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In hopes of bringing the goods to the WPPI expo floor, Manfrotto announced their new Lens Filter Suite that incorporates their newest lens filters paired with a new magnetic adapter and filter holder system. The newly an...

A small study out of Europe is confirming what many of us probably knew intuitively already: while plenty of people love taking their own selfies, most people have no interest in looking at anybody else’s. The findings...

An iPhone cannot compare to a $30,000 100MP Hasselblad camera. It’s like comparing a Chevy Nova to a Bugatti Veyron. But there is a way to make this comparison “fair,” and that’s what Usman, the lead photographer...

A staple of the Fujifilm X-Series for some time now has been the 18mm F/2. But as with many of the early lenses launched with the X-Series, it is beginning to show its age and users have been noting the need for an updat...

A couple of weeks ago a Sony-sponsored study found that consumers are ready to embrace selfies as a tool. Now a research paper, published bySarah Diefenbach and Lara Christoforakos of Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich...

Roger Cicala--the founder of Lens Rentals and one of the most entertaining and informative voices in the world of optical testing--has some news for you: zoom lenses are never as good as primes, and they vary so much fro...

A new Kickstarter projectaims to make digital photography easily accessible to children, with a productthat is relatively inexpensive and durable. Called Pixlplay, the device is essentially a smartphonecase shaped like a...

I'm always searching for interesting personal projects--ideas that are worth the effort and time it takes to make it visible. Nowadays, I often get suggestions for themes or models for photoshoots. For my personal projec...

Here’s a neat little animation from Harman Technologt, the folks behind the Ilford brand of film, that breaks down exactly how a basic film photography SLR (single lens reflex) camera works. This video will reveal noth...

The Sky Garden at 20 Fenchurch Street is a unique public space that spans three storeys and offers 360 degree views of London

Tamron has announced their newly updated 70-200mm F2.8 Di VC USD G2, a lens that offers what look to be several significant improvements over the old Tamron 70-200mm F/2.8 model. We have been here at WPPI 2017 and we had...

The Nissin A10s is a new 2.4Ghz wireless TTL flash commander for Fujifilm, Sony, Micro Four Thirds, Canon and Nikon cameras.

Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 20 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting

I had a few hours to kill before work one morning, so I decided to head down to a public garden a few miles from my house and take some pictures. In the summer this place is full of color, with roses growing everywhere--...

Manfrotto has announced the acquisition of Xume Adapters, a US-based company offering a range of quick-release adapters that allow photographers to attach lens caps and filters to their lenses quickly and with great prec...

Leica are now offering a new range of configurable camera and lens sets featuring the Leica M (Typ 240), M-P (Typ 240) and M Monochrom (Typ 246) models.

The Fujifilm X-A3 is the most affordable Fujifilm compact system camera in their extensive range, but is it any good? Read our in-depth Fujifilm X-A3 review now to find out... Read the review »

Photographers that use the Sony E Mount system professionally (or are interested in doing so) will no doubt be looking for the best lenses to use with their Sony A7 II, A7s II, or A7r II bodies. Today we have a great sel...

The Canon EF 70-300mm F4-5.6 IS II USM is a full-frame lens, but this budget-friendly, stabilized tele-zoom will likely appeal to owners of APS-C bodies too. So we've updated our initial sample gallery, shot on the Canon...

Looking for a craft project to tackle this weekend? It might be an undertaking, but it turns out if you put32,000 drinking straws together in a wooden box, voila - you've got a camera. At least, that was the starting poi...

We gota closer look at some of the headline features of Sony's newest FE lenses onthe show floor of the Wedding and Portrait Photography Conference and Expo in Las Vegas. The FE 100mm F2.8 STF GM OSS and FE 85mm were bot...

Most photographers don't realize the power of Cropping an image and instead just move on past it in their catalog. Go back and give it a try!