News entries for August, 2017

Click here to read our Canon 6D II Field Test Part II

 

 

In our first Canon 6D Mark II Field Test, we looked at the camera's design, image sensor, autofocus and performance. In Part II, we take a look at the 6D Mark II's video features and performance, including HDR video, high ISO video, autofocus and more.

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Click here to read our Ricoh Theta V Hands-On Preview

 

 

Ricoh was the first company to provide average consumers with the ability to capture 360 degree photo and video footage way back in 2014, and the fifth generation Ricoh Theta V adds a lot to that legacy. The Theta V is available today for $429.95 and finally...

 

 

From the most prolific innovators of powerful products in small packages comes a new offering today from Sony in the form of the RX0. Looking like a traditional GoPro, but housing a 1-inch sensor (which has over 4 times the surface area of GoPro and competing sensors) the RX0 aims itself squarely at multimedia...

 

 

It's been a while since I had the chance to shoot with a camera before its official announcement, but with the Olympus E-M10 III, which the company has just revealed today, I'm pleased to have been able to do just that. To coincide with the launch, I've just posted my first real-world test of the E-M10 III,...

Click here to read our Nikon W300 Field Test

 

 

For those needing a bit more durability and versatility than what their smartphone camera can provide, the new Nikon W300 rugged waterproof camera may just fit the bill. Offering a 24-120mm-equivalent zoom lens, easy-to-use point-and-shoot operation and built-in...

 

 

If you are intrigued by Fujifilm's square format Instax film but would like a fully analog camera, unlike the SQ10 Hybrid from Fujifilm, then Lomography has a Kickstarter project you may want to back.

The Kickstarter campaign, which has already more than tripled its goal at the time of writing, is for the...

 

 

Panasonic has announced a firmware update to the popular GH5 that mixes previously-planned enhancements with additional modifications that were suggested by end users to both the photo and video aspects of the camera. Of the new added features, the ones that stick out are improvements to the autofocus system,...

 

 

If you missed B&H's Live Panel discussion of the Nikon D850 on Monday, Nikon USA has you covered with a panel of their own. 

The still features panel involves an in-depth discussion with Nikon's Senior Product Manager, Lindsay Silverman, and Nikon Ambassadors Joe McNally and Dixie Dixon. Joe and Dixie offer their...

 

 

Landscape photography can be a difficult and sometimes brutal genre of photography. You often must get up at ridiculous times, travel to remote locations and then hope for the best. You can research, prepare and plan, but even then, you're at the mercy of weather and circumstances well outside your control.

Click here to read our Fujifilm X-A3 Field Test Part I

 

 

Fujifilm's latest compact X-series ILC, the X-A3, has arrived, and we have been putting it through its paces in real-world shooting. Our first Field Test for X-A3 is now published.

In the Fuji X-A3 Field Test Part I, we test out numerous aspects of the...

 

 

Today's a good day for Canon fans with the announcement of the Canon EOS M100 and four new lenses: the TS-E 50mm f/2.8L, TS-E 90mm f/2.8L, TS-E 135mm f/4L and new 85mm f/1.4L IS USM portrait prime. Let's make it a good day for all photographers with an interesting blend of photo-related content from around the web...

 

 

For Gitzo's biggest fans, their ongoing centennial is prime for new premium products. Earlier this summer, the esteemed company, which is owned by Manfrotto, released a pair of limited edition Traveler tripods. If you have one of the special edition tripods, or any other Gitzo tripod, then you might very well be...

Click here to learn more about the new Canon EOS M100 camera

 

 

After Canon released the EOS M5 and M6 last year and earlier this year, respectively, the M10 stood as something of a lone survivor at the entry-level end of the M lineup. With the new Canon EOS M100, the M10 is now being replaced. The M100 shares...

 

 

It's lenses galore for Canon today. The company has announced three new tilt-shift lenses and a new fast portrait prime. Let's first take a look at the tilt-shift lenses.

Canon introduces trio of new TS-E macro lenses ranging from 50mm to 135mm

The new tilt-shift macro lenses, the Canon TS-E 50mm f/2.8L Macro,...

 

 

One of the most challenging aspects of photography is learning to create your own style. Ideally, someone can see your work and know immediately that it is yours. Obviously creating a distinct look can take a long time and a lot of trial and error, but a great place to start is with how you perform color edits....

 

 

For those interested in capturing VR footage, most of the 360 degree/VR cameras that exist- especially if you narrow the scope to cameras that the average (or even above-average) consumer can acquire- aren't up to the quality or UI that you might hope for. They tend to be plagued by at least one of a host of...

Click here to watch the Nikon D850 livestream panel

B&H is hosting a live panel discussion covering the exciting new Nikon D850 at 1:00 p.m. EDT today. The live panel discussion will feature David Flores and Brittany Leigh alongside Nikon ambassadors Matthew Jordan Smith and Andrew Hancock.

If you tweet your questions to the live panel...

 

 

We hope you had a nice weekend! Let's get the last week of August off to a strong start with a new edition of our Shutter Release roundup article. For those unfamiliar with Shutter Release, it is a curated list of news and video content from around the web. We work hard to bring you the best in original content,...

 

 

Timelapse+, the makers of the Timelapse+ Intervalometer and VIEW intervalometer hardware solutions have created a new software solution, Timelapse Workflow. 

Timelapse Workflow is a plugin for Adobe Lightroom which provides four tools for time-lapse post-processing inside of Lightroom. While the team are hardware...