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Spring colors: Canon RF 70-200mm F4L IS USM sample gallery

28 Mar

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The Canon RF 70-200mm F4L IS USM is a very compact, medium-aperture zoom lens for the company’s mirrorless RF mount. With an innovative design and advanced optical makeup, it offers the promise of high image quality in a package not much larger than most standard zooms. So how does it perform?

We’ve been shooting with a production sample for a few days, and you can view our gallery from the links above and below.

View our gallery of samples from the Canon RF 70-200mm F4L IS USM

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Weekly Photography Challenge – Spring

05 Sep

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Well, here in Australia where dPS is based, it’s SPRING and I can tell you, we’ve been looking forward to it! Share your ‘Spring’ photographs in the comments, or via social media (details below) make sure you tag your photos #dPSSpring

Weekly Photography Challenge – Spring

If it isn’t Spring where you are, we challenge you to interpret the weekly challenge theme in any way you see fit, as long as there’s a ‘Spring’ connection!

Some stunning photos from last week, here’s one from the blog comments by Rhonda Martin (See more of Rhonda’s here) beautiful work, Rhonda!

Weekly Photography Challenge – Spring

Great! Where do I upload my photos?

Simply upload your shot into the comments field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see. Or, if you’d prefer, upload them to your favourite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them.

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You can also share your images in the dPS Facebook group as the challenge is posted there each week as well.

If you tag your photos on Flickr, Instagram, Twitter or other sites – tag them as #DPSSpring to help others find them. Linking back to this page might also help others know what you’re doing so that they can share in the fun.

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Nikon manager confirms: New mirrorless system coming by spring 2019

01 May
Screen capture: Nikon Eye

In an interview with Japanese TV-channel NHK, a Nikon manager has confirmed the company’s new mirrorless camera system will be on the market by spring 2019. This is the first time we have given an approximate launch date after Nikon officially confirmed it was developing a new system back in July 2017.

Unfortunately, additional details are still scarce. According to the latest rumors, the new lens mount will be called the Z-mount and come with an external diameter of 49mm and a flange focal distance of 16mm.

Given the Nikon Director of Development publicly stated that any new Nikon mirrorless system would have to be full-frame, there’s good reason to assume the new cameras will indeed feature a full-frame sensor, putting Nikon in direct competition with Sony’s A7/A9 series of mirrorless full-frame cameras.

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Weekly Photography Challenge – Spring

28 Apr

It must be nice enough in your area to get out shooting again – so this week’s photography challenge is to go and photograph spring. What does it mean to you?

Spring is a good time to try a new technique or practice something you want to perfect or improve. Here are a few spring photography ideas to get you started:

  • Tips for Taking Better Flower Photos
  • How to Use Natural Light for Macro Photography
  • Intentional Blur- How to Create it and Why it’s Awesome
  • Tips for Better Forest Photography

Try some intentional camera movement.

Or practice with a depth of field exercise or shooting some macro photography.

Weekly Photography Challenge – Spring

Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer, upload them to your favorite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge. Sometimes it takes a while for an image to appear so be patient and try not to post the same image twice.

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You can also share your images in the dPS Facebook group as the challenge is posted there each week as well.

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Fujifilm to release spring firmware updates for six cameras

12 Apr

Fujifilm is releasing firmware updates, both large and small, for six of its X-series cameras, with the X-T2 receiving the most significant changes. These updates will begin rolling out this month and will continue through May. Some of the highlights include:

GFX 50S

  • Compatibility with new GF 250mm F4 R LM OIS WR lens
  • New flicker reduction feature
  • Large Indicators Mode for LCD and viewfinder

X-H1

  • Focus bracketing
  • Enlarged/customizable indicators in viewfinder and LCD
  • Enhanced phase detection during video recording; more phase detection AF area options for still shooting
  • Enhanced Bluetooth connectivity

X-T2

  • Focus bracketing
  • Enlarged/customizable indicators in viewfinder and LCD
  • F-log recording to SD card
  • 1080/120p high speed mode
  • Improved Phase Detect AF performance
  • Flicker reduction

