Wildlife photography has taken me to many places around the world, both exotic and familiar. In the realm of the familiar, I have one vivid memory from last year, from back in my home town Ottawa. I remember lying in the snow and holding my D500, just waiting for a...
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Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3, or 500mm f/5.6 PF with 1.4x Teleconverter?
In my review of the Nikon 500mm f/5.6 PF, user Marceli commented that the Imatest scores for the 500mm f/5.6 + Nikon 1.4x TC III were similar to the score for the Nikon 800mm f/6.3 S lens, which we've also reviewed. Given this, does it still make sense to the...
Photo Challenges, Week 7
Welcome to Week 7 of our photo photography theme challenge and Raw editing challenge. The challenges come every Friday, and you have until Wednesday to submit your results in the official threads on our forum. Before I talk about some of last week's submissions, let's see this week's challenge. Week...
Nikon 500mm f/5.6E PF Review
We’ve updated our Nikon 500mm f/5.6 PF lens review with full Imatest data, including sharpness tests in the lab with Nikon’s 1.4x and 2.0x teleconverters. To sum it up, this is a very high-performing telephoto on par with $5000+ exotic lenses in performance!
Photo Challenges, Week 6
We are now on our sixth week of our photo photography theme challenge and Raw editing challenge. The challenges come every Friday, and you have until Wednesday to submit your results in the official threads on our forum. Before I talk about some of last week's submissions, let's see this...
Photo Challenges, Week 5
I am happy to announce the fifth week of our photo photography theme challenge and Raw editing challenge. It's hard to believe it's been a month since we've started these! The challenges come every Friday, and you have until Wednesday to submit your results in the official threads on our...
Photo Challenges, Week 4
I am happy to announce the fourth week of our photo photography theme challenge and Raw editing challenge. The challenges come every Friday, and you have until Wednesday to submit your results in the official threads on our forum. Before I talk about some of last week's submissions, let's see...
Photo Challenges, Week 3
I am pleased to announce the third week of our photo photography theme challenge and Raw editing challenge. The challenges come every Friday, and you have until Wednesday to submit your results in the official threads on our forum. We were very pleased to receive 67 submissions in total for...
Catching Up with the Photography Life Team
One of the nicest things about Photography Life is that it is both owned and run by real photographers. I’ve had a great time writing and editing here, so I thought I’d sit down virtually with some of my team members and talk to them a bit about their own photographic journey.
Photo Challenges, Week 2
We are continuing the weekly photo challenges so you can practice your photography and editing! As before, there are two challenges: a photography theme challenge and a Raw editing challenge. The challenges come every Friday, and you have until Wednesday to submit your results in the official threads on our...