Photography News
Here’s the latest in Photography news by SLR Lounge, including current events, new releases and more.


2020 Milky Way Photographer Of The Year Announced by Capture The Atlas
Travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has published the last edition of their annual Milky Way photographer of the year collection featuring the best 25 photos of our galaxy. This compilation is always published in June coinciding with the peak of the Milky Way season, and it is aimed at inspiring and sharing the beauty of our night skies.

Canon Announces 4 New Full-Frame Mirrorless Lenses, One Printer
Today Canon is also introducing four new RF lenses and two RF lens teleconverters: The Canon RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS ...

Profoto Launches AirX Allowing Professional Strobes To Be Used With Mobile Devices
Smartphone photographers can now add a professional flash to their gear – an innovation that rewrites the rules of photography. And professional photographers, for the first time in history, to use the full power of their flashes no matter what the device!

Hasselblad Launches A New Underwater Housing Solution From Aquatech For The X1D II 50C
The reaches of Hasselblad cameras now go further and deeper with its collaboration with AquaTech in their new REFLEX Water ...

Venus Optics Launches The World’s Widest Rectilinear Lens for Full Frame Cameras – The Laowa 9mm f/5.6 FF RL
Venus Optics has unveiled the new Laowa 9mm f/5.6 FF RL lens, the world’s widest rectilinear lens for full-frame cameras. ...

The 38th Annual Nikon Photo Contest Has Officially Launched – Details & Entries To Open Soon
The Nikon Photo Contest is known for providing a place for visual storytellers to discover new opportunities to utilize and experiment with the latest methods and styles of expression, and to share powerful stories through the common language of imaging.

Venus Optics Unveiled 3 New Ultra Wide Cine Lenses For Micro Four Thirds, Super 35, and Full Frame Cinema Cameras
There’s some good news today for videographers seeking a little more 3rd party variety to their lens line up. Today, ...

Photoshop & Lightroom Launch Its Largest Set of Features Since Adobe MAX In The June Update To Creative Cloud
There’s no doubt about it, if you’re a creative, you use or have used a product from the Adobe library. ...

Flashpoint Announces Its New Flagship Light – The XPLOR 1200 Pro R2
Flashpoint Announces the XPLOR Power 1200 Pro R2 Flash - Flagship Model of R2 Portable Flash Series Now Available at Adorama

Book Feature | Eyes Over the World – The Most Spectacular Drone Photography
It seems everyone has a drone, but not everybody captures images like these. Dirk Dallas's new book, "Eyes Over the World: The Most Spectacular Drone Photography" delivers an inspiring collection of over 200 #fromwhereidrone aerial photos captured from the sky over all seven continents!

Nikon Lays Off 700 Workers Following Their Recent 2020 Financial Report
Nikon's official financial statements have been released detailing a dramatic drop in profits along with the announcement of layoffs of nearly 700 of it's Southeast Asia workforce.

Curves & Apple Pencil Pressure Sensitivity Come To Photoshop on iPad
Today, Adobe has released updates to Fresco, and Photoshop on iPad that are sure to make some users quite excited. ...










