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Nikon Is Developing a Z 120-300mm f/2.8 TC VR S

Nikon has just posted a development announcement for the Z 120-300mm f/2.8 TC VR S with a built-in 1.4× teleconverter! They’ve also released an image of the lens, although most other details remain unknown for now. Here’s how it looks:
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The Prairire Crocus in Six Photos

As a wildlife photographer, there’s nothing more exciting than going to places unknown and unexplored. Everything around you is a new composition, just waiting to be discovered. But I like to think that all concepts have a counterpart. In this case, I think the counterpart of endless exploration would be peacefully exploring a single, well-known subject that you’ve had in mind for a long time. Recently, I finished a project on one such single subject: the Prairie Crocus.
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Photography News: Sony a7R VI Details, Mother’s Day Sales

Last week, my big task was to work on our printer and make test prints on dozens of different paper types. Then I met up with Nasim over the weekend, and we narrowed it down to just a few of our favorites. What do you look for in a paper? The brightness of the highlights, the depth of the blacks, the surface texture, the warmth or coolness? I probably spent more time thinking about that last week than the rest of my life combined! I still need to make some more test prints, but things are progressing quickly. Meanwhile, as I tested different papers, a few things happened in the greater photography world that you might want to know about.
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High-Key Wildlife Photography Explained

In nature, chaos sometimes reigns supreme, and building clean compositions as a wildlife photographer is difficult. High-key photography is, in a way, the opposite. By exposing near the point of overexposure, distractions have a way of vanishing, and your subject stands out against its more abstract surroundings.
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How Our Sharpness Measurements Look in Photos

Today, in order to provide some more context for our lens reviews, I wanted to share examples of how different Imatest LW/PH MTF50 values look in actual test chart photos. We’re always sharing these Imatest values, and now you can see how they look in practice!
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