Canon
New Canon SX740 HS point & shoot offers 4K video and 40x optical zoom
Jul 31, 2018
John Aldred
Well, we knew it wouldn’t be long before 4K started to trickle down to lower end cameras. It’s been around in phones for years already….
The Tamron 70-210mm f/4 goes up against the new Canon 70-200mm f/4 IS II and Nikon 70-200mm f/4 VR
Jul 16, 2018
John Aldred
The Tamron 70-210mm f/4 Di VC lens has had a lot of hype. Leaked in February, announced a day later, and subsequently reviews on its…
Canon releases firmware update to stop your 6D Mark II freezing and crashing
Jul 16, 2018
John Aldred
Canon 6D Mark II users can come in out of the cold. Canon has released a firmware update which now prevents the freezing issues that…
Reverse engineering how Canon flashes communicate
Jul 7, 2018
John Aldred
This is an incredibly geeky topic, but it’s a subject I find absolutely fascinating. It involves how flashes communicate with the camera and reverse engineering the…
85mm lenses aren’t just for portraits as this foggy landscape challenge shows
Jul 6, 2018
John Aldred
When we think of shooting landscapes, typically it’s with pretty wide lenses. Most landscape photographers I know rarely shoot with anything that isn’t at least…
The basics of tilt-shift lenses and how you can use them in your photography
Jul 5, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
A tilt-shift lens is most likely not the first one you’ll buy after the kit lens. But, a specialized lens like this can be a…
The Canon 85mm f/1.2 vs f/1.4 vs f/1.8 showdown shows there’s no clear winner
Jul 2, 2018
John Aldred
One of the most popular portrait focal lengths out there is 85mm. Most of us have one in our bag, or at least a zoom…
Yongnuo’s new 50mm f/1.4 lens keeps up with Canon at less than 2/3rds the price
Jun 21, 2018
John Aldred
Yongnuo has been coming pretty thick and fast with lenses over the last couple of years. Sure, they’re generally copies of somebody else’s lens, but…
Samyang announces compact and lightweight 85mm f/1.4 AF lens for full frame Canon cameras
Jun 18, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Only a week after announcing the 24mm f/2.8 AF lens for Sony EF, Samyang is adding another compact and lightweight AF lens to their arsenal….
I 3D-printed a Canon EF lens mount for Game Boy camera
Jun 3, 2018
Bastiaan Ekeler
I was inspired by Tim Binnion‘s work with the Game Boy Camera and a cheap cellphone tele lens. I figured I’d up the ante and design…