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Tamron today announced a new 85mm f/1.8 VC lens, the world’s first fast-aperture telephoto lens with Vibration Compensation (VC), and a... more

Adobe today launched Lightroom on Android 2.0, the world’s first end-to-end RAW mobile photography solution. It’s an app that lets you shoot, edit, and share RAW/DNG photos using an Android smartphone.

While... more

Adobe has released a major update to its Photoshop Lightroom for Android mobile app, now achieving feature parity with its iOS counterpart — and even surpassing it in one major way. A brand new in-app camera lets you shoot in Adobe Camera Raw DNG format. Read more
 

The Leica DG Vario-Elmar 100-400mm F4-6.3 ASPH offers a heck of a lot of reach for not much size. It's a fairly compact 200-800mm equivalent, with a smart feature in the rotating buttons on the tripod collar. We took the lens out with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8 and Olympus OM-D E-M1 to see if this new tele option for... more

Tamron has announced the TAP-in console which enables firmware updates and customized setup for select lenses. 

In principle, it appears to be similar to the Sigma USB Dock, which we reviewed here. Users can connect the console to their Tamron lens,... more

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Third party lens-maker Tamron has released a pair of new full-frame, stabilized primes.

First is an 85mm F1.8 Di VC USD which has LD and XLD elements to reduce flare and ghosting, 9 circular aperture blades for 'attractive' bokeh, a fluorine... more

Samsung has launched the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, the successors to the flagship models Galaxy S6 and S6 edge. Despite only fairly moderate design changes, a lot of new technology is incorporated. In the camera department pixel count has been reduced to 12MP for larger 1.4um pixels which means a 56 percent increase in size compared to the Galaxy S6. Samsung has also introduced a new AF system it calls Dual-Pixels, which splits every single pixel into two photodiodes for on-chip... more

 

Bambi Cantrell is a 30-year veteran of the photography industry specializing in portraiture and wedding photography. In this presentation from PIX 2015, she translates lessons learned over her career into real photographic results, whether her client is a bride, a couple or a young family. As Cantrell's tastes and photography have evolved over the years, she encourages others to embrace change. 'Lay a strong foundation on concepts,' she says. 'Don't put blinders on....... more

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A photographer from the UK has collected 7500 along with the title International Garden Photographer of the Year as the results of the ninth competition have been announced. Richard Bloom took the first prize with a picture of a field of lupins he came... more

Heres episode 49 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and... more

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