News entries for May, 2019

 

 

This week's Firmware Friday roundup is more a story of imaging accessories than of camera firmware per se, but we've still a fair bit to discuss. As well as updates for the Ricoh GR III large-sensor compact, and for Blackmagic's professionally-targeted URSA Mini Pro G2 video camera, we've also news of new...

Click here to read our Panasonic S1H Preview

 

 

Though details are still quite limited, Panasonic has announced the development of the cinema-centric, video-focused LUMIX S1H, the third camera in their full-frame DSLM (digital single lens mirrorless) lineup. While the LUMIX S1 and S1R are both capable of...

 

 

Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Summilux 10-25mm f/1.7 ASPH standard zoom lens for Micro Four Thirds

While a lot of the talk recently has been about Panasonic's new full-frame S system – and the latter portion of this news will be about that system too – they have a fervent fanbase of Micro Four Thirds owners,...

 

 

Photoshop is often considered must-have software for portrait retouching, but there is actually a lot which can be accomplished using only Lightroom Classic. Technically, the tutorial below also applies to Adobe Camera Raw within Photoshop, but inside Lightroom, you can smoothen skin and whiten teeth/eyes with...

Click here to read my Phase One IQ4 150MP Field Test

 

 

Last year, I went hands-on with the Phase One IQ3 100MP Trichromatic digital back and the existing XF camera body. The 100-megapixel medium-format sensor impressed me a lot, although I had some concerns about the user experience with the IQ3 digital back....

 

 

Have you ever been working in Adobe Lightroom Classic or Adobe Camera Raw and wondered if there was an ideal way to utilize sliders? In the video below, Colin Smith of PhotoshopCAFE shows off the best way to order your adjustments in Lightroom and ACR and discusses which sliders are worth your time.

Rather than...

 

 

With photography being a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional space, photographers are often trying to find ways to represent the depth and scale they see in the real world in their images. In the video below, photographer Nigel Danson offers six quick tricks you can use to give your photos more...

 

 

Even photographers as accomplished and experienced as Mads Peter Iversen can make mistakes out in the field. He has been trying to capture a specific shot at the Eldborg volcanic crater in Iceland for about a year. In his latest video, we join Iversen in Iceland as he visits the crater and is treated to excellent...

 

 

Photographer Daniel Norton sets up his lights by following the simple adage of putting lights where they look good. However, people often ask him for more concrete tips and tricks for setting up lights, so in the video below, he walks through some common lighting positions for portraits. The positions outlined in...

Click here to read our Fuji GFX 50R Conclusion

 

 

While the latest Fujifilm GFX buzz is all about the new 102-megapixel GFX 100, there are two impressive 50-megapixel GFX cameras already on the market, both of which cost considerably less than the new GFX 100. Last October, Fujifilm released the GFX 50R, which took...

 

 

Our Firmware Friday roundup this week consists mostly of gear other than cameras, although we do still have one 360-degree camera and one entry-level pro video camera on the list as well. On top of that, we've also got news of updates for six reference displays, one lens, two lens mount converters and two...

Oh my... 102mp on a huge Medium Format BSI chip with 16-bit RAW file capture? The light gathering potential staggers the mind... (even Ansel Adams is considering a switch from film!) But seriously, folks... we've been doing some light gathering in our lab lately with the recently arrived GFX 100 on your...

Click here to read our Fuji GFX 100 Hands-on Preview

UPDATE: 5/26/2019: Hands-On Walkthrough Video added

At Photokina 2018, Fujifilm announced the development of a 100-megapixel medium-format GFX camera. While they shared some of the primary features of the camera, including its 102-megapixel backside-illuminated CMOS image sensor,...

Click here to read our Olympus TG-6 Hands-on Preview

 

 

The Olympus TG-5 from 2017 set a high bar for waterproof cameras, adding raw burst capture, 4K video, a dedicated mode dial and other upgrades while judiciously shrinking the resolution down to a more reasonable 12 megapixels, given the sensor size. Not...

 

 

This week's Firmware Friday roundup is a bit of an unusual one, in that while there are plenty of cameras receiving new firmware in the past seven days -- for 10 models, to be exact -- we actually don't have a huge amount to discuss. The reasons for that are twofold. While Nikon has updated both its Z6 and Z7...

 

 

One of the best ways to improve your photography is to learn from others' experience. And perhaps those with the most experience to impart upon the rest of us are the pros who make a living from their works. As a contributor to National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, Life, Time and more, Olympus Visionary...

Click here to read my Fuji XF 16mm f/2.8 Field Test

 

 

An important aspect of any great native lens system is fast prime lenses for users who demand the utmost in light-gathering capabilities and optical performance. However, ideally, there should also be more affordable options for photographers who want to...

Click here to see how Eye AF on the Nikon Z6 compares to the Sony A7 III!

 

 

A number of cameras have had eye-detection autofocus functionality in some form or fashion over the years, but in recent times, Sony's mirrorless cameras -- most notably the A9, A7R III and A7 III -- have really upped the ante when it...

 

 

Though they have been dabbling in the hand-held, small camera market for a few years now, DJI is jumping into the deep end with their announcement of the Osmo Action camera, a compact 1/2.3 inch sensor camera that is waterproof, dustproof and shockproof as well as having the ability to continue operation even in...