X-Pro2

  • Enlarged/customizable indicators in viewfinder and LCD
  • Improved Phase Detect AF performance
  • Flicker reduction

X-E3

  • Enlarged/customizable indicators in viewfinder and LCD
  • Compatibility with XC 15-45 F3.5-5.6 OIS PZ lens
  • Improved radio flash controller usability
  • Supports FUJIFILM X RAW STUDIO

X100F

  • Enlarged/customizable indicators in viewfinder and LCD

Press Release

New Firmware Updates for GFX, X-H1, X-T2, X-Pro2, X-E3 and X100F

Fujifilm will release new firmware updates for the FUJIFILM GFX 50S, X-H1, X-T2, X-Pro2, X-E3 and X100F. Updates will vary by model and are expected in April 2018 and May 2018.

1. FUJIFILM GFX 50S (Ver.3.10) – Available in May 2018

• Compatible with the newly developed FUJINON GF250mmF4 R LM OIS WR lens including “Focus Preset,” “AF-L” and “AF-ON”.
• Addition of “Flicker Reduction” to reduce flicker in both pictures and display when shooting under fluorescent lighting.
• Addition of “Select Folder” and “Create Folder” allowing users to choose the folder that images are stored in and to create a new folder.
• New “Large Indicators Mode” enabling users to enlarge indicators and information in the viewfinder and/or LCD monitor and to customize the location of where the information is shown on the display.
• Addition of Fn button support for “35mm Format Mode” for quick setting changes.

2. FUJIFILM X-H1 (Ver.1.1.0) – Available in May 2018

• Addition of Focus Bracketing allows the photographer to shoot focus distance bracketing of up to 999 frames.
• Compatible with new cinema lenses FUJINON MKX18-55mmT2.9 and FUJINON MKX50-135mmT2.9.
• Enlarged and customizable indicators and information in the viewfinder and/or LCD monitor. Users can also customize the location of where information is shown on the display.
• Enhanced Phase Detection AF during movie recording.
• Expanded Phase Detection AF Area options during still shooting.
• Enhanced Bluetooth® connectivity with FUJIFILM Camera Remote app.
• Addition of Fn button support for “IS Mode”.

3. FUJIFILM X-T2 (Ver.4.0.0) – Available in May 2018

• Addition of Focus Bracketing allowing the photographer to shoot focus distance bracketing of up to 999 frames.
• Compatible with new cinema lenses FUJINON MKX18-55mmT2.9 and FUJINON MKX50-135mmT2.9.
• Enlarged and customizable indicators and information in the viewfinder and/or LCD monitor. Users can also customize the location of where information is shown on the display.
• Addition of F-log SD card recording.
• Addition of 1080/120P high-speed video mode ideal for recording slow motion footage.
• Enhanced Phase Detection AF to improve performance in various shooting environments.
• Addition of “Flicker Reduction” to reduce flicker in both pictures and display when shooting under fluorescent lighting.
• Addition of “Select Folder” and “Create Folder” allowing users to choose the folder that images are stored in and to create a new folder.

4. FUJIFILM X-Pro2 (Ver.5.0.0) – Available in May 2018

• Enlarged and customizable indicators and information in the viewfinder and/or LCD monitor. Users can also customize the location of where information is shown on the display.
• Enhanced Phase Detection AF to improve performance in various shooting environments.
• Addition of “Flicker Reduction” to reduce flicker in both pictures and display when shooting under fluorescent lighting.
• Addition of “Select Folder” and “Create Folder” allowing users to choose the folder that images are stored in and to create a new folder.

5. FUJIFILM X-E3 (Ver.1.2.0) – Available in Late April 2018

• Supports FUJIFILM X RAW STUDIO.
• Support for backup/restore of camera settings via FUJIFILM X Acquire when the camera is connected to a computer.
• Compatible with the newly developed FUJINON XC15-45mmF3.5-5.6 OIS PZ lens.
• Improved radio flash controller usability allowing users to shoot with compatible third party studio flash in high speed sync or TTL mode via a radio controller.
• Enlarged and customizable indicators and information in the viewfinder and/or LCD monitor. Users can also customize the location of where information is shown on the display.
• Enhanced Bluetooth® connectivity with FUJIFILM Camera Remote app.

