Sony has a ton of 50mm lenses. And most recently, they announced their Sony 50mm f2. 5 G lens. It's a weird one. No, really, this one has us scratching our heads. If a lens were to have a dictionary definition of mediocre, this would be it.
The Sony 40mm f2. 5 G lens has to be something really fascinating. It's the first time in a whole that we've seen a 40mm lens. The last really good one to come out was from Zeiss. And otherwise, there's the Voigtlander that doesn't have autofocus.
The Nikon Z 50mm f1. 2 S was reviewed recently by us. And it's an overall very beautiful lens. Nikon has always been a solid lens maker. Not only does this lens have great image quality, but it's weather sealed.
Capture One has a new CEO: Rafael Orta. His background begins as an engineer and evolved into critical technological advancements. It's no surprise that folks have been asking more of Capture One.
The Funleader 18mm f8 lens isn't like a whole lot of other lenses on the market. In fact, it's totally different. There's no adjustable aperture. It also boasts a fixed focus. While that's a bit quirky, there's also a ton of character.
It's rare to experience a smartphone camera interface that gets who are as photographers. But thankfully, Sony understands us the best. Borrowing ideas from their Alpha division, the Sony Xperia 1 II mimics a camera.
How bright should your images be? How should the luminosity levels in your image be balanced? And how do you make sure you get the right exposure to allow you to have the best chance of creating an edit that you love? Luminosity levels in an image are so important but as photographers, we often […]
Why would you pay over $7,000 for a lens? Well, that's what Phoblographer Reviews Editor Hillary Grigonis was trying to figure out. She's spent a while with the Leica 50mm f1. 2 Noctliux lens shooting street photography, portraits, and documenting her life with it.
True innovation often skips lenses for APS-C cameras. But Tamron hasn't skimped here at all. Calling on their past, the company recently released the Tamron 17-70mm f2. 8 Di VC RXD lens. It's designed for mirrorless APS-C cameras.
The Fujifilm 10-24mm f4 R WR OIS is one of the company's latest offerings for X series. They upgraded the original lens to give it weather resistance. Plus, there are a few ergonomic changes. Phoblographer Reviews Editor Hillary Grigonis has been testing the lens for a while.
There are three cameras competing to be king of the market right now. Those are from Sony, Canon and Fujifilm. The Canon EOS R5 is at a more affordable price point. The Sony a1 is pulling out all the stops.
We're very, very excited about the Fujifilm GFX100S. This is the company's smallest medium format camera yet. They packed a 102MP medium format sensor into a camera the size of the Panasonic S1. It's also incredibly light, well built, and fun to use.
Getting your feet off the ground -- both literally and figuratively -- to try drone photography for the first time is intimidating. DJI’s Mavic Mini lowered the entry point to drone photography with a sub $500 price and lightweight design while still building several safety features from the company’s pricier drones.
So far, the Fujifilm 10-24mm f4 R WR OIS is shaping up to be a great lens. It’s one of the smallest and lightest zoom lenses with a constant aperture on the market. It's a step up from the predecessor in a few ways.
We’re reviewing the Canon RF 100-500mm f4. 5-7. 1 L IS USM and still trying to figure out who it’s for. It’s an L lens, so Canon will try to target it at the professional photographer. But we’re also sure that the hobbyist is one of the passionate photographers who will pick it up.
On last week's episode of Pro Camera Reviews, Brett told us about his experiences with the new Canon RF 800mm F11 IS STM. He's been testing it on the Canon EOS R6. Overall, it's a nice lens. But it's very niche.
On last week's episode of Pro Camera Reviews, we showed viewers how to clean their camera sensor. The audience loved it. And lots of folks have never done it before. It's amazingly simple to do as long as you're not afraid.
If I told you that the Sigma 85mm f1. 4 DG DN had distortion, you wouldn't believe me. Sigma has always struck home runs for image quality. But their latest lens is an exception. In fact, Sigma told us that we need to turn on peripheral correction in the camera.
Everyone can say that full frame cameras are good and that smaller sensors don't mean much of a difference. But it seems like manufacturers have a different idea. They're flooding the market with full frame cameras and there haven't been many APS-C launches accordingly.
