News entries for July, 2017

 

 

A few months ago, I posted my first field test of XiaoYi's eponymously-named Yi M1, also known as the Yi Camera. Today, I return with my second field test, and the answer to a long-standing question: Can firmware updates fix the most frustrating user experience quirks of what could otherwise be an incredibly...

 

 

US photographer Dorte Verner's extraordinary photo "Disappearing Fishing Method by Moken" won the prize for the most popular photo in Nikon's 49th annual global photo contest, out of more than 76,000 submitted by 21,511 photographers from 170 countries. The Most Popular prize was awarded based on the votes of all...

 

 

Jesús Ramirez of the Photoshop Training Channel has created a new video focused on how to use Content Aware Fill in Photoshop. You might think that it's a simple tool, but there is actually an advanced method you can use when the tool comes up short.

Rather than give up when the results aren't what you want, you...

 

 

We hope you all had a good weekend. Let's start the week - and final day of July - with a nice series of content. Shutter Release is about delivering a mix of interesting photography topics for you to learn a bit about before determining if you want to click on the link to learn more. We are dedicated to delivering...

Click here to read our Olympus 150mm f/2 Gallery article

 

 

Camera bodies come and go, but some lenses transcend time. The Olympus 150mm (300mm eq.) f/2 Zuiko is just such a lens, and it seemed only fitting to pair it up with two of the most formidable camera bodies in the current Olympus family in the PEN-F and the...

 

 

One of the more popular camera comparisons we see on the site involve two of the most popular cameras: the Nikon D810 and the Canon 5D mark IV. When something like this gets a lot of clicks, we like to delve a bit further and offer our own opinions when it comes to a comparison, and we've done that in the form of...

 

 

Our regular Firmware Friday roundup returns this week with a lengthy list of updates from five companies -- Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Phase One and Sony. With a lot to cover, we'll skip the usual introduction in the interests of brevity, and just get right down to what's new!

Fujifilm EF-X500

Hitting the...

 

 

With every big electronics release, there will always be some bugs. It's true of cameras and it's true of drones too. You may recall last fall when GoPro recalled their new flagship Karma drone. Drone industry giant DJI is not immune to issues either, as some users are reporting that their DJI Spark drones are...

 

 

Longtime photographer and educator Andrew Darlow recently released "Focus and Filter: Professional Techniques for Mastering Digital Photography and Capturing the Perfect Shot." This new book offers 50 assignments for photographers to tackle and covers a wide array of subjects and photographic techniques. What helps...

 

 

In today's Shutter Release roundup, we look at an array of content covering a great mix of topics. This is the objective of Shutter Release, delivering a good mix of interesting photography topics for you to learn a bit about before determining if you want to click on the link to learn more. We are dedicated to...

Click here to read our Laowa 15mm f/4 1:1 Macro Field Test

 

 

Interested in shooting macro photographs? Cool! What about ultra-wide angle images? Nice. What about wide-angle macro photos? Huh?

In traditional macro photography, the specialized macro lenses tend have longer focal lengths, somewhere between 50mm...

 

 

Shutter Release is a regular feature on Imaging Resource and our way of delivering more news to you than ever before. We are dedicated to bringing you the best original content we can, but we also want to share some of the great content other photographers around the web create. Shutter Release includes a wide...

 

 

To celebrate their 100th Anniversary, Nikon has announced two new programs dedicated to recognizing and supporting the next generation of visual content creators and artists. To go with their 100th Anniversary, Nikon will give $100,000 in scholarships through "The Nikon Storytellers Scholarship," which will grant...

 

 

In today's Shutter Release roundup, we look at an array of content covering a great mix of topics. This is the objective of Shutter Release, delivering a good mix of interesting photography topics for you to learn a bit about before determining if you want to click on the link to learn more. We are dedicated to...

 

 

Photographer Mike Olbinski is not only a wedding photographer, but he's also a storm chaser. You've likely seen one or more of his storm-chasing time lapse videos before, we've shared them on a couple of occasions. Olbinski started working on his latest video in late March and spent the spring travelling 28,000...

 

 

Shutter Release is our regular roundup feature here at Imaging Resource. Photographers and writers around the web create a lot of excellent content that we want to share with you, our readers. Today is a lighting-centric edition of Shutter Release, featuring content covering quality of light, lighting tutorials,...

Click here to read our Sony A9 Video Field Test

 

 

The Sony A9 is one of the most impressive professional cameras we have seen in recent years, and that extends beyond the image quality and autofocus for stills. Indeed, though it lacks a full gamut of video features, the Sony A9 does quite a bit right when it...

 

 

This morning, Motorola announced a new phone called the Moto Z2 Force Edition, which I encourage you to check out since one of the main selling points is that it is impossible to shatter or break the screen (neat, if true). However, more related to the imaging space is their latest Moto Mod: a 4K 360 degree camera....

 

 

If you want to print big, Canon's latest printer announcement will prove particularly interesting. Expanding their imagePROGRAF printer lineup, the printing giants have announced a very large printer, the imagePROGRAF PRO-6000. As its name hints, the PRO-6000 can print up to 60 inches wide. With its 12-channel...