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16 Inspiring Wildlife Photos in the WPY 2020 Contest

September 1, 2020
The prestigious annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition put on by London’s Natural History Museum has released a collection of Highly Commended entries submitted to this year’s contest. While the grand prize and category winners will be announced on October 13th, the Highly Commended photos released are an inspiring look at the quality level of this year’s contest, which saw…
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Nikon Z5 initial review

September 1, 2020
The Nikon Z5 is an entry-level full-frame mirrorless camera that looks and handles almost exactly like its higher-end Z-mount siblings, the Z6 and Z7. It’s built around a stabilized non-BSI 24MP CMOS sensor, which is likely more closely related to the generation of…
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Atomos Ninja V adds ProRes RAW capture to GFX 100, Sigma fp over HDMI

September 1, 2020
Atomos has released the latest firmware update for its popular Ninja V monitor/recorder that enables ProRes RAW capture over HDMI with the Fujifilm GFX 100 and Sigma fp camera systems. Fujifilm GFX 100 On a GFX 100 running firmware version 2.01 or later, the Ninja V can now record 12-bit 4K ProRes RAW video at up to 30p over HDMI. This marks the first time users can capture Raw footage on the…
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This Dead $10,000 Camera Shows the Danger of Salt Water

September 1, 2020
LensRentals recently got back a $10,000 Fujinon GFX100 medium format mirrorless camera from a customer who used it in dive housing and reported that it “suddenly died for no reason.” After Fuji declared repair impossible and insurance claims were paid, LensRentals…
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Phase One Unveils $13K 90mm f/5.6 Lens for the Medium Format XT System

August 31, 2020
Phase One has just unveiled the latest lens for the $57,000 XT camera system. The new XT-Rodenstock HR Digaron W/SW 90mm f/5.6 is the fifth lens for this system, weighing in at $13,000 and built with three priorities in mind: image quality, image quality, and image quality. In case you missed the announcement last September, the Phase One XT is a tiny medium format field camera system that accepts…
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Shooting Fashion Photos of Strangers on the Street

August 31, 2020
NYC-based photographer Dani Diamond took a V-Flat and his portrait skills out to the Jersey Shore and shot fashion photos of complete strangers he ran into. You can see the project and results in this 6.5-minute video by AdoramaTV. After a passerby agreed to pose for a photo shoot, they were brought to the Pier Village boutique Molly & Zoey to get dressed in a fashion-forward outfit. Once the…
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