Photography News

Chinese lens manufacturer Shenyang Zhongyi Optics has redesigned the optical construction of is Turbo Adapter that allows Micro Four Thirds users to mount Nikon and Canon lenses to their cameras. The details are slight, but the company says the configuration is completely different, although still using four elements, and new coatings have been applied to reduce flare and increase contrast. Read more

Mercedes-Benz Canada commissioned me in 2014 to shoot photos for the 2014 Sprinter lineup. In addition to those photos, I was also asked to piece together brochure images for the newer and not-yet-released 4×4 Sprinter model. Here’... more

Following the success of last year's excellent Hyperlapse app for creating smoothly stabilized time-lapse videos, Instagram has today launched its second 'special feature app'. Boomerang captures a burst of still images over one second and combines them into a video that plays backwards and forwards continuously, resembling something not unlike an animated GIF. Read more

PocketWizard today announced its new Plus IV transceiver, which adds a metal hot shoe and new compatibility with more flashes.

Aesthetically, the Plus IV looks like the Plus III mounted horizontally on its side. By opting for a horizontal orientation rather than a vertical one, PocketWizard is able to offer a new metal hot shoe foot on the top side of the Plus IV, allowing for an on-camera flash to be used at the same time as the transceiver.

The... more

Think Tank has launched the Lily Deanne, its first series of photo bags designed specifically with women in mind. The shoulder bag is available in three sizes, each designed to accommodate pro-sized camera bodies and lenses. Read more

It seems that Nikon has partnered with toy block maker Nanoblock to create a special set that lets you build a Nikon F SLR, Nikon’s first SLR camera that was introduced back in April 1959.

Nanoblocks is a Japanese plastic toy that’s similar to LEGO... more

Yesterday, Western Digital announced plans to acquire SanDisk Corporation, a company that specializes in memory chips and SD cards. According to a statement released on Wednesday, WD will purchase all of SanDisk’s shares in a deal totaling about $19 billion; a combination of cash and stock will be paid. Read more

19-year-old signer, actress, and model Zendaya is making waves today after calling out a magazine for Photoshopping her body. She says she was “shocked” when she found her hips and torso “quite manipulated” in the published photo, and she has posted comparison photos showing what the retouchers did to her.

Here’s the side-by-side diptych Zendaya... more

Every year, there’s a competition held in Petaluma, California, to discover and crown the ugliest dog in the world. Petaluma-based photographer Ramin Rahimian attended the... more

HDR photo merging has been around for a while, but only recently has it been implemented inside Adobes Lightroom. In this article I will show a brief tutorial on how to use it inside LR and explain the pros and cons of this technique based on my own experience and photographic technique.

The photos were shot in a recent visit to Paris, using an A99 with several Minolta lenses (24mm f/2.8, 35mm f/2.0 RS & 50mm f/1.4) and a circular polarizer made by Haida. Except for one... more

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