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Nikon Shooting Menu Banks Explained

March 18, 2024 By Libor Vaicenbacher 28 Comments

Nikon Shooting Menu Banks Screenshot

In this article, I will explain how to set up Nikon’s shooting menu banks so that you can incorporate them into your photography workflow. What are shooting menu banks for, and how can they make your work faster and more enjoyable? Today, I’ll answer those questions and more.

Photography News: New Nikon Z9 Firmware, Nikon Deals

March 17, 2024 By Libor Vaicenbacher 6 Comments

Petr Bambousek_Madagascar_01

Yesterday, I was interviewed for the Czech Nature Photo Contest, and I answered a question about what photographing wildlife means to me personally. I answered honestly that, apart from the photos, it is mainly an escape from hectic times, the pressure of civilization, and human interactions.

Sony FE 14mm f/1.8 GM Review

March 15, 2024 By Spencer Cox 53 Comments

Sony 14mm f1.8 GM Product Photo on Camera

This hands-on review covers everything you need to know about the Sony FE 14mm f/1.8 GM, an ultra-wide prime lens for Sony’s full-frame mirrorless E Mount. I tested this lens on both the Sony a7R V and the Nikon Z8 (using Megadap’s adapter) with a focus on Milky Way photography.

Photographing the Muskox in a Winter Wonderland

March 14, 2024 By Guest Poster 15 Comments

Muskox-10

The muskox (Ovibos Moschatus) is a massive arctic animal. It weighs up to 400 kg (880 pounds) and measures up to 2.5 meters long (over 8 feet). Although it lived across Europe during the last ice age, it went extinct on the Eurasian continent around the same time that the...

How to Digitize Your 35mm Film Archive Easily

March 13, 2024 By Libor Vaicenbacher 60 Comments

Nikon ES-2 Digitizing set_01

The title of this article is exactly what I had to figure out when a large box of slides from my dad landed on my desk a few weeks ago. It was a family treasure waiting to be archived. At the same time, my black and white negatives sensed an...

Photography News: Leica SL3 Announced, Memory Card Deals

March 10, 2024 By Libor Vaicenbacher 11 Comments

Man with plow and horse

Last week, after a long time, I picked up the classic Nikon D850 DLR camera. Why did I do that? Well, to digitize the photos I took with even more classic cameras like the Nikon FM 3a. I didn't stop with this relatively recent history and started digitizing some of...

Nikon Is Acquiring RED

March 7, 2024 By Spencer Cox 9 Comments

RED Cinema Cameras

In a surprise announcement, Nikon is acquiring the cinema camera manufacturer RED, one of the foremost professional cinema camera companies today, and making it one of their subsidiaries. Nikon says that this decision will help with “accelerating expansion in [the] professional digital cinema camera market.”

Nikon Z 85mm f/1.2 S Review

March 6, 2024 By Spencer Cox 39 Comments

Nikon Z 85mm f1.2 S Product Photo

This hands-on review covers everything that you need to know about the Nikon Z 85mm f/1.2 S, a high-end prime lens that Nikon announced in February 2023 for the Z System. It is one of Nikon’s flagship portrait photography lenses – and the longest f/1.2 lens that Nikon has ever made.

What Apple MacBook for Photography? (2024 M3 Update)

March 5, 2024 By Jason Polak 111 Comments

MacBook Pro M1 14

Right after I wrote an update to this article last week, Apple announced that the M3 chip would be coming to the MacBook Air later this year! I’ve updated the charts and info in this article to reflect the new announcement.

Balancing Work and Photography as a Field Researcher

March 4, 2024 By Hallie E. Cowan Barrera 6 Comments

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During my one month as an intern at the Crocodile Research Coalition in Belize, I did not take one photo of a crocodile. My group spent most of our nights conducting surveys, searching for the two species of crocodiles present in the Placencia Lagoon to research their populations. We would...

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