Everyone can say that full frame cameras are good and that smaller sensors don't mean much of a difference. But it seems like manufacturers have a different idea. They're flooding the market with full frame cameras and there haven't been many APS-C launches accordingly.
We've been testing the Sigma 100-400mm f5-6. 3 DG OS HSM on the Sony a7r IV for a little while now. And it's making us wonder whether or not it's worth it over the G Master option. It's a lot more affordable for sure, but you're sacrificing a few things.
You’ll be glad to know that the Canon EOS R5 doesn’t overheat when shooting timelapse video. The other night, we put the Canon EOS R5 on a balcony in near 90 degree NYC weather. Then we shot a timelapse with it to test if the camera would overheat. There have been lots of reports on
The long term complaint from many a photographer is that learning how to use a flash is hard. And with the prevalence of LED lights, it seems like the industry is trying to fight the tried and true flash.
We’re clearing up some misinformation we’re seeing in Facebook groups, comments, on Instagram, etc. about the Canon EOS R5. We’ve been seeing a lot of really stupid and wrong comments about the Canon EOS R5 across various platforms.
I think it's incredibly fair to say that Sony has made some significant changes to the entire Sony a7 lineup of cameras with the Sony a7s III. You've got touch menus, a new menu system, the new CFExpress A card type, the lowest base ISO they've ever had, etc.
Aputure, который всё больше и больше становится стандартным инструментом для видеографов, поскольку позволяет сочетать высокое качество с не самой высокой ценой, выпустил новый диффузионный источник света Nova P300c, сделанный, традиционно для компании, с прицелом на использование в самых жестких условиях.
Canon sent out a media alert to press this morning addressing the overheating concerns that have come up regarding the new EOS R5 full-frame mirrorless camera. The statement explains why Canon didn’t include a fan, when the camera will overheat, and what you can do to avoid these issues. The statement covers a lot of […]
Компания Topaz Labs выпустила некоторое время назад обновление своего программного обеспечения AI Suite, которое, как показывает даже само название, использует ряд решений нейронных сетей для улучшения изображений.
While the Sony ZV1 isn't such a well-kept secret, it also seems odd. When I look at this camera, I'm sort of reminded of the Sony Bloggie--a camera that they came out with to target pretty much the same demographic years ago.
You know exactly what we're talking about: portrait photographs where the eyes are super heavily retouched. The whites in the eyes are super white. The iris color is very light. And it makes no sense based on the lighting in the scene.
Film grain: are you doing it right, or does it just look like noise? For photographers, the idea of film grain is pretty new if you’ve only been shooting for a couple of years. Digital noise is one thing, but film grain can look pretty beautiful. It’s an organic look and with the right exposure,
The work of Ansel Adams and Michael Kenna specifically, along with that of Herb Ritts, influenced my approach to black and white imaging going back to when I first took photography in high school. Nearly failing every class in high school, I was not the best student.
In response to comments that we've gotten about Panasonic's autofocus and our complaints about it, we decided to create a video putting one system against another. So we put them all in the same situation and had them all try to autofocus on a moving subject.
The editing process in Capture One 20 is far different than that of Lightroom. And it results in many of the images that really make your jaws drop. The science behind the editing engine in both Capture One 20 and Lightroom is far different.
You don’t have to be scared of a better editing software now: here’s how you can move from Lightroom to Capture One 20. Moving away from Lightroom and coming to Capture One 20 was one of the best mental health decisions I’ve made for my career.
A solid argument can be made to say that the Sony a7s III is the red-headed stepchild of the family. I mean, Sony has been saying that it's coming for over two years now. With the delays caused by COVID-19 and the rest of the industry catching up or superseding what Sony can do with most video options, the Sony a7s III will need to be just that much better.
“Concatenation” is a new experimental short film by artist Donato Sansone, who overlapped a large number of video clips into a mind-numbing flow of motion. The clips show everything from fighter planes to birds to explosions to divers, and they’re all linked together by the rapid-fire movements of the subjects within. (via Donato Sansone via […]
Instagram star Jordi Koalitic made this rapid-fire 12-minute video showing 100 of his creative photos and behind-the-scenes looks at how they were made. Koalitic specializes in “creative photography,” and he has amassed over 10.
