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Tokina announces 25-75mm T2.9 cinema lens for $4,999

Tokina has announced the impending release of its new 25–75mm T2.9 cinema lens, a parfocal lens it calls ‘the pinnacle of modern cinema zoom lens design.’ The lens’ focal length fits between the company’s current 11–20mm T2.9 and 50–135mm T2.9 cinema zoom lenses, but its physical presence makes it the largest of the three. It weighs in at 2kg (4.4lbs), measures 174mm…
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Nikon Denies Any Z-Mount Lens Delay, Promises 30 Lenses by Year’s End

According to some reports, Nikon put its Z-mount lens roadmap on hold and postponed several announcements that were supposed to come in April. Nikon has now explicitly denied these rumors, and further promised to stay on track to bring its lens lineup to “approximately” 30 lenses by fiscal year’s end. In early May, Nikon Rumors reported that while Nikon was supposed to release several Nikon…
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How Does Luminar AI Compare to Lightroom Classic in 2021?

I wanted to see how Luminar AI works when compared to Lightroom in 2021, and to do so I took one image — a photo of a lavender field in the south of France — and processed it in both. First, let’s start with Lightroom. I chose to do some basic development to get the…
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TTArtisan Launches 90mm f/1.25 Lens for Leica M-Mount

TTArtisan has announced a new Leica M-Mount rangefinder lens that, even upon close inspection, looks remarkably similar to a Leica optic. The company promises smooth transitions between objects and bokeh for a “dreamy picture” with ideal depth of field and background…
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Razer announces new Blade 15 with 4K OLED touchscreen, RTX graphics, & faster memory

When looking for a notebook well-suited to photo and editing, it makes a lot of sense for Windows users to look at laptops designed for gaming. After all, a gaming computer focuses on a powerful GPU, robust CPU and fast memory, all important components when trying to get the best performance out of software like Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop and video editors. The new Razer Blade 15 refresh ticks all…
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How to Shoot Fashion Photos With Minimal Budget and Gear

Fashion photography is expensive. Even a small test shoot has some costs associated with it. What is more expensive is good fashion photography. Cameras, lights, modifiers, crew, retouching, locations all add up to some ghastly sums. But what if it doesn’t have to be that…
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Nikon DX DSLRs and Lenses Disappearing or Not Being Restocked

Many of Nikon’s crop-sensor DX-format DSLRs and at least one lens are either not being actively restocked or showing as “old product,” which has led some to question the future of the company’s APS-C DSLR support. As noted by Nikon Rumors, most Nikon D3500 and D7500 camera combinations, the D5600, and the D500 are on backorder. The D500, in particular, has apparently been out of stock…
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