Photography

Nikon recently announced that it is collaborating with Nissin and Profoto on speedlights and studio lights. Is this an admission of the not-so-secret reality that lighting products are actually quite cheap? Canon and Nikon have made a ton of cash off their lighting systems that are priced — shall we say — enthusiastically. Original equipment manufacturers have always placed a…

From importing, to organizing, to the editing process itself, few tools have the capacity to define a photographer’s workflow like Adobe’s Lightroom. Of the program’s many indispensable features, the ability to create user presets ranks quite high: it offers photographers the ability to lock in preferred looks, adjustments, and settings for rapid implementation across multiple images. Better…

One of the new features coming with the Canon EOS R3 is its enhanced autofocus ability to lock onto and track cars and automobiles intelligently. Canon has announced this feature is now also coming to the R5 and R6 cameras in December. Canon is releasing firmware updates for the R5, R6, and 1DX Mark III which will enhance the autofocus capabilities of all three cameras. Since the 1DX Mark…

Haida has recently introduced an inexpensive USB-powered Anti-Fog Velcro belt that wraps around the exterior of a lens and keeps it warm, therefore preventing it from fogging as the temperature dips. Cold weather isn’t really a problem for the Nothern Hemisphere which is probably why it may have gone unnoticed when the company launched it in June. But now that winter is well on its…