Canon has just announced their widest mirrorless L-series prime lens yet, the RF 35mm f/1.4 L. The lens has an impressively small form factor and comes with some nice video-oriented features – namely an aperture ring and minimal focus breathing. It ships later this month for $1500.
How to Choose Between Similar Versions of a Photo
Something tough about photography is choosing between similar variations of the same photo. If you're especially shutter-happy, you might end up with many similar photos on your hard drive without a clear "best" image among them. Although you could just pick one of these photos at random, I think that...
Photography News: Sigma 28-45mm f/1.8 Art, DSLR Sales
By the time you read this week's Photography News, I'll have left the continent of Europe to be within shouting distance of the Equator. I'm spending the next two weeks in a natural paradise populated by hummingbirds, toucans, tanagers, and of course great people. Meanwhile, I have some interesting equipment...
Photographing the Jardim Botânico Gardens of São Paulo
As the world’s 20th largest city, with over 12.4 million people, Brazil’s São Paulo is dominated by concrete, factories, and human habitation. In such a metropolis, green space feels all the more precious. Perhaps no green space here is better-known than the beautiful and serene Jardim Botânico, or Botanic Gardens.
Is Now the Time to Buy Used Nikon DSLR Lenses?
Nikon F-mount cameras and lenses have been around for 65 years. In that time, Nikon has introduced more than 90 different types of lenses, ranging from the 6mm f/2.8 Circular Fisheye to the 2000mm f/11.0 Reflex. In 2016, the 100 millionth Nikkor lens rolled off the production line. Yet just...
Photography News: Panasonic S9, Leica D-Lux 8 Announced
The mongoose in the picture below is not wild, but was taken in the Prague Zoo. I didn't even take it with any new, interesting equipment. So what makes this photo so valuable to me? It's the first photo I took after a three-week photographic absence enforced by six broken...
Landscape Photography with a Shallow Depth of Field
As a landscape photographer, you have many different ways to control the emotional message of your work. The time of day, your focal length, the direction you face, how you edit the image, and so on – all of these impact the creative feel of a photo. But what about depth of field?
Lessons Learned from Photo Critiques
As many of you know, a recent project we’ve been publishing for our Members is a monthly photo critique livestream. It’s always nice to see the great work you sending us, and we also get to discuss a lot of the non-technical aspects of photography, like composition, light, and color.
Is Medium Format Now Viable for Wildlife Photography?
It’s not often that a product can be described as a game-changer, no matter how much the term is overused in marketing. However, the introduction of the Fuji GF 500mm f/5.6 lens may qualify. With this lens, for the first time ever, medium format can be a platform for serious wildlife photography.
How to Photograph Wildlife in Extreme Weather and Cold
Photographers mostly look for good light, including beautiful sunrises and sunsets on a pleasant day. But what about inverting that perspective and seeking strong winds, snow, and storms in the deep of the winter? This article shows the different results you can get by photographing wildlife in extreme weather conditions,...