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Cosina announces 4 new fast prime lenses for Nikon Z and Fujifilm X mount

 
 

Cosina has announced four new Voigtländer lenses, including three for Nikon Z mount and one for Fujifilm X mount. Two of the Z lenses are full-frame primes, whereas the other two lenses are designed for APS-C image sensors.

Looking first at the full-frame lenses, there are two new APO-Lanthar primes, the...

Video: Advanced workflow tips for editing your landscape photos with DxO PhotoLab 5

 
 

Last October, DxO announced PhotoLab 5, the latest version of its flagship photo editing application. DxO PhotoLab 5 incorporates numerous improvements, including better performance, especially with the company's DeepPRIME noise reduction and demosaicing engine, and major changes to the software's excellent U Point...

Videos: See the new Canon RF 800mm F5.6 L IS USM and RF 1200mm F8 L IS USM lenses in action

 
 

Last night, Canon announced two existing new super-telephoto prime lenses for its RF system, the RF 800mm F5.6L IS USM and RF 1200mm F8L IS USM. If you've read our coverage and seen the impressive specs of the new primes and still want more, you're in luck.

First, we've got a video from B&H that shows both new...

Canon EOS System celebrates its 35th anniversary

 
 

Next month, Canon will celebrate the 35th anniversary of the launch of the EOS System, which includes EOS-series interchangeable lens cameras, EF and RF lenses and many different accessories.

The Canon EOS System debuted in March of 1987 with the launch of the Canon EOS 650 SLR camera and EF lenses. The EOS name...

Canon announces pair of super-telephoto lenses: RF 800mm F5.6L IS USM and RF 1200mm F8L IS USM

 
 

Canon has announced a pair of new super-telephoto prime lenses for its mirrorless RF camera system that are sure to excite sports and wildlife photographers alike. Joining the existing RF 400mm F2.8 L IS USM and RF 600mm F4 L IS USM, the new Canon RF 800mm F5.6 L IS USM and RF 1200mm F8 L IS USM provide Canon RF...

Video: No matter the conditions, there’s always the potential for a great landscape photo

 
 

Photographer Thomas Heaton recently went on a hiking excursion with Nick Livesey, who offers guided mountain walks and photography workshops in North Wales. On the first day, the views were stunning. However, the sky was essentially cloudless, which doesn't always make for the best landscape photos. But Heaton's...

Beginner’s guide to professional photo printing: 4 tips to help you make beautiful prints

 
 

Printing your photographs is one of the most rewarding, exciting parts of photography. However, many photographers struggle with getting their prints to look how they expected and match the beautiful image they see on their computer monitor. If this problem sounds familiar, a new video by photographer Mahesh Thapa...

Video: Your guide to fully manual landscape photography

 
 

Photographing in full manual mode can be daunting. It's a lot to keep track of. Photographer Mads Peter Iversen has made a video guide to help photographers begin to incorporate manual photography settings into their workflow and even shoot fully manually.

First things first, you must put your camera into manual...

Good news, Foveon fans: Sigma’s full-frame Foveon sensor is still in development

 
 

Sigma has released an update about the status of its three-layer full-frame Foveon image sensor. The Sigma full-frame image sensor development process has been full of challenges, but important progress has been made since Sigma's previous update last year.

In 2020, Sigma announced that its full-frame...

When a sequel is better than the original: On 2/22/2022, here are some of the best ‘2’ cameras of all time

 
 

To celebrate 2/2/22, which also falls on a Tuesday – how fun! – I've picked some of my favorite cameras to feature a '2' in their model name. To be clear, 'II' also counts, so don't worry, all those Mk II cameras are still in the running.

If I were really committed to the theme, I'd only pick a pair of cameras to...

Video: Using high-speed sync to overcome bright light when capturing outdoor portraits

 
 

In the latest 'Laws of Light' video, photographer Jay P. Morgan of The Slanted Lens shows how to use flash and high-speed sync to capture beautiful portraits in bright sunshine.

If you're using flash and shooting at your camera's flash sync speed, which is often somewhere around 1/250s, perhaps slightly slower or...

Panasonic GH6 Hands-on Preview: The much-anticipated flagship GH6 is finally here

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It's a great time for Micro Four Thirds. The long-awaited Panasonic GH6 is here, just a week after OM Digital Solutions announced its own new flagship MFT camera, the OM-1, and nearly a year after Panasonic first teased the GH6. Panasonic's next-generation...

Video: An in-depth lighting study using only natural light in a garage

 
 

Good light is the foundation of great portraits. SLR Lounge has teamed up with Adorama to create a new video series, 'Master Your Craft.' In the latest episode, photographer Pye Jirsa takes on a portrait photography challenge in a garage with no artificial light.

Jirsa says that the first step in any new portrait...

Tokina announces new SZ 8mm F2.8 Fish-eye lens for Fujifilm X and Sony E

 
 

Tokina has announced the SZ 8mm F2.8 Fish-Eye lens for Fujifilm X and Sony E (APS-C) cameras. The compact, lightweight, ultra-wide prime lens is a manual focus optic. It's designed for various photographic genres, including landscape, nightscape, interior, architecture and street photography, plus it's an...

Sigma releases trio of F1.4 primes for Fujifilm X Mount, Sigma’s first X Mount lenses

 
 

Sigma has announced a trio of prime lenses for Fujifilm X Mount mirrorless cameras, the 16mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary, 30mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary and the 56mm F1.4 DC DN Contemporary. If these lenses sound familiar, it's because they're currently available for Canon EF-M mount, Micro Four Thirds mount, L-mount and...

Canon EOS R3 Hands-on Review: This souped-up full-frame mirrorless delivers excellent usability, image quality & performance

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Canon's newest, highest-end mirrorless camera, the EOS R3, looks ready and willing to compete head-to-head with a couple of other souped-up mirrorless cameras, namely the Sony A1 and the Nikon Z9. Not only do all three of these cameras come with some hefty price...

Skylum launches Luminar Neo: AI-powered photo editor adds Relight AI, improved masking and more

 
 

Skylum has released Luminar Neo, its new photo editing application that's full of improvements, new features and many AI-powered tools. Alongside Luminar Neo, Skylum has also released the Luminar Share app. Luminar Share lets users easily transfer photos between Luminar Neo and their mobile devices.

Luminar Neo...

Video: Incident vs. reflective metering, when should you use a light meter instead of your camera’s metering system?

 
 

While light meters may not be the critical component of a photographer's kit like they once were, even with advanced metering systems in digital cameras, light meters remain useful for specific situations. One reason why is that a light meter can measure incident light, whereas a camera's metering system measures...

Video: 5 common wide-angle landscape photography mistakes and how to fix them

 
 

Unfortunately, capturing a great landscape image is not as simple as pointing a wide-angle lens toward a scene. If only it were so easy. While a wide-angle lens can be an important tool in any landscape photographer's kit, using a lens with a wide field of view comes with unique challenges that must be overcome....

Videos: How to retouch skin and eyes in natural-looking portraits

 
 

Photographer Sean Tucker is known by many for his great street photography. However, Tucker is also a very talented portrait photographer. Of course, the pandemic has impacted portrait photography, so Tucker hasn't posted many portraits over the last couple of years. However, this year, he has a renewed focus on...