If you’re a wildlife photographer hunting for bird photos that no one else has, here’s something to add to your bucket list: a yellow cardinal. That’s what a photographer in Alabama managed to capture on camera.
CP+ 2018: Hands-on with the Tamron 70-210mm F4 Di VC USD
Tamron's new 70-210mm F4 Di VC USD looks like a really promising lens, offering a more compact and affordable alternative to the company's existing 70-200mm F2.8 telezoom. We got our hands on one at the CP+ trade show in Yokohama, Japan - click through for a closer look.
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CP+ 2018: Hands-on with Sigma 105mm F1.4 Art 'bokeh master'
Sigma's new 105mm F1.4 DG HSM is a beast, weighing in at 1.6 kilos. We're at the CP+ tradeshow in Yokohama, Japan, where we just got our hands on what Sigma is calling the 'bokeh master'.
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Nine Nikon DSLR models are getting new firmware to fix a few issues users have been encountering, particularly when using AF-P lenses. Updated models include the D4, D4s, Df, D800, D800E, D810, D810A, D7100, and D7200.
The whole lot of them received these fixes:
Added the following supports for AF-P lenses:
If the standby timer expires after focusing, the focus position will no longer change when the timer is reactivated.
The ES-2 film digitizing adapter that Nikon introduced alongside the D850 DSLR back in August will finally ship at the end of March. The ES-2 has been available for pre-order since it was first announced, but the product is marked as 'backordered'... more
Whether you’re aware of the correct terminology or not, you have likely experienced color contamination happening in your photographs already. Put simply, color contamination is when one color is affected by the presence of another color in close proximity.
For example, if you’re photographing two friends side by side, one of them is wearing a white t-shirt and the other one is wearing a red t-shirt, the white t-shirt will likely take on a pinkish tone due to the... more
Good batteries aren't cheap... or maybe they are. Putting that notion to the test is Martin Cheung, who recently published a video in which he tests the recycle speeds of inexpensive rechargeable IKEA LADDA batteries against more expensive Panasonic Eneloop Pro batteries using Godox TT685 flashes. The results are surprising: the LADDA batteries actually demonstrated a noticeably faster recycle speed versus the Eneloop Pros.
