Although the weight of new cameras and telephoto lenses has mostly decreased in recent years, I still recommend using a tripod to support long lenses for wildlife photography. An essential part of any tripod kit is a good quality head. Today, I will review the LensMaster RH-2 gimbal head, which...
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Photography News: Manual Focus Mirrorless Lenses, OM-5 Rumors
Summer is often linked with traveling, and traveling, in turn, with photography. Right now, I'm starting to pack for an expedition to Ecuador, with the help of a packing list that I keep updated over time. Some of the items on the list are expected, some less so. For example, without...
Photography News: A Wave Of New Lenses
When photographers talk about "natural light" in photography, we're usually referring to the sun. But the gift of light has also been given to some fascinating organisms that inhabit the planet. In the south of Europe, in Croatia, I encountered one of them a few days ago. The female glow-worm...
DxO PureRaw Tested: A Noise Whisperer?
There are already a few articles on noise and noise reduction on Photography Life. Now, I'm coming back to the topic again to see how good the artificial intelligence-based DxO PureRaw is at removing noise. Will it prove to be a true noise whisperer, and how does it compare to...
Photography News: Sigma Art Rumors, New Nikon Z9 Firmware
Before you dive into this week's photography news, let me ask you a question. How often do you take out your camera? Documentary photographer Jindřich Štreit said that "The art of photography is like playing the violin. You have to practice every day to achieve virtuosity, and if you put...
Photography News: July 4th Sales, Big Epson Photo Contest
July is traditionally the season of travel and summer breaks - perhaps the time when the greatest number of photographs are taken. I usually photograph wildlife, but today I took my camera up into the mountains to photograph my family on one of our Alpine climbs. This year, the beginning...
Photography News: Imminent Nikon Announcements, Sony Trade-in Deals
The famous photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson once said that "Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst." If I were a photographer just starting my photography career it would fill me with hope that I could make my way to mastery in less than 6 minutes with cameras like the Sony A1,...
This Week in Photography: L-Mount News, Hasselblad Rumors
Before you read the news from the photography world, let me start with an important message. In temperate regions around the world, the breeding season for many species is at its peak. If you find a seemingly small, vulnerable and abandoned chick in the wild, tame your emotions and under...
Photography News: Father’s Day Specials and Nikon Z Rumors
On a local stream near Prague in Czech Republic, a family of kingfishers is actively feeding their young. They carry the fish in their beaks headfirst so that the offspring don't have too much trouble swallowing them. How many chicks will they raise this year remains a question. Well, that's...
Photography News: New Fuji Lenses, Nikon Sales & Rumors
Spring, not Summer, is generally considered the season of love. However, I have good news for you. The amount of love has not declined at all now that it's June! On the contrary - in the breeding grounds of the European Bee-eater, Europe's most colorful bird, there was love to...