This past month has been excellent for wildlife shooters, sports shooters and speed junkies in general, as weve seen the announcement of Canons 1D X Mark II and Nikons D5 and D500. These monsters are all about speed, so weve gathered everything you need to know about their shutter bursts, frames per second and even [...]
Normally, tutorial videos cover one or two tips to work on, but in this video from YouTuber TutVid, we get a glimpse at 28 different Photoshop CC tips, tricks and hacks. Considering there are 28 of them, theres a good chance you know them. But even if you know a dozen, that leaves 14 tips [...]
Whether you’re running a photography business, or sharing your photography on the web with friends, it’s important to know how to properly size your images for various uses. Generally speaking the smallest size you can share, while still retaining enough quality for the viewer to appreciate the photograph, is what you’ll want to aim for, but let’s dive into this with a bit more detail.
First rule – use thesRGBColor Space for anything going on the web
Canon USA representatives Wasim and Brent join Doug Guerra from B&H for an in-depth look at the newly announced flagship DSLR camera, the 1D X Mark II. This 9-minutes video goes over the new features, compares the new camera to the 1D X, sheds a bit of light on the video specs and pretty much [...]
Getting a good, in focus macro shot is not trivial. Even with a stopped down aperture, the depth of field is just too tiny, sometimes being less than half a millimeter. But usually, you want to shot open because you need every bit of light you can get, which makes it even worse. The way [...]
It’s time to learn how to capture sharper images by finding your lens’ sweet spot. This will give you more confidence, save time, and help you take better photos.
In this article you’ll learn:
How to find your lens’ sweet spot (for sharper images)
Why you should shoot in Aperture Priority mode (and how to use it)
How to perform a test to get your sharpest image every time
Lets first be clear about something: Most zoom lenses, particularly full frame wide-angle zoom lenses, are prohibitively expensive. The term wide-angle refers to lenses somewhere in the 12mm to 35mm ballparkwith 12mm nearing the ultra-wide angle designation. You know the typeshort and fat, big chunk of glass: the lenses that make everything appear a little [...]
After much anticipation, and a healthy spoonful of rumors, Canon has officially unveiled its latest flagship camera, the EOS1D X Mark II. As initially rumored specs alluded to, it appears the 1D X Mark II will be an impressive update, but in no way groundbreaking. Inside the updated pro-body camera is a new 20.2 Megapixel [...]
Late last year, drone manufacturer DJI stepped out of their comfort zone and introduced to the world the DJI Osmo, a handheld, gyro-stabilized 4K camera. While it wowed testers everywhere and seemed to perform great in bumpy situations, there was one area where it did not impress. Audio. So much so that we actually shared [...]
Earlier last month, Nikon surprised the world with the announcement of the Keymission 360, a 4K-resolution 360 action cam built with virtual reality (VR) in mind. At the time, not much information was given on the device, with the exception of a few images and vague specs to base quality off of. Shortly after though, [...]
