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Imagine you turn up to a portrait shoot and meet your model. You’ve scoped out the location, organized outfits and the weather is perfect. Only thing is, you pick up your camera and it isn’t working… something’s wrong with the lens.

You’re a hobbyist, so you don’t have any spares. You should’ve checked before you left home, but you forgot. Normally this would mean you’d have to cancel or reschedule the shoot.

Then you... more

When you watch nature documentaries like the BBC’s famous Planet Earth series, do you take for granted that everything you’re seeing is 100% real? We wouldn’t blame you if you did, but as Simon Cade of... more

At a large publication like The New York Times, there are a number of photo editorsincluding those in charge of curating great photography on Instagram. To find out what these photo editors are looking for, PhotoShelter caught up with their Social Photo Editor Kerri MacDonald, who oversees the... more

Starting in May Fujifilm will provide a professional support program for its GFX medium format system. Photographers who want to take advantage of the Fujifilm Professional Services (GFX FPS) program have to own the... more

Sony a9 versus a7R II

The Sony a9 is a masterpiece of technology. Even if you have no intention of ever dropping $4500 to buy one, you have to admit that its key specifications are impressive. Aimed squarely at action photographers, it's much faster than the a7R II, with a more sophisticated AF system, but it can't match the older camera for sheer resolution.

In this article,... more

Are you shopping for a new camera? Or just looking for some advice about how to use your current favorite model? We've just added several new informational videos to our range of product overviews and getting started guides, including guides to how to get started with the Fujifilm X-T20 and Nikon D3400.

You can find all of our recent overview and getting started guide videos from the links below, and subscribe to... more

DJI and Hasselblad just put a 100MP megapixel monster in the sky. By combining DJI’s M600 Pro drone and Ronin-MX Gimbal with a Hasselblad H6D-100c medium format camera, they’ve created what they’re calling, “the worlds first 100-Megapixel integrated aerial photography platform.”

The interesting thing about... more

The best time to shoot portraits (or almost anything) is golden hour, but it’s not the only time. Grab an ND filter, a strobe, and this tutorial by Portland-based photographer Levy Moroshan, and you... more

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Chinese manufacturer Zhong Yi Optics has shown of a pair of manual focus prime lenses for Fujifilm's medium format GFX 50S at a tradeshow at Beijing. The lenses are currently the fastest yet announced for GF mount.

The new lens is a Speedmaster 65mm F1... more

Inspired by a list that I saw some time ago made by gadget experts (whatever those are) who chose the Leica M3 as the top gadget of all time and the original Game Boy as one of the top five, I decided to compare them.

My first conclusion was that the Game Boy is probably a better videogame than the Leica. The M3 doesnt run any games, as far as I know. Guess I should compare them as cameras, then.

I bought an original translucid Game Boy a few months ago. Lovely thing with... more

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