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Canon EOS M6 Field Test: Compact mirrorless ILC shows Canon’s continued improvements to M series


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Earlier this year, we Field Tested the Canon EOS M5 and found it to be an impressive mirrorless entry from Canon and a big improvement in numerous ways over its predecessors. Canon has expanded their mirrorless lineup with the Canon EOS M6, which shares many...

Filmmaker builds a motorized camera slider for his Panasonic GH3 using LEGO toys

 
 

If you love photography – and I think you do if you’re reading this – and also LEGO bricks, then you will thoroughly enjoy what Dutch filmmaker Victor Bart has created.

Bart built not only a camera slider track, which is just over 45 inches (115 millimeters) long, using LEGO bricks, but also the dolly and the...

Zeiss’s new CP.3 cinema lenses provide visual effects possibilities for everyone

 
 

Zeiss has announced 10 new cinema lenses in two different versions, the CP.3 and the CP.3 XD. It was challenging to describe exactly what makes these new Zeiss optics special in just a few short words. Basically, Zeiss has created lenses that do much more than help capture a scene. The CP.3 XD lenses use something...

Are you Nat Geo’s next Travel Photographer of the Year? Enter to win $2,500 and a trip to the Galápagos

 
 

Entries are now open for National Geographic’s popular Travel Photographer of the Year photo contest. Entries are accepted until June 30 at 12:00 PM EDT and photographers can win up to US$2,500 in cash and a ten-day trip for two to the Galápagos with National Geographic Expeditions. In total, there is $3,750 in...

Lomography Ten and One Annual Photo Awards announces winners from over 100,000 entries

 
 

The Ten and One Annual Lomography Photo Awards was started in 2016 and aims to push the boundaries of photography and inspire photographers to break out of their comfort zones and challenge the medium itself. The awards include 11 different categories, ten of which are unchanging with an additional special theme...

Sony A9 Gallery Images: High-flying, high ISO sports shooting straight from New York (Updated)


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Update: We've added more information about our experience with different AF modes, keeper rates, more details about image sharpness, and more!

The Sony A9, the camera maker's higher-end flagship full-frame mirrorless camera, made its long-awaited debut last...

Thrifty Thursday: Save big bucks on cinema lenses, lighting and cameras from Canon, Nikon and Sony

 
 

To celebrate NAB Show, which closes today in Las Vegas, B&H has a huge amount of ongoing specials on video, lighting, audio, photo and computer equipment and gear.

Rokinon Cine DS lenses

If you’re looking to get started shooting video with your DSLR or mirrorless camera, you might want a cine lens or two,...

IR Podcast: We answer your questions on the Sony A9

 
 
 
 

When it comes to new gear, there is a lot to talk about - especially new cameras that have the potential to disrupt the industry. Last week such a camera was announced - the Sony A9 - and immediately there was discussion about its place in the market, its...

DJI and Hasselblad announce bundle with M600 Pro drone, Ronin MX gimbal and 100-megapixel camera

 
 

Update on April 28 at 11:25 a.m. EDT: This article originally stated that in 2015 Hasselblad had purchased a minority stake in DJI. It is the other way around, DJI purchased a minority stake in Hasselblad in 2015. 

Back in 2015, Chinese drone-maker DJI purchased a minority stake in Hasselblad. That partnership...

How to match total exposures of multiple images in Lightroom in only a few clicks

 
 

Adobe team member Benjamin Warde has shared many quick Lightroom tutorials in his Lightroom Coffee Break video series. Scott Kelby recently featured one from last December on his Lightroom Killer Tips website and we thought we would share it with you because it’s a very useful, easy tip to make using Lightroom to...

A bear-y scary portrait session: Photographer combines passions in surreal portraiture

 
 

The surreal photographic work of Russian photographer Olga Barantseva showcases models posing with a variety of animals, often a massive, seven-foot brown bear. The bear's name is Stepan and he was found, orphaned and starving, when he was three months old. Now 20, Stepan was never able to be released back into the...

Chinese company ZY Optics announces pair of fast prime manual focus Mitakon lenses for Fuji GFX

 
 

Mitakon has announced at the 2017 China P&E fair in Beijing a pair of lenses for the Fujifilm GFX. The Mitakon Speedmaster 65mm f/1.4 and Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 lenses are scheduled to be released in 2017, but pricing information is not yet available.

The details are sparse on the pair of manual focus lenses, but...

Frustrated with constant lens changes? Check out the TriLens triple lens holder you can wear on your belt

 
 

Have you ever been inconvenienced by having to switch lenses? Have you ever wished you could have a few lenses within hands’ reach? If so, Swedish startup Frii Designs has a potential solution for you, the TriLens.

Frii Designs was started by event photographer Jonas Lundin and his TriLens product is aimed at...

Fujifilm launches new professional support program in the U.S. for GFX System owners

 
 

Beginning in May, Fujifilm will join numerous other camera manufacturers by offering professional support services. While some camera makers offer professional support services for a variety of cameras, Fujifilm’s service is exclusively catered toward owners of their new medium format mirrorless GFX camera.

The...

Syrp has announced the Genie II & Magic Carpet Pro

 
 

Syrp has announced the coming Genie II and Magic Carpet Pro slider, a combination that should bring fans of the system everything they've wanted in a timelapse and motion control device. Though details are a somewhat limited, as it appears Syrp wants to incentivise interested parties to visit their booth at NAB, we...

Light & Motion partners with Elinchrom for portable, rugged continuous lighting with wireless control

 
 

Renowned lighting companies Light & Motion and Elinchrom have announced a strategic partnership. The fruits of this partnership are immediate with the announcement of Light and Motion’s new Stella Pro 5000 RF and Stella Pro 8000 RF single-point LED lights.

The Stella Pro lights are portable, weatherproof and...

What is the perfect portrait angle? How subtle shifts in camera position can dramatically change portraits

 
 

Ed Gregory of Photos In Color has gone through rigorous testing to look for the perfect portrait photography angle. Using a controlled environment, Gregory shot portraits of the same model from 16 different positions. He shot the portraits using a Nikon D800 and Nikon 85mm f/1.8 lens at f/8 in a scene consistently...

Zeiss Batis 135mm f/2.8: Real world portraits from Akiomi Kuroda with the Sony A7R Mark II

 
 

We've yet to see a testing sample of the coveted Carl Zeiss Batis 135mm f/2.8, but our colleague Akiomi Kuroda in Japan has, and he's now unveiled his first batch of portrait images for Imaging Resource readers. Pairing the lens with the 42.4mp Sony A7R Mark II, Akiomi's gallery showcases the best that the Batis...

Photoshop Quick Tips: Selectively sharpening in Photoshop using High Pass filter and layer masks

 
 

Robert K. Baggs, a professional commercial photographer and writer for Fstoppers, has recently started a series of “bite-sized Photoshop tutorials.” He has previously written about using Photoshop actions to speed up your workflow, “crushing blacks” to achieve a cinematic look and creating even colors in your...

The Arctic Melt: Photographer Diane Tuft offers a beautiful, frightening look at the disappearing Arctic

 
 

April 22 marked Earth Day, an occasion to bring special attention to the worldwide movement to improve the health of our environment. Currently, climate change is one of the biggest threats facing our world and fine art environmental photographer Diane Tuft has spent much of her career traveling to remote areas of...