Viltrox just released the AF 15mm f/1.7 Air, a wide and fast APS-C lens with autofocus. This lens is available for Nikon Z, Sony E, and Fuji X. I think it could be especially interesting for Nikon Z shooters who don't have very many dedicated DX lenses, especially fast primes....
Voigtlander Nokton 75mm f/1.5 Review
The Voigtlander Nokton 75mm f/1.5 is a fast, all-metal lens designed with excellent build quality and image quality in mind. Today, I wanted to offer my full review of this manual focus lens and show you how it performs both in the field and in the lab.
One Year of Shooting Large Format Film
Modern digital cameras are amazing. They are devices capable of nearly any photographic task thrown at them: high resolution images, eye autofocus, blazing fast frame rates, and much more. I use a Nikon Z9 for my daily work, and it does everything I need it to do without any issue...
Photography News: Meike AF 35mm f/1.8 Announced, Nicholas Hess Awarded!
From time to time, it's good to step out of your comfort zone and try something in photography that you know almost nothing about. Not only can you learn something new, but you might also have a lot of fun doing it! I recently had the chance to shoot some...
Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 in the Darkness of the Tropical Cloud Forest
No, this won’t be a classic in-depth review like the ones you’re used to seeing on Photography Life. I spent too little time with both the Canon RF 200-800mm lens and the Canon EOS R7 for that. In fact, I only used this combo for a few days during which...
2025 Colorado Fall Colors Workshop Announcement!
I’m excited to announce our next workshop today, with the return of our Colorado Fall Colors workshop this October to Ouray, Colorado! We look forward to welcoming you to one of the most beautiful destinations in the world for photography at the best time of year.
New Video: Can You Memorize How This Photo Was Edited?
We’ve just published a new YouTube video, this one featuring me and Jason as we attempt to recreate a photo edit completely from memory. Thank you to Massimo Vignoli for sending us the photo in question! I won’t spoil the results, but I will say that it was harder than expected.
The Intimate Lives of Dragonflies
There are about 3,000 species of dragonflies in the world, and they inhabit the entire planet with the exception of Antarctica. They have not changed much since they flew on their webbed wings over the Carboniferous swamps of what is now Europe, more than three hundred million years ago. Well,...
A Fixed-Lens Showdown: Ricoh vs Fuji vs Leica
Here on Photography Life, when we talk about cameras, it's usually in reference to interchangeable lens cameras. There are many reasons for this, but probably the most important is that interchangeable lens systems have so much versatility and are usually of a higher quality. However, I have long been intrigued...
Photography News: Sony RX1R III Announced, Memory Card Deals
A meeting with a legend—what else would you call an encounter with Lonesome George, the last known individual of his kind? On the remote Galápagos island of Pinta, the last male of the island's unique subspecies of giant tortoise was discovered in 1971. Sadly, George passed away in 2012, and...