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Panasonic responds to Lumix GH5 autofocus issues with a video

April 17, 2017John Aldred

Video responses might be a thing of the past as far as YouTube’s concerned, but that’s not stopping Panasonic. There’s been a bit of talk around the web and YouTube since the Panasonic Lumix GH5’s release about its autofocus system. Well, Panasonic were listening and have responded. Surprisingly, that response comes to us via YouTube. Lumix Luminary […]

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This free plugin shows the active focus point for your photographs in Lightroom

January 4, 2017John Aldred

One of the few advantages to using your camera manufacturer’s software is that they often show which autofocus point was being used when the shot was taken. There is already a plugin which adds this capability to Lightroom, but it hasn’t been updated since 2014. So, much of the today’s camera lineup is not supported. With […]

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Samyang to add Nikon and Canon to their autofocus lens lineup but probably not Fuji or MFT

October 3, 2016John Aldred

Samyang brought autofocus into their range of lenses not too long ago with two new Sony E mount lenses. The 14mm f/2.8 and 50mm f/1.4. Now, in a recent interview with Focus Numerique, Samyang head of product planning, Jeong Min Shin says that more are …

Focus: Why I choose Servo focus over Single

May 8, 2016Joseph Parry

Have you ever thought about changing your focus setting on your camera? Or perhaps wanted to delve into more of the reasoning behind why you should (in my opinion) consider it? First and foremost, what you choose to work in and you feel you work best in is entirely your choice, I’m just putting out there […]

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Samyang Unveils Autofocus 14mm and 50mm Lenses

May 5, 2016Eric Reagan

While AF lenses have been in the rumor mill for a while now for the company, Samyang has finally announced a pair of new AF lenses for Sony full frame E-mount cameras like the A7 II, A7R II and A7S II. The new lenses are the Samyang 14mm f/2.8 ED AS IF UMC and Samyang 50mm […]

Is autofocus too easy for street photography?

March 13, 2016Matthew Boggs

Today is the day. You are finally going to do it. You are finally going to be a real street photographer. You’ve loaded up your grandad’s Leica, you finally bought that battery for that Canon AE-1 that has been sitting on your shelf for so long. You are going to drive into town and do […]

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Kipon releases EF to E-mount autofocus adapter with unique drop-in ND filters

February 8, 2016Gannon Burgett

Chinese lens adapter manufacturer Kipon has officially released a new Canon EF to Sony E-mount autofocus adapter with a neat little feature up its sleeve. In addition to providing full phase detection autofocus support for Canon EF lenses on Sony A-mou…

Got a New Camera? Take Control of Autofocus

January 23, 2016Levi Sim

If you’re like me, you got a new camera and dove in, shooting like a madman and making all kinds of pictures of all kinds of things. After a few gazillion pictures, I was starting to figure out a few things about my camera and how it worked. I remember that my world really changed […]

How to Improve an Incredible Camera | Joe McNally – What’s in Your Bag

September 10, 2015Nick Minore

Melissa Niu of Photofocus and Chase Reynolds of LensRentals.com talk with commercial photographer Joe McNally about what he’d like to see in the next Nikon professional camera.