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- Kipon MF lens adapters
Kipon have added Nikon Z and Canon RF mounts to their medium format lens adapter range. Use popular MF lenses with focal reducers for full frame cameras - Mitakon Speedmaster 65mm f1.4 for GFX
ZY Optics announce their Mitakon Speedmaster 65mm f/1.4 lens for Fuji GFX medium format cameras (G mount). - Samyang XP 35mm f/1.2 announced
Samyang XP 35mm f/1.2 lens announced for Canon EF mount. Fast wide aperture manual focus lens designed for 8k video and sensors in excess of 50MP. Fourth in the XP series. - DxO Nik Collection updated
DxO Nik Collection has been updated to V1.1 to greatly improve compatibility with current image editing software packages such as Lightroom/Photoshop/Elements and Affinity Photo - British Wildlife Photography Awards 9
British Wildlife Photography Awards 9: winners announced for the BWPA
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- Book Review: Hasselblad and the moon landing
Book Review: Hasselblad and the moon landings. photographs and the story of the cameras that didn't return from the Apollo moon landings - Review: Laowa 24mm f/14 relay macro
Review of the Laowa 24mm f/14 relay 2x macro lens from Venus Optics, water resistant lens with built in LED variable lighting unit - Book Review: 52 Assignments Experimental Photography
Book Review: 52 Assignments, Experimental Photography. 52 project ideas to help you explore different aspects of photography, film and digital. with low and high tech ideas and hacks - Book Review: Masters of Drone Photography
Book Review: Masters of Drone Photography. Collected photographs and commentary from specialist drone photography experts. Practical advice about mastering your own drone work. - Luminar update adds AI sky enhancement
Review update: Skylum Luminar image editing software's latest update (V1.3.2) adds sky enhancement, to other functional improvements and fixes. - Kaiser K5850 LED desktop light
Review of the Kaiser K5850 LED desktop light unit. Near daylight colour temperature of 5600K. Colour rendition index 95CRI and maximum brightness at 1 metre of 480 lux. Sold by Fotospeed in the UK - KF Concept TM2534T Camera Tripod
KF Concept TM2534T Aluminium Tripod with Ball head and optional transverse bar. Reaches a vertical maximum height of six feet (72") - Topaz AI Clear V2
Topaz AI Clear V2 - Improved noise reduction and sharpening software for use in Topaz Studio - Epson Fine Art paper range
Epson Fine Art paper range - smooth and textured surface cotton fine-art papers. Available in natural and bright finsh, sheet and roll format
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- Datacolor SpyderCheckr
Product launch information: Datacolor SpyderCheckr. Datacolor have announced a new colour management tool in the form of the SpyderCheckr colour card - Three new Epson LF printers
Three new Epson large format printers announced at Photokina 2010 - DxO Optics Pro – update Updated functionality from DxO improves the range of lenses supported for Optics Pro software
- SpyderLensCal – hardware to help measure autofocus
Product information: SpyderLensCal - hardware to help measure autofocus - Software update – ImageNest 3
Update note for version 3 of ImageNest - print layout software that uses OEM printer drivers. The ImageNest RIP page layout software is updated to provide improved layout and image nesting options for large printers. - Using a professional photographer – free guide
Free guide to choosing a professional commercial photographer. Questions that you should consider asking your commercial photographer - Camera choices – keeping up to date
Camera choices - keeping up to date with a changing market. At what point is what you've got good enough to last for a while? - Canon iPF6300 arrives for review
A Canon iPF6300 24" large format printer is delivered for our review. Small enough to fit on the back seat of a car. - DNG ProfileManager – organising DNG profiles
DNG ProfileManager - organising DNG camera profiles. Making DNG profiles is a good way of working round awkward lighting conditions, where the trouble of making a full icc profile is perhaps not merited. - A visit to IPEX 2010
Looking at some large printers from HP, Canon and others at the IPEX show - Keith visits IPEX 2010... what's new? - i1Profiler – New Profiling solution from X-Rite i1Profiler - New Profiling solution from X-Rite. product announcement
- DxO Optics Pro V6.2 update for Mac and PC
Short review of DxO optics Pro V6.2, showing improved noise handling and sharpness. Includes allowing more corrections for non supported lenses
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