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With the new releases from Adobe this past week, there is a lot to catch up on. New features, better ways to go about your workflow and more. It can be overwhelming to jump in to, especially if you aren’t coming straight from Lightroom 5 or Adobe Camera Raw 8.

No need to worry though, Adobe has your back. Over...

 

 

American Photo Magazine has announced it is ceasing operations, effectively making its latest issue its last.

Explained in a print out attached to the front of American Photo’s March/April issue, Editor-in-Chief Mariam Leucther explains American Photo’s physical publication’s discontinuation is effective...

 

 

A recently published patent from Sigma lays out the framework for two Micro Four Third lenses, one of which is already in production and one that may very well see the light of day.

Discovered by Egami, the patent details a single underlying lens design, with a total of six different embodiments, including f/1.8...

 

 

When I was a photo student at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, we had a parade of photography legends come through and speak. But the god of gods was W. Eugene Smith. He’s considered to have produced several of the greatest photo stories ever published by LIFE magazine.

For us, he was the...

 

 

If you're in the market for a large-sensor enthusiast compact, we have good news for you: Our Panasonic LX100 review continues this week with the second part of our Shooter's Report blog. (We actually brought it live a couple of days ago, as you may have seen in the feature rotator on the front page of the...

 

 

It's Firmware Friday time once more, and this week we're keeping things simple with just one update for you -- the Nikon D4S DSLR has just received firmware version C:1.20.

Regular readers may remember that we recently told you of a forthcoming update for several Nikon DSLRs, including the D4S. That...

 

 

Portrait photographer Daniel Norton has shared a helpful little video through Adorama’s YouTube channel. In it, he breaks down high key and low key lighting, two common lighting styles that make for dramatically different results.

Coming in at just shy of three minutes, the video breaks down a few common...

 

 

Chinese gear manufacturer Yongnuo has quite a knack for producing nearly identical clones of more reputable manufacturers’ gear. Their newest announcement is no exception.

Today, Yongnuo extends their lens lineup with a 35mm f/2 lens. You may notice Yongnuo’s latest optics bears a striking resemblance to Canon’s...

 

 

Sony has released Touchless Shutter, a new app that allows you to trigger your Sony camera without touching it at all.

Rather than pressing the shutter button or using a remote trigger, you simply wave your hand in front of your camera’s eye proximity sensor and the shutter will fire. For those using the...

 

 

When Panasonic announced the GF7 this past January they were quite clear in mentioning to us and to the camera world that the imaging pipeline in this little guy is basically the same as the one found in their highly acclaimed GX7, a camera that won our overall Best Enthusiast Mirrorless Camera in our 2013 COTY...

 

 

Canon USA has posted an informational  video to YouTube that dives into the process and technologies behind its growing line of 4K lenses.

Just shy of three and a half minutes long, the video breaks down the four main components that determine the quality of most any lens: resolving power, contrast ratio, lateral...

 

 

Today, Sony lifted the veil on two new Zeiss zoom lenses to add to its lineup of A-mount glass. The two new lenses are the standard zoom 24–70mm F2.8 ZA SSM II and the wide-angle zoom 16–35mm F2.8 ZA SSM II.

Both the 24–70mm F2.8 ZA SSM II and 16–35mm F2.8 ZA SSM II rely on the same optical formula as their...

 

 

When things appear to be going wrong in a photograph—by that I mean, something you don’t want to happen—things may actually be going right.

It’s perfectly natural to have a rigid idea of what you want a picture to be. Lots of great photographs are made by photographers with a preconceived vision. But it’s...

 

 

It's no secret that the Pentax K-3 is one of our favorite APS-C DSLRs in the last couple of years. Now, brand owner Ricoh follows up with the Pentax K-3 II, a DSLR that takes the best of its previous enthusiast-grade flagship, and makes some very important changes that will benefit sports, studio, available-light...

 

 

Adobe has followed up the announcement of Lightroom CC/6 with the official release of Adobe Camera Raw 9.0. As has been the trend for many years, Adobe Camera Raw has received the main feature points of Adobe Lightroom CC/6, including the boost in performance, RAW panorama stitching, RAW HDR blending and, of...

 

 

Zeiss and Sony have had a long history of association; with the two companies collaborating on their 'ZA' line of A-mount and now E-mount lenses, and which carry both Sony and Zeiss branding. Zeiss, of course, also designs and manufactures its own dedicated line of lenses, including those for mirrorless systems --...

 

 

Adobe Unveils Lightroom CC: Speed Boost, RAW HDR and Pano, Face Finding, and More

Adobe has announced the release of its latest version of Adobe Lightroom. This time around, they’ve split the exact same program into two different iterations, one for its subscription-based Creative Cloud service and a...

 

 

Visual Supply Co., more affectionately referred to as VSCO, has released a new teaser preset pack to entice would-be users who aren’t 100% sure about dropping the investment on one (or more) of their widely used preset packs.

It’s called VSCO Film Pack 00 and it contains two of VSCO’s most popular...

 

 

Need a new Nikon DSLR? Or how about a new superzoom camera? Well, you're in luck, as we've found some great deals on Nikon D750 cameras -- both as body-only and kit configurations. Also, we've found some nice savings on both Fujifilm and Nikon superzoom cameras. There're some other deals on today's list as well,...