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While many serious enthusiasts and professional sports and wildlife photographers using Olympus cameras are likely eagerly awaiting the previously-teased Olympus 150-400mm f/4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO super-telephoto lens, Olympus has today announced an option for us mere mortals who want a high-performance, long-reaching...

The delicate hues of a perfect mountain sunrise. The details in the feathers of a bird in flight. Every tone from the deepest, satiny blacks of the groom's tux to the brilliant highlights of the bride's dress. Your best photographs deserve the finest prints.

The incredible resolution and color reproduction of today's digital cameras capture the details necessary to create...

The rise of image stabilization has brought with it more benefits for photographers than just about any other technology, and in recent years it's been getting really good. I've wanted for a while now to make an explainer article and video that would give users a behind-the-scenes look at how that's been achieved... and the time has finally...

 

 

Fujifilm has announced the launch of the EF-60 Shoe Mount Flash and the EF-W1 Wireless Commander for the Fujifilm X Series and GFX System accessories lineup.

The EF-60 is Fujifilm's first shoe mount flash that is radio controlled, and allows both X Series and GFX System users with a powerful flash output in a...

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The day is finally here, Sony fans! Five years later, the long-awaited Sony A7S III has been officially unveiled, and boy does it appear to be an absolute beast for anyone on the market for a high-performance, video-centric full-frame camera. Like its...

 

 

Last August we wrote that the Panasonic S1H 'represents the new state-of-the-art for ILC video capabilities.' At its launch, the S1H was already capable of recording 6K/24p video and 10-bit 4K footage at 60 frames per second. With new firmware version 2.1, Panasonic has now added RAW video output to the S1H's...

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While it might seem like Canon's new 45MP EOS R5 is taking the lion's share of headlines and attention in the camera world, let's not forget that there was another high-end full-frame R-series camera announced alongside it: the Canon EOS R6. Though this camera sports...

 

 

Professional and enthusiast owners of high-end Fujifilm gear will be pleased to hear that the company has just launched a new professional services program for the United States. Anyone who registers a minimum of $3000 in X-series or GFX-series gear is eligible for the program.

Designed to provide dedicated phone...

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Canon's souped-up, IBIS-sporting, 8K-shooting EOS R5 camera has arrived at IR Galactic HQ, and as always, its first stop was down into the test lab for First Shots. Featuring an all-new Canon-designed 45-megapixel CMOS sensor with a fixed optical low-pass filter and...

 

 

In a fairly major shift within the news photography world, the Associated Press, one of the world's leading global news agencies, announced today that they are partnering with Sony to provide both still cameras and video products for all of their photojournalism needs. The new agreement would outfit all of AP's...

 

 

In-body image stabilization is one of the current frontiers in the design of modern digital camera systems, and it allows for IS with any lens mounted to the camera. As your trusted resource for testing and comparisons, we felt it was time to pit some of the most popular enthusiast-grade cameras against each other...

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For those looking to move into the world of full-frame cameras, or perhaps the world of mirrorless cameras in general, there's a new option from Nikon that won't likely break the bank but is still a well-rounded, feature-rich camera nonetheless. Say hello to the Nikon Z5,...

 

 

Any photographer with an internet connection will be aware of the coming sale of Olympus' Imaging Division to private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners. There's been rampant speculation as to what this might mean for the Olympus line of cameras and lenses, and there is still quite a bit of uncertainty, even...

Click here to read our Olympus E-M5 III Review • Conclusion

 

 

Olympus launched the OM-D family with the original E-M5 all the way back in 2012 and then followed it up with an improved E-M5 II in 2015. But then things remained dormant in the line as the years progressed, while at the same time newer OM-D cameras...

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Nikon Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR Image Gallery

 

 

While Dave Pardue was out shooting Tamron's new 28-200mm lens for Sony E-mount, I was having a go with my own full-frame "travel zoom" lens, the Nikon Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR. Nikon's first all-in-one-style zoom for their Z series cameras (and...

 

 

Following the announcement of the Canon EOS R5 and EOS R6 mirrorless cameras, excitement has been tempered slightly due to worries about overheating during video recording. With its distinct capability to record 8K video, the EOS R5 has faced the bulk of concern. In response, Canon USA issued a media alert. The...

 

 

Panasonic has announced a handful of software announcements designed to extend and improve the functionality of a variety of Lumix mirrorless cameras, including a Mac version of their tethered streaming software, an upcoming new piece of software designed specifically for webcam functionality, as well as an...

 

 

People like to travel light, and they tend to not want to think too much while on vacation. The trouble is that most all enthusiast photographers still crave good image quality, and often can’t accept the quality from a smartphone, even while on vacation. This is the dilemma that a lens such as the Tamron 28-200mm...

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Full-frame mirrorless cameras have undoubtedly taken the photo and video worlds by storm over the past few years, and now Canon aims to take things up a notch. The colossus that is Sony took the reins as the full-frame...