As interchangeable lens cameras have evolved, camera sensors have settled into three common sizes: Micro Four Thirds (MFT), APS-C, and Full Frame. Especially for the novice photographer, the sensor sizes can be confusing. Even for advanced photographers, not all the differences are straightforward.
The Red-Winged Blackbird
Some say flowers herald the coming of spring, but I feel it is the song of the Red-winged Blackbird that signifies the change of seasons. I still remember their beautiful call one very cold morning near the end of winter, before the growth of any plant or the disappearance of ice.
Photography News: Sony FX2 Announced, Travel Tripod Sale
This week, I spent some time practicing one of my favorite genres of photography: intimate landscapes. There's something exciting to the fact that you can get interesting landscape photos anywhere. It doesn't need to be a grand vista or a world-famous National Park; it could be a pond near your...
The Importance of Culling and Editing in Photography
Photographers don't always have a good relationship with post-processing. Some photographers over-edit their photos, getting in the way of what they captured in camera. Other photographers neglect the post-processing stage - such as culling through their photos carelessly, or not utilizing the available tools to fine-tune a photo's processing. However,...
Viltrox AF 28mm F4.5 Chip Review
Viltrox has just announced the Viltrox AF 28mm f/4.5 Chip lens, a fixed-aperture autofocus lens for the Nikon Z mount, which has been available for the Sony E mount for some time. This pancake lens is pretty small, inexpensive, and has some interesting features all for $99. In this review,...
Nikon HE* Versus Lossless Compressed .NEF Files
Nikon's Expeed 7 processor - used in the Nikon Zf, Z5 II, Z6 III, Z8, and Z9 - added a variety of capabilities to the Nikon Z lineup. Among its most notable characteristics is that the handling of RAW (.NEF) files on these cameras has a new option called High...
New Video: I Made 100 Darkroom Prints for Our Viewers
Today, to celebrate crossing 100,000 subscribers on the Photography Life YouTube channel, I published a video with a giveaway of 100 contact prints from my apartment darkroom! I took all of these photos with a large format camera and printed them by hand, no digital steps involved.
Photography News: Fuji X Half, Nikon Price Increases
While Libor travels in Ecuador, I'll be bringing you the weekly news - and this was a big week in the photography world. It was also a big week for one of the projects I've been working on: an upcoming YouTube video (our first in more than a year!) where...
Viltrox AF 50mm f/2 Air Review
Sometimes I feel haunted by 50mm lenses! My first prime lens was a Pentax 50mm f/1.7, and later my first Nikon lens was the 50mm f/1.8G. Although I think 50mm is a little on the wide side for my style, my first Nikon Z lens was also a 50mm. So,...
The Right Time, the Wrong Place: A Story of Wildlife Photography
You might be smiling ironically right now, thinking those words – “the right time, the wrong place” – sum up a misadventure you’ve had as a wildlife photographer. And because I know that shared misery is half the misery, let me reassure you with this little story that you are not alone.