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It seems that a potential Leica/Panasonic/Sigma collaboration might not be all that’s officially announced tomorrow at Photokina. It appears that Leica China has posted a photo and description of the new Leica S3 medium format camera to their website a little early. There isn’t really any other information besides this image and the blurb beside […]

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Weve seen tech that lets you control a drone with body movement and with facial expressions. And now, the engineers at New York University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have teamed up to create a new tech that lets you control a drone with your eye movement. With a pair […]

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You can take sharp images. You can take them consistently, quickly, efficiently. However, you just may not realize it yet.

The Problem

The thing is, getting acceptably sharp images is a common problem among photographers. Its something that I myself often struggled with getting consistently. I cant tell you the number of times I used to come home, only to find my memory cards full of blurry or out of focus images.

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According to new rumours, Panasonic is set to announce two new full-frame mirrorless cameras this week at Photokina. They say that there will be an entry level model and a high-end camera offering 20 and 50 megapixels respectively. The latter of the two is also expected to offer a 150mp pixel shift mode. Kicking off […]

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In photography, portraits are an art form to themselves. There are many ways to make portraits, but one of the main divisions is between portraits made in a studio and on location portraits. The end results look very different, so its good to choose between them depending on what youre going for.

Do you have a preference between them, either as a photographer and/or as a viewer?

Studio photography is a lot of fun, but when Im working on a portrait job I usually prefer to... more

Whether we’re making a video, writing a story, or creating photographs, the key element in almost all successful works is effective communication. What does your creation say to the viewer? Does it say anything at all? In this video,The Basic Filmmaker, discusses this topic to try and help you find what you want to say. […]

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I believe you already know that zooming with your feet and changing the focal length can affect the relationship between your subject and the background. In this short video, you can see the effect of both coming close to the subject and changing the focal length, and how it affects the final look of your […]

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DJI drones are certainly the most popular among photo and video creators. And while they have plenty of good sides, Justin of Droneworks Studios has focused on the bad ones in his latest video. As a professional filmmaker, he is listing five reasons to hate DJI drones. Can you relate? Before we move on to […]

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Irix seems to have taken a change of direction from their previous 11mm f/4 and 15mm f/2.4 ultrawide prime lenses. They’ve now officially announced their new 150mm f/2.8 1:1 Macro lens. Designed for full frame Nikon F, Canon EF and Pentax K mount cameras, the 150mm f/2.8 Macro comes in a new “Dragonfly” finish, which […]

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Japan’s space agency (JAXA) has successfully landed its MINERVA-II1 rovers on the surface of an asteroid. And now, the first photos have been sent back to Earth. They let us take a peek at the surface of an asteroid and at its surroundings, and its something really awe-inspiring to see. The MINERVA-II1 consists of two […]

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