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Announcement: Laowa 35mm f/2.8 Tilt-shift 0.5X Macro LensVenus Lens has announced a new tilt/shift lens. Laowa 35mm TS f/2.8 tilt shift 0.5x macro. Designed for mirrorless Canon RF, Nikon Z, L, Sony E also Fuji G & Hasselblad XCD
Calibrite Profiler 3 announcedCalibrite Profiler 3 announced. Calibrite announces the release of printer profiling for PROFILER software. Printer/monitor/scanner calibration
Datacolor LightColor Meter announcedNew Datacolor LightColor Meter - light & colour measurement announced. Multi-functional device that measures both light and colour temperature for any light source
EIZO CG2400S monitor announcedNew EIZO CG2400S monitor announced, The 24 inch monitor has internal calibration, a monitor hood and supports HDR Editing
Announcement: Laowa 55mm & 100mm f/2.8 Tilt-shift 1X Macro LensesVenus Lens has announced two new tilt/shift lenses. The Laowa 55mm and 100mm f/2.8 Tilt-Shift 1X Macro Lenses give 10º of tilt and 12mm of shift E/Z/RF/L/G mounts

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Video: Brightin Star 9mm f/5.6 reviewVideo review and tutorial: Brightin Star 9mm f/5.6 full frame manual lens mirrorless ultra wide full frame lens. How to shoot with super wide angle
Video: Brightin Star 12mm f/2.8 reviewVideo: Brightin Star 12mm f/2.8 manual focus ultra wide lens for mirrorless full frame cameras. Available in E/RF/Z/L mounts. Tested on an EOS R5. It's cheap, but is it a bargain?
Review: New Laowa 17mm tilt shift lens f/4 [MF and FF]Venus Lens has announced a new tilt/shift lens. Laowa 35mm TS f/2.8 tilt shift 0.5x macro. Designed for mirrorless Canon RF, Nikon Z, L, Sony E also Fuji G & Hasselblad XCD
Video: Neewer panel light NL-660 portable LED light kitVideo: Neewer LED panel light NL-660 Adjustable lighting panel. Battery or mains power, 3200K~5600K dual light kit with lighting stands and cases for each lighting panel
Video: TTArtisan 17mm tilt shift reviewVideo review:Video: TTArtisan 17mm tilt shift review: 100MP medium format GFX100S and mirrorless full frame. Economic tilt/shift lens but are there issues limiting its use?
Video: Laowa 8-15mm fisheyeVideo review: Looking at how I use fisheye lenses and Medium format: 100MP medium format GFX100S and Laowa 8-15mm fisheye. How to use a zoom fisheye lens and how it works on the 102MP medium format Fujifilm GFX100S
Review: Sirui C60X LED lightLighting review and video: Sirui C60X portable LED lamp 2500K-6500K Wireless control via Bluetooth. Internal Lithium battery USB-C charging

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Keith Cooper printer profilesKeith Cooper printer profiles. How to find Keith's professional quality printer profiles. ICC profiles made for our printer reviews. All available for a small Kofi donation. List of papers profiled for different printers
Printer Test ImagesCollection of printer test images - colour and monochrome (black and white). Test photos for printer and monitor checking.
Using old adapted lenses on a modern DSLR/mirrorless cameraLens adapters allow you to use old lenses on a modern DSLR or mirrorless camera. Many old lenses work very well if you can live without autofocus. Performance varies, but it's possible to learn lot of use for the rest of your photography
Epson ET-8550 printer reviewFull review of the Epson ET-8550 EcoTank printer. The 13"/A3+ six ink printer includes both pigment and dye based black inks which are filled from 70ml bottles of ink.
Canon PRO-310 printer reviewDetailed Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-310 printer review. Keith tests the PRO-310 pigment ink printer with a range of glossy and fine-art media, including panoramic prints up to 1800mm long
Review: The unique Laowa 12-24 shift zoom lens f/5.6 APS-CNew lens: Laowa 12-24 shift lens. 12-24mm f/5.6 Zoom Shift lens Designed for mirrorless Sony E / Nikon Z / Canon RF / L Mount / Fuji X / EF-M
Why I never recommend best productsWhy we never recommend best products. Keith Cooper explains why his reviews and articles don't ever contain any 'best buy' recommendations or test scores, and why you should be wary of reviews that do.
Canon PRO-1100 printer reviewDetailed review of the Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-1100 17" pigment ink printer. 11 inks and a colour optimiser coat. Tested for colour and B&W printing on a range of media types. Paper sixes up to A2, with borderless print options. Successor to the Canon PRO-1000
Epson FF-680W print scannerEpson FF-680W print scanner, Bulk print scanner up to A4/letter. Scans prints on both sides and can record details on the rear of prints. Fast scanning at 300/600/1200dpi. USB and wireless connectivity. Software includes optional image correction and scanning images to cloud services