6. FUJIFILM X100F (Ver.2.1.0) – Available in Late April 2018

• Enlarged and customizable indicators and information in the viewfinder and/or LCD monitor. Users can also customize the location of where information is shown on the display.

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Five Ideas for Your Spring Photography

26 Mar

The renewal of life is never more prominent than in the spring, and this change in the season is a magical time for photography. This article obviously relates to those temperate parts of the world that have four seasons including spring.

Spring of course accompanies flowers blooming, and leaf shoots growing. This dramatic change in the natural world allows you as a photographer to tell the story of a place afresh, just as nature restarts again for another year. So let’s look at some spring photography ideas, to help you get the best out of the season.

Five Ideas for Your Spring Photography

All those flowers make for some amazing backgrounds for your portrait photos.

1 – Focus on the finer details

Whether you’re able to photograph bluebells, daffodils, or cherry blossoms these detail photos you can get from floral photography will be an important part of your set. Even if you’re not photographing flowers, perhaps instead you’re at a spring festival, the detail photo is important.

The following are a few ideas that may help you improve your spring photography:

  • Bokeh – Bokeh and detail photos go well together, especially when you photograph flowers. The easiest way to achieve to this to photograph a flower in the foreground, with other flowers in the background. Then using a large aperture you should achieve a nice soft background. This works better with macro lenses or prime lenses with a large aperture.
  • Patterns – Nature is full of nice patterns so use this to your advantage. The repetition of flowers can make for a nice pattern, or indeed petals on the ground once they’ve fallen. Alternatively, at a spring festival, the produce can often be laid out in a pattern, ideal for photography
  • Background – As with all photos the background is important. Aiming in a certain direction you can create a clean background and a much nicer image. Shooting up at the sky on a clear day will give a blue background, or perhaps aim down towards the grass for a green background. As mentioned above, you may also choose to blur out the background with bokeh.
  • The Light – Using the light is what photography is all about. The way it may shine through petals can give you nice details, as the sunlight picks up all the textures of the flower. You can also use shards of light, if you spot a leaf that’s lit up on its own it can make a nice photo.
Five Ideas for Your Spring Photography

Using bokeh and good light is important, but adding an extra element like a bee will make the photo even better.

2 – Explore the wider scene in your spring photography

The temptation, especially with flower photos, is to keep in close and not take a bigger landscape style photo. The flower beds and areas with many blossoming trees can make for some amazing spring photography though.

Likewise, taking a photo of the whole festival from an elevated position is an integral part of a sequence of photos you’d take at such an event. If you’re looking for the quintessential floral spring photographs, you can look to the following to enhance your chance of success.

  • Check the forecast – That’s not just the weather forecast, but the blossom forecast! Whether you’re in Japan, Washington or any other part of the world with seasonal flowers, there will be a peak period.
  • The composition is king – As with all landscape photos good composition will get you the best results, now you have the element of spring to incorporate into your photo as well.
  • Extra context – This could simply be those floral blossoms indicating spring. However, including other elements like buildings that are region specific will add even more context to your photo.
Five Ideas for Your Spring Photography

Looking for more context could mean using buildings with typical local traditional architecture.

3 – Take some portrait photos!

Spring can be a really popular time for portrait photography. The symbol of new life and those amazing backgrounds combine to make this a special time for portrait work. Whether you’re photographing yourself, or other people there are ample opportunities.

  • Photoshoot – Models and couples will travel just as far as photographers to get beautiful photos will natural backgrounds. Aim to use a large aperture and blur out the background. Lines of trees can add depth to a photo when a shallow depth of field is applied. Having your model interact with some of the flowers is also a nice touch.
  • Other people – Photographs of people enjoying spring can be great. As the weather warms up and people start to enjoy park life, there are increased chances for street photos. Typical examples might include people walking through flowery fields, or perhaps taking self-portraits.
  • The selfie – Lastly there is always taking photos of yourself, everyone needs a new profile picture for spring!
Five Ideas for Your Spring Photography

Daffodils are one of the first signs of spring in many countries. Here a person walks through a field of these flowers.

