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Shelling out $560 to buy three lenses for your iPhone might seem a bit extreme, but is it worth it? Do you get more optical performance out of your smartphone if you put Zeiss glass in front of that tiny sensor? Kai gave it a go.

For this vlog, Kai wandered around Cambridge with two different sets of lenses: the ultra-popular Zeiss EXO lenses (... more

One thing I’ve realized over the past few years as a professional wedding photographer is there are not many people, guides, or information out there on how you should approach a career as a pro wedding photographer.

I consciously made the effort to assist as many photographers as I could to ensure I could learn the trade and industry before I took the leap to becoming self-employed. Even after all that experience I still take time to step back and think ‘wow, I wish... more

Shooting portraits under the midday sun is less-than-ideal because of the harsh shadows it can create. In this quick video, Manny Ortiz shows how to remove those shadows and create... more

Lee Filters has announced it has a new filter aimed at those wanting to capture the phases of a solar eclipse. The Solar Eclipse Filter is a deep blue and cuts twenty stops of light to make brightness levels more manageable for regular cameras.

The company says it uses a blue coloration to remove damaging infrared from the suns rays, so users should expect to perform some color correction in post-production. As a starting point, Lee recommends bracketing around an exposure of F8 at 1/... more

Chinese lighting and accessory manufacturer NanGuang has revealed a new compact LED light panel for studio use, as well as a wall arm and a background support kit. The Combo 40C LED flat panel light comes with a built-in soft diffuser and features 0-100% dimming control. Stepless color temperature adjustments are possible from from 5600-3200K.

The light measures 230 x 400 x 60mm and comes with 400 LEDs that in total produce 40W of power and 2115 LM at 5600K. According to the... more

Platypod, the company behind the compact camera support of the same name, has launched a new product on Kickstarter called Platypod Ultra. This latest model is designed for mid-size and mirrorless cameras, unlike the larger Max model and original Pro model. Ultra is compatible with the majority of pro-tier tripod ball heads, according to Platypod, though the device itself is only about the size of a smartphone, making it ultra-compact... more

Alongside a bunch of hardware announcementsnew iMacs, the iMac Pro, and a new iPad ProApple also... more

Weve covered the dolly zoom (or Vertigo effect) in detail recently here on PetaPixel, but did you know that you can achieve this effect using a drone, without zooming?

In this 6-minute video,... more

This is going to be the strangest (and most controversial) piece of photo industry news you’ll read today. According to a report published by the reputable Japanese magazine Sentaku, the Japanese government is trying to convince Fuji to ‘help’ Nikon by buying a stake in the troubled camera company.

The birth of this rumor/report is, unfortunately, rather convoluted. The original report appears in the June issue of Sentaku; however, this issues is... more

When you glance through a women magazine, different rules about relationships and their make-or-break moments turn up. One such moment seems to be the three year-itch. It has been described as follows:

You know, that period in the relationship when you feel like you are starting to take each other for granted, when you dont have that fervent desire to see each other and when that other person no longer occupies your mind during every single second of every day. Elite Daily... more

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