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Holiday Gift Guide – The best photo and video lights of 2023

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Another lap around the sun means another winter holiday season! Black Friday may be over, but here are some more gift ideas this giving season, even if you’re giving to yourself. In this guide, we’re looking at some of our favourite new cameras of 2023.

Our third day is all about lighting! These are some of our favourite lights that we’ve used or have been released over the last year. We’ve already posted our cameras and lenses gift guides, but keep visiting this week as we release our other guides, including tripods, sliders & gimbals, and accessories and gadgets.

Cute, sad, and awe-inspiring photos of animals – Wildlife Photographer of the Year wants your vote

Wildlife Photographer of the Year has announced the 2024 finalists for the People’s Choice award. Yes, this means that you get to vote for your favorite images. The selection is captivating, and you’ll have a difficult task, just like the contest jury.

Sirui Sniper series T1.2 AF lenses are now available to buy

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Sirui recently showed off their new Sniper series APS-C AF lenses at IBC 2023. We had the chance to take a look at them ourselves, and you can read our review of the Sirui Sniper lenses here. Initially launched on Indiegogo, the lenses are now on general sale.

The Sirui Sniper set comprises three lenses at 23mm, 33mm and 56mm focal lengths with a super bright T1.2 aperture. These provide a Super35/APS-C field of view similar to about 35mm, 50mm and 85mm on full-frame.

These are five problems with your woodland photos, and how to fix them

I love spending time in the forest and taking photos. Ironically, I’m not that good at woodland photography, and I can’t seem to improve much. If you feel the same way, Nigel Danson has a perfect video for you. He explores the complexities and allure of autumn woodland photography, explaining why it may not work. He also proposes solutions to these problems, some editing tips, and excellent examples to illustrate his points.

Yul Brynner’s personal Leica cameras sold for over $3 million at an auction

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In a recent auction held in Vienna, Austria, two Leica MP cameras owned by legendary actor Yul Brynner sold for over €2.76 million (around $3.03 million). Brynner personally used both of them, and they’re considered to be among the rarest and most sought-after Leica cameras in existence.

Terry Richardson faces new sexual assault lawsuits from former models

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Fashion photographer Terry Richardson, famous for a string of accusations over the past decade, is now facing new lawsuits as former models come forward with allegations of sexual assault.

Model Minerva Portillo, who now lives in Spain, has filed a lawsuit against Richardson under New York’s Adult Survivors Act. This act provides a one-year window for victims to file civil suits for sexual assault, even if criminal statutes of limitations have expired.

Holiday Gift Guide – Our favourite new lenses of 2023

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Another lap around the sun means another winter holiday season! Black Friday may be over, but here are some more gift ideas this giving season, even if you’re giving to yourself. In this guide, we’re looking at some of our favourite new cameras of 2023.

It’s Day 2, so that means lenses! These are some of our favourite lenses that have been released over the last year. We’ve already posted our cameras gift guide, but keep visiting this week as we release our other guides, including lighting, tripods, sliders & gimbals, and accessories and gadgets.

The smallest full-frame anamorphic ever – SIRUI Saturn review

Good news! SIRUI just expanded their anamorphic Saturn lineup – In addition to the already existing Saturn 35mm, they have just introduced two new anamorphic lenses: the Saturn 50mm and the Saturn 75mm. Each is a T/2.9 full-frame anamorphic lens that is smaller than a phone, light enough to mount on a drone, and best of all? They are all budget-friendly at under $1,000. We took the entire set for a spin!

Crank it up! (Or how I stopped fearing the noise monster)

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My first “real” digital camera was a Canon EOS Digital Rebel. All black, with a vertical battery grip and an impressive 6.3-megapixel sensor, it felt like a tiny miracle. But take that ISO up to 800, and the resulting images were less than miraculous; they were so noisy you’d need earplugs. That was 20 years ago, and while so much has changed in that time, my reluctance to crank up my ISO when the light gets low has been slow to catch up.

How I converted a 103-year-old Zeiss lens to autofocus M-mount

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Recently I was rummaging around in a box of old cameras, and I stumbled across a cute little Zeiss lens that I didn’t even know I had.

It was a 5cm (50mm for you youngsters out there) f: 3.5 Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar. I researched its serial number (in the 411,000 range) to discover this little lens was manufactured in 1920, that’s 103 years ago.

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