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

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Capture The Atlas Milky Way Photographer Of the Year Collection SLR Lounge

2020 Milky Way Photographer Of The Year Announced by Capture The Atlas

David Crewe

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.

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Canon Announces 4 New Full-Frame Mirrorless Lenses, One Printer

Matthew Saville

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 B10 AirX Mobile App Launched SLR Lounge

Profoto Launches AirX Allowing Professional Strobes To Be Used With Mobile Devices

David Crewe

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!

Aquatech Underwater Housing Launched for Hasselblad X1D II 50 C SLR Lounge

Hasselblad Launches A New Underwater Housing Solution From Aquatech For The X1D II 50C

David Crewe

The reaches of Hasselblad cameras now go further and deeper with its collaboration with AquaTech in their new REFLEX Water ...

Laowa 9mm f5.6 FF RL Lens Announced SLR Lounge

Venus Optics Launches The World’s Widest Rectilinear Lens for Full Frame Cameras – The Laowa 9mm f/5.6 FF RL

David Crewe

Venus Optics has unveiled the new Laowa 9mm f/5.6 FF RL lens, the world’s widest rectilinear lens for full-frame cameras. ...

38th Nikon Photo Contest SLR Lounge

The 38th Annual Nikon Photo Contest Has Officially Launched – Details & Entries To Open Soon

David Crewe

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 Launches 3 new ultra wide cine lenses SLR Lounge

Venus Optics Unveiled 3 New Ultra Wide Cine Lenses For Micro Four Thirds, Super 35, and Full Frame Cinema Cameras

David Crewe

There’s some good news today for videographers seeking a little more 3rd party variety to their lens line up. Today, ...

Adobe CC June Updates Give Powerful Improvements to LR PS SLR Lounge 2000x1125

Photoshop & Lightroom Launch Its Largest Set of Features Since Adobe MAX In The June Update To Creative Cloud

David Crewe

There’s no doubt about it, if you’re a creative, you use or have used a product from the Adobe library. ...

Flashpoint XPLOR 1200 Pro R2 Announced SLR Lounge 2000x1125

Flashpoint Announces Its New Flagship Light – The XPLOR 1200 Pro R2

David Crewe

Flashpoint Announces the XPLOR Power 1200 Pro R2 Flash - Flagship Model of R2 Portable Flash Series Now Available at Adorama

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Book Feature | Eyes Over the World – The Most Spectacular Drone Photography

Sean Lewis

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

David Crewe

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.

Adobe Releases Updates to Fresco and Photoshop for iPad SLR Lounge 2000x1333

Curves & Apple Pencil Pressure Sensitivity Come To Photoshop on iPad

David Crewe

Today, Adobe has released updates to Fresco, and Photoshop on iPad that are sure to make some users quite excited. ...