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If you’re keeping track today, the score is Big Corporations: 1, Photographers: 1. Because while Carol Highsmith might have all-but-lost her epic lawsuit against Getty Images, a photographer in Germany came out on top when he took Facebook to court.

The news broke this past weekend, but the German court ruling has yet to make the... more

Out with the old and in with the new. Nikon has released their latest update to the 70-200 f/2.8.

The older VR II (G-type) has been a cornerstone... more

More often than not, when a reader sends us a link to a Craigslist ad, it’s some troll (or moron… or both) asking for free wedding photos or something. That is definitely not the case with the crazy for-sale ad one of our readers sent our way today.

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The Sigma 12-24mm F4 DG HSM Art was first announced September 16th, 2016. This is Sigma's widest zoom lens offering to date and joins Sigma's growing list of Art lenses. The lens is priced at just under $1600, which makes it a fierce competitor to Canon's EF 11-24mm F4L USM lens which is priced at just under $3,000.

The Sigma is available in Canon, Nikon F (FX) and Sigma SA Bayonet mounts and will most likely appeal to landscape and architecture photographers that are looking for an... more

Flash and accessory manufacturer Godox has announced a new small flash unit that it says is designed to go with the Sony mirrorless range of cameras. The Godox TT350S features 2.4GHz radio control and TTL exposure metering, and offers a guide number of 36m@ISO 100. The company says that the unit is compatible with the Sony a7R II, a7R, as well as the a58 and a77ll SLT cameras. Some RX models are also able to pair with the unit.

The radio controlled system allows the TT350S to work... more

Took long enough. While Canon shooters have been able to use their lenses on Sony cameras with full control since forever, Nikon shooters with AF-I and AF-S glass haven’t had a fully automatic option… until now.

Introducing the new... more

If you don’t play with your food, it’ll just have to go play by itself! That seems to be the message behind photographer Benoit Jammes‘ fun photo series... more

Sony has released firmware version 3.30 for the Sony a7 II camera. The update is a very small one, improving the amount of light at the edge of images taken when using the flash.

The features and improvements added by the previous update, version 3.20, remain:

  • Adds support for the Radio-controlled Lighting System
  • New lenses are supported.
  • Phase-detection AF is supported
  • The lens name will be... more

With travel photography, one of the issues is prioritizing equipment. You simply cant carry everything you could possibly want to bring; if you do, it often hampers the overall travel experience as youre weighed down by equipment and have to constantly look after it.

For me, on my current trip that meant I couldnt justify bringing a dedicated macro lens, especially when I had the XF 56mm and XF 50-140mm covering the similar focal lengths offered by the two... more

What began as one of the most explosive, publicized, and potentially ground-breaking copyright lawsuits in the world has ended in less-than-explosive terms. Carol Highsmith’s $1 billion lawsuit against Getty Images has, for the most part, been thrown out of court.

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