Yesterday, Fuji announced the X-E5 – a camera that is less of an X-E4 replacement and more of an interchangeable-lens version of the X100VI. Fuji also released a new 23mm f/2.8, a clear callout to the 23mm f/2 of Fuji’s X100 cameras. The X-E5 is small in size, but could it become Fuji’s biggest camera yet?
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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...
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...
Voigtlander APO-Lanthar 50mm f/2 II Review
The Voigtlander APO-Lanthar 50mm f/2 II is a full-frame, manual focus lens designed with an emphasis on build quality and image quality. Today, I wanted to offer my full review of this interesting little lens and show you how it performs both in the field and in the lab.
Seven Weather-Related Photography Tips
Beginning this week, Photography Life is launching a series of weekly photography tips on our Member Page! These replace our daily tips, but not at the expense of volume – we’ll still do seven tips each week. Normally, these are only available to our paid Members, but I was happy with our inaugural post and wanted to publish it here too!
The Best and Worst Deals of Nikon’s Spring Sales
Nikon just announced a new list of camera and lens discounts, and multiple pieces of equipment have hit all-time low prices! Here’s the complete list, plus some context and price history to let you know which deals are better or worse than usual.
Dealing with Interesting Scenes that Are Hard to Photograph
There is a bit of a disconnect between how scenes look in person and whether or not they lead to good photos. And it goes in both directions - at times, an "ordinary" scene will make for amazing photos, but other times, a very interesting place may be hard to...
Sony Announces the FE 50-150mm f/2 GM
Sony just announced one of the most ambitious short telephotos that we’ve ever seen: the FE 50-150mm f/2 GM! A full-frame f/2 zoom would already be rare – for this one to reach 150mm on the long end is unique. What’s more, the lens is fairly portable at 1340 g (2.95 lbs) without the tripod foot.
Bokeh Is Less About Your Lens, More About You
Often, in my lens reviews, I’m guilty of talking about a lens with “good bokeh” or “bad bokeh” without first providing a disclaimer: The quality of a photo’s background blur is only partly due to your lens’s rendering. Other factors matter more – and many of them are well within your control.