Over the past year, the Sony a7S III has been elevated from “long-awaited” to “unicorn” or “mythical” status. Many are wondering if it’ll ever be released at this point.
Canon isn’t the only camera maker who wants to make a splash in February. It seems the flagship Nikon D6, which Nikon announced as “in development” a couple of months ago, will arrive in mid-February, and rumored specs look very promising.
На фоне роста интереса к внутреннему туризму, каналы с путешествиями тоже получают свою долю внимания, поэтому, так или иначе, всплывают в море менее стоящей информации. Ребята из «Забытой России» много ездят и при этом рассказывают интересно.
A few days ago, Panasonic released their new LUMIX S1H. The S1H has gone to town with new features designed to match most filmmakers needs. The features that filmmakers have grown to love in the GH series are now available and improved upon in the full-frame S-Series. The S1H bridges the gap between solo content […]
DJI has unveiled the latest version of its Osmo Mobile smartphone stabilizer, taking its experience with high-end gimbals like the Ronin series and using that experience to make the 3-axis smartphone gimbal smaller, more portable, more user-friendly, and cheaper.
Perhaps one of the more difficult aspects of landscape photography is determining how to properly expose your scene under less-than-ideal lighting conditions. These types of situations are a common occurrence with outdoor photography as it’s often a struggle trying to properly expose an image consisting of a bright sky and a dark foreground in a […]
Андрей Лишаков запустил свой канал (поскольку в моей практике такой фотограф крутился вокруг, то думаю, что я его отдаленно знаю) Clique! (в переводе с французского «Жми!»), первое осмысленное видео в котором — о насмотренности.
Есть книги и книги. Одни дают образование, другие воспитывают. Лично на меня в разное время повлияли 3 штуки, которые я могу рекомендовать всем — естественно, если вы их прочитаете за день и скажете «не зашло», будете совершенно правы, быстро они не заходят, их надо брать и штудировать, иначе просто не работает.
Still not decided which between Sony and Fujifilm mirrorless cameras to go for in terms of colors, especially if you like shooting videos on the side? Max Yuryev has done a quick video that should help you decide.
Мы изначально задаем себе (и мне) неправильный вопрос неправильно: Сережа, какой фотоаппарат купить? Какой фотоаппарат самый лучший? Полный кадр или кроп? Кроп или дважды кроп? Мы скрываемся за кучей оправданий, чтобы не учиться и не снимать лучше.
Today at CineGear 2019, Panasonic is announcing the development of the company's Panasonic S1H full frame Lumix Pro camera targeted at the cinematographer. With a similar body style to their Panasonic S1 and Panasonic S1R cameras, this camera features an L mount but will be able to be used with a PL mount for cinema.
With 102 Megapixels at the heart of the new Fujifilm GFX 100 camera, there is a very justified reason for having image stabilization built into the camera. While traditional medium format users wouldn't necessarily think this, Fujifilm has been working hard to change the way that we think about the larger sensor space.
TikTok is the latest social media platform to announce a new way for content creators to make money on the app, similar to YouTube's ad revenue sharing system. [Read More]
A new detailed analysis of the modern poster child for UFO footage makes the case that the object in the video is not anything other than glare on the Navy jet's gimbal camera system. [Read More]
The iPhone has been the best smartphone for video capture for some time, and the iPhone 13 Pro is no different — it’s currently our pick in that category. So, naturally, adding ProRes 4:2:2 10-bit capability only makes that better, right? The short answer to that is yes: totally. The long answer is a bit […]
Loupedeck has released Software Version 5. 0, an update for the Creative Tool and Live devices. The free update for the photo, streaming, and video editing consoles includes a simplified profile for easier streaming, native plugin support for Ecamm Live, vMix, Capture One Pro, and more.
