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Teleconverters are a tricky and sometimes polarizing topic in photography. Before diving into the pros and cons of teleconverters, what even is a teleconverter? A teleconverter, or "extender," is special glass inside a housing between your lens and camera. The teleconverter magnifies the image produced by your lens...

 

 

Panasonic has announced a new firmware version for its flagship GH6 Micro Four Thirds camera. Firmware version 2.0 was developed in partnership with Atomos, a global company that creates technologies for filmmakers. The update promises significantly improved video recording options. Firmware 2.0 will allow users to...

 

 

Leica's 20th annual Leitz Photographica Auction is just around the corner. Starting on June 11, collectors worldwide will be able to bid on many different cameras and lenses, including a Leica 0-Series No. 105 "Oscar Barnack" camera. This camera is estimated to sell for between 2 and 3 million euros, about $3.2M...

 

 

Apple's annual WWDC event just ended, and the company made some of the expected announcements, such as features for the upcoming releases of iOS and macOS. The Cupertino-based company also announced new products, such as the M2 chip, an all-new M2-powered MacBook Air and new, more powerful M2-equipped 13-inch...

 

 

Earlier this year, photographer Sean Tucker started a portrait retouching tutorial video series on his YouTube channel. We've written about a couple of the portrait tutorials, including one on natural-looking skin and eye retouching, and a second video about how to utilize subtle dodging and burning techniques in...

 

 

As part of the lead-up to its Optic 2022 event, which offers in-person and virtual learning opportunities for outdoor and travel photographers and videographers, B&H hosted a fantastic presentation by Nikon Ambassador Deborah Sandidge. She's a professional photographer specializing in world travel photography. Her...

 

 

When should you edit your photos in black and white instead of color? In the latest "Master your Craft" video for Adorama, Pye Jirsa of SLR Lounge shares "five simple tips" to help you decide. Choosing to edit your photos in black and white can be creative or practical. There are numerous times when an image may...

 

 

I think that landscape photography is difficult enough as it is. But photographer Thomas Heaton is always up for new and exciting challenges. Heaton met up with his friend Higgy whom he met at university. Every so often, Higgy invites Heaton along for a physically-taxing undertaking. This time, it was the Yorkshire...

 

 

You may think of landscape photos as including only the natural landscape. However, as wilderness photographer Dave Morrow shows in the video below, including people in your landscape photos can really improve them by providing a sense of scale in a scene.

Below, we join Morrow in a redwood forest in California....

 

 

Photographer James Popsys argues in a recent video that prime lenses are an invaluable tool for any photographer to improve their ability to compose good images. What does Popsys mean by this?

When you use a zoom lens, you don't need to move around to change the framing of an image. You can set up on a tripod and...

 

 

We've spoken many times about the utility of the "Select Sky" masking tool in Adobe Lightroom. The AI-powered feature lets you select the sky in your shot with a single click and make precise, localized adjustments that affect only the sky – or everything but the sky, if you want to invert the mask. However, you...

 

 

Capture One first announced Capture One for iPad last June. Now, a year later, Capture One has revealed that Capture One for iPad will be available on June 28.

Capture One for iPad will allow you to capitalize on Capture One's renowned image processing engine while also taking advantage of different...

 

 

NASA has announced that the first full-color images and spectroscopic data from the James Webb Space Telescope will be released on July 12. NASA has also set up a countdown on its JWST website.

We've already seen that the $10B space telescope can capture amazingly detailed photos, thanks to test images, but the...

 

 

Sony has been busy lately, releasing the FE PZ 16-35mm F4 G and FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II zoom lenses in the past couple of months. Those two lenses are for full-frame cameras, although they can, of course, be used on Sony's crop cameras. Now Sony has something in store specifically for its APS-C users. In fact, not...

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Sigma adds a new Contemporary lens to its already-extensive mirrorless lens lineup in the form of a surprisingly small and lightweight wide-angle zoom with a fast F2.8 aperture. The new Sigma 16-28mm F2.8 DG DN Contemporary lens is designed for both Sony E-mount and L-mount...

 

 

Leica Camera AG and Panasonic have signed a comprehensive strategic collaboration agreement to develop L² Technology (L squared Technology), which symbolically fuses the two "L" of Leica and LUMIX. All marketing activities going forward will incorporate the new branding.

Panasonic and Leica have a long history of...

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Fujifilm has a new flagship X Series camera, the Fujifilm X-H2S. After skipping the fourth-generation X-Trans CMOS sensor and X-Processor, the X-H series is back with its first new model since early 2018. The X-H2S is also the first X Series camera to include a...

 

 

In addition to the all-new high-performance Fuji X-H2S camera, Fujifilm is also unveiling a couple of cool new lenses at their latest X Summit event: a new supertelephoto zoom lens and a new versatile power-zoom all-in-one zoom. In addition to a couple of concrete products, Fujifilm also hinted at the development...

 

 

Last August, Megadap announced the ETZ11 autofocus adapter. This adapter allows photographers to use Sony E-mount lenses on APS-C and full-frame Nikon Z cameras. However, the adapter was plagued with compatibility and performance issues. Not even a year later, Megadap is back with a brand-new, second-generation...