We’ve been waiting a long time for a chance to try out Canon’s latest macro lens, and it was worth it! Take a look at the impressive sharpness and absolutely lovely bokeh. Is the Spherical Aberration Correction feature a useful creative tool or a gimmick? Check out the sample gallery and judge for yourself.
Want to learn more about this lens? Watch our hands-on review from DPReview…
Photographer Bobby Wummer captured the moment a gator took a nibble on his GoPro camera, which was fortunately on the end of a 12-foot extension pole, keeping Wummer far away from the predator’s teeth.
Wummer, who describes himself as a self-taught wildlife and…
A pair of Stanford University astrophysicists have proposed a new way to use gravitational lensing that would be up to 1,000 times more precise than current methods. The hope is to use the concept to take better photos of distant planets.
While astronomers have…
Did Leica leak its plans to release a medium format mirrorless camera? It sure looks like it
May 3, 2022
Could Leica be working on a new medium format mirrorless camera? We don’t know for sure, but a recent video from the company does suggest the company has, at the very least, been prototyping such a camera.
Earlier this year, when Leica showed off its new M11 camera in its launch video, embedded above, a few eagle-eyed viewers noticed that there were three spots in the company’s camera roadmap…
Meta’s investment in virtual and augmented realities (VR and AR) is pushing forward and a new report says the company is planning to release four headsets in the next two years.
According to The Information, Meta will release its high-end virtual reality headset…
How to Use Curves in Photoshop
May 2, 2022
When thinking about the Curves tool in Adobe Photoshop, the phrase “With great power, comes great responsibility” is a thought that comes to mind. Curves is the most powerful tool in Photoshop for adjusting brightness, contrast, tonality, and color.
All that…
Hubble recently celebrated 32 years of imaging the sky, which has resulted in over 1.4 million observations. Physicist Casey Handmer combined those observations into a single image to see how much of the sky Hubble had actually captured.
Handmer explains that Hubble’s field of view is 202 arc seconds, and so about 3.2 million observations would be enough to cover the sky. Since Hubble…
Philips has announced the Momentum 8000 27E1N8900, a 27-inch 4K OLED monitor that promises extremely color-accurate performance.
Philips says that the Momentum 8000 delivers incredible color accuracy and a high contrast ratio (theoretically 1,000,000:1) with a…
A photographer has shared a neat trick that gives photos a soft-focus look: placing ripped pantyhose over the lens.
Ashley Tracy, from Columbus, Ohio, revealed how she places torn nylon stockings on her lens to produce a glowing effect on her photos in a viral…
If you want to become a better photographer, learn more, get and stay inspired, meet others who share your passion, and make new friends, well, nothing beats a camera club (also known as a photography club). Joining a club might even help lead you to a new career. I know it did for me and many other photographers.
The idea of photographers getting together to share tips, techniques…
