If you consider buying an expensive lens like the $12,000 Nikon 180-400mm f/4 TC 1.4, you will find useful to read actual field tests (and not only the usual read-the-specs reviews that most web sites will provide). So, I found to welcome field tests that I’d like to recommend: Petapixel’s A Field Test of the…
One of the most attracting features of the Adobe Photoshop CC suite of photographic tools is its image management tool which allows sorting, ordering, labeling and most important -to my eyes- comparing several pictures in order to choose the best one. Yes, I have the (bad?) habit of shooting in rapid fire when I’m photographing wildlife, but…
The Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender is a major piece of glass from Canon. One sample just arrived at YLovePhoto, so it was a good opportunity to share with you the unpacking process. Of course, I must profusely thank Xtian for his considerable help.
If you are using Adobe Creative Cloud (the recent subscription-based cloud-based solution for Adobe tools including Photoshop), or if you know somebody using it, there are 99% chance that you heard that Adobe service broke down on 14-May and is just going back up as I write this. Note that Photoshop CC is only available…
This is starting to look like a bring refrain, in these recent weeks: The most recent photo cameras seem to have been launched before all the bugs could be detected and wiped out. As a simple reminder, I would list the following cases: The Canon EOS 5D MkIII files are not handled perfectly well in…
In a few hours, the two new SLR photo cameras from Sony, the Sony Alpha 77 and Sony Alpha 65 will be fully official. Since a lot of information reached our ears already through a number of different leaks, it is now possible to make a few educated guesses and to attempt a comparison with…
Lightroom 3 sees its price lowered slightly at Amazon.
Mother’s Day is on us. And Father’s Day, too. And if our parents are not strictly as enthusiastic about photography as we are, they probably don’t want to lug around a big SLR camera but they did not fail in asking for advice on what camera they should pick. It’s time to answer with the…
The Nikon D5100 has just been announced (it is not yet available) and you can already pre-order to be one of the very first to receive it when it will be available (around May 2011). You will be part of a very select club. Amazon USA Nikon D5100 (pre-order) B&H Nikon D5100 Digital SLR Camera…
I know I shouldn’t have waited so long (2 months), but today’s batch of additions is no less than 26 new in-depth reviews for all the Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Pentax, Samsung and Sony cameras. To find your load of updated review lists, just use the link at the top left of the web site “SLR…
These recent days, we spent time evaluating the possibilities offered by each of the major photo SLR brands for the wildlife/nature photographer, but I would now like to also add a few wider comments. First, it appears clear that the already existing equipment of a photographer has an inordinate weight in everybody’s choice (you can…
Some photography specialties are more demanding than others for the hardware equipment (mostly photo lenses). Animal wildlife photography (African safari, photographic hunting in Asia or bird watching in Europe, for example) is the perfect example: Your subject is nearly always too far. Photo Marc Wunderlich – I’m on the left, along with Alain Saunier, our…
No doubt about that, you must make sure that your other half will find this information in time for buying the best gift for a photo camera lover: underpant boxers with second-hand vintage photo cameras. This is at GAP, it’s everywhere in the wolrd on the Internet, but also in all the GAP shops, in…
When you don’t have much to tell and the competition is launching products like Spring is blooming, what do you do? Like Hasselabld, you announce… that you will announce “exciting news” on the 22th of September, when the Photokina opens. This is definitely not viral marketing.
photo credit: Don Hankins It appears that -at least in some cases- many ads from Google (like the ones I display on my web sites) are presenting fraudulent business proposals. Usually they are recognizable by the fact that they makes too-good-to-be-true offers (half-price photo cameras or basement-sale prices for pro equipment). But it is not…
It is often a little difficult to compare two cameras feature by feature. I’ve come to a web site which does that (and only that), but does it nicely: SnapSort.com. Nice.
Barry Fitzgerald decided to offer us a comparison of five of the entry-level D-SLR. I invite you to read to the conclusion which should please some of the admirers of Pentax. The reviewed cameras are: Sony Alpha A230 Sony Alpha A550 Pentax K-x Canon EOS 1000d/Rebel XS Nikon D3000
Despite all the positive aspects of cheap photo cameras, many a photographer will outgrow its camera possibilities. For good reasons, some day, you will need/want a more powerful photographic power horse, will you not? Cheap cameras are cheaply built. Though the least expensive cameras are quite sturdy, it’s true that they are not as strong…
The question is often asked, even more in the context of YLovePhoto and its information about expert photo cameras: “Do I need an expensive camera?” and the answer is most often that the expensive new features are mostly useless. For example, ISO sensitivity is over-rated. Today’s performance levels are so high that, out of specialty…
Sony will soon offer (at the end of October) a Premium service for after-sales and warranty. It will target pros and top-flight amateur photographers. For a period of one, two or three years (at the price of 109, 219 or 329€), the customer will get a warranty extension (directly from Sony Style Georges V or…
Canon UK announced that they are opening a cash-back program for photographic students of various UK institutions. Teachers, lecturers and technicians in the same institutions will also be eligible. The cash-back on the EOS 450D configurations amounts to £50, whereas it climbs to £65 on a Canon EOS 500D. It will run until 31 October…
Michael Zhang has a good set of advice to provide to help us all buy a lot of pro camera gear on a student budget. This is quite attractive because most photo enthusiasts quickly notice that the only limitation to our photo expenses is the money we can invest into it. Let’s admit it, there…
This is a question more common than you would think. And this is the worst situation for a pro-photographer: All these people who would want the artwork fro nothing. And would we dare discuss/bargain/complain/negotiate the same way with some other professions? YouTube link