News entries for April, 2019

 

 

Photojournalist Amos Chapple of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty has discovered that photo manipulation is running rampant in the office of Kazakhstan's interim president, Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev (sometimes spelled as Kassym-Jomart Tokayev). The evidence suggests that someone is attempting to make the 65-year-old...

Click here to read our Fuji X-T3 Review Conclusion

 

 

Named as our top choice for Best Camera of 2018 in our annual Camera of the Year awards, the Fuji X-T3 is, unsurprisingly, one fantastic camera. The third iteration of Fujifilm's flagship SLR-styled mirrorless camera, the X-T3 sports improvements all around,...

 

 

Read our full Canon M50 Review

Read our detailed Canon M50 Conclusion 

Are you ready for the step up from your smartphone to the versatility of an interchangeable-lens camera? If so, Canon would love for you to consider its EOS M50, and after reviewing the camera ourselves, we think it's well worth a...

 

 

Think Tank Photo/Mindshift Gear has announced a new BackLight backpack, offering the largest capacity in the BackLight series. The new BackLight Elite 45L backpack offers an eponymous 45 liters of internal volume, allowing for ample carrying capacity for your cameras, lenses, laptops and other gear. There are also...

 

 

Ben Horne recently went on a week-long winter trip to Death Valley and Zion National Park, which means it's time for another film reveal video. In the video below, Horne views the large-format film images from his trip for the first time, discusses how he made the images and shares how he feels about them.

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Recently, I had the chance to speak with Sigma's CEO, Kazuto Yamaki, alongside the CP+ tradeshow in Tokyo. Yamaki-san is always a favorite interview subject of mine, because as the head of a family-owned company, its his hand on the tiller, and so his decisions that dictate the company's future products and...

 

 

Adam Gibbs has shared another video from his recent trip to China, including to the Gobi desert. After a lengthy trip, which included planes, trains and automobiles, Gibbs and his travelling companions explored some of the vast expanse of the Gobi. Gibbs even found some living trees on the shore of a lakebed, which...

 

 

One of the common traits among all photographers at every skill level is that they all started as beginners. This means that there is always some type of learning curve as we hone our skills and work to improve. With learning comes mistakes, and oftentimes, these mistakes are just more opportunities to figure...

 

 

Do you like quality images at value pricing? I certainly do, and the Sigma Contemporary line has generally excelled in this area. So when we heard we'd be getting a 56mm f/1.4 DC Contemporary sample I grabbed it before anyone else had the chance!

Our sample was fitted for Sony E-mount (they also make an MFT mount...

 

 

Our Firmware Friday roundup this week brings with it news of updates for four large-sensor cameras, of which three are interchangeable-lens models. On the full-frame front, Panasonic has updated its recently-launched S1 and S1R cameras. Turning to APS-C sub-frame cameras, meanwhile, Nikon's D500 has also...

Click here to read our Canon EOS RP Field Test

 

 

When the Canon EOS RP launched, the public reception was a bit mixed. For those hoping for a great full frame vlogging camera from Canon, the RP was not and is not that. For those looking for a solid, affordable, compact and reliable full frame mirrorless camera...

 

 

After teasing their new Accent AI 2.0 filter, Skylum Software has announced the availability of Luminar 3.1. The update includes numerous enhancements and improvements in addition to the new and improved Accent AI 2.0 filter.

As we discussed last week, Accent AI 2.0 results in more natural results, especially...

 

 

In February, Tamron announced the development of three new lenses, including the 35-150mm f/2.8-4 Di VC OSD (Model A043) compact portrait zoom for DSLRs. We now have full details on the upcoming zoom lens, including pricing and release information.

The full-frame zoom lens offers a bright f/2.8 aperture at the...

 

 

Zeiss has announced the fourth lens in their set of Otus manual focus prime lenses, the 1.4/100. The 100mm prime lens has been developed for full-frame Canon and Nikon DSLR camera systems and promises "low sample variation, outstanding imaging performance and superior build quality."

The lens featured a Sonnar...

 

 

Photographer Sean Tucker is asked many different questions by aspiring photographers, but one of the most common ones is "how do I define a style for my photography?" While he doesn't have a quick, succinct answer to this question, it is a topic Tucker has thought a lot about.

Tucker makes a point to not delete...

 

 

The Canon Rebel SL line has been popular for good reason, stemming from high quality features at a budget size and a budget price point. The new Canon SL3 comes in as the trimmest among them, and at a very reasonable starting price, yet sporting a new sensor and a new processor.

And the results for image quality?...

 

 

Just outside of El Chalten in Patagonia, photographer Thomas Heaton wanted to capture a panorama of a beautiful mountain range. In the video below, we go behind the scenes with Heaton as he sets up his shot and captures the necessary images for a stitched panorama.

The first step is ensuring that your tripod is...

 

 

In 2011, a visitor to Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia triggered a fire. This forest fire forever changed the park. Some affected species of trees have begun to regrow, but it takes them over a century to reach maturity, so the effects of the fire will be very long lasting. Photographer Thomas Heaton...

 

 

When considering essential landscape lenses, it's reasonable to first think about wide-angle lenses, such as a 12-24mm or 24-70mm lens. In addition to a wide lens, a telephoto zoom is also a must-have lens for landscape photographers. Landscape and nature photographer Mads Peter Iversen believes that a 70-200mm...