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 announced, our readers immediately started asking me to review it. I’m happy to bring you our full tests today.
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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, blue expanse usually doesn’t add much interest to the top of a landscape photo.
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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 from Canon, Nikon, Leica, Fujifilm, and Hasselblad. The reason is simple: these cards offer excellent speed for the demanding professional photographer.
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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 into the sun! As I took the photo below, a woman walked up to me and asked what I could possibly be photographing. She wasn’t a photographer, but she certainly knew the age-old rule about never shooting into the sun. But with modern lens coatings, I find that shooting into the sun can lead to lovely silhouettes and moody photos. So to kick off this week’s photography news, I leave you with the photo below.
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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 simply boring. There may not be a perfect solution to difficult light, but you can often tackle it quite effectively with the use of off-camera flashes.
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