Along with the new iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max models announced last week, Apple also revealed that the phones would gain the ability to shoot in the ProRes video format. A new report alleges that it will eat up a whopping 6GB of storage per minute. As noted in the announcement for the iPhone […]
Profoto has announced the B10X and B10X Plus strobes that are designed to be multipurpose lighting devices. While the strobe power remains the same, Profoto has increased the modeling lamp’s output by 30%.
Google has announced that Night Sight, its low-light photography feature that is commonly used for astrophotography applications, is getting video support. While it is technically a video, more accurately it is a stitched animation that is generated from a burst of still photos.
On March 30, Canon released a set of firmware updates for the 1DX Mark III, EOS R5, and EOS R6. Not long after, a bug that affected Full HD video recording on the R6 was discovered. Canon today has released a new update to address this issue.
Canon Japan recently announced a new “high-sensitivity CMOS Sensor” that can capture high-quality, color footage a 1080p and up to 60fps even in extremely low light. The sensor is meant for industrial use, but it shows what’s possible, even when you’re using relatively tiny pixels. The announcement went live in Japan at the end of […]
My long-awaited timelapse film about my current hometown Amsterdam is finally finished! This film consists of footage shot during a 2 year period (mostly before COVID), has all different seasons transitioning into each other and even has a lunar eclipse above the city skyline.
Over the past few months, it seems like Sony has released updates for every camera in their line-up except the very-long-awaited and much-anticipated Sony a7S III. According to the latest reports, Sony does have one more major E-Mount announcement in the works for September… but is it the a7S III, or the a9 II? The […]
After first announcing the Lumix S1H at the end of May, Panasonic is officially launching the L-Mount camera today, adding a third offering to its full-frame mirrorless lineup that includes the high-resolution S1R and the hybrid S1.
RED CEO Jarred Land took to the reduser. net forum this past weekend to drop a major teaser about the company’s next cinema camera—a small form-factor camera called the Komodo that is “not larger than 4 inches in any dimension” and may feature Canon’s RF mount.
Panasonic has announced the new LUMIX S1H full-frame mirrorless camera, the third L-mount camera after the S1 and S1R announced back in February 2019. The S1H is the world’s first digital interchangeable lens camera to offer 6K/24p video recording.
I recently collaborated with Chris from filmismorefun and made a video about how to clean the beam splitter in your rangefinder camera as well as how to improve the rangefinder patch too. This is an advanced tutorial with great results.
In partnership with video production agency Mahogany, Nikon has released a behind-the-scenes documentary, The Creator's Project, that showcases the creative journey to develop and release rhythm and blues artist James Vickery's latest music video for his song, "Only You." [Read More]
Nextorage has announced its B1 Pro Series of CFexpress Type B memory cards that reach maximum read speeds of 1,950 MB/s and maximum write speeds of 1,900 MB/s -- the fastest performance yet. [Read More]
Twitter is expanding video support on its platform including a new "immersive" media viewer that looks a lot like Instagram Reels, which of course is just a copy of TikTok. [Read More]
Meta is pushing ahead with its goal of ramping up video on its platforms. This week, the company is making it possible for anyone to cross-post Instagram Reels to Facebook. [Read More]
Investigative filmmaker Jeremy Corbell says that UFOS are real and have capabilities beyond anything the world has seen, including what appears to be the ability to vanish into the water. [Read More]
Retouch4me has announced the first neural network-trained plugin for DaVinci Resolve that automatically retouches skin imperfections extremely quickly and entirely on its own. [Read More]
A Congressional panel will be convened next Tuesday to investigate reports of military sightings of UFOs by United States Navy personnel that includes dramatic video footage.
bitLighter is a new continuous and focusable "flashlight"-like light source for photographers and videographers that has managed to reach over $90,000 (over 900%) of its initial $10,000 targetted goal on Kickstarter. [Read More]
Facebook is merging the long-form video format of IGTV with regular videos in feeds and increasing how long they are allowed to be to 60-minutes. IGTV will be rebranded Instagram TV as the main app focuses on a more seamless video experience.
I shoot a lot of photos. I try to block time here and there to enjoy them because sometimes I feel I shoot more images than I can look at. After a shooting, there will be a moment, either right after or during the same week, where I will transfer the images to the computer, […]