What exactly is ISO in photography? You’ve probably heard of it when someone shouts random numbers at you at a camera club. It seems important. Maybe it influences exposure? Can it make your images brighter or more grainy or less sharp, or all of those? It might seem a bit mysterious at first, but ISO is […]
The Sony 24-70mm F2.8 G Master was one of the earliest G Master lenses that I reviewed (in the summer of 2018), as I was fairly new to the Sony space. While I found a lot of positives with the lens, I also though it twas too large and somewhat overhyped by the marketing materials. Sony […]
Samyang has officially announced the recently leaked Samyang AF 75mm F1.8 X lens for Fuji X mount cameras. Naturally, as a lens designed specifically for Fuji, it’s an APS-C lens. Interestingly, however, it appears to be very similar in specification to the Samyang AF 75mm f/1.8 FE full-frame lens for Sony E cameras released in […]
In previous years, Facebook and Instagram had a couple of attempts to help you stop your nudes from spreading – by sharing them with Meta. The company has just announced yet another program that stops intimate images from going around the internet, and it’s aimed particularly at teenagers. Take It Down is Meta’s latest initiative, […]
In this post, I will describe how you can capture three of the easiest and most rewarding deep-sky astrophotography targets in the night sky. Unlike some of the more advanced projects I take on, you can capture these objects using a basic, affordable astrophotography kit in your backyard. I’ll walk you through the process of […]
Announcing the winners of the Sony World Photography Awards 2023 is getting closer, but it’s still more than a month away. However, the World Photography Organisation shares brilliant shortlists and winners of its other contests. And today, we get to see the finalists and shortlists of the Professional competition. Among my favorite finalists is an […]
The European Commission has told staff to remove the TikTok app from their phones and other devices. Accroding to the commission, the order was implemented to better “protect data and increase cybersecurity”. This follows on shortly after the US Congress and House of Representatives banned the app from staff devices in December for similar security […]
The Colbor CL60r and CL60 have everything I want in a small COB light. Do I have any complaints? Just one. And I 3D printed my way out of it. Usually, I start those reviews by talking about light quality, but it’s 2023, no one is even making lights with CRI under 95 anymore. (For […]
The temperature has just plummeted today. This weekend we were on the beach, today it snowed in Barcelona! Now, of course we all love snowy photographs with crisp sunshine. But what about when it’s just overcast, cold, soggy and miserable? Or you’re long looked forward to mountain trip is permanent mist? Not to worry, there’s […]
In an interview with Yosuke Yamane, Panasonic’s Imaging and Business division director, Phototrend confirmed that Panasonic plans to implement phase detection autofocus into the Micro Four Thirds product line. According to Yamane, Panasonic now has “all the AF technologies” and will choose “the optimal autofocus method each time”. This suggests that it may not be […]
