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The folks at Chinese accessory brand Digitalfoto have created an interesting new piece of lighting gear. They’re just released a pair of wirelessly-controlled RGB tube lights that are also IP68 rated: in other words, you can use them underwater. The benefits and creative potential of waterproof tube lights should be immediately obvious, although the thought …

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Leica M mount lenses are all manual focus, but that doesn’t mean you can’t “add” autofocus… with the right adapter. That’s what Fotodiox has created with their latest gambit: a specialized adapter that lets you focus M-mount lenses on Fujifilm cameras by moving the lens back and forth as you focus. This isn’t the first …

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Canon’s had a rough go of it the past few weeks, but there are a couple of bright spots on the horizon. Reliable reports indicate that Canon is preparing to release two important things: new firmware for the EOS R5, and the much-anticipated RF 70-200mm f/4 lens. In case you haven’t been following the news, …

Canon EOS R5 Firmware Update and RF 70-200mm f/4 Lens Coming Soon Read More »

More than a year after announcing the thing in June of 2019, Hasselblad is finally ready to start selling and shipping the 907X 50C: a (relatively) compact medium format system that combines the CFV II 50C V System digital back with the smallest medium format body Hasselblad has ever made. Since it was announced last …

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Just two weeks after releasing a $360 50mm f/1.2 lens for Canon, Nikon, and Sony cameras, lens maker Meike has just unveiled its very first autofocus lens: the ultra-affordable 85mm f/1.8 AF for Nikon and Canon DSLRs. The Meike 85mm f/1.8 AF lens was first ‘announced’ two years ago, but it’s now finally available to …

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As a photographer, wishing for the departure or death of a camera company is like a musician getting excited to have one less guitar to choose from. In many ways, it is the most self-destructive thing that one can hope for their art. When I first read a recent industry piece calling for Nikon to …

Creativity, Not Negativity: A Call for an End to Brand Bashing Read More »

A simple ripple tank is the mainstay of every physics teacher’s demo collection. The typical demonstration is done with a point light source of a little tungsten light bulb a few feet above the ripple tank. The ripple tank is in reality a shallow pan of water with a clear bottom. The ripples are observed …

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I used to think that skin tone was irrelevant to lighting setups. When I photograph people with a flash, I don’t have go-to numbers for the position of my light (distance, height, and angle). My workflow is placing my light somewhere I think it’ll work and fine-tuning from there. I barely pay attention to the …

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Photographer Serge Ramelli recently put together a fun tutorial that shows you how to do something that might seem, at first, impossible: he takes a daylight photo and, using only local adjustments, he turns it into a nighttime or “blue hour” shot complete with lamplight. The tutorial takes about 17 minutes in all, and he …

How to Turn a Photo from Day to Night Using a Few Photo Editing Tricks Read More »

I wanted a device that can throw light patterns onto a wall or a model. There are some commercially available but they are quite expensive and I this was only for occasional use. I thought that this is something that can be 3D printed. I bought Bowens mounting ring and cheap macro extension tubes (For …

How I Made a DIY Gobo Holder for Studio Strobes Read More »