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The Micro Four Thirds market continues to produce cameras packing more and more features into compact form factors, and the Panasonic GX85 follows suit in this trend with aplomb. We've just dotted the i's and crossed the t's on our final verdict for this capable camera, so for all the details, head to our Panasonic...

 

 

American wildlife photographer and field biologist Tim Laman has been chosen as the Grand title winner of the 52nd Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition, held annually by the British Natural History Museum. Mr. Laman's photograph, "Entwined Lives", was...

 

 

Image theft is a serious problem that affects many photographers. I've personally been the victim as the index image to the right was being used on someone's Flickr page, with the user claiming to have taken the image using an app that they created. In my case it was a moral issue, but in more serious instances,...

 

 

DFi Gear thinks you need a device to keep your images backed-up in the field, and over 200 backers on Kickstarter think so as well, giving the company over $50,000 towards a goal of $15,000 to produce their first units of the Flash Porter.

Portable memory backup devices became quite popular in the 2000's, given...

 

 

As Canon continues to expand their premium printer lineup, their paper lineup continues to grow as well. Canon has announced three new fine art papers, well-suited for printing on their imagePROGRAF line using their LUCIA PRO inks. The trio of papers are: Premium Fine Art Smooth, Premium Fine Art Bright White and...

 

 

MacOS software developer Macphun, makers of the Aurora HDR 2017 software I recently reviewed, has announced a new all-in-one photo editing app, Luminar.

Key features of Luminar include:

• An adaptive, customizable user interface
• More than 50 one-click presets
• More than 35 image enhancement filters 
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There are two new additions to Nikon's Nikkor lens lineup, which recently surpassed 100 million lenses produced. The perspective control (PC) line is being expanded with the wide PC Nikkor 19mm f/4E ED tilt-shift lens. Further, a staple of the professional's kit, comes a refreshed Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 zoom lens,...

 

 

MindShift Gear has two new backpacks aimed at outdoor photographers: The SidePath and TrailScape. The new backpacks, although quite different in terms of overall size and design, emphasize a balance between carrying capacity and compactness and include numerous features aimed at those who travel well off the beaten...

 

 

Filmmaker Tom Antos knows how frustrating damaged tripod threads can be, but fixing them doesn't have to be a complicated task nor require sending your camera gear away for repair.

To repair a damaged tripod thread (in the video below we are looking at 1/4-20" threads), you need a helical threaded insert kit,...

 

 

Brevitē is a relatively new company in the photo backpack world, releasing their first product following a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2015. The original campaign was backed by nearly 250 people and raised upwards of US$40,000. The company was started by a trio of brothers in Boston and their lineup includes...

 

 

Early last year, Ricoh launched the Pentax K-S2, an entry-level DSLR that was nonetheless packed to bursting with features, many of them typically found only in more expensive cameras or appearing for the first time in a Pentax-branded body. While it had much to offer, the K-S2's attention-grabbing color...

 

 

When you're talking about lenses, a focal length between 85mm and 135mm is a go-to range for portraits -- and 105mm is the sweet spot used by many portrait photographers. Historically, Nikon has invested a significant amount of time and effort into lenses designed for portraiture, so it's no suprise that the...

 

 

Nearly a year ago, Canon USA sued various retailers who were selling gray-market Canon cameras in the United States. As of October 11, Fujifilm is following suit and suing over 50 sellers who are participating in the gray market. The lawsuit was recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of...

 

 

Lightroom has an excellent spot removal tool which works very well for dealing with small objects in the frame, such as dust spots, but larger distractions can be difficult to remove. Adobe Lightroom team member Benjamin Warde has created a new "Lightroom Coffee Break" video to show us how to use Lightroom to deal...

 

 

Wake up with IR! Here's today's cup of Caffeine Priority...

I regularly try to utilize an interesting foreground in my landscape images. However, this means that a single capture is rarely sharp from foreground all the way to the background, even at a wide focal length and small aperture. You can stop down...

 

 

Our Firmware Friday roundup is another biggie this week, but this time around it's lenses rather than cameras which make up the bulk of the list. In total, we have news of updates for five cameras and a dozen lenses from Canon, Fujifilm, GoPro and Nikon to discuss. Given that there's so much to cover, let's...

 

 

Our man in Manhattan Eamon Hickey is at it again, this time toting the largest of the digital Leica's in the SL Typ 601. With 35 years experience in photography, including having shot a number of Leica cameras in the past, Eamon was a natural to test this modern, upscale street camera.

And just how did it fare in...

 

 

The GoPro Karma and DJI Mavic drones have been getting a lot of attention since their September unveils. The folks at MediaKix have put together an excellent infographic breaking down these two drones, even presenting the information with a fun Star Wars twist (although it's a shame that "drones" rhymes with...

 

 

Portrait photographer Mark Seliger's career has spanned multiple decades and seen him receive numerous awards and accolades for his work for such publications as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Elle. He's worked with Tony Bennett in particular for around 20 years, and wanted to work with him again to capture...