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 Archive - Page 28
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...
Fujifilm X-H2s Announcement: Fuji’s Ultra-Fast Flagship Camera
Last September, Fujifilm ended the X-Summit with the announcement that next generation cameras would be coming with a stacked-layer, backside-illuminated, X-trans sensor. Today Fuji announced the X-H2s, the first Fujifilm camera to include this stacked sensor technology. By separating the pixels and the circuitry into their own layers, we see...
Weekly Photo News: Sony-Nikon Adapter, Canon APS-C Rumors & More
The renowned documentary photographer Josef Koudelka noted in his diaries "A good photograph is a miracle - and not many of them happen." And what is a good photograph, according to him? "A good photograph is the one that gets into your brain, the one you don't forget, the one that...
Canon’s R7 and R10 Breathe Life into APS-C
The past several years haven't been kind to the 1.5x crop sensor camera. Other than Fuji, every major manufacturer of aps-c cameras has shifted their focus toward full frame. Canon's most recent aps-c camera was their M50 Mark II in October 2020; Sony's newest (late-2019) a6100 and a6600 have already...
Weekly News: Leica & Tokina Lenses, Face Recovery AI
The famous war photographer Robert Capa once said, “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough.” I often find myself trying to squeeze more of the subject into an image, as with today’s photos of two kingfishers. I have also squeezed some important photography news into this quick article.
Weekly News: Fuji & Canon Rumors, Photoshop Update
If you're reading this Weekly News, it means you made it through Friday the 13th. By the way, did you know that in Latin America, the unlucky day is Tuesday the 13th? So watch out for September, damas y caballeros. But let's see what interesting news this week has brought....
DJI Launches Mini 3 Pro: 4K 60p Video, 48MP Photos, 249g
DJI has officially launched the Mini 3 Pro, a drone that features high-end and novel capabilities, like 4K60 video, up to 47 minutes of flight time, and APAS 4.0 obstacle detection and avoidance. Importantly, the Mini 3 Pro with the Intelligent Flight Battery still comes in at under 250g. For...
Weekly News: Nikon Sales, Canon Mirrorless Rumors & More
Happy Mother’s Day Sunday to our Photography Life readers! Starting this week, instead of a roundup of just the sales and deals in the photography world, I’ll share the biggest photography news with you as well. Interesting things are happening this week with Capture One, Nikon, Canon, and more.
Today’s Sales: Godox Flashes, Sony a7R III, Sigma Lenses
It's May Day, the celebration of spring! The snow has remained here only on the highest mountain peaks and where it managed to hide from the sun's rays. For the last time today, the children and I threw snowballs at each other. Today I saw some beautiful butterflies flying among...