At the 2016 PhotoPlus Expo, we got our hands on the new Sony A99II, and as part of this trade show we experienced how well the Sony A99II performed via staged action scenes featuring martial artists and stunt teams. What we did not expect, and frankly surprised us more than any other camera we handled …
GoPro debuts their flagship camera model the Hero5, along with an affordable alternative, the Hero5 Session.
Nikon’s new feature seems to have Sigma right in its sights. Ready for easy lens calibration?
Sony drops the 50 1.8 Sony users have been waiting for, and then adds its longest FE lens, and an absurd RX10 III.
Nikon’s D7100 replacement has been officially announced, so we can finally end all the speculation and wishful thinking about what it might be, or what it should be, or which competition it aims for. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Nikon D7200.
This is part 3 of our 4-part review of the Canon 7D mark II. Why would you want to use the Canon 7D mark II for weddings and portraits? In short, not so much for its blazing 10 FPS, but more for its affordable professional all-around ruggedness and quality.
This 12 minute video made by Canon takes you inside of Canon EF lens technology, how the lenses were created and takes you through various lenses, optics, and coatings.
Matt Shumate demonstrates how he creates stunning and seemingly dangerous images, on the edge of cliffs and over bodies of water, using the Camera Toss Technique.
When I first read the specs on the new Nikon D810, I already knew we had a winner on our hands. Despite the folks who usually nay-say about these types of “incremental updates”, the Nikon D800 and DD800e were already reigning champions in the world of digital photography…
If you are an action/sports/wildlife photographer, then this has been the Photokina of your dreams. Seriously, almost every company has put out something aimed at the specific needs of the action/sports/wildlife photographers out there.
If you have ever tried to photograph lightning during the day, let me tell you it is not easy! What makes lightning so easy to photograph at night is 1.) The fact that you can very easily achieve long shutter speeds, and 2.) Lightning is usually the brightest thing in the sky at night.
Nikon seems to be the champion of “trickle-down features”. What does that mean? Over the ~4 generations of Nikon DSLRs that have come out in the past decade or so, Nikon has had the habit of taking flagship features from their high-end pro cameras, and putting those features in the more affordable model cameras. When the Nikon D300 came out along side the flagship D3, it was a $1800 camera with roughly the same autofocus system as a $5,000 camera.
