Today, Nikon announced its newest mirrorless camera, the Nikon Z50. Sporting a host of advanced features at an aggressive $860 price ($1000 including lens), the Z50 is Nikon’s attempt to reclaim some of the pocket-sized ILC market that Sony, Fuji, and Canon gobbled up. Here’s what you need to know.…
Nikon Z 58mm 0.95 S ($8000) and Z Battery Pack ($200) Announced
It's been more than a year since Nikon pre-announced the 58mm f/0.95 Noct lens and mirrorless battery pack, but the company just "officially" announced them today. If you've followed the rumors of the 58mm Noct, the whopping $8000 release price may not surprise you - but it's still extremely high.…
50 Photography Terms You Need to Know
In this article, I will introduce some of the most important photography terminology that every photographer should know, beginner or advanced. There are 50 terms at the moment, but this is an ongoing glossary, and we will be adding more words over time. You may notice that the definitions below…
Gnarbox 2.0 SSD Review
It has been over a year since I reviewed the original Gnarbox and criticized it for its sub-par performance and overall reliability. Since then, the Gnarbox team released the new "2.0" version of the unit, which promises to be significantly improved over its predecessor. In this review, we will take…
How to Reduce Noise in Your Drone Photos
One of the most frustrating issues when working with a consumer-grade drone is the amount of noise one can encounter at low ISOs. Due to the small size of the drone's sensor, even ISO 100 can look rather noisy, especially when recovering shadow detail. In this article, we will take…
How to Easily Add Fireworks to Empty Skies
So, you know how to take photos of fireworks, but what can you do with them now? Maybe you have a great composition of a city, with fireworks lighting the sky above, or maybe, like me, you just got a few shots of fireworks alone in an empty sky. In…
Photographing the Beautiful Nature of São Miguel Island, Azores
Nature fascinates me since I can remember and most of my childhood was spent in the woods right next to my house, exploring what it had to offer. That curiosity for the natural world was important to define what would become my professional activity. Today I’m a wildlife biologist and…
Apple iPad Pro 2018 Review for Photography Needs
One of the big releases from Apple last year was the iPad Pro 2018 that comes with an insanely fast A12X Bionic chip that is capable of outperforming even some of Apple's own laptops in performance. With up to to 1 TB of storage, a USB Type-C port that allows…
The Smartphone vs The Camera Industry
If you have not had a chance to see my iPhone X review, I recommend that you start there first. This post is a continuation of my thoughts on the photography market, computational photography and the use of artificial intelligence in photography. It is not a review of the iPhone…
Desert Travels in Namibia with the Nikon Z7
Five years ago my wife and I travelled to Namibia. Like many others I marveled at the beauty of - and photographed - the Sossusvlei sand dunes. Simple shapes set against an impossibly blue sky. Sossusvlei DunesNIKON D800E + 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 180mm, ISO 400, 1/1250, f/8.0 As it then…