For those of you who are eagerly awaiting my promised article on the recently introduced Nikon Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S telephoto lens, I have a little appetizer for you. In the following GIF, you can see both the original uncropped image as well as a 100% crop (click to...
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What Makes a Good Wildlife Photography Lens?
What is the best type of lens for wildlife photography? No doubt, the most popular and easiest way to photograph animals is with a telephoto lens. However, there are many other factors to consider: focal length, aperture, weight, price, close focusing distance, image quality, focus speed, and more. Where do you start?
Photography News: New Wide Lenses, Nikon Z8 Trade-Up
What's the best way to test the new Nikon Zf? For my test, I chose to visit a mountain saddle in the north of the Czech Republic, a place popular among birds during their fall migration. Biologists capture and release birds day and night from from August through the end...
Best Super-Telephoto Lenses for Nikon Z Cameras: 8 Tested
Nikon has long been known for their high-quality telephoto and super-telephoto lenses. Today, with the mirrorless Nikon Z system, there are already seven lenses which reach at least 400mm (without needing a teleconverter) as well as a host of F-mount lenses that can be adapted to mirrorless, too. Which one...
Photography News: Tamron 150-500mm, Sony Full-Frame Rumors
Autumn has now taken out its paintbrush - decorating the maples, beeches, and oaks near me with dabs of red, yellow, and orange. During this beautiful time of year, my Nikon School class brought together a group of great people and a bunch of interesting Nikon equipment. For the first...
Photographing an Uncommon Behavior of the Common Toad
To see something extraordinary, you don’t always have to travel to the other side of the world. Sometimes all you need to do is put on your slippers and step outside your door. That’s exactly the case with the story I’m about to tell you today about the Common Toad.
Photography News: Upcoming Solar Eclipse, Rumored Nikon 600mm f/6.3
It's getting cold here in the mountains, and right now, I'm warming up with a glass of red wine. Meanwhile, the photo below is as fresh as the bread I had for breakfast today - the sensor in my Nikon Z9 is still warm. And, to top it off, the...
Nikon Z9 Firmware 4.10 Improves Autofocus and Bird Recognition Features
Nikon continues its very pleasing trend of continually improving its cameras through firmware updates. In the past, new firmware only removed bugs, but nowadays it also adds new features. If you look back in time, the flagship Nikon Z9 has already received so many of them that it would be...
Photography News: A Cheap 500mm Lens, Rumored Canon Lenses
One of our readers inspired me last week not only with his great photos of fishermen, but also with the Sebastião Salgado quote I found in his "About me" section. "Reality is in color, truth is in black and white." What more is there to say? You don't need a...
Photography News: Nikon “Plena” Teaser, Canon Sales
I’m really looking forward to this. Later today, I’ll be heading out into the field with a friend from Nikon. And we won’t be alone. We will be accompanied by the entire line of Nikon Z telephoto lenses! Have you ever wanted to see how the same scene would look with all of these lenses?