News entries for April, 2017

 

 

Update on May 2: Portraiture 3 is not available as a standalone version, but only as a plugin. 

Imagenomic has released the third major update to its popular Photoshop plug-in, Portraiture. Portraiture 3’s improvements primarily focus on speed and performance. Imagenomic states that Portraiture 3 is twice as fast...

 

 

Adobe has continually improved the usability of Adobe Stock for its many contributors and they have announced further improvements to its workflow. The team has updated Adobe Photoshop Mix for iOS to allow photographers to upload images directly to Adobe Stock’s Contributor Portal.

Further, the Contributor Portal...

 

 

Firmware Friday is here once again, and this week brings news of updates for eight cameras from four manufacturers. This time around, it's Sigma delivering by far the majority of the new firmware, with Canon, Nikon and Panasonic each offering up one update apiece.

Without any further ado, let's get right down to...

 

 

UPDATE 05/01/2017 02:21 PM ET: Added statement from WPPI, clarifying that employees are prohibited from entering any photo competition put on by WPPI, PDN, or any other organizations that are part of the Photo+ Group. Added a statement from Cincotta that he claims no financial interest due to lack of cash prizes.

Click here to read our Canon EOS M6 Field Test

 

 

Earlier this year, we Field Tested the Canon EOS M5 and found it to be an impressive mirrorless entry from Canon and a big improvement in numerous ways over its predecessors. Canon has expanded their mirrorless lineup with the Canon EOS M6, which shares many...

 

 

If you love photography – and I think you do if you’re reading this – and also LEGO bricks, then you will thoroughly enjoy what Dutch filmmaker Victor Bart has created.

Bart built not only a camera slider track, which is just over 45 inches (115 millimeters) long, using LEGO bricks, but also the dolly and the...

 

 

Zeiss has announced 10 new cinema lenses in two different versions, the CP.3 and the CP.3 XD. It was challenging to describe exactly what makes these new Zeiss optics special in just a few short words. Basically, Zeiss has created lenses that do much more than help capture a scene. The CP.3 XD lenses use something...

 

 

Entries are now open for National Geographic’s popular Travel Photographer of the Year photo contest. Entries are accepted until June 30 at 12:00 PM EDT and photographers can win up to US$2,500 in cash and a ten-day trip for two to the Galápagos with National Geographic Expeditions. In total, there is $3,750 in...

 

 

The Ten and One Annual Lomography Photo Awards was started in 2016 and aims to push the boundaries of photography and inspire photographers to break out of their comfort zones and challenge the medium itself. The awards include 11 different categories, ten of which are unchanging with an additional special theme...

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Update: We've added more information about our experience with different AF modes, keeper rates, more details about image sharpness, and more!

The Sony A9, the camera maker's higher-end flagship full-frame mirrorless camera, made its long-awaited debut last...

 

 

To celebrate NAB Show, which closes today in Las Vegas, B&H has a huge amount of ongoing specials on video, lighting, audio, photo and computer equipment and gear.

Rokinon Cine DS lenses

If you’re looking to get started shooting video with your DSLR or mirrorless camera, you might want a cine lens or two,...

 

 

Update on April 28 at 11:25 a.m. EDT: This article originally stated that in 2015 Hasselblad had purchased a minority stake in DJI. It is the other way around, DJI purchased a minority stake in Hasselblad in 2015. 

Back in 2015, Chinese drone-maker DJI purchased a minority stake in Hasselblad. That partnership...

 

 

Adobe team member Benjamin Warde has shared many quick Lightroom tutorials in his Lightroom Coffee Break video series. Scott Kelby recently featured one from last December on his Lightroom Killer Tips website and we thought we would share it with you because it’s a very useful, easy tip to make using Lightroom to...

 

 

The surreal photographic work of Russian photographer Olga Barantseva showcases models posing with a variety of animals, often a massive, seven-foot brown bear. The bear's name is Stepan and he was found, orphaned and starving, when he was three months old. Now 20, Stepan was never able to be released back into the...

 

 

Mitakon has announced at the 2017 China P&E fair in Beijing a pair of lenses for the Fujifilm GFX. The Mitakon Speedmaster 65mm f/1.4 and Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 lenses are scheduled to be released in 2017, but pricing information is not yet available.

The details are sparse on the pair of manual focus lenses, but...

 

 

Have you ever been inconvenienced by having to switch lenses? Have you ever wished you could have a few lenses within hands’ reach? If so, Swedish startup Frii Designs has a potential solution for you, the TriLens.

Frii Designs was started by event photographer Jonas Lundin and his TriLens product is aimed at...

 

 

Beginning in May, Fujifilm will join numerous other camera manufacturers by offering professional support services. While some camera makers offer professional support services for a variety of cameras, Fujifilm’s service is exclusively catered toward owners of their new medium format mirrorless GFX camera.

The...

 

 

Syrp has announced the coming Genie II and Magic Carpet Pro slider, a combination that should bring fans of the system everything they've wanted in a timelapse and motion control device. Though details are a somewhat limited, as it appears Syrp wants to incentivise interested parties to visit their booth at NAB, we...

 

 

Renowned lighting companies Light & Motion and Elinchrom have announced a strategic partnership. The fruits of this partnership are immediate with the announcement of Light and Motion’s new Stella Pro 5000 RF and Stella Pro 8000 RF single-point LED lights.

The Stella Pro lights are portable, weatherproof and...