Photography News

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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Portrait photographers who have been hoping for an affordable alternative to Canon’s 85mm f/1.2L, you’ve got reason to celebrate. It sounds like Canon is going to be releasing an 85mm f/1.4L IS USM in 2017!

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Sony a6500 First Impressions

by Dan Bracaglia

ISO 200, 1/3200 sec at F4. Shot using the 70-200mm F2.8 G Master lens. JPEG edited to taste in Adobe Lightroom.

I spent two and a half days shooting in Austin, Texas with the Sony a6500 on a Sony-sponsored press trip. This was the first time most journalists... more

Sarah McAlexander, Lensrentals.com, 2016

Our friends at LensRentals have acquired a supply of Nikon's new 70-200mm F2.8E FL ED AF-S VR. Nikon's PR department has been making big claims about this third generation of its workhorse zoom, so Roger Cicala et al. have done us all a kindness by putting... more

Manfrotto has launched its new Windsor Collection, a series of camera bags including the Windsor Backpack, Windsor Messenger (small and... more

Entry-level interchangeable lens cameras have never been so affordable or more capable. There are plenty of choices around the $500 mark that will take better pictures than most cameras ever made.

They don't always have the very latest sensors or the premium build quality of their more expensive midrange siblings, and their controls tend to err on the side of simple, rather than extensive, but they tend to be excellent value and comparatively easy to use.

All of these cameras -... more

At the beginning of November action-cam maker GoPro announced a recall of its new Karma drone after a small number of the approximately 2500 units sold lost power during operation. GoPro stressed that even those users whose drones appeared to be operating normally should stop using them... more

Accessory manufacturer Fotodiox has introduced a new adapter that allows Nikon lenses to operate with a full range of automatic functions when hosted on a modern Sony E-mount camera body. The Fusion Smart AF Adapter accepts Nikon G AF-I and AF-S and provides connections between the lens and a Sony compact system camera body so that the user can enjoy autofocus as well as the ability to automatically stop down the lens and to trigger vibration reduction in lenses that have it. The adapter... more

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