News entries for July, 2018

 

 

Canon has announced a new superzoom PowerShot camera, the PowerShot SX740 HS. The SX740 boasts a 40x optical zoom lens which offers a 35mm-equivalent focal length range of 24-960mm and features a 20.3-megapixel CMOS image sensor.

The camera is powered by Canon's latest DIGIC 8 image processor, which allows the...

 

 

Photographer Nesrin Danan has been shooting music photography for the last six years and has shot many concerts, tours and festivals over that time. The 22 year old photographer from Portland, Oregon may be young, but she has a lot of photographic experience and know-how. Through Adobe, she has shared with us some...

 

 

As we head into the weekend, our regular Firmware Friday roundup arrives right on schedule, this time bringing with it news of updates from just three companies. In the past seven days, we've only spotted new firmware from Fujifilm, Nikon and Panasonic, but a fair few interesting cameras appear on the list of...

 

 

There are many amazing places all around the world to travel to and capture great photos. For photographers looking to travel for workshops and tours, it can be difficult to not only find the right workshop or tour for you, but to ascertain the safety and quality of individual workshops. It's hard to know what...

Click here to read my Fujinon GF 120mm Macro Field Test

 

 

When the GFX 50S debuted, Fujifilm released three lenses alongside it, including the Fujinon GF 120mm f/4 R LM OIS WR Macro. Until recently, it was the only GF lens I had yet to use. I was excited to try the lens and see what type of resolving power it...

 

 

As part of Phlearn Pro, which is available for as low as $8.25 per month, Aaron Nace creates a lot of great video tutorial content. On the Phlearn YouTube channel, Nace releases free excerpts from different paid tutorial series. While they aren't the full content, of course, they often offer some great tips and...

 

 

There are many different tools in Photoshop you can use to achieve similar results. There are curves adjustments, exposure, brightness and contrast sliders, and much more. There is also the levels adjustment tool, which is deceptively powerful. In the video below, Ted Forbes with The Art of Photography discusses...

Click to see our Fujifilm X-H1 Video Features & Analysis

 

 

Fujifilm hasn't really been regarded as a player in the video space, at least not with their X Series cameras. Sure, these cameras have shot video in the past, but they haven't specialized in it and what features you did get often come with many caveats....

 

 

Studio lighting can offer you a lot of control and versatility, but with their utility also comes associated costs. If you're just getting started with portraiture, the cost for lighting gear can be prohibitive. There's a great light source available for free, the sun. In the latest episode of Exploring Photography...

 

 

When shooting sports or other fast-paced action, it makes sense to shoot in a burst mode, right? Photographer and educator David Bergman suggests in the latest episode of Adorama's Two Minute Tips that it sometimes makes more sense to shoot in single frames when photographing action. Let's find out why in the video...

 

 

Jesús Ramirez of the Photoshop Training Channel doesn't exclusively focus on Adobe Photoshop, he also offers tutorial videos for Adobe Lightroom. In his latest video, seen below, he shares five Lightroom tricks and tips you may not have known.

The first tip involves the graduated filter. When you use the...

 

 

It's now officially official, Nikon fans: Nikon today announced the development of their forthcoming full-frame mirrorless system.

Rumored for many months now, and even hinted at by Nikon's own Tetsuro Goto back in September, it wasn't until a new video released by Nikon Europe just two days ago that the rumor...

 

 

After a series of videos going behind the scenes during his latest trip to the Colorado Plateau, large-format film photographer Ben Horne has released his film reveal video. If you'd like to catch up on the individual videos from the trip, head over to his YouTube channel.

In the video below, Horne shares select...

 

 

Photographer Mads Peter Iversen often hears about atmosphere in landscape photography. He states that atmosphere is often associated with a certain feeling but is rarely explained and thus left up to subjective interpretation. Over the years, Iversen has tried to better grasp what atmosphere is. To this end, he has...

 

 

Photographer Zach Allia is based in Utah and is part of Sony's Alpha Imaging Collective. He is also the focus of the newest episode of Adorama's Through the Lens docu-series.

After working in the tech industry for a decade, Allia took a step back and evaluated what he really wanted to do. He had been very...

 

 

Peak Design is basically a household name now when it comes to camera bags, but there are some that would complain that their current lineup doesn't really cater to more than a single-day use situation. They're fine to travel with, but they only address a segment of a traveling photographer's needs. To address...

Click here to read my Phase One Trichromatic Field Test

 

 

Phase One recently approached me with the opportunity to test the IQ3 100MP Trichromatic digital back with their XF camera system. In 2016, my colleague William Brawley tested the XF camera with Phase One's then-flagship 100-megapixel IQ3 100MP digital...

 

 

Are you on the edge of your seat yet, Nikonians? It looks like Nikon might be teasing its upcoming mirrorless camera in a video posted by Nikon Europe. While there's no explicit statement that the teaser is for their new mirrorless camera system, which they've said they're working on, it's hard to imagine what else...

 

 

After a brief one-week hiatus, Firmware Friday returns in style this week. Since it's such a biggie, we'll keep this preamble brief. In all, there are around two dozen cameras, video cameras, lenses and accessories receiving updates in the past fortnight, with manufacturers on the list including Canon,...