ve seen is MapAPic from Sea to Software. The developer recently updated his app and reached out to me with a code to download and try the app for myself. No other compensation was received for the review below.

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This week, Jaron and Karaminder discuss Apple's announcements at WWDC17, Serif Affinity Photo's landmark iPad app that brings their fully-powered photo editing software to the tablet, and also discuss the Canon C200 and its place in the market. For the main story, Karaminder goes over his long and arduous process...

Click here to read our Fuji GFX Field Test Part II

 

 

In our first Fuji GFX 50S Field Test, we looked at the GFX 50S camera body, sensor, performance, autofocus and how it handled as a landscape camera. However, there is a lot more to test with the Fuji GFX, including video and how the camera handles portraiture,...

 

 

The built-in camera app on iPhone is fine for many purposes, especially for capturing quick shots. However, it does not offer the user much in the way of control. There are numerous third-party apps which aim to put the photographer in control of their iPhone’s built-in camera in ways the native camera app does...

Sony Corporation announced today that it has developed a new ToF ("Time of Flight")  image sensor with a 10µm pixel pitch, which it calls the industry's smallest. Sony acquired Softkinetic Systems S.A. in 2015, and used its ToF sensor technology in conjuction with Sony's back-illuminated CMOS image sensor technology to achieve the feat.

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Introduction

Portraiture 3 is the latest version of Imagenomic's popular plugin. The new version includes many improvements to features, performance and the user interface. I have had a chance to try the plugin for myself and it's certainly an impressive piece of software. 

Key Features and Specs:

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There is a lot of interesting content out there and it’s impossible to see it all. We want to help filter the articles and videos we see around the web and deliver a curated list of interesting news, tutorials and videos for you right here on Imaging Resource. Shutter Release is our ongoing series giving a quick...

 

 

Affinity Photo is an insanely powerful photo edting application that has pushed against the tide of cloud-based software. Today they announced the availability of Affinity Photo for iPad, and it boasts to being the first fully-featured, professional photo editing tool to arrive on the Apple tablet. Serif,...

 

 

Shutter Release is a running series here on Imaging Resource in which we share with you several interesting articles and videos we find around the web. We give you a quick rundown of the article or sometimes just share a video with you and let the content speak for itself. There is a lot of great content out there...

 

 

Starting off with a rather cheerful take on the apocalypse (which Tim Cook laughed off, saying he was “so glad that really can’t happen”), Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference saw the debut of seven major updates across platforms, including MacOS High Sierra along with new Macs, iOS 11 and a new 10.5-inch...

 

 

Okay, so you're not a Canon person, nor a Nikon shooter… No, you've decided against a DSLR altogether, making the move to Micro Four Thirds -- in particular, Olympus cameras. That's pretty cool! Welcome to the world of smaller, lighter cameras and lenses.

Many of us here at IR enjoy shooting with Olympus cameras...

 

 

Samyang has announced a new lightweight 35mm f/2.8 FE lens that weighs just 85g and measures 3.3cm in length (without the hood and rear cap). Samyang says that despite the small size, their technology has allowed them to maximize performance and features of the lens. According to their product page, the 35mm f/2.8...

 

 

Protective filters…a topic we have discussed on numerous occasions. Typically, UV filters come up on Imaging Resource when a new filter is announced or when Lensrentals founder Roger Cicala writes about them. This time it’s the latter as Cicala is talking again about UV filters and this time he and his team have...

 

 

Over the weekend, Sony announced what amounts to a "teaser" on their next project, but it's definitely worth taking note. Their cinema camera division announced that they are working on their next-generation CineAlta digital motion picture camera system, which will feature a full frame 36x24 sensor exclusively...

 

 

There are many ways to modify strobes and studio lights, including softboxes (which come in a wide array of sizes), octagons, umbrellas and more. Photographer Jay P. Morgan has made a video to help determine the differences between the various light modifiers and how they affect your subject. It’s one thing to read...

 

 

If you've been waiting to see what Nikon's recently-launched, enthusiast-oriented D7500 can do, we've got good news for you today: Our highly-anticipated Nikon D7500 First Shots have just gone live!

As always, we'll give you a quick preview of what you can expect in this news article. For the full story, though,...

 

 

With the weekend on our doorstep, it's time for our regular Firmware Friday roundup of all that's new in the world of camera updates. This week brings news of updates for nine cameras from Canon, DxO Labs, Leica, Nikon, Panasonic and YI Technology, as well as two Leica lenses. (YI's update is technically a...

Click here to read our Olympus TG-5 Field Test Part I

 

 

To say that we were thrilled when the Olympus TG-5 review sample arrived at our headquarters is an understatement. Ever since they briefed us on this new model on the phone just over a month ago...