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Hubble spots the farthest star ever seen, whose light took 12.9 billion years to reach Earth

 
 

Earlier this week, NASA announced that the Hubble Space Telescope had spotted the farthest star ever seen. The ESA writes, 'NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has established an extraordinary new benchmark: detecting the light of a star that existed within the first billion years after the universe's birth in the big...

Video: How to set up your camera for landscape photography

 
 

Depending on what type of images you're shooting, you may want to set up your camera differently. Many modern cameras allow users to save custom settings to specific shooting modes or custom shortcut buttons. How should you set up your camera if you're doing landscape photography? Photographer Andy Mumford released...

Video: Should you ‘get it right in camera?’

 
 

In the latest episode of 'Ask David Bergman' on Adorama TV, Bergman answers a question from viewer Malcolm R., "Despite editing software, we are often told to 'Get it right in camera.' Why?"

With photo editing software becoming more sophisticated and powerful all the time, you can completely transform a photo on...

150 megapixels in black & white: See our first real-world Phase One XT IQ4 150MP Achromatic images

Click here to view our Phase One XT IQ4 150MP Achromatic Gallery

 
 

In September 2019, Phase One announced its XT camera system. Like the Phase One XF camera, the Phase One XT camera works with Phase One's fantastic medium-format digital backs, including the most recent IQ4 digital back series. Unlike the Phase One...

Video: How pro wildlife photographer Kristi Odom edits her image in Adobe Lightroom

 
 

Professional wildlife photographer and Nikon Ambassador Kristi Odom's excellent wildlife photography video series for B&H wrapped up last week, finishing the four-part series with Odom's post-processing and wildlife photo editing workflow. If you've missed the previous three videos, you can catch up via the links...

Tamron 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 VC VXD (Model B061) Gallery: Tamron’s all-in-one APS-C lens offers impressive zoom

Click here to see our Tamron 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 VC VXD Gallery

 
 

Last fall, Tamron released its 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD zoom lens for APS-C Sony E-mount cameras. A version for Fujifilm X-mount came later. The 18-300mm lens delivers a 27-450mm equivalent focal length, which is an impressive 16.6x zoom...

Is the Fuji X-T3 still a good camera in 2022?

 
 

Camera manufacturers are constantly redesigning, innovating and updating their products. They develop new technologies, fix issues and add new features to make their cameras (hopefully) better than the ones before them. But, once a new model arrives on store shelves, what about the previous model? Or what about...

Sony announces FE PZ 16-35mm F4 G lens for hybrid users, promising impressive performance for photo and video

 
 

Sony has announced its 66th E-mount lens and 46th full-frame lens, the FE PZ 16-35mm F4 G. You could be forgiven for thinking, 'Oh, it's just another 16-35mm lens for E mount.' However, despite joining the existing FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM and Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS lens, the new FE PZ 16-35mm F4 G lens is...

Video: Canon photographers Paul Seibert and Natalie Amrossi take to the skies for a morning flight over New York City

 
 

Canon's 'Field 2 Frame' video series is hosted by Canon photographer Paul Seibert. In the latest episode, Seibert's special guest is fellow Canon photographer Natalie Amrossi. The two photographers shoot together and talk about their unique journeys to becoming professional photographers. In addition to sitting...

Video: Timelapse photography tutorial with Sony Artisan Drew Geraci

 
 

Sony Artisan of Imagery Drew Geraci has done a lot of professional timelapse work with his production company, District 7, including for films with acclaimed directors like Steven Spielberg and David Fincher. To share his knowledge and experience, Geraci and Sony have launched a new video series, 'Reframed with...

Video: How to become a true wilderness photographer and scout unique landscape photo locations

 
 

Like many other photographers, when photographer Dave Morrow got started with photography, he got the inspiration for photo locations by going on Flickr and Instagram. While this can be a great way to learn about beautiful spots, it ensures that you end up at locations other photographers frequent. It can be...

Video: 7 common landscape composition mistakes beginners make and how to avoid them

 
 

Photographer Nigel Danson has captured a lot of photos over the years. That means a lot of opportunities to take great photos. It also means a lot of chances to make mistakes. Like all of us, Danson has made some of those over the years. In a new video, Danson discusses seven types of composition mistakes he's made...

Best Enthusiast Mirrorless Cameras for Around $2000 in 2022


 
 

A while back, we put together a list of camera recommendations that hit a price point of under $1000. That's a very popular price bracket, with cameras offering a good balance of image quality, performance and affordability. These cameras, therefore, tend to lean more towards the entry-level and...

Video: Composition, camera settings and creativity in wildlife photography

 
 

Wildlife photographer Kristi Odom is back with the third of four episodes in a Nikon-sponsored wildlife photography series for B&H. The first video focused on what gear Odom takes into the field for wildlife photography and last week, we shared a great video all about how to research and photograph wildlife safely....

Ricoh Imaging announces new affordable Pentax Jupiter binoculars, ideal for spotting distant wildlife

 
 

While we generally focus on camera and lens announcements, binoculars announcements sometimes come across our desks. Optical manufacturers, like Canon, Nikon and Pentax, also make spotting scopes and binoculars in addition to high-quality photographic lenses. The lattermost manufacturer just announced a new series...

Nikon Z 28-75mm F2.8 Gallery: Nikon’s affordable full-frame F2.8 zoom makes a good first impression

Click here to view our Nikon Z 28-75mm F2.8 Nikkor Gallery

 
 

A few months back, Nikon announced the Nikkor Z 28-75mm F2.8 full-frame standard zoom lens. We've spent some hands-on time with the lens and so far, it's proven to be an interesting alternative to the Z 24-70mm F4 S kit lens and the Z 24-70mm F2.8 S...

DxO PureRAW 2 Hands-on Review: DxO’s RAW processing software delivers fantastic results, improved usability

 
 

Lead image credit: Reed Hoffman

DxO has announced DxO PureRAW 2, the latest version of its impressive app for pre-processing RAW images. The original version delivers excellent results, combining demosaicing and denoising into a single RAW processing step. The latest major release, PureRAW 2, offers improved...

Video: How to shape the light in your portraits using subtle dodging and burning in Photoshop

 
 

Last month, we shared a couple of photographer Sean Tucker's videos about portrait photography. In those two videos, Tucker outlined how he retouches skin and eyes in his portraits. In his latest video about portrait photography, Tucker shows how he uses dodging and burning techniques to emphasize good light in his...

ON1 announces new ON1 Resize AI: New software uses AI to create sharper enlargements

 
 

ON1, has announced a new application, ON1 Resize AI. The new app, coming this April, is the successor to ON1 Resize, which was previously known as Genuine Fractals. ON1 Resize AI is 'the next generation' of photo enlargement software and promises to deliver photographers even better enlargement results using...

Video: Essential tripod tips for wildlife photography

 
 

Getting the most out of your tripod for wildlife photography isn't as straightforward as it seems. Wildlife photographer Steve Perry sees many photographers making critical mistakes with camera support that ultimately costs them good photos. In a new video, Perry discusses the common mistakes and offers practical...