Looking for more camera straps available for you to choose from? The latest to pop on our radar is a new signature camera strap by Colfax Design Works, which came out of their partnership with Drew Martin. The renowned photographer, who travels across the western United States shooting campaigns for the likes of BF Goodrich, Harley Davidson, Toyota TRD, and Polaris, shared with the company his ideas on the perfect strap. The result is this latest offering that takes pride in being “lightweight, ultra-versatile, unobtrusive, yet enduring to use in some of the harshest conditions.” If all these sound like your requirements for your next camera strap, step right up and take a look!
Ever missed a shot because of struggling to switch from portrait to landscape orientation? Having difficulty adjusting and tilting your tripod’s ballhead? Are L-brackets no longer an option for you because of their size and weight? If you answered yes to one or all of them, the Magic Plate could be the lightest and easiest solution for you.
Understanding the Exposure Triangle will help you navigate the relationships between Aperture, ISO, and Shutter Speed and make you a better photographer.
Neutral Density graduated filters, or ND grad filters, are landscape photographers’ filters of choice for scenes with tricky lighting. However, these filters come in different types, so it’s important you know which is the correct one to use based on the scene. If you’re new to using ND grad filters for landscape photography, today’s photography cheat sheet has some tips to help you evaluate your scene and choose the right filter accordingly.
The secret of a sharper landscape photo is something that very few of us think about. And honestly, we can’t be blamed. I mean, how many people really shoot a landscape with a flash or artificial light? No one does. And we’re not saying that you should, but instead we’re saying that the idea comes from there. This is idea is that of specular highlights. Specular highlights are little details that come out when light is shone on a subject. So to get that light naturally, there needs to be, well, light! And so the golden hour and other times where there is sufficient light on a subject is when you’ll get the best balance of both details and aesthetics.
Flash photography has long been an integral part of portrait photography, whether in the studio or on location outdoors, and whether you’re shooting film or digital. George Muncey of Negative Feedback has been getting some good results with it, as he showed in his latest video. If you’ve never tried it before, his examples shot with an Elinchrom Kit will get you inspired to experiment with flash for your outdoor portraits on film.
I’m not sure about you, but I always like to have a strap of some sort attached to my camera simply because I’m a klutz, and I tend to drop things. One thing I (and I know many others) do not like, though, are big bulky camera straps. If you fall into this category, you might want to take a closer look at the new Holdfast Classic camera strap, which promises to offer photographers a simple, yet classy way to carry around their cameras. Join us after the break for more details.
It’s going to be basically a 71mm f1.1 lens for Medium Format!!!
Do you hear that? That loud noise is the racket that is being made around the web about the potential Canon EOS R5 (basically a Mirrorless 5D), and while the specs that have been bandied about sound fantastic, let’s stay grounded and remember that this is Canon we’re talking about here. If the specs are accurate, hallelujah, it will be one phenomenal camera, but, as I have said before, Canon seems to go all in, but then they go and hold back by 1% and self-sabotage themselves. Let’s talk about this and the potential Canon EOS R5 after the break.
DXOMark has been hard at work in their labs once again, and this time, they put the Leica Summicron 35mm f2 through its paces. The Leica Summicron is a solid 35mm offering for those who are rocking a Panasonic S1R, or any other L mount camera, but this particular lens falls short of matching the quality of lenses from Canon, Sigma, and Sony. Join us after the break for a full rundown of the test results, and to see how it stacks compares to the competition.