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These days it seems that 135mm lenses are everywhere. After Sigmas release of 135mm F/1.8 DG HSM Art lens, now Zeiss has their Batis 135mm f/2.8 ready for preorders. I was surprised (to say the least) by the price of Sigmas lens, no matter the gorgeous photos it takes. However, now it becomes clear where […]

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Recently, Charbax at ArmDevices visited the Sony stand at CeBIT when he noticed a couple of large sensors on display. Also on the wall behind them he spotted Sony’s medium format sensor roadmap. This roadmap shows two very promising sensors on the way for 2018. The first is the IMX461, a 100MP upgrade to the […]

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Donald Trump presents an interesting case for portrait photography and its use on magazine covers. Prior to his presidential run, he was known as an outspoken businessman and reality television star whose bombastic style brought in yuge ratings for The Apprentice. Prior to the presidency, photographers and photo editors played to that persona with covers […]

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Are you ready to get off Auto? When most people get started in digital photography, the first thing they do is set the shooting mode dial on the top of the camera to Auto. It makes sense to let the camera make decisions about things while youre just getting used to using it.

In Auto mode, the camera makes decisions not only on the Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISObut also on many other factors such as White Balance, Focus Mode, Focus Points and Metering Mode.

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Godox flashes have become wildly popular over the last couple of years amongst Nikon and Canon shooters. They’re relatively inexpensive, very well built, and offer a full range of lights from speedlights to 1200Ws of strobe power. What makes Godox’s products really stand out, though, is that they can all be controlled from the same […]

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When youre on the set, you want everything to go as smoothly as possible. There are certainly many things to take care of, and one of them is protecting the floors. This goes for shooting in your own home and studio, but also if youre doing it in someone elses, no matter if its the […]

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The practise of using bait to attract owls and other wildlife is a controversial topic. On the one hand, it can remove the fear of humans from rare and protected species, putting them at risk. On the other, how is it any different to putting out a feeder for wild birds in your garden? Then […]

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Earlier this year, Fujinon announced two cinema zoom lenses: MK 50-135mm T2.9 and MK 18-55mm T2.9. As they are currently available for Sony E-mount, Fujinon plans to expand the series and make it available for X mount as well. Both these lenses are fast, compact, versatile, and affordable (at least for cine lenses). They are […]

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If you work as a photojournalist, this may come as encouraging news. According to a source close to the New York Times, the paper will be paying their photographers a day rate thats more than double from the one theyre currently paying. Weve seen the increasing importance of images in the New York Times over […]

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Last week I got hit with a massive trolling by my photographer friends. If you saw the #lofthousepose somewhere on Facebook, I will apologize now haha….but before I get into it fully let me give you a little backstory on how this came about. First off the image in Question was this profile photo. It […]

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