Photography News

Even though photography is an art form and the final result is considered to be an artistic expression of your thoughts and ideas, there is a strong technical side to all of this. You’re using a very advanced technological camera to capture the images and you need to know and understand all sort of technical concepts.

Watch the 7.5-minute video above for my short introduction to reading histograms in photography.

The bottom line is this: nobody cares how it all works... more

Saw an ad for a Styled (Wedding) Shoots Conference. For those of you unfamiliar with the styled shoots, its where models play fake brides who fake marry models playing fake grooms at a fake wedding filled with fake guests and then cut a wedding cake at a fake styled reception while photographers who have paid to photograph the fake-ness happily snap away at the event and then post all the styled fakery in their portfolio as samples of their work.

If you are wanting to learn how... more

DJI has officially announced the successor(s) to the popular Mavic Pro camera drone that was announced back in September 2016. Instead of one drone, there’s two: the Mavic 2 Pro and the Mavic 2 Zoom.

Mavic 2 Pro

The Mavic 2 Pro features the new L1D-20c camera designed by the legendary camera brand Hasselblad — a camera that... more

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The Nikon Z 7 is here and we had the chance to shoot around with a pre-production model here in Seattle you can read all about our first impressions here. Take a look through the gallery above to see JPEG samples... more

Nikon Z 7 First Impressions Review

The Nikon Z 7 is the company's first full-frame mirrorless camera: a 46MP, 4K-capable machine built around a variant of the D850's BSI CMOS chip, but with the addition of on-sensor phase detection. It's designed to offer an experience familiar to existing Nikon DSLR shooters in a smaller, lighter camera. The Z 7 is based... more

Nikon tells us it put a lot of thought into creating a consistent user experience between its new mirrorless cameras and its DSLRs, as well as how to maintain compatibility with existing lenses. In this short video, we take a look at a few examples of where Nikon has done exactly this and at least one place where the experience is quite different.
Hands-on with Nikon's new Z-mount lenses and FTZ adapter

Nikon's new Z-mount marks a major departure for the company, which (barring the short-lived 1-Series) for almost 60 years has relied on the 1950s-era F-mount for its interchangeable lens cameras. The Z-mount is significantly wider than the older F standard, with a much shorter flange-back distance. As such, it provides... more

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You can't launch a new camera system without lenses, and Nikon has three Nikkor Z-mount lenses available at and slightly after the launch of the Z 7 and Z 6. They include a 24-70mm F4 S, 50mm F1.8 S and 35mm F1.8 S (the 'S' represents the subtle silver ring around the lens, according to Nikon). The... more

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The Nikon Z 6 is a 24MP full frame mirrorless camera that uses Nikon's new 'Z' mount. It is a faster, lower-resolution sister model to the high-end Z 7.

While the Nikon Z 7 may garner the most attention, the cheaper Z 6 may actually prove the more impactful of the two cameras, since it'll be within... more

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After years of speculation and a month of teasers, Nikon has lifted the curtain on its new Z-series full-frame mirrorless system. The system will initially comprise two bodies the flagship Z 7 and midrange Z 6 alongside three lenses and an F-mount adapter. The Z 7 and Z 6 are physically almost... more

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