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While we are covering photokina 2016, looks like Pratik Naik has got some scoops which may or may not be true. In a shocking move that came unexpected to the industry, former Apple CEO has agreed to join Adobe this morning at Photokina. The move startled tech insiders. “It made sense to no one,” one [...]

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In the world of photography, there are several different schools of thought when it comes to third party lenses. Some photographers love them, some photographers choose to only purchase lenses made by their camera manufacturer. Personally, I have never had a problem with third party lenses, and they make up about half of my current camera bag. So when I had the chance to try... more

The process of converting a color landscape photo into a black and white image usingLightroom goes beyond changing the treatment to black and white. Thats just the start. From there you have to tweak and refine, using all tools that Lightroom gives you, to craft an image that matches the vision you carry in your... more

GoPro just announced their new line of cameras (along with the Karma drone) and frankly I am not that excited. The new line from GoPro is called Hero5 (no big surprises there) and it features only two cameras: a more advanced GoPro Hero5 Black and a smaller GoPro Hero5 session. That, I think, is a [...]

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GoPro have today finally unleashed the Karma drone on the world. Originally slated for release much earlier in the year, it seemed like it may never actually happen. After a few teases over the past couple of weeks, though, GoPro seem to have made good. Like GoPro’s cameras, the biggest feature of the Karma is [...]

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If there is one show where the big guns spend a ton of money on it is probably Photokina. We went to the showgrounds a day earlier so we can share how the thing looks from the inside. All the companies put up some huge booths. And size does matter, but some have more interesting [...]

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Here is something interesting that is coming from this year’s photokina. Fuji just announced the GFX 50S. It is a medium format camera with a sensor that is 70% larger than a full frame DSLR. The sensor for this new camera is aG Format 43.8 x 32.9mm sensor, and it will shoot in the following [...]

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I’m a firm believer in the power of photographing details. Take a particular scenario… let’s say you walk into a restaurant. It’s busy, packed with people, and perhaps a little on the noisy side, even. You have just been told by the staff that it’s a 30-minute wait for a table and you have seconds to make up your mind. You take another glance at the buzzing scene before you and decide you like the feel of the place so you wait patiently in the queue. And then... more

With Photokina coming it is no surprise that many announcements are reeling in. Olympus justOlympus announces the uber retro Pen E-PL8 Micro Four Thirds camera (pre-order here). The PEN E-PL8, follows the Olympus line of retro cameras only doing it with more style. So this camera has quite a design dialog with the recently announced [...]

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Back in the days of all manual, focusing your lens was a skill that every photographer had master. Focusing used to bethat thing that made yourcamera an extension of your hand, therefore adirect extension of your photographers eye. That whole agenda came to an end in the early 1990s with the arrival of autofocus systems that were able to actually focus faster than us humans.

That is another key frame along the mediums timeline. Where new technology started a chain reaction that changed... more

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