Adobe Firefly arrived in March 2023 and extended to Photoshop and Google Bard shortly after. The company bragged about not using unlicensed photos for training, but is that as good as it sounds? A group of Adobe Stock creators says no! They recently spoke up about how they felt after learning that Adobe used their […]
YouTube has become intertwined with almost every topic you want to learn about, and photography is no exception. And while it’s had a positive impact in some aspects, it affected others negatively. In his latest video, Evan Ranft discusses how YouTube has changed street photography and why it has changed it for the worse. […]
Rear curtain flash sync. You might also hear it referred to as rear curtain sync, second curtain sync, or rear curtain flash. What is it exactly? It’s a flash mode that you can put to creative effect, especially when working with slower shutter speeds. Let’s work through it, from curtain to flash, to see what […]
It looks like the hopes of the photography community did not go unheard. DPReview is saved. It’s been acquired from Amazon by consumer tech publication, Gear Patrol. And as from yesterday, they are the new owners of DPReview. Both DPReview and Gear Patrol issued statements on the acquisition and what it means for both organisations […]
Sweden-based LIT Systems has announced the LIT DUO 1, a new pocket-sized light meter. The meter has seven different light measuring modes, including colour temperature mode, full-colour XY mode, light spectrum measurement mode, and it can even detect the frequency at which your lights are flickering. Obviously, you also get the usual ISO, aperture and […]
The world is changing fast, and those of us who started photography with film cameras have seen how the creative world evolves. But no matter your age, I’m sure you have, at some point, learned new skills from YouTube. I know I have. Be it photography, editing, arts & crafts, fixing a leaky faucet I’ve […]
Regular followers of my photography will know that as a general rule of thumb, I love the Viltrox 23mm F/1.4 and the Olympus 17mm F/2.8 (for my Olympus Pen E-PL8), both approximately 35mm focal length equivalents in full frame terms. In fact, either of those lenses generally lives on one of my cameras. However, in […]
It looks like Nikon might be going back on its word when it comes to future feature enhancements. Promised deep down in the Nikon Z8 (buy here) announcement press release is Auto Capture. This is the same Auto Capture that was recently released for the Nikon Z9 (buy here). The new feature lets your camera […]
Leica has registered an interesting-looking camera with the FCC. It looks like Leica’s planning to take away a little market share from Fujifilm. The new registration is for the catchily-named N5A8262, a digital instant hybrid camera along similar lines to the Fujifilm Instax Mini EVO Hybrid camera (buy here). The FCC application doesn’t show much, […]
