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Cameras Firmware Updates & Advisories Leica Lenses

Leica SL (Typ 601) Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera: Firmware Update Vers. 3.6 (08/15/2019) Provides Improvements for the Camera & Lenses Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90 f/2.8-4 ASPH. and APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 90-280 f/2.8-4

The following video presents Doug Menuez on the Leica SL’s High Performing Lenses: “Recently, award-winning documentary photographer and director Doug Menuez switched to shooting the Leica SL for all his...

2019-08-24

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Contests Leica

Leica Women Foto Project Award Contest is Open to Legal Residents of the 50 U.S. (and DC): Submit a 500-Word Proposal & a Series of 10 Images That Tell a Single Story, Made on Any Brand/Model Digital or Analog Camera, with at Least 4 Images Created Between 2018-19, Before 11:59:59 PM ET on August 29, 2019

“The Leica Women Foto Project is a platform by Leica Camera USA that serves to empower the female perspective and its impact on today’s visual stories. The shape of a story is reactive to the storyteller’s...

2019-08-19

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Leica Lenses

Leica APO-Summicron-SL 50mm f/2 ASPH., a Full-Frame Mirrorless Leica SL-Prime Lens: Compact, Fast & Nearly Silent AF, Natural Skin Tones, Soft Bokeh, L-Mount Standard Compatibility

This is an update to the previous blog, Leica Announces Availability of Mirrorless Leica SL Lenses, APO-Summicron-SL 75 mm f/2 ASPH. and APO-Summicron-SL 90 mm f/2 ASPH. for Portraiture: High Speed AF System with Dual...

2019-08-17

5 min read

Cameras Hasselblad Lenses

Hasselblad: X1D II 50C Mirrorless Medium Format Digital Camera (50MP CMOS Sensor, 14-Stop Dynamic Range, 16-bit RAW Images), XCD 35-75 Compact Mid-range Zoom Lens, Phocus Mobile 2 App – at No Charge (Quicker Workflow), 907X Special Edition (Modernised CFV II 50C Digital Back + New 907X Camera Body)

The following video presents Introducing Hasselblad X1D II 50C: “Introducing the Hasselblad X1D II 50C, an evolved medium format photography experience. The X1D II 50C brings you the power of medium format in a...

2019-08-15

21 min read

Contests Nikon

Nikon Photo Contest 2018-2019: The Winners are Announced

This is an update to these previous blogs: Nikon Photo Contest 2018-2019 for All Professional & Amateur Photographers: For Open Award (All Ages), Short Film Award (All Ages; One Video’s Length of 6 to 180 Seconds)...

2019-08-12

5 min read

Guest Blog

Restoring Vintage Photos

GUEST BLOG How Are Vintage Pictures Restored? A Guide To Its Process Photographs are valuable. Many of us use them to look back on times that are long gone. It’s safe to assume that these pictures may still be...

2019-08-12

6 min read

Featured Site Tutorials

A Beginner’s Guide to Shooting Better Landscape Photographs

There are lots of YouTube tutorial videos out there but too many just show off beautifully Photoshopped images without really helping the viewers wanting to learn. But, here’s one that we found by landscape...

2019-08-09

1 min read

Contests Nikon

Nikon Canada Social Contest | Summer 2019 for Legal Residents of Canada: Submit Your Favourite Summer Photo Which was Captured with a Nikon Camera, Before August 31, 2019 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET

WIN A NIKON COOLPIX W300! Submit your favourite SUMMER photograph for a chance to win. 1 entry per person. Contest …. runs until August 31st! NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF...

2019-08-08

8 min read