Devastating photos and videos emerged from Afghanistan as the Taliban regained control of the country and U.S. troops prepared to withdraw in August 2021.
A video of 19-year-old Zaki Anwari and others falling to their deaths as they clung to the side of a U.S. evacuation airplane circulated in the news and on social media. Then, a week later, after an attack at the Kabul airport killed at least…
Samyang has announced its new 12mm F2.0 AF lens for Fujifilm X mount camera systems, which offers a full-frame equivalent focal length of 18mm. This compact ultrawide lens appears to be a slightly tweaked version of the APS-C Sony E mount 12mm F2 lens revealed earlier this…
New Nikon Z Adapter Widens Angle of Full-Frame Lenses on APS-C
November 5, 2021
Zhong Yi Optics has announced the Mitakon Turbo Adapter II for Nikon Z-mount, which takes M42, Canon EF, or Nikon F-mount full-frame lenses and adapts them for use on Nikon Z APS-C cameras and widens the angle of view to more closely mimic their focal length on full-frame…
Samyang Releases the 12mm f/2 AF Lens for Fujifilm X-Mount
November 5, 2021
Samyang has announced the 12mm f/2 autofocus lens for Fujifilm X-mount. This APS-C wide-angle lens is compact lightweight, and features a stepping motor system for what the company promises to be fast and accurate autofocus.
As noted by DPReview, the lens appears to be a re-mounting of the 12mm f/2 AF for Sony E-mount that Samyang announced earlier this year.
The Samyang 12mm f/2 AF Compact…
Correction (Thursday November 4, 2021): The original headline and text within the article stated this lens retails for $500. That is the pricing of the first generation. This second-generation lens retails for $750. THe headline and article has been corrected.
Samyang…
How Adobe’s Neural Filters Make Colorizing Photos Way Easier
November 4, 2021
A growing trend among retouchers and editors in the last few years has been to repair vintage photographs that have faded and been damaged over time. In addition to this restoration work, “colorizing” vintage photographs has been experiencing explosive growth. Adobe’s…
This Meterologist Had the Perfect On-Camera Halloween Costume
November 4, 2021
People watching the weather report on KFVS News in Missouri got a surprise last week when meteorologist Lisa Michaels floated into the frame on a cloud. She had come up with the perfect Halloween costume for the green screen and TV cameras.
Lisa’s special effects cumulus cloud costume consisted of a fluffy cloud wrapped around her waist and a skirt the color of the green screen to make her legs…
The Best Mirrorless Cameras in 2021
November 4, 2021
Given all the choices when it comes to a new camera, it can be quite an ordeal to research and decide on just one. While it mostly depends on what you need as a photographer. If you’ve been leaning more towards picking up a mirrorless camera, then you’re in the right…
David Doubilet, known as a pioneering underwater photographer, has released a photo book that spans decades of his work and shows the symbiosis of the mysterious underwater world and the more familiar surface captured together in a single image.
Doubilet is widely acclaimed…
Samyang Launches $750 Second-Gen 50mm f/1.4 for Sony E-Mount
November 4, 2021
Samyang has announced the second-generation version of its 50mm f/1.4 for Sony E-mount. The company says that after five years of development, it believes that it has created “a new standard for standard lenses.”
The Samyang AF 50mm F1.4 FE II, as it is officially called, makes updates to the original model that the company launched five years ago. Samyang says this new model is the lightest…
