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Canon and Nikon shooters have had autofocus 85mm f/1.2 lenses for years, while anyone on Sony E-mount or L-mount has had to settle for f/1.4 or give up autofocus entirely. The new Sigma 85mm f/1.2 DG Art changes that, and it asks a fair question of anyone who already owns a good f/1.4 portrait lens.   [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

If you've ever packed a camera for a bike ride, you know the body is rarely the heavy part, since a couple of lenses with any reach can fill a bag faster than the camera itself. The OM System OM-3 and the Micro Four Thirds format offer one answer to that weight problem, and a long ride along the Northumberland coast puts that answer to a practical test.   [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

A dedicated compact camera now has to justify itself against a phone that already lives in your pocket and shoots surprisingly good telephoto images. The Lumix L10 makes its case with a retro body, an eye-level viewfinder, and a Micro Four Thirds sensor, and whether that combination earns a place next to your phone is a fair question.   [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

The NEEWER Q120 is a new compact 120Ws battery-powered strobe that's packed with features, but the most impressive thing about it might be the price. It sells for $159.99 at B&H ($219.99 list), while its two direct competitors, the Godox AD100Pro II and the Profoto A2, cost $299 and $895.  A light this size sits between a speedlight and the next class of battery strobe up, like the Profoto B10X. You get roughly 2/3 of a stop more light than a speedlight in a package that's close to the same size. [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Lee Morris)

This week on The Grid, Erik Kuna was joined by Dan “Dano” Steinhardt for another round of Blind Photo Critiques, reviewing everything from street photography and astrophotography to wildlife, travel, sports, portraits, architecture, and more. One idea kept coming up throughout the critiques: a strong edit should help control where the viewer looks. Erik and Dano shared tips for cropping out distractions, working with light, finding stronger shooting angles, and sometimes discovering a much better “photo within the photo.” There were also plenty of useful editing techniques to pick up, including selective sharpening, dodging and burning, gradients, and vignettes. One live edit showed just how much a simple crop and carefully placed vignette could change the composition and bring attention back...

Camera Raw now has a grid view with ratings, color labels, and a full filter bar, so you can cull and sort a folder of raw files without going near a Lightroom catalog. If you've stayed away from Lightroom because of imports and catalogs, the distance between the two apps just got shorter.   [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Sigma has announced the The 50-120mm f/2.8 DC OS Contemporary, a stabilized telephoto zoom for APS-C mirrorless cameras that covers roughly 75-180mm in full frame terms at a constant f/2.8 and goes on sale October 22 for $799 in Sony E, Fujifilm X, and Canon RF mounts.   [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Sigma has announced a Nikon Z mount version of its 16-300mm f/3.5-6.7 DC OS Contemporary, an all-in-one zoom for APS-C mirrorless cameras with an approximately 18.8x zoom ratio, going on sale November 5 for $769.   [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Fstoppers has partnered with 5DayDeal to offer the best photography deal of 2025. The bundle is filled with education, software, and tools from a wide variety leaders in the photography industry. The product list is fantastic.   This year, we have contributed Photographing the World 4 with Elia Locardi as part of the Complete Charity Bundle. Normally we sell this tutorial for $300. Click HERE to get our tutorial along with dozens of others for 96% off their total value.   [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by David Strauss)

On May 30, 2013, Sun-Times Media laid off 28 photographers and photo editors across the Chicago Sun-Times and its suburban papers, including John H. White, who had won the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography. Before the day was out, the paper's managing editor had sent a memo scheduling mandatory staff training in "iPhone photography basics." One photo editor was left standing in Chicago, Rich Hein, and the desk that decided which pictures the city saw became one man supervising a single videographer and whatever freelancers he could rope in.   [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

I’ve been playing with Tamron’s new ultra-wide 12-20mm zoom for a couple of months now. When I first peeled away the plastic wrap and held it, I thought, “Wow, very compact and light.” My next thought was that the glossy finish looked surprisingly smudged straight out of the box. I checked the marketing materials and found that this is part of Tamron’s new “Toned Profile Next” design language. It certainly gives the lens a distinctive appearance, although I’m not convinced it’s an improvement.   [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Simon Burn)

A few years ago, I cut the cord from all Adobe products and canceled my Creative Cloud subscription. In my latest YouTube video, I discuss why and also the software I now use instead. For a while now, photographers have asked me how I managed to free myself from using Adobe products. I learned the software I currently use while I still had a Creative Cloud subscription. Eventually, I used these other applications more and more, and I was able to replace much of my Adobe workflow. At that point, it was an easy decision to leave Adobe. [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Pete Coco)

Canon now sells two compact full frame video cameras built around the same 32.5-megapixel 7K sensor, and $1,200 to $1,400 separates them, depending on whether the C50 is on sale. When the image coming off that sensor is nearly identical, your decision rests on heat, audio, stabilization, and how each camera behaves on an actual job.   [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Some of the most important photographic archives ever assembled are gone, and a small number of historians have spent their careers trying to get them back. One of those hunts had a storybook ending. In December 2007, three weathered cardboard boxes reached New York's International Center of Photography, carrying roughly 4,500 Spanish Civil War negatives that had been missing since 1939. [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

The usual advice for dreamy photos is to use shallow depth of field and a pricey diffusion filter, and both tend to leave you with images that look soft without feeling like anything. The look that reads as a memory comes from light, motion, framing, and focus working together, and most of it costs nothing.   [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Today, let’s have a look at the pint-sized Sirui VP-1 Vision Prime 15mm T1.6.  [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Christopher Malcolm)

Sigma now makes 10 lenses for APS-C mirrorless cameras, priced from $344 to $919, and the primes and zooms overlap more than the spec sheets suggest. If you shoot on a crop sensor, this lineup is one of the few places you can build a complete kit of small, sharp glass without paying full frame prices.   [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

The Leica Q3 43 puts a 60-megapixel sensor behind a single fixed 43mm lens, so you commit to one focal length and lean on the sensor to cover everything else. If you shoot paid work, the harder question is whether a camera like that can serve as a backup or second body next to an interchangeable-lens system you already trust.   [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

The Canon EOS R8 Mark II, Sony a7C II, Nikon Z5IIC, and Panasonic Lumix S9 are each the smallest and cheapest full frame body their maker sells right now, and they don't all solve the same problem. If you want a full frame sensor in something you'll carry every day, the differences between them show up in places a spec sheet won't make obvious, like the grip, the shutter design, and which lenses are small enough to match.   [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

In a darkened room at Imperial College in London in the late 1920s, ten people looked at a small split circle of light, about the width of a thumbnail held at arm's length. Half the circle carried a single wavelength; the other half carried a mixture of red, green, and blue lamps the subject could turn up and down until the two halves fused into one uniform patch. Seven more people did the same job at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, and the numbers those 17 people generated are still sitting inside every ICC profile on your computer.   [Read More] Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)