4 – Try something creative

Spring photography is a broad subject, it does, in fact, encompass more or less every type of photography that exists. The theme that’s consistent is that you’re photographing spring specifically.

The application of more experimental techniques can be a great way to shake things up, so what could you try? The following are just some examples and ideas for getting creative:

  • Light trails – It is not uncommon for spring foliage to grow along the side of a road. This presents a great opportunity to take a car light trails photo, and include some spring blossoms for context.
  • Refraction – The crystal ball is a versatile piece of equipment to have in the bag, and for sure you can use it in the spring to make some creative photos.
  • Motion blur – On a windy day, setting your camera on a tripod to capture the motion of the moving vegetation can create a nice abstract looking photo. To do this you’ll need to expose for several seconds, to capture that movement.
Five Ideas for Your Spring Photography

In this photo a yellow ball was used. The yellow against white echoes that of an egg, and with spring this gives the concept of new life.

5 – Spring festivals

Another sign of spring is the festivals and religious holidays that occur during this time, depending on where you are in the world they will be different. They all offer photography opportunities, again with still life, portraits or scene setting photos portraying that festival.

In Asia, there are some dramatic festivals such as Japan’s Setsuban festival that celebrates the end of winter, and the beginning of spring. Then perhaps closer to home are the Easter holidays, with the accompanying traditions that go along with it. These events both tell the story of renewal, a powerful theme for spring.

Five Ideas for Your Spring Photography

This is a festival in South Korea that marks the end of winter and the start of spring. People wear the traditional clothes of Korean farm dancers.

Time to go and enjoy the fresh spring air

How do you like to do your spring photography? Does it only mean flowers and nature, or are there other things about spring that you enjoy photographing?

Perhaps you’ve photographed spring many times before, so how about trying a different photographic style this time? Lastly, we love to see examples of your spring photography both past and present, so please share them in the comments section!

Five Ideas for Your Spring Photography

A bed of petals can make a great detail photo.

Five Ideas for Your Spring Photography

Look for people in their natural environment, caring for the land. It adds a bit more story to this spring photo.

Five Ideas for Your Spring Photography

Capturing the wider scene here to include a local landmark, and spring flowers in the foreground.

Five Ideas for Your Spring Photography

Try experimenting with some different concepts, here some motion blur was captured by using a slower shutter speed.

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Idaho in the spring: 9 must-shoot spots

27 Jul

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It probably hasn’t made your landscape photography bucket list just yet, but there’s a good reason to visit Idaho. In fact, there are many good reasons, and photographer Michael Bonocore spent this spring traveling around his new home state, capturing the grandeur of the local landscapes.

Using the Visit Idaho website as his guide, Bonocore trekked all over the state and found nine ‘must-see’ destinations for all of the photographers out there. Especially in the spring, these spots offer “a perfect mix of still snow-capped mountain peaks, vibrant wildflowers and warming temperatures.”

From Sun Valley, to the town of Stanley (population 62), to Redfish Lake and beyond, he put his findings and some stunning photographs together into a photo essay, which you can read over on Resource Travel. And if you want a taste before you jet off, check out the slideshow above.

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Extended Spring Roll Camera Jacket launches for mirrorless cameras

02 Jun

Japanese company Extended has launched a new protective case for select cameras, the Extended Spring Roll Camera Jacket. This case is compatible with the Leica M series, Leica Q, Fuji X-Pro series, and other similarly-sized cameras. As the product’s name suggests, the Spring Roll protects cameras by wrapping around them; two small snap clasps are used to keep the case closed.