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Mitakon 20mm F2 macro lensZhongyi Optics (ZY Optics) has released a new compact Super Macro Lens for full frame cameras, the Zhongyi Mitakon 20mm f/2 4.5x Super Macro Lens featuring a high reproduction ratio up to 4.5:1
Luminar update – V1.1MacPhun Luminar is updated to V1.1 adding batch processing, new Dehaze and Golden Hour filters, and an enhanced colour temperature filter.
Light 16 camera multi-sensor sample imagesSample photographs at full resolution are now available from the "Light L16" multi sensor camera, with its sixteen individual 13MP sensors at a range of focal lengths
DxO ViewPoint 3 software announcedDxO announce new version of DxO Viewpoint. Works for geometry correction and V3 adds many new automated functions. Works as both a stand-alone app, and as a plug-in for DxO OpticsPro, Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.
Thunderbolt 3 DockOWC Thunderbolt3 multi port adapter for port expansion. Includes USB, mini DisplayPort, SD card reader, FireWire 800, Audio I/O, S/PDIF, Gigabit Ethernet. Ideal for use with the new MacBook Pro and its reduced set of i/o ports
Macphun Luminar image editor announcedMacphun have announced a new software editing application called Luminar. Keith has since written a review of the software, looking at how it can be of interest to the more advanced photographer and as an introductory tool for image editing
New Canon papers announcedCanon USA announce three new Premium Fine Art papers — Premium Fine Art Smooth, Premium Fine Art Bright White and Premium Polished Rag. Designed to produce, rich-color reproduction, and detailed expression of gradation. Keith has a roll of the Fine Art Smooth for an upcoming paper review
BenQ announce new 32″ 4k HDR monitorBenQ announce their new SW320 4k HDR monitor, to be shown in the US at Photo Plus. There is also the Technicolor Colour Certified 27-inch QHD PV270 and the 32-inch PV3200PT 4K UHD
Canon EOS-M5 camera announcedCanon announce the EOS M5 mirrorless EF-M mount camera. 24MP APS-C CMOS sensor Dual Pixel CMOS AF. Built in EVF and rear tilt screen
Canon 5D mark 4 DSLR announcedCanon announce the EOS 5D mkIV 30MP DSLR. Dual pixel AF and 4k video. 7 frames per second, with WiFi, GPS and NFC. 4K Motion JPEG video at 30p or 24p
An old friend returns?After the Jessops photo business folded in 2013, Leicester was left with no specialist photography stores. Jessops, founded here in 1935, are opening a new store.
Two new Canon PIXMA printersTwo new printers from Canon. The Canon Pixma MG3050 (£69.99)and MG255OS (£44.99) use a hybrid ink system (dye and pigment-based inks) to deliver ‘vivid, vibrant colours’. Both are Wi-Fi enabled, allowing images to be printed direct from a smartphone or computer via the Canon PRINT app

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tilt-shift book

Keith explains tilt and shift lenses

Keith has written a book that looks at the many ways that tilt/shift lenses can benefit your photography from a technical and creative point of view. If not in the UK check for import issues and maybe try an on-line bookshop. Keith has no connection with sales of the book.

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