The Ultimate Mastin Labs Review — Fuji Pro, Portra, Ilford (+Exclusive Discount)

Josh

You won’t find a ton of reviews for Lightroom presets or Photoshop actions on this blog, but this is my second Mastin Labs review (read the first one here) for a very good reason: The majority of presets packs, while powerful, tend to be very broad and distracting for new photographers, but Mastin…

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How to Manually Focus a Lens

Richard Harrington

In this video, Photofocus Publisher Rich Harrington and Author Levi Sim show you multiple strategies for manually focussing a camera.  They’ll walk you through options like zooming on live view, focus peaking, and more. Plus you’ll learn how to get proper exposure when shooting in manual mode. Want to win a Lensbaby Velvet 56?  Check…

Extremely rare unopened military issue Leica KE-7A shows up on eBay for over $45,000

John Aldred

Brand new unopened cameras are not uncommon on eBay, and usually aren’t that big a deal, unless that camera is something like a military issue Leica Leitz KE-7A.  With a price tag of $45,300, it’s certainly aimed at a very special type of collector. According to the eBay listing description, the Leica KE-7A was produced […]

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Extremely rare unopened military issue Leica KE-7A shows up on eBay for over $45,000

John Aldred

Brand new unopened cameras are not uncommon on eBay, and usually aren’t that big a deal, unless that camera is something like a military issue Leica Leitz KE-7A.  With a price tag of $45,300, it’s certainly aimed at a very special type of collector. According to the eBay listing description, the Leica KE-7A was produced […]

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New Lighting Systems from Westcott

Zoltan Arva-Toth

JP Distribution have announced the UK availability of several new Westcott Products including the pliable Flex LED light panels (pictured), the modular Scrim Jim Cine frame system and a new iOS app.
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Canon DSLR destroyed by Leafcutter ants in overnight wildlife shoot in the Amazon rainforest

John Aldred

When entomologist Phil Torres, along with wildlife photographer Jeff Cremer, set up a Canon 7D and infrared sensor in the Amazon rainforest to get some shots of a jaguar or other wildlife at night, they hoped they’d thought of everything. As it turns out, the local leafcutter ant population had very different ideas.  After chewing up much of their protection […]

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Adobe’s new “Guided Upright” tool in the Lightroom and Camera Raw updates makes distortion correction a breeze

John Aldred

Adobe have just announced that Lightroom CC 2015.6, Lightroom 6.6 and Adobe Camera Raw 9.6 are now available adding a whole slew of lens support, a few new cameras and some very welcome updates and fixes. The big feature is the new Guided Upright tool, available in both Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw.  In these videos, […]

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