Peter Yan discovered his photographic talents when he took a trip to the USA in 2011. [ Article courtesy of Olympus ] 12 Apostles, Victoria. Peter Yan discovered his photographic talents when he took a trip to the USA in 2011. He’d taken along his first DSLR and as he travelled he posted some of…
By Athol Hill. I love to shoot skateboarding but find it challenging to get new angles. Skateboarder By Athol Hill Sony A7R lll and Samyang 18mm f/2.8; 1/1000s; ISO 100 I love to shoot skateboarding but find it challenging to get new angles. I was watching this skater and she was incredibly stylish carving up…
For all intents and purposes, DNS can be considered almost like the internet’s phonebook. At least that’s how it’s most often metaphorically explained. However, your domain’s DNS zone is slightly less like an old yellow pages and much more like the saved contacts list within your cell phone. You enter a phone number and a…
Released next month, Canon’s EOS M50 Mark II provides smart features and high-quality outputs that meet the needs of today’s content creators. Angled view of the EOS M50 Mark II with the EF-M 15-45mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM kit lens. (Source: Canon.) Like its predecessor, the EOS M50 Mark II is small enough to take anywhere….
Entries are sought for the inaugural 360° Photo Awards, an international competition for amateur and professional photographers with nine individual categories. This year’s categories are Landscape, Landscape Portfolio, Wildlife, People, Travel Portfolio, Creative, Mobile, Mono and Aerial. All categories may be entered multiple times. There is no limit on the number of entries in each…
Organisers of the Head On Photo Festival are seeking submissions from artists to participate in this year’s festival with a fully-produced exhibition and artist fee. This support has been made possible for Head On Photo Festival 2021 through Create NSW, City of Sydney, Waverley Council, Woollahra Municipal Council and Sony. Head On is looking for…
Unsurprisingly, YouTube has seen usage skyrocket as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. More people than ever are tuning in to the video platform, including our very own YouTube channel, seeking everything from news to education to entertainment. In the first week of April 2020, viewers collectively streamed 32 billion minutes of video. As you…
Photo Review 9.0 In summary Canon’s RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM lens represents a winning combination of size, weight, versatility and price. Even in relatively low light levels, where the slow maximum apertures at longer focal lengths can restrict hand-held shooting, the built-in stabilisation enables users to shoot with the camera and lens hand-held at…
Venus Optics has released its Laowa 11mm f/4.5 FF RL lens with the Canon RF mount and added the Nikon Z mount for Laowa 65mm f/2.8 2x Ultra-Macro APO lens. The Laowa 11mm f/4.5 FF RL ultra-wide-angle lens. (Source: Venus Optics.)This makes the Laowa 11mm f/4.5 FF RL ultra-wide-angle lens available for Canon’s full-frame (FF)…
cPanel & WHM’s web interfaces offer a comprehensive server and web hosting management solution, but hosts and developers often want to automate tasks or integrate cPanel’s tools with other software. To make that easier, we provide extensive APIs that can be accessed both locally and remotely. In this article, we’ll explore the cPanel & WHM…
Cropping images in post-production can give you another chance to re-frame your shots more creatively. While we normally advise readers to frame shots by ‘cropping within the camera’, there are times when cropping images at the editing stage is worthwhile. Sometimes you simply want to remove distracting elements in the background. At other times you…
Nikon will release new firmware for its Z 7II and Z 6II full-frame mirrorless cameras on 25 February 2021. Firmware Version 1.10 will improve the performance of Eye-Detection autofocus (AF) and ensure smoother and more flexible shooting on both the Z 7II and Z 6II. It will also add the ability to export RAW video…
April will see the release of the new Panasonic Lumix S 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 MACRO O.I.S. L-Mount lens for Lumix S Series full-frame mirrorless cameras. Angled view of the new Lumix S 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 MACRO O.I.S. L-Mount lens. (Source: Panasonic.) The optical design of the new lens contains 17 lens elements in 11 groups and includes…
Tiny Spider on a beautiful peach rose. By Anna Smith. Spider on a Rose By Anna Smith Canon EOS 600D; Canon 55-250mm lens Tiny Spider on a beautiful peach rose. Don’s response Without the spider this would be a nice but not quite so interesting a picture. Given its importance, I think the argument could…
An invitation to take part in the annual Photo Review Reader Survey, and receive a $20 voucher as a thank you for completing the survey. Please take 20 minutes to complete the Photo Review Reader Survey 2021, which will help us improve the content we publish in Photo Review. As a thank you we’ll give…
A new Australian distributor, Explorer Photo &Video, has opened in Sydney with a base in Crows Nest and an extensive catalogue of photo and video accessories. Distributing products through major local photographic and video retailers, Discount Digital Photographics, Georges and Mainline Photographics in stores as well as online, Explorer Photo &Video offers a wide variety…
As sure as the sun will rise tomorrow, your favorite application, software, or website is going to eventually (and periodically) be redesigned. Odds are, at first, that you aren’t going to initially be a fan of the new design. It’s like when your local grocery store rearranges all the products on the shelves… why isn’t…
Venus Optics has released L-mount versions of four of its popular Laowa lenses: the 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye and 9mm f/2.8 Zero-D ultra wide angle lenses plus two specialist macro lenses. Laowa-branded lenses that are now available in L-mount versions: the 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5X Ultra Macro, 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye and 9mm f/2.8 Zero-D. (Source: Venus Optics.)…
Overnight, Sony has posted an announcement that the release of the FE 35mm f/1.4 GM (SEL35F14GM) lens has been postponed to an unspecified date. Angled view of the Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM lens. (Source: Sony.) Announced on 14 January, the lens was originally scheduled to be available in Australia from mid-February 2021. The delay…
Sony has released a free firmware update for the ZV-1 that allows high-quality video and audio live streaming by connecting the camera directly to a computer. Firmware Version 2.0 allows users to easily connect the ZV-1 to a PC via USB and utilise the high-quality video stream and built-in microphone for crystal-clear audio for everyday…
A report published overnight by Red River Paper reveals the results of extensive tests on ink usage by the most popular A3+ and A2 inkjet printers. Calculations were carried out on ink usage derived by printing 200 8×10-inch prints of Bill Atkinson’s printer test, shown above. According to the test report, the montage of photos…
