Last week, I worked on something new for me - setting up a small display of my darkroom photos in a local restaurant. Exhibits like this are low-stakes ways to put your photography out into the world. It's also a nice challenge to choose which photos, sizes, and arrangements work...
Sony a6700 Comparisons Added to Photography Life’s Database
We’ve just updated our Comparisons Database with the Sony a6700, so you can now compare it head-to-head against some popular alternatives. In particular, the following comparison articles are now complete…
Photo Challenges, Week 6
We are now on our sixth week of our photo photography theme challenge and Raw editing challenge. The challenges come every Friday, and you have until Wednesday to submit your results in the official threads on our forum. Before I talk about some of last week's submissions, let's see this...
Secrets of Professional Photography: Tomas Grim Interview
Photos of wildlife are taken in the wild. But… is that always the case? Sometimes it’s just the opposite, as revealed today in my interview with Tomas Grim. Tomas is a scientist, traveler, and photographer who enjoys turning the concept of “wilderness” on its head.
Sony a6700 Announcement
Sony just announced their newest APS-C camera with the Sony a6700 – an update to the a6600 from August 2019. The a6700 sits at the top of Sony’s APS-C lineup and is launching for $1400, body only. How much has changed in four years? Here’s what we know.
Sony 70-200mm f/4 Macro G OSS II Announced
Sony has just updated their popular 70-200mm f/4 G OSS with a new version that adds better close-focusing capabilities, faster autofocus, and more. With a 1:2 magnification throughout the entire zoom range - and support for Sony's teleconverters - you can turn this lens into a 1:1 magnification 140-400mm zoom...
Best Storage Upgrades for Photographers
With today's ever-growing file sizes, it is more important than ever to know how to store your photos and videos cheaply, without sacrificing performance or reliability. There’s also a bigger gap between fast and slow storage than there has been in the past. In this guide, I’ll take a look...
Tamron 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3 Review and Comparisons Published
I've just published my full-length review of the Tamron 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3 Di III RXD, which is Tamron's first official lens for the Nikon Z system! The lens is also available for Sony E mount. You may have already seen my comparison articles between this Tamron lens and some of Nikon's...
Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 S vs Tamron 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3
Partly for fun - and partly to see if you get what you pay for - I wanted to compare two rather different telephoto zooms today. One of them is among Nikon's most coveted professional lenses, the Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 S; the other is a third-party optic that costs about...
Nikon AF-P 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E vs Tamron 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3
One of the most popular types of telephoto lenses is the humble 70-300mm variable-aperture zoom. They're small, light, and cheap - and many of them still manage good image quality. It's anyone's guess why Nikon has taken so long to introduce one to their Z system. Instead, photographers who want...