Working with the Landscape in Front of You

Photography Life's new articles [View this email in your browser]( [Photography Life]( [Working with the Landscape in Front of You]( 11/04/22 By Spencer Cox I just returned from a long trip to Yosemite, partly to test some lenses for upcoming reviews, and partly to unwind. Although I had a great time out there, the conditions for "classic" landscape photography left something to be desired: very few clouds or fall colors anywhere. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Nikon Z 600mm f/4 TC VR S Announcement]( 11/02/22 By Spencer Cox It was a popular day for photography announcements! Alongside Fuji’s X-T5 and Canon’s EOS R6 Mark II, Nikon officially announced a lens that’s been on their roadmap for a while: the Nikon Z 600mm f/4 TC VR S. As many photographers expected, it’s an f/4 lens and has a built-in 1.4x teleconverter (to make an 840mm f/5.6). It’s also expensive – a whopping $15,500, making it the priciest Nikon Z lens yet. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Fujifilm Announcements: Fuji X-T5 and 30mm f/2.8 Macro]( 11/02/22 By Meg Faehl In its final X-Summit of the year, Fujifilm just announced the release of the X-T5, the newest camera in their very popular X-T lineup. They also announced a new 30mm macro lens for the X-Series cameras. With a 40mp sensor, an updated processor with 2x faster readout speeds, and a new AI-based autofocus system, the Fujifilm X-T5 is a camera that many long-time Fuji users have been anticipating. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Canon EOS R6 II Announcement + 135mm f/1.8 Lens]( 11/02/22 By Libor Vaicenbacher The Canon EOS R6 Mark II is the first camera in the R-line to receive a second generation. And no wonder. The original EOS R6 was a very popular camera that shared many genes with its more expensive EOS R5 and even EOS R3 siblings, while costing substantially less. In terms of the price-performance ratio, the R6 stood pretty high. Will the EOS R6 II be the same way? [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [An Interesting Rolling Shutter Effect: The Magic of the Unwanted]( 10/31/22 By Libor Vaicenbacher Maybe it’s happened to you, too – and not necessarily in photography. Perhaps you accidentally put an ingredient in your soup, or meant to pass the ball but kicked it toward the net instead. And the result? You scored. It’s known as a happy accident; I call it the “magic of the unwanted.” Today I’d like to share one such magic moment from Zuzana Zizkova, a participant on my Ecuadorian bird photography workshop. Using her photographs, I will show how a commonly unwanted effect in photography – rolling shutter – can lead to beautiful results. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Photography News: Nikon Z9 Firmware & Nikon Europe Sale]( 10/30/22 By Libor Vaicenbacher My little quiz in the latest Photography News was not too challenging for you. Most of you correctly guessed that the lens I used to take the Masked Flowerpiercer photo was indeed the Nikon Z 400 mm f/4.5 VR S, which I then wrote about a few days ago. This week, I’ll be writing about another interesting lens that I recently shot with. I took the Mallard photo below with this particular lens. Can you guess which one it was? [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Dawn Kish: Photographing Tad’s Emerging World]( 10/28/22 By John Sherman Imagine Yosemite without Half Dome, Zermatt without the Matterhorn, or Iceland without scores of photographers fighting for position to shoot the same waterfall posted a hundred times already on Instagram that morning. As photographers, it’s easy to take our grand landscape opportunities for granted. But in some cases, landscapes aren’t a permanent fixture. So it was for Glen Canyon. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Nikon Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S vs 400mm f/4.5 VR S]( 10/28/22 By Libor Vaicenbacher Until recently, owners of Nikon Z mirrorless cameras had no choice if they wanted to shoot with long telephoto lenses: They had to use an FTZ adapter and an F-mount lens. But this is slowly starting to change. Two of the first native Nikon Z telephoto lenses are both 400mm lenses: an f/2.8 and and f/4.5. Both lenses are unicorns that everyone talks about but no one has ever seen, but we managed to get both of them on a recent expedition to Ecuador. In this article, I’ll compare the lenses based on my side-by-side experience. [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sony A7R V Announced: Faster Processor, Better Autofocus]( 10/26/22 By Spencer Cox Sony just announced the next addition to their high-resolution A7R camera lineup with the A7R V, which sports an upgraded processor and focusing system compared to the prior A7R IV. Although 61-megapixel BSI sensor is the same as the previous generation, there are lots of other improvements behind the scenes. Let's take a look! [Read More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us on social media: [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( [YouTube]( [Instagram]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2022 Photography Life, Inc, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have previously subscribed to our newsletter. 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