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When you focus your camera, the area around the focal distance will also be in focus. But this can fall of to blur quickly, or slowly. The acceptable amount of in focus area around what’s you are focusing on is called Depth of Field.

Depth of field can be an easy concept to understand, but practicing it isnt always straightforward. Which aperture you choose, which lens you use, what camera you are shooting with and even how close something is to your... more

A popular Taiwanese model and amateur diver died on Monday after reportedly suffering an asthma attack during an underwater photo shoot. Her death has shocked the diving community, and many are wondering if human error is to blame.

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IntroductionBig cameras. Big performance.

The Nikon D5 and Canon EOS-1D X Mark II are purpose-built machines. Firing at 12 and 14 frames per second respectively, they are designed for speed and durability to help you make sure you get the shot no matter what conditions you find yourself in. Conditions like those at the Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, Washington recently, where DPR staffers Dan Bracaglia and Carey Rose went to get some preliminary findings on the cameras' AF... more

Sony shooters took note in October when Voigtlander announced it would release three ultra-wide-angle primes for full-frame E-mount cameras. When we managed to borrow a 15mm F4.5 Super-Wide-Heliar for a few days, we handed it right over to DPR staffer and veteran landscape photographer Chris Williams. Read some quick impressions on the lens and take a look at a small selection of his images.

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Samsung has released firmware updates for the NX1 and the NX500, bringing the NX1 up to firmware version 1.41 and the NX500 to firmware version 1.12. Both updates fix a Bluetooth issue that arises when pairing the cameras with smartphones running Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The NX500 update changelog advises users to update the camera firmware together with the Samsung Camera Manager App.

Samsung has all but backed out of the digital camera market. Its flagship NX1 was... more

Iran has arrested 8 models for posting Instagram photos in which the women are seen not wearing headscarves. The move is part of a larger crackdown against “un-Islamic” being shared in Iran through the social network.

Women in Iran have been required by law to cover their hair in public settings since 1979,... more

You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear… or so the saying goes. And while that saying definitely rings true for photography, it doesn’t mean you can’t turn your crappy snapshots up a few notches with some carefully selected adjustments.

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Uzbekistani professional photographer Ravshaniya Azulye‘s signature style involves breaking rules — not of photography, but of nature. Her portfolio is filled with gravity-defying art photos that combine chaos with elegant form.

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We’ve seen the upcoming Fujifilm X-T2 from almost every angle. And just yesterday, a video of the unreleased and unannounced camera went up... more

Canon relaunched its global website this week with the brand new top level domain name .canon. Instead of canon.com, the address is now... more

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