Sigma Adds 85mm f/1.4 Lens to “Art” Line

Sigma recently announced a new 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens to add to a powerful line of primes, alongside the existing 20mm f/1.4, 24mm f/1.4, 50mm f/1.4 and 35mm f/1.4 Art lenses. The much-anticipated 85mm f/1.4 Art lens improves on the optics and AF system of its predecessor, while adding full-time manual focus and the new […]

Spoil your camera: pimped wooden grip for Fuji

Nothing says “I love my camera” more than a handmade wooden grip, and this grip by Stefano Borghi  says it perfectly. Stefano build this wooden grip to replace his Fuji Xpro-1 plastic grip. Of course, similar procedure can be implemented to create a wooden grip for the newer Xpro 2 as well, and probably the Xpro3 […]

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Spoil your camera: pimped wooden grip for Fuji

Nothing says “I love my camera” more than a handmade wooden grip, and this grip by Stefano Borghi  says it perfectly. Stefano build this wooden grip to replace his Fuji Xpro-1 plastic grip. Of course, similar procedure can be implemented to create a wooden grip for the newer Xpro 2 as well, and probably the Xpro3 […]

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Adding That Extra “Oomph” with Perfect Exposure

Being in the midwest, I have to deal with a lot of ugly, grey skies. In Lightroom, I’ve learned to take advantage of the gradient filter tool to add subtle hints of blue in the skies of my images. And while this helps with the color of the sky, it doesn’t help with the flatness of the…

One Photo – Seven Lessons

Once you’ve been at this photography thing for a while it’s amazing how many things you know that you take for granted. While it’s pretty basic stuff, I thought I’d share several lessons from this one image and let you know what went into my thought process while making the image as well as some…

First preview of RODE’s Newshooter’s kit (and other iMicrophones)

One of the things we were excited about in photokina was the RODE booth. Partly becasue we are big RODE fans (TBH, they payed part of our trip to the show), but mostly becasue they showed us some microphones that will incredibly ease our workflow for future shows and interviews. The first piece of kit […]

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