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Canon's latest L-series offering is their widest zoom lens ever made, so we couldn't wait to take it out for a test-drive as soon as it touched down in our laboratory. Announced in February along with two new members of the storied 5D family of full-frame DSLRs, the 5DS and 5DS R, this constant f/4 11-24mm EF L lens has wide-angle versatility written all over it.

Two and...

 

 

LinkedIn has announced it’s acquired online education platform, Lynda.com for $1.5 billion.

For those of unfamiliar familiar with Lynda.com, it’s an online education platform with an extensive library of video guides and tutorials across hundreds of topics and a handful of languages. Its mission is to help...

 

 

It isn’t a secret the last few (non-medium format) cameras from Hasselblad are nothing more than Sony camera bodies with ostentatious facades and ridiculous markups.

Hasselblad’s Stellar in particular stands out, with nothing more than an oversized wooden grip and alternative color choices differentiating it...

 

 

Sony is going all out with their full-frame mirrorless camera series, which now stands at four models. After releasing an initial pair of models and then a high-ISO, 4K-shooting one some time later, they've now circled back around to update the original, base-model A7. With the new Sony A7II Sony has kept the same...

I once heard a great photographer described as having the “best edges in the business.” Photography teachers don’t mention edges much—it’s hard enough to get amateur photographers to concentrate on what’s happening in the center of the frame, much less in the hinterlands. But when you’ve created beautiful edges, you’ve protected and reinforced what’s happening in the...

Post-processing in the digital age might be more streamlined and cost-effective than the analog days, but it’s no less confusing. With a few exceptions, the learning curve is still there and with each new plugin and update, it seems as though it increases.

To help with that is a new guide from Polarr, a browser-based editing program. Separate from its main website,...

 

 

In late 2012, Nikon took its camera line to a new resolution high with the D800 and D800E, a pair of closely-related cameras based around a 36-megapixel full-frame image sensor. The Nikon D810 has some pretty big shoes to fill, as it replaces not one but both of those earlier cameras with a single model.

As we...

 

 

If you want to future-proof your video, the time has come for a 4K upgrade -- and the just-launched Canon XC10 camcorder looks to offer an attractive and relatively affordable option. Priced at around US$2,500, the Canon XC10 sports a 10x optical zoom lens and a 1"-type CMOS image sensor that allows it to...

 

 

Three and a half years after its original release, Canon has updated its C300 camera. Deemed C300 Mark II, the update provides a handful of incremental improvements that should keep cinema users happy across the board.

The most notable change in the Mark II update to the C300 is the capability to internally...

To coincide with the release of its new cinema cameras, Canon has announced the DP-V2410 4K Reference Display, a monitor specially designed for a 4K post-production workflow.

Housed within a metal frame, the monitor is roughly 24-inches diagonally and weighs in at approximately 26lbs. Inside, it’s packing a 17:9 10-bit IPS (In-Plane...

 

 

Last week, we shared with you the unforeseen closing of lighting accessory manufacturer Photoflex after 30 years in the business. There wasn’t much information surrounding the closing, other than a banner page on the company’s website and a later-updated email reply that directed inquiries to a bankruptcy lawyer.

 

 

Lensbaby has never been held in high regard within the professional photography community. But that might change at least a little bit with their just-announced Velvet 56 portrait lens.

Constructed of metal, not Lensbaby’s usual plastic, the 56mm lens features an f/1.6 aperture through a 9-blade design. Not only...

 

 

With the OM-D E-M5, Olympus introduced to the world a 5-axis sensor-shifting image stabilization system – the first of its kind in any consumer camera.

To see the technology in action, Micro 4/3rds Photography made the below video, which takes a look at how the sensor carefully adjusts itself as the camera rolls,...

 

 

I don’t need to remind you how expensive photography gear is. Our friends, wives, family and colleagues likely tell us all enough. To protect our investments, there are a number of options, the most common of which is insurance. However, even if you have insurance, it’s nice to be extra cautious and ensure your...

 

 

A new Konica Minolta patent has been published detailing an interesting 2.7mm (20mm equivalent) f/2.8 lens designed for a curved 1/3.2” sensor, the size found in a many mobile devices.

Discovered by Egami (translated), the patent doesn’t detail a manufacturer of the curved sensor. It’s worth noting though that...

 

 

Disposable cameras have never been held in high regard within the professional photography community. Designed more for the average consumer than those intimately familiar with apertures blades and bracketing, disposable cameras are as simple as it gets: wind, snap, repeat, develop.

It’s this simplicity and...

 

 

Contrast is the range between the blackest thing in your picture and the whitest thing. When you make the darkest thing in the picture darker and the lightest thing lighter, you have increased the contrast.

Fortunately, there’s a slider someplace in your editing program that makes it relatively easy. Knowing...

 

 

Sony shocked the world with the A7 and A7R -- compact ILCs with large, full-frame sensors. They also shocked with strikingly impressive image quality, and took top honors in our 2013 Camera of the Year awards. The affordable "entry-level" sibling of the now-trio of A7-series cameras is back for it's "Mark II"...

 

 

It's that time again when we get the privilege of announcing our Photo of the Day contest monthly winners and runners-up, and our winning image for February is a real stunner. In close to a unanimous vote across the board, our regular Bob Jensen's "Waiting Game" image of a tantalizing spider took the crown and top...