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Tamron 50-400mm f/4.5-6.3 Review

pay per click advertising The Tamron 50-400mm f/4.5-6.3 is a budget telephoto zoom which offers an impressive range of focal lengths. This $ 1300 lens is available both for Sony E and Nikon Z, and as soon as it was … Continue reading

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Landscape Photography on a Cloudless Day

Photographers may be some of the only people with a negative opinion of blue skies! But who can blame us? Harsh sunlight doesn’t complement a lot of subjects very well – if anything, just the opposite – and an empty, … Continue reading

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A Do-It-Yourself CFexpress Type B Memory Card

Once considered an exotic choice, CFexpress Type B memory cards have become the gold standard in recent years. While they’re still not as common as the mass-adopted SD cards, many high-end cameras now feature at least one CFexpress slot, including … Continue reading

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Photography News: Leica SL3-S Announced, Nikon January Sale

Some old photography “rules” are hard to kill. That was apparent to me yesterday afternoon when I went out cross-country skiing (rather foolishly carrying a full camera backpack, my Z9, and my tripod along). The rule in question? Not shooting … Continue reading

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Using Off-Camera Flash for Nature Photography

Nature, by its very essence, is unpredictable – sometimes I even feel it’s downright mischievous. You’ve surely experienced this yourself: The very essence of photography, the light, is also photography’s greatest challenge. Sometimes too little, sometimes too much, and sometimes … Continue reading

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