According to the company’s website, Spring Roll measures 155mm x 290mm when open; the lens cover has a 70mm diameter and a 55mm length. Extended Photographic recently launched the Spring Roll Camera Jacket on its website, where it is priced at ¥12,800 / $ 110 USD with shipping to the US being an additional ¥2,000 / $ 18.

Via: LeicaRumors

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Spring on Speed: Time-Lapse Video Captures 3 Years of Blooming Flowers

13 May

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A single sweeping shot seems to capture an entire spring season of blooming flowers in this artfully directed time-lapse video, which took three years to record and complete. Filmmaker Jamie Scott captured almost all of the footage on a soundstage in the closet of his New York home, often against a black backdrop, placing the flowers in stark relief as they unfurl.

The sped-up result almost makes them look like sea creatures waving around under the sea, tentatively opening and then closing again as the camera passes over them. Scott started out filming the flowers from the front, but realized the effect was more dramatic if he shot them from above instead, shifting focus as he went.

In a behind-the-scenes interview with F-stoppers, Scott explains that he made the film in contrast to his previous time-lapse work entitled Fall. The difference between the two films isn’t just the season, but also the close-up shots, shallow depth of field, classical score and placing the camera on a slider.

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Week in Review: Spring Fever

02 Apr

Week in Review: Spring Fever

There was excitement in the air this week around the office. Was it the unseasonably warm weather? The arrival of a new flagship DSLR? A smattering of product announcements mid-week? It’s hard to say. Whatever it was, it was a week in which Sony supersized its RX10 series, we took a peek at the Nikon D5’s ISO 3 million and learned how to make beer with stinging nettles. Catch up on everything you may have missed in the past seven days.

Week in Review: Spring Fever

The headline of the week goes to the Sony RX10 III announcement, which offers three times the zoom reach of its predecessor, covering a 24-600mm equivalent range. It packs a 20MP 1″-type sensor with 4K/UHD capability, a tilting LCD and a 2.36 million dot EVF in a dust and moisture-resistant body. All of that lens range doesn’t come cheap though – the RX10 III will sell for $ 1500, a $ 200 increase over its predecessor.

On top of the updated superzoom, Sony announced two new full-frame lenses. The business end of the Sony FE 70-300mm F4.5-5.6 is pictured here, and along with it came a 50mm F1.8. If the $ 1000 Zeiss-branded Sony 55mm F1.8 is too rich for your blood, you’ll be thrilled to know that the 50mm F1.8 is a mere $ 250. That’s still more than you’d pay for the Nikon or Canon equivalent, but it’s something, right? Sony let us manhandle their lenses at this week’s press event. You can take a look at some hands-on photos for a closer look and check out some initial sample images.

We see the words ‘I don’t care about video’ expressed fairly often in the comment section, and DPReview writer Richard Butler finds that sentiment a little disheartening. In the spirit of trying something new, the self-professed beginning videographer took the opportunity to test the Sony a6300’s video capabilities to shoot, direct and produce a mini-documentary. The subject is one that’s near and dear to our hearts – craft beer. Find out how a local brewery produces its stinging nettle beer, and see how the Sony a6300 performs.

As parent company Yahoo has fallen on hard times, it looks as though Flickr may be looking for a new home. Yahoo is seeking bids for its web properties, and though it hasn’t said exactly which operations it’s looking to sell off, it would seem that Flickr fits the description. But don’t clear out your savings account just yet – there are a number of reasons why a sale may never happen.

Have you ever wondered what ISO 3 million looks like? Wonder no more. Not only can you see what the Nikon D5’s highest extension ISO setting looks like in our studio, you can take a look at the full range of high ISO settings in their natural environment: a concert venue. We’ve even tested the camera’s dynamic range performance. There’s more to come from the Nikon D5, but for now you can marvel at the highest of high ISO settings.

We sat down with some Nikon executives at CP+ recently. As these things tend to go, we couldn’t pry much information out of them about future plans on the record, but they did confirm some interesting points, including the reason why there’s a D500: you. Years of lobbying for a D300S replacement led directly to the creation of the Nikon D500. It seems that complaining can get you somewhere after all.

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