The recently-announced Nikon Z9 immediately drew comparisons with Canon’s high-end EOS R3, another mirrorless camera geared toward sports and wildlife photography. While the two cameras have plenty of differences, they’re targeted at similar photographers and both cameras bring a lot of features to the table. I’ll compare them below.
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I’m in the process of updating Photography Life’s full-length, multi-article tutorial about composition. This article is Chapter 2 of the guide, where I’m introducing and defining composition – including what makes some compositions succeed while others fail.
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What are the best walk-around settings for wildlife photography? Perhaps you just bought your first camera and want to photograph some wildlife. Or, maybe you’ve been struggling with capturing crisp and properly exposed images of wildlife for a while, and you need some guidance. If that sounds like you, read on!
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One of our favorite and longest running traditions in Click Community is our forum photo contest! In last month’s contest our community shared images that embodied the theme “sun flare” and we can’t wait for you to see this collection of our favorites.
Congratulations to Krista Taylor for her winning image (above)! Krista won a self paced course of her choice from Click Photo School!
You can win, too! Enter this month’s forum photo contest with your take on the theme “IN THE CITY” for a chance to be featured here on the Click Community Blog and win a self paced course of your choice!
But first, please enjoy this collection of some of our very favorite and inspiring images from this past month:
Want to learn how to create amazing images with sun flare? Check out these favorite tutorials of ours on Click Community:
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The launch of the Nikon Z 9 was a whirlwind, indeed. A much anticipated camera, everybody’s in on the action and excitement, especially the camera stores. No surprise there! It was fun collaborating with B&H, to shoot with Nikon, and sports photog Jen Pottheiser, in putting the Z 9 through some paces. I’ve only had the camera in hand for a few days, as we were shooting prototypes that had to be given back at the end of each day in the field. There is much more to explore with this machine.
But, perhaps I answered the durability and toughness of build questions, at least for myself, on this job, which included shooting motocross.
Big thanks to Marc Cutler for the BTS images below!
The B&H team put together a fun BTS video of Jen and I each sort of rolling around in the mud, in my case literally.
We tried 3D tracking on the AF system of the camera, and it was surreal how “sticky” the AF is. The camera finds the rider and sticks with him. It seeks eyes, and then failing eyes, picks up the head, and then the torso. It’s remarkably smart.
I participated in a B&H Live Panel Discussion, and it’s a good one. Lots and lots of tech info offered up by Mark Cruz and Mike Corrado of Nikon. Thankfully I took a shower before participating.
Shot rugby as well, ISO 400, focus tracking with the erratic movements of that sport.
So much more to explore with this camera. More tk….
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