News entries for January, 2019

 

 

While not every photo will require the same exact editing process or techniques, or perhaps even require the same editing software be used, there are some common elements when editing nearly any image. Photographer and educator Jamie Windsor wants to help you become a better editor, particularly in Lightroom and...

 

 

Heads-up, Pentaxians! Ricoh has just launched two new lenses for the Pentax K-mount. One's an update of an existing full-frame lens, and the other is a long-awaited wide-angle zoom addition to the high-performance Star series line.

HD PENTAX-FA35mmF2 full-frame prime

The HD PENTAX-FA35mmF2 lens is an...

Click here to read our Fuji XF 8-16mm f/2.8 Field Test

 

 

The go-to lens for Fujifilm landscape photographers has traditionally been the XF 10-24mm f/4 OIS, offering a very-wide to wide angle focal length range in a compact, weather-sealed design. For lots of subjects, an f/4 lens is sufficient, but for those that...

 

 

For a lot of photographers interested in trying their hand at wildlife photography, wildlife can be difficult to find and photograph. For aspiring wildlife shooters living in an urban environment, for example, it is not always straightforward. Photographing wildlife in a city is a challenge, but far from...

 

 

Long exposure photography is an exciting twist on standard landscape photography. With the right camera settings, and in some cases the aid of very strong neutral density filters, you can capture images with very slow shutter speeds even in bright daytime conditions. By doing this, you can smooth moving water and...

 

 

In the latest episode of Exploring Photography with Mark Wallace, the eponymous photographer is exploring light modifiers and their impact on your images. Do light modifiers matter? And if so, how and why?

Joined by model Anabel Dieguez Bailén, Wallace is capturing essentially the same portrait except with five...

 

 

Our second roundup of the year is, finally, rather more sizeable than was last week's, with news of updates for four Olympus cameras, as well as for a whopping lenses from Olympus, Sigma and Sony. With a fair bit to discuss, we'll keep this preamble short and get right down to it!

Olympus E-M1, E-M1 II,...

Click here to read our Olympus E-M1X Hands-On Preview

 

 

If you thought 2016's E-M1 Mark II was designed for professional photographers, wait until you check out the all-new Olympus E-M1X. Essentially an E-M1 Mark II on steroids, the new E-M1X sports an all-new body design with an integrated battery grip, a bigger...

 

 

As we've described elsewhere, Olympus held a limited press-only briefing and shooting experience with its flagship Olympus E-M1X back in early December, subject to a non-disclosure agreement. During that time, we were able to ask questions of senior technical staff, who attended from Olympus' Hachioji R&D...

 

 

Alongside the brand-new OM-D E-M1 X camera, Olympus has also announced the development of a new PRO lens, the M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400mm f/4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO. This super-telephoto zoom features a built-in 1.25x teleconverter and covers a 35mm equivalent focal length range of 300mm to 1,000mm. Olympus hasn't...

Click here to read our Fuji GFX 50R Field Test

 

 

When Fujifilm launched their GFX medium-format camera system with the GFX 50S, it marked a new chapter for the storied company. The GFX system promised incredible image quality and high-quality Fujinon lenses at a relatively affordable price. The 50S certainly...

 

 

With how people use smartphones, DxOMark Image Labs felt it was time to update their scoring metrics for smartphone cameras. While many photographers are primarily concerned with how a smartphone's rear camera(s) perform, it remains the case that a lot of people utilize the front-facing camera on their phone for...

 

 

The beginning of a new year is usually a quiet time when it comes to firmware news, and the start of 2019 has certainly been no different in that respect. We're already three weeks into the year, but until just yesterday we'd not found news of a single firmware update since the holidays. Panasonic swoops to...

 

 

It's often thought that when using a softbox to light portraits, the softbox should be placed in front of your subject. However, as Gavin Hoey shows in the newest episode of his Adorama video series, Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey, there is actually more flexibility with a softbox, particularly a...

 

 

At this year's CES in Las Vegas, Nikon's booth was a busy place for not only showing off their latest and greatest in cameras and lenses, but delivering awesome presentations from some of Nikon's most accomplished professional photographers as well. The talks ran the gamut and covered basically every type of...

Click here to read our Nikon Z7 Review Conclusion

 

 

For Nikon fans, especially after many rumors and teasers, it was not a matter of "if" Nikon would release a full-frame mirrorless camera system, but "when." The wait finally ended this past September when the Nikon Z7 mirrorless camera hit the scene. Equipped...

 

 

Eyes get a lot of attention in portraits, and for good reason. When you connect with a subject through an image, it's almost always through the eyes. This is part of the reason why the focus point in a portrait is usually on an eye and why eye detect autofocus is an important and evolving feature in modern cameras....

 

 

Fujifilm has announced that their newest GF lens, the Fujinon GF 100-200mm f/5.6 R LM OIS WR will hit store shelves on February 14. It will be the eighth Fujinon GF lens and the second zoom lens to join the medium-format GFX system.

Designed with outdoor photographers in mind, the GF 100-200mm f/5.6 lens features...

 

 

In the 150th episode of David Bergman's video series for Adorama, Two Minute Tips, he is tackling the topic of wide angle portraiture.

It's conventional wisdom that you shouldn't use wide angle lenses for portraiture. However, Bergman says that you certainly can shoot portraiture with wide lenses, but there are...