Photography News

Nikon has introduced the AF-S DX Nikkor 16-80mm F2.8-4E ED VR, designed to provide an enthusiast photographer with a wide range of options. Covering a 24-120mm equivalent range on Nikon's APS-C bodies, it offers Nano Crystal Coating for the first time in a DX lens. Read more (link is external)

Nikon has announced a pair of super telephoto FX prime lenses: the AF-S Nikkor 500mm F4E FL ED VR and 600mm F4E FL ED VR. Both are significantly lighter than the versions that preceded them and each use an electromagnetic diaphragm for more consistent exposure control during burst shooting. Read more (link is external)

Sony announced a few years ago that digital imaging would be one of its three main pillars (link is external) (with the other two being games and mobile). It looks like the decision is paying off, and Sony is doubling down on its plans. After making 40% of all image sensors sold in... (link is external)more (link is external)

Last year, the mobile photography company Moment announced the release of two mobile lenses (link is external) for smartphone devices: the 18mm wide angle and the 70mm telephoto. The company then followed up earlier this year by producing the Moment Case (link is external) for iPhone 6, which features a shutter... more (link is external)

Following some trade show demos, Toshiba is officially introducing a new 16GB SDHC card with TransferJet technology. The card, which looks to be available in Japan only first, is able to wirelessly transfer photos and videos from a camera to a TransferJet-compatible device. Read more (link is external)

If you’re a fan of both photography and the TV show How It’s Made, here’s a behind-the-scenes video that might be of interest to you. Rosco just released this 1-minute video showing how it creates its... more (link is external)

Four years ago we were introduced to the olloclip (link is external) on Kickstarter, and now the companys series of lenses are some of the most popular lenses available for Apples iPhone. And olloclip isnt just stopping there. Recently, the company announced... more (link is external)

It’s like deja-vu, all over again. A month after a fan photographer caused a horrible crash at Italy’s top bike race (link is external), another DSLR shooter has caused a crash at the British National Road Race Championships.

The man was using a DSLR and a telephoto lens on Sunday, photographing the cyclists with one foot in the cobbled Lincoln road. When cyclist... more (link is external)

We had been shooting around with a pre-production version of the Fujifilm X-T10 for some time and recently got in a final version of the camera. Like the flagship X-T1, it uses Fujifilm's 16MP X-Trans APS-C sensor, which is known for producing pleasing colors. As such, we included a variety of out-of-camera JPEGs as well as Raw conversions. See the gallery (link is external)

Image histograms are useful tools that can be used to help properly gauge the exposure and contrast within a scene during shooting or to balance the tonality of a photograph in post-production. These days, histogram graphs can be found almost everywhere, with more modern digital cameras including live displays during composition. Todays primer focuses on how to correctly read histograms and use them to your advantage.

An image histogram is a graph that plots the tonal... more (link is external)

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