Canon

Canon’s new EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 IS II USM Lens has a built in LCD screen

Sep 15, 2016 John Aldred

It’s been rumoured for while now that Canon would start introducing LCDs into their lenses. Last week, we even saw some suggestions as to what they…



Canon EOS 5D mk IV is the best of Canons (but still behind Sony and Nikon), DxOMark says

Sep 14, 2016 Udi Tirosh

You know that you were waiting for this. After trashing the Canon 5Dmk4 no clean HDMI output for 4K, Rolling shutter issues and lack of many video…



Adobe to add 5D Mark IV’s dual pixel RAW functionality to Lightroom and Photoshop

Aug 30, 2016 John Aldred

The dual pixel sensor of the 5D Mark IV has two main functions. One is to improve the accuracy of the autofocus. The other gives…



Test shows that Rolling shutter on the 5D Mark IV is a pretty big issue with 4K

Aug 30, 2016 John Aldred

The folks over at DPReview have got their hands on a 5D Mark IV. One of the tests they’ve performed with respect to video is…



This is why your night sky photography sucked last night

Aug 17, 2016 John Aldred

It’s why mine always suck, too. Light pollution. It’s hard to escape it these days. It’s the thing that puts many budding astrophotographers off before…



A very rare look inside Canon’s operations at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games

Aug 3, 2016 Jeff Cable

This is my fifth Olympic Games and I am always visiting the Canon Professional Services area to borrow equipment from them. And for all of…



5 Reasons why you need a 70-200mm lens

Aug 1, 2016 John Aldred

There was a time when the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8VR was the lens I used most often. I was mostly shooting portraits on location. Once I started moving…



Canon patents 40-800mm F4.5-5.6 lens, it would be great if it’s made, but I am skeptical

Jul 21, 2016 Udi Tirosh

Canon just patented a 40-800mm lens. Isn’t this just incredible. In old point and shoot terms the box would have been marked X20. You have to…



How I Shot These Etherial Portraits With A Lensbaby

Jul 13, 2016 Patrick Shipstad

So this is happening more and more… I’m talking with a client who wants me to shoot a creative portrait of them, and they say,…



Tokina’s 24-70 vs Nikon’s – Half the price, better quality

Jul 6, 2016 John Aldred

I’m not one who generally tends to pay much attention to DXOMark scores, but this one quite surprised me.  Released in 2014, Tokina’s AT-X 24-70mm